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New York Times:
Sources: Bill O'Reilly will receive up to $25M for his exit, bringing Fox News payouts for sex harassment allegations up to $85M, with $65M going to ousted men — Bill O'Reilly is leaving Fox News with a payout of up to $25 million, the equivalent of one year of his salary, two people briefed on the matter said Thursday.
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Michael Wolff / Hollywood Reporter:
The expulsion of Bill O'Reilly and Roger Ailes from Fox News indicates that James Murdoch is now in charge, and that the network will quickly begin to change — With the ouster of Roger Ailes and now Bill O'Reilly, Rupert Murdoch's son has overthrown his own network as he moves to reinvent …
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Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:
Sources: after Bill O'Reilly's ouster, Fox executives say that more women with stories of harassment will come forward publicly — Insiders say that the troubles at Fox news are only just beginning. — Inside the divided Fox News bunker, many seasoned executives are wondering if they are living in an alternate universe.
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Alex Sherman / Bloomberg:
Sources: As FCC eases ownership rules, Sinclair Broadcast Group is working on a deal to buy Tribune Media for a per-share price in the high $30s — Deal deadline said timed to Tribune earnings next month — Accord hangs on FCC vote to relax rules on ownership limits
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Tony Romm / Recode:
FCC removes restrictions on ISPs raising prices for firms that need a dedicated connection, changes how TV station groups calculate their footprint — Republican Chairman Ajit Pai delivers some wins for AT&T, Verizon and a few players in the broadcasting industry.
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Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Sources: Facebook is looking to hire a head of news products to combat fake news, but is having trouble finding someone with media and tech experience — The new role is proving hard to fill. — Facebook is looking to hire someone to head up its news products, a significant new role charged …
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Alexander C. Kaufman / The Huffington Post:
Bloomberg launches ClimateChanged.com, a site for coverage of how rising global temperatures are changing the planet and moving financial markets — Get ready for @climate. — NEW YORK Over the past two years, corporate giants have become some of the loudest voices calling for climate-change action.
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Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Google plans to introduce ad-blocking in Chrome, considers blocking all ads on sites with ads that don't meet Coalition for Better Ads' standards — Filter could strip out ads that provide bad experiences for users — Alphabet Inc.'s Google is planning to introduce an ad-blocking feature …
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Jem Aswad / Variety:
Spotify signs new licensing deal with Merlin, which represents thousands of indie labels; deal allows new music to be held from free tier for two weeks — Spotify cleared another hurdle in the route to its IPO this morning when it announced a multi-year licensing deal with Merlin …
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Columbia Journalism Review:
USA Today lost 12M followers on Facebook after the social media company broke up an extensive fake account scam — Image via Pixabay. — USA Today last week reported that Facebook was breaking up an “extensive fake account scam” targeting publisher pages with false “likes.”
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Tony Rehagen / Columbia Journalism Review:
Companies publishing slick city magazines sell at lower prices than in earlier years but have diversified revenue and remained committed to long-form journalism — On my first day of work, at my first job in city magazines, Champagne was served in the lobby.
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Washington Post, Vanity Fair and @coryschouten
Jon Sharman / The Independent:
Russian journalist and Putin critic Nikolai Andrushchenko, co-founder of the Novy Peterburg newspaper, dies after being beaten by unknown attackers — Nikolai Andrushchenko, 73, was co-founder of the Novy Peterburg newspaper — A Russian journalist known for his criticism of President Vladimir Putin …
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