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Elizabeth Wagmeister / Variety:
Lisa Bloom resigns as Harvey Weinstein advisor, says Weinstein and the board are “moving toward an agreement” — Elizabeth's Most Recent Stories — Lisa Bloom has resigned from advising Harvey Weinstein, who is embattled in accusations of decades-long sexual harassment.
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Niraj Chokshi / New York Times:
Weinstein Company board says Harvey Weinstein on indefinite leave as it investigates sexual harassment claims; source says three other board members resigned — The board of the Weinstein Company announced that its co-chairman Harvey Weinstein began an indefinite leave on Friday …
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Rebecca Traister / The Cut:
A reporter recalls an altercation with Weinstein which turned violent and how many journalists, including David Carr, attempted to expose his behavior — I have been having conversations about Harvey Weinstein's history of sexual harassment for more than seventeen years.
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Axios:
In email to advertisers, Facebook says it'll manually review ads that target users based on politics, religion, ethnicity, or social issues before they go live — Facebook is going to require ads that are targeted to people based on “politics, religion, ethnicity or social issues” …
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Heather Timmons / Quartz:
Sources: Facebook plans to sign up conservative US magazine The Weekly Standard as a fact-checking partner — In its newest attempt to stem the flood of fake news and conspiracy theories online, Facebook plans to sign up a conservative US magazine, the Weekly Standard, as a fact-checking partner …
Yunita Ong / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Southeast Asia news startup New Naratif founders on longform journalism, their $52 per year subscription model, and publishing in two languages — New Naratif, modeled loosely on the successful Dutch site De Correspondent, has started a crowdfunding campaign with the goal of signing up 3,500 members.
Nicola Slawson / The Guardian:
Kim Wall murder: police find head of Swedish journalist — Divers find bags containing body parts and clothes of reporter who went to interview Danish inventor on submarine — Danish police investigating the murder of the Swedish journalist Kim Wall have found body parts, including her severed head.
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Nicole LaPorte / Fast Company:
Profile of Giphy, which has 300M DAUs sharing 2B+ GIFs per day, major media partnerships in place, and hopes to shake up internet advertising — With 300 million daily users and every major media company as a partner, Giphy's got a feeling it can shake up the internet advertising business.
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Vox Media announces 24-episode streaming video series, Divided States of Women, with an associated digital platform to come and an already-launched podcast — The 24-episode series, “Divided States of Women,” is hosted by Liz Plank and slated to debut this month.
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Scammers pretending to work for The Atlantic target freelancers to gain access to bank and credit card info; law enforcement has been notified — The Atlantic has worked hard to build itself up as a prestigious outlet by showcasing long-form journalism, intellectual depth and rich photography.
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Ezra Marcus / The FADER:
A look at recently deleted alt-right aligned meme review channel thatistheplan by popular music vlogger Anthony Fantano of The Needle Drop — He deleted the entire channel when we asked for comment about why it was so bad. — YouTube — The most famous music critic
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Danny Sullivan:
Search Engine Land founder Danny Sullivan is joining Google to serve as a public liaison for search — When I retired from search journalism in June, I had no idea what I would be doing next. I just knew I was ready for a break and something different from what I had been doing for so long.
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