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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 …
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
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
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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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The Seattle Times:
Couple charged with assault in connection with January shooting outside University of Washington speech by Milo Yiannopoulos — Elizabeth Hokoana is charged with first-degree assault and her husband, Marc Hokoana, is charged with third-degree assault.
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Ken Doctor / Newsonomics:
How Univision is betting on affiliate sales to grow Gizmodo Media Group's revenues while migrating most digital properties to the Kinja CMS — What was Gawker? A trailblazing, piercer of pretense? A snarky, vestigial leftover of the early bloggy web? A company that early on understood …
Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke / WWD:
Q&A with Bloomberg Media CEO Justin B. Smith, on his media diet, print's strengths, and Twitter, which he calls the “largest general news company in the world” — The chief executive officer of Bloomberg Media really likes Twitter. — Bloomberg CEO Justin Smith at Bloomberg headquarters.
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Media Wire Daily, @justin_b_smith, @kbsmoke and Press Gazette, Thanks:@amandabcowie
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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Broadcasting & Cable, DoubleClick Publisher Blog, AdExchanger, Motherboard, The Drum, MediaPost and TechCrunch
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Some companies, including AOL, BuzzFeed, and Fullscreen, have pulled out of NewFronts or scaled back their plans considerably — Some executives wonder whether the stream of events, where digital media companies pitch advertisers on their web video content, has lived up to its billing
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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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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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@tackettdc and @jimrutenberg
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 …
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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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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