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Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Bill O'Reilly will not return to Fox News, 21st Century Fox confirms in a statement — The anchor has hosted the No. 1 show in cable news for 15 consecutive years. — Weeks after revelations surfaced that Bill O'Reilly settled several sexual harassment claims - leading to an advertiser exodus …
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Henry Chu / Variety:
In a letter, Lisa Bloom, the attorney representing some of O'Reilly's accusers, urged UK regulator Ofcom to reject 21st Century Fox's bid for Sky — The eyes trained on the scandal over Bill O'Reilly aren't just American ones. As Rupert Murdoch weighs the Fox News host's fate …
Ashley Cullins / Hollywood Reporter:
New Bill O'Reilly accuser, a clerical worker who says she had a desk near his office in 2008, says he called her “hot chocolate”, grunted, and leered
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Advocacy organizations partner to launch US Press Freedom Tracker, to track press freedom incidents in the US; it will be led by reporter Peter Sterne — A coalition of advocacy organizations including the Freedom of the Press Foundation, the Committee to Protect Journalists and the Index …
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Emily Heil / Washington Post:
High school students who exposed their incoming principal's false credentials get invited by the Huffington Post to the White House Correspondents Dinner — Since this year's White House correspondents' dinner is all about journalism, and not about the celebrities who have in recent years threatened …
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@dangillmor and @lpolgreen
Taffy Brodesser-Akner / GQ:
Interview with CNN anchor Jake Tapper, on covering Trump, Bannon, relations between Obama's White House and the Press, and being targeted because of his work — With the leader of the Free World now waging a self-styled war with the media, no journalist on TV has become more indignant …
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Kurt Gessler / Medium:
Chicago Tribune examines 15 months of Facebook post data and finds solid user growth but diminished organic reach — Starting in January of this year, we at the Chicago Tribune started to anecdotally see a fairly significant change in our post reach. — We weren't seeing a huge difference …
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@tomgara, @mkarolian, Mashable, Vanity Fair, @towcenter and Net Worked
Joe Murphy / London Evening Standard:
George Osborne, incoming editor of the London Evening Standard, has announced he's stepping down from his other role as Conservative MP “for now” — George Osborne today announced he is quitting as an MP but will carry on “fighting for that Britain I love” as editor of the Evening Standard.
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Tony Romm / Recode:
Steve Ballmer, former Microsoft CEO, launches USAFacts, a site that integrates data from US government budgets, similar to a company 10-K — The former Microsoft CEO debuts USAFacts to make it easier to understand how tax dollars are spent. — Let's presume that the United States is a company.
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Bloomberg collaborated with Postlight on a browser extension which annotates articles with extra contextual information — Just how rich is Jeff Bezos? If you're at your keyboard, the answer is just a Google search away: $75.6 billion. But if you're swiping through an article …
Jessica Davies / Digiday:
Sources: Snapchat working with politicians in France ahead of national election to create content that includes Q&A with candidates, geofilters on how to vote — Snapchat Discover is notorious for its Kardashian content in the U.S., but in France, Snapchat Discover has become a tool …
Corinne Grinapol / Adweek:
NBC News Digital Hires David Firestone as Managing Editor — He was previously at FiveThirtyEight and The New York Times — In a note to staff, Catherine Kim, NBC News Digital's executive editor, announced the hire of David Firestone as managing editor. “David will work closely …
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Media Wire Daily, @emilypasser, @fstonenyc and Talking New Media
Nico Lang / Columbia Journalism Review:
LGBTQ publications see rise in popularity as people seek support, information, and comfort during Trump presidency — Everything was quiet in New York City the day after the 2016 election. The city was stunned into silence. Matthew Breen remembers people crying randomly on the street, comforted by friends and strangers.
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