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6:15 PM ET, April 4, 2017

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Eight companies have now pulled ads from Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor amid sexual harassment accusations against Bill O'Reilly, including BMW North America — Fox News was facing a major advertising revolt on Tuesday as companies wary of the sexual harassment accusations against Bill O'Reilly continued …

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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 …

Discussion: The Week and Axios

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 …

Discussion: @kelseymsutton, Mediaite, @gabrielsherman and @gabrielsherman

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

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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 …

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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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.

Discussion: New York Times, Variety, Mashable and @brianstelter

Kate Stanhope / Hollywood Reporter:
Law and Order: SVU episode inspired by the Roger Ailes scandal to air on April 26

Discussion: @sarahlellison and @thr

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 …

Discussion: Columbia Journalism Review, Folio, Press Gazette and New York Magazine

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 …

Discussion: @sopandeb and @newyorker

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

Discussion: The Wrap

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.

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Mike Masnick / The Verge:

How a new bill that seeks to make the Register of Copyright a president-appointed position would end a 120-year status quo and benefit the RIAA, MPAA — A new bill undoes over 100 years of history — On March 23rd, Reps. Bob Goodlatte and John Conyers introduced a controversial bipartisan bill …

Discussion: hypebot, Techdirt and @reckless

Eric Garcia / Roll Call:

Former GOP Senator Kelly Ayotte joins News Corp.'s board of directors — Former Sen. Kelly Ayotte was elected to the board of directors for the Rupert-Murdoch-owned News Corp. The New Hampshire Republican served one term in the Senate before losing to Democrat Sen. Maggie Hassan in a squeaker last year.

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