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4:20 PM ET, April 24, 2017

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Andrea Tantaros files new federal lawsuit against Fox, alleging that the network orchestrated an online harassment campaign and hacked into her devices — Former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes and senior network executives orchestrated an online harassment campaign against a former female host …

Discussion: @tomkludt, @davidfolkenflik, @jbflint, @davidfolkenflik, NPR, @nydailynews, @ppvsrb and @dangillmor

Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:

Sources: seven more black Fox News employees plan to join racial discrimination suit filed last month — The Murdochs hoped firing Bill O'Reilly would signal a changing culture at Fox News. “We want to underscore our consistent commitment to fostering a work environment built on the values …

Discussion: @gabrielsherman, Media Matters for America, Variety, The Huffington Post, @shaunking, @deray, @sruhle and @richarddeitsch

Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:

CNN's Alisyn Camerota tells how she was sexually harassed and then bullied by Roger Ailes when she worked at Fox News; Ailes' attorney denies claim — For a long time Alisyn Camerota was reluctant to describe the dark side of working at Fox News. — She respects many of her former colleagues.

New York Times:
Inside the generational change at News Corp, as James and Lachlan Murdoch consolidate their power and try to modernize the company culture

Discussion: Vanity Fair, TheStreet, The Guardian, @sheerinjude, @oliverdarcy, @jackshafer, @farhip and Washington Post

Washington Post:

Sources: Trump said he won't fire Sean Spicer as press secretary because “the guy gets great ratings” and likened his press briefings to a daytime soap opera — During a small working lunch at the White House last month, the question of job security in President Trump's tumultuous …

Discussion: @ashleyrparker, Business Insider, bookforum.com, The Daily Caller, @ashleyrparker, Axios, Mediaite, The Week, The Wrap, Politico and New York Magazine

Politico:
Inside the ritualized warfare between the White House and the press, as potential for real conflict with media lurks below the surface

Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Inside the new power dynamics at Fox, Breitbart, and The Wall Street Journal in the wake of Trump's victory

Discussion: SPLICETODAY.com, @politico, New York Magazine, @joepompeo, @mathewi, @anthony and @moorehn

Hadas Gold / Politico:
President Trump to hold reception Monday for conservative media, including One America News Network, The Daily Caller, Breitbart, and columnists and radio hosts

Discussion: @maggienyt

Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:

On press freedom threats, First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams worries most about the Espionage Act and leak investigations, and says Trump's tweets may help — Last Monday, the sun rose in the east, the black-capped chickadee sang its spring mating song and President Trump attacked American journalists in a tweet.

Discussion: @tackettdc and @jimrutenberg

Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:

Netflix to raise $1B through debt offering to fund new content and other “strategic transactions” — Netflix has announced that it intends to raise €1 billion — a smidgen more than $1 billion (USD) when converted at today's rate — via a senior note debt offering for …

Discussion: Variety, Home Media Magazine, The Wrap, Fortune and Hollywood Reporter, more at Techmeme »

Kerry Flynn / Mashable:

The New York Times joins Snapchat Discover with a daily edition posted at 6am weekdays, including The Daily Mini crossword puzzle — Remember this date in history: April 24, 2017, The New York Times launched on Snapchat Discover. — “All the news that's fit to print” …

Discussion: Nieman Lab, New York Times, TechCrunch and Mediaite

Columbia Journalism Review:

How Univision's investigative journalists teamed up with Story House screenwriters for a “fictionalized series” on El Chapo — A film crew in Colombia works on a close-up shot for the new biopic El Chapo. Photo courtesy of Univision. — In September 2013 …

Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:

The Boston Globe's health and life science news site, STAT, is launching a print tabloid and is in talks with other metro newspapers for reprints — The health and life sciences site is in talks with other newspapers about republishing its coverage in print.

Discussion: @linda_pizzuti, @rafat, @inkkr and @dankennedy_nu

Caroline Scott / Journalism.co.uk:

To build trust, Reuters has launched Backstory, a project that tells how its journalists find, pursue, and verify particular stories — The initiative will provide readers with behind-the-scenes details of how Reuters found, researched, and investigated some of its stories

Discussion: @emmajourno

Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:

Google adding TV ad inventory to DoubleClick Bid Manager, letting advertisers measure video campaigns across digital media and linear TV — With viewing habits shifting from the living room environment to multiple online platforms spread throughout the house and elsewhere …

Discussion: DoubleClick Publisher Blog, AdExchanger, Motherboard, The Drum, MediaPost and TechCrunch

Adrienne LaFrance / The Atlantic:

Yahoo's fate is a sign of what's to come for businesses including news organizations that rely heavily on digital ad revenue — Yahoo filed its final quarterly report this week. And just like that, the once-mighty tech firm is exiting public trading. — The company has been unraveling …

Discussion: @mediatwit

Joe Concha / The Hill:

Fox & Friends anchor Heather Nauert has been hired as the State Department's spokesperson, making her the second Fox journalist to jump to State — Fox News anchor Heather Nauert has been hired by the State Department to be its spokesperson. — Nauert, 47, has been a news anchor on …

Discussion: Mediaite, The Daily Beast, @joanne_stocker, Variety, Washington Examiner, Wall Street Journal, @danpfeiffer, @aviwoolf, @andrewkirell and The Daily Caller

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Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke / WWD:
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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