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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
18 companies including Allstate, GlaxoSmithKline, and Bayer have pulled ads from Fox News' O'Reilly Factor amid sexual assault allegations against Bill O'Reilly — O'Reilly accuser: ‘My voice is not for sale’ — Mercedes-Benz said Monday that it has “reassigned” its advertisements on …
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Brian Flood / The Wrap:
Julie Roginsky returns to Fox News less than 24 hours after filing sexual harassment lawsuit against the network, appearing on the show America's Newsroom — Julie Roginsky appeared on Fox News less than 24 hours after filing a sexual harassment lawsuit against the network …
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Kelefa Sanneh / New Yorker:
Profile of Tucker Carlson, whose recent ascension at Fox News is one of the most unlikely comebacks in the annals of cable TV — On Fox News, an unlikely star thrives in the tumult of Trump-era politics. — Tucker Carlson started wearing a bow tie in 1984, when he was in tenth grade at St. George's …
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Third black Fox News employee joins discrimination suit, alleges complaints about comptroller ignored because she “knew too much” about Ailes and Kranz — Fox News' legal woes just keep getting bigger. This morning, another black female employee in Fox News' payroll department …
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Current and former employees at Fox News say women fear speaking up about sexual harassment and do not have faith company will enforce zero tolerance policy
Current and former employees at Fox News say women fear speaking up about sexual harassment and do not have faith company will enforce zero tolerance policy
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Jonathan Mahler / New York Times:
Behind the symbiosis between President Trump and CNN's Jeff Zucker, which thrives as the border between news and entertainment blurs — Inside the strange symbiosis between Jeff Zucker and the president he helped create. — At 3:58 on a recent Wednesday afternoon in Washington …
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Micah Singleton / The Verge:
Spotify signs new licensing agreement with Universal Music Group, will restrict new albums from Universal artists to its premium service for up to two weeks — As part of its new licensing agreement with Universal Music Group — Spotify has agreed to a new licensing agreement with Universal Music Group …
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Fashionista:
Condé Nast contract shows an option for freelancers to get paid faster than the standard 30 days if they accept a “small discount taken off the invoice” — Freelance writing is a lucrative gig for many reporters, photographers, models, editors and more in the fashion industry …
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Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline:
Showtime picks up TV mini-series about the Roger Ailes scandal, called Secure and Hold: The Last Days of Roger Ailes, based on Gabriel Sherman's reporting — BREAKING: Blumhouse has launched an independent television studio with ITV Studios acquiring a 45 per cent stake.
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Kate Stanhope / Hollywood Reporter:
Law and Order: SVU episode inspired by the Roger Ailes scandal to air on April 26
Law and Order: SVU episode inspired by the Roger Ailes scandal to air on April 26
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Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
Sources: The Atlantic's White House correspondent Rosie Gray inked a $350K deal with Harper Collins for a book about Breitbart — The Atlantic's Rosie Gray is writing a book about Breitbart News, while Bloomberg Businessweek's Joshua Green is working on one about conservative populism.
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Eric Lach / New Yorker:
How a New York-based hyperlocal blogger, Katia Kelly, beat the New York Times to a scoop about one of Paul Manafort's real estate deals — Katia Kelly has lived in the Carroll Gardens neighborhood of Brooklyn for three decades. About ten years ago, when she was in her mid-forties …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Omidyar Foundation to give $100M over 3 years to support investigative journalism, fight misinformation, and counteract hate speech, with $4.5M going to ICIJ — The philanthropy established by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar will contribute $100 million to support investigative journalism …
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BuzzFeed:
Over 60 fake news sites are still earning revenue from major advertising networks, including Google AdSense and Revcontent — “As long as the traffic is real and the ads are being served to real people," ad networks will accept fake news sites, according to one publisher. — BuzzFeed Open Lab Fellow
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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
How Trump insiders reward pro-Trump media figures including Mike Cernovich, who earlier spread Pizzagate rumors and false theories of a Hillary Clinton illness — The pro-Trump “Upside-Down” media is working hard to go mainstream, and it's doing so with help of a powerful ally: the White House.
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