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New York Daily News:
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 …
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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 …
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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.
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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.
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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 …
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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” …
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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 …
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Politico:
Inside the ritualized warfare between the White House and the press, as potential for real conflict with media lurks below the surface
Inside the ritualized warfare between the White House and the press, as potential for real conflict with media lurks below the surface
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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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
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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 …
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