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Weinstein advisor 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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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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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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Emily Smith / Page Six:
Harvey Weinstein says he intends to sue the New York Times over its “reckless reporting” and says the newspaper has a vendetta against him
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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
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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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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Jennifer Mizgata / Online Journalism Awards:
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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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 …
Jack Nissen / Bridge Magazine:
The Saline Post, a one-man online-only publication covering a Michigan town of 9,000, was going to cease publication until readers volunteered to pay more — SALINE - It was 7:10 a.m. on Aug. 5 when Saline residents learned they were losing their local newspaper.
CBS News:
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
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Financial Times:
Prestigious magazines like Rolling Stone face an increasingly-uncertain future amid the growth of the internet and its abundance of free news and entertainment — When Si Newhouse died this week at the age of 89, the page turned on a golden era in publishing.
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Yunita Ong / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with founders of Southeast Asia news startup New Naratif 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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