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Weinstein adviser Lisa Bloom resigns after telling board she wanted reporting with pics of accusers in “friendly poses with Harvey after his alleged misconduct” — The lawyer Lisa Bloom resigned on Saturday as an adviser to Harvey Weinstein, the high-powered film producer facing allegations …
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Harvey Weinstein has been fired from The Weinstein Company, effective immediately, the board announces in statement — Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced cofounder and CEO of The Weinstein Company, has been fired effective immediately, his board of directors said on Sunday. — The statement said:
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The Wrap's Sharon Waxman shares how a story she wrote in 2004 for the New York Times about Weinstein's sexual misconduct was gutted — A whole lot of fur has been flying since last Thursday, when The New York Times published a game-changing investigative story about Harvey Weinstein's sexual misconduct …
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Facebook CSO Alex Stamos, who is leading the company's Russia investigation, complains via tweetstorm about a misguided media backlash over “The Algorithm” — “I am seeing a ton of coverage of our recent issues driven by stereotypes of our employees and attacks against fantasy …
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How Disney accelerated plans to invest in BAMTech to power two planned streaming services — For two days in late June, Disney's board of directors gathered at Walt Disney World in Florida to wrestle with one topic: how technology was disrupting the company's traditional movie …


On 60 Minutes, Trump campaign digital director Brad Parscale describes how he handpicked Facebook employee “embeds” who assisted the campaign with its ad buys — Trump campaign digital director Brad Parscale says Donald Trump won election on Facebook with highly targeted ads — and infrastructure was a key issue

2017 Online Journalism Awards winners include Le Temps, The Globe and Mail, The Washington Post, The New York Times, and STAT — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Superlative reporting on leaked data, prison reform and undue police force led coverage that garnered top honors for 29 media organizations Saturday night …
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Filing shows BuzzFeed UK revenue doubled to £20.5M in 2016; workforce increased almost 50% YoY to 204, and pre-tax loss was £3.3M — LONDON — The scale of BuzzFeed's investment in the UK has been revealed in the company's most detailed set of earnings since it launched in London more than four years ago.


Sources: adviser to Cuba division of Broadcasting Board of Governors alarms staff with talk of turning full agency into “Bannon legacy” — Stephen Bannon has left the Trump administration. But he's still having an influence at a government agency many outside of Washington …
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Members of House and Senate intelligence committees shed light on what they will look for in Facebook's Russian ad buy data — Facebook is facing an unprecedented crisis in Washington. And it's only just beginning. — Reporting From Washington, DC — The same week Mark Zuckerberg delivered …


YouTube content head Susanne Daniels and CEO Susan Wojcicki on company's strategy for original programming to take on streaming video giants — With a veteran television exec, talent like Demi Lovato and Google's $86 billion in cash, the platform known for skateboarding videos …
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How New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman's Twitter-friendly style is changing the paper's editorial and business strategies — She's a West Wing-beat colossus and a sui generis creature at the paper of record. “Maggie's success is very much part of that tabloid, Twitter-fied sensibility bleeding into the Times,” says a colleague.