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2:45 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:
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:
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 …
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 …
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.
Discussion: The Wrap, @moneyries, EconoTimes and NASDAQ.com, Thanks:@beet_tv
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, 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
Discussion: FierceCable
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 …
Shareen Pathak / Digiday:
Inside Amazon's push into advertising, as company prepares to open 2,000 person office, mostly for ad jobs, in New York  —  Amazon continues to make serious inroads into the advertising business.  Its latest move: a new office in Manhattan that it says will bring 2,000 jobs, mostly in advertising …
Lorna White / INMA:
EU's General Data Protection Regulation will push advertisers to buy ads on sites with recognizable brands rather than target audiences anywhere on the web  —  SUMMARY: The General Data Protection Regulation will likely affect the ease of gathering data and related advertising opportunities.
Discussion: Forbes
 
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