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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 …
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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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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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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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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 …


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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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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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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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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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 …


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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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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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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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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