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3:40 PM ET, October 9, 2017

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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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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  —  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 …
Sharon Waxman / The Wrap:
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:
Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
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 …
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 …
Discussion: The Wrap, @mlcalderone and The Guardian
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.
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 …
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
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 …
Discussion: MediaPost, @aexm and @wsj
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Defy Media fires Honest Trailers creator Andy Signore over complaints from multiple women of sexual harassment, including one saying he attempted sexual assault  —  Todd's Most Recent Stories  —  Andy Signore, creator of Screen Junkies and the “Honest Trailers” series …
 
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