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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 …
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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, 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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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 — The downfall of Harvey Weinstein would seem like obvious grist for TV's late-night comedy shows.
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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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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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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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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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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 …
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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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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