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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
In Hollywood, celebrities, agents, and producers are staying silent about the sexual harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein — WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Movie potentates were peppered across the Tower Bar here as usual on Friday night. Over in one dimly lit corner sat a martini-drinking movie star and his manager.
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Michael Calderone / Politico:
Former New York Times editor Jonathan Landman dismisses allegations the paper spiked sexual misconduct claims against Harvey Weinstein Waxman's 2004 story — Former Times reporter Sharon Waxman suggested the Hollywood mogul pressured the paper in 2004. — Jonathan Landman …
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Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
Sources: Weinstein Company to remove Harvey Weinstein's name from firm's TV series credits; same expected for movie releases, as company considers name change — by Nellie Andreeva tip and Mike Fleming Jr — EXCLUSIVE: On the heels of Harvey Weinstein's ouster from The Weinstein Company …
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Richard Johnson / Page Six:
Source: New York Magazine had a story on Weinstein but killed it after he met with EIC Adam Moss; NY Mag denies this, says the story was insufficiently sourced — New York magazine had the Harvey Weinstein story — or nearly had it — a year ago but didn't run anything after the movie mogul …
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Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
Source: SNL shelved jokes about Weinstein scandal which were to be aired on Saturday's show but only did so because they “fell flat” during dress rehearsal
Source: SNL shelved jokes about Weinstein scandal which were to be aired on Saturday's show but only did so because they “fell flat” during dress rehearsal
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Sharon Waxman / The Wrap:
Harvey Weinstein has been fired from The Weinstein Company, effective immediately, the board announces in statement
Harvey Weinstein has been fired from The Weinstein Company, effective immediately, the board announces in statement
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Sharon Waxman / The Wrap:
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
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
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
ESPN suspends anchor Jemele Hill for two weeks citing a second social media violation after a tweet encouraging a boycott of Cowboys owner's advertisers — ESPN has suspended host Jemele Hill for a for what it said was a second violation of the network's social media guidelines on Monday.
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Ryan Faughnder / Los Angeles Times:
Los Angeles Times names Forbes Media executive Lewis DVorkin as new editor-in-chief — The Los Angeles Times has named Forbes Media executive Lewis DVorkin as its new editor-in-chief, the paper's publisher, Ross Levinsohn, said Monday. — At Forbes, DVorkin held roles including executive editor, editor and chief product officer.
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Erik Schelzig / Associated Press:
Twitter blocks Rep. Marsha Blackburn's Senate campaign video ad for “inflammatory statement” on abortions, says it will allow it when flagged section is removed — Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn's Senate campaign announcement ad has been blocked by Twitter over a statement …
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Washington Post:
Google finds Russian-bought ads worth tens of thousands of dollars on YouTube, Gmail, DoubleClick, that were part of effort to influence the 2016 election — SAN FRANCISCO — Google for the first time has uncovered evidence that Russian operatives exploited the company's platforms in an attempt …
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Melanie Ehrenkranz / Gizmodo:
In the wake of Las Vegas shooting, YouTube has blocked some videos showing how to modify guns to fire more rapidly and updated its guidelines — Fifty-eight people were killed in the Las Vegas massacre last week, the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history.
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Bloomberg:
Netflix is facing stiff competition from Hulu, which outbid it for reruns of This Is Us by spending around $3.5M per episode, according to sources — Online service snaps up reruns, taking page from larger rival — Company says it's acquired 3,000 episodes of new, old shows
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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Fusion Media tests reward system to give bonus impressions to ads with higher engagement, licensing the ad tech from Performance Pricing — Publisher of Gizmodo and Jezebel licenses technology to determine which ads are getting a favorable response — Many publishers believe consumers …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Hulu takes first step into esports with order of four original series from ESL comprising about 15 hours of content total — Todd's Most Recent Stories — Hulu has caught the eSports bug: It has ordered four original series about the world of competitive video-gaming from ESL, a major eSports content and tournament producer.
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