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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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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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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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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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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 …


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.


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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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.


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.


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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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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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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