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Ronan Farrow / New Yorker:
Three women have told The New Yorker that Harvey Weinstein raped them; 16 current and ex-staff say Weinstein's behaviour was widely known within Miramax, TWC — Multiple women share harrowing accounts of sexual assault and harassment by the film executive. — 1.
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New York Times:
Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie, and others go on record saying Weinstein harassed them; Paltrow: “This way of treating women ends now” — “This way of treating women ends now,” Ms. Paltrow said as she and other actresses accused the producer of casting-couch abuses.
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HuffPost:
Sources: NBC passed on Ronan Farrow's Harvey Weinstein story due to sourcing concerns, then cleared him to take it to The New Yorker — NBC had concerns related to the story's sourcing, HuffPost has learned. — NEW YORK Ronan Farrow's investigation into Harvey Weinstein's long history …
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Matt Donnelly / The Wrap:
Weinstein Company board claims “utter surprise” at allegations against Harvey Weinstein, promises to assist in all investigations as well as launch its own — The Weinstein Company board of directors expressed “utter surprise” at Tuesday's allegations of rape and further sexual assault …
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Meena Jang / Hollywood Reporter:
USC's School of Cinematic Arts has rejected Harvey Weinstein's offer of a $5M endowment to grant scholarships to female directors
USC's School of Cinematic Arts has rejected Harvey Weinstein's offer of a $5M endowment to grant scholarships to female directors
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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 New York Times editor Jonathan Landman dismisses allegations the paper spiked sexual misconduct claims against Harvey Weinstein Waxman's 2004 story
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Thomas Grove / Wall Street Journal:
Turkish court sentences WSJ reporter Ayla Albayrak to 2+ years in prison, declares her guilty of terrorist propaganda for one WSJ article; Albayrak to appeal — Conviction on terrorist propaganda charges highlights government's increased targeting of journalists; reporter to appeal decision
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
ASNE diversity survey: 16.3% of daily paper staff, 24.3% of digital-only staff are journalists of color; women are 38.9% of print staff, 47.8% of digital orgs — The annual newsroom diversity survey from the American Society of News Editors shows slight decreases in diversity at American newsrooms compared with last year.
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Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Twitter adds “Happening Now” feature to timelines on Android and iOS to group tweets by events, starts with sports and will expand to TV and breaking news — The feature will start by highlighting tweets from sports games, then it will move on to TV, breaking news, and more.
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Apple strikes deal with Steven Spielberg to remake Amazing Stories, an 80s sci-fi series, in its first major foray into creating original content — Apple is betting on acclaimed director and producer Steven Spielberg for its first major foray into creating original video content.
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Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Time Inc. to cut circulation and frequency of some titles, reducing Time from 3M to 2M copies, is in talks for new print products with digital media companies — Publisher cutting circulation of Time, frequency of Sports Illustrated and Fortune — When it comes to the beleaguered print magazine business …
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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Medium expands its partner program, now letting any author or publisher join it, so that anyone can publish behind its paywall — Medium is expanding its subscription efforts today by allowing any author or publisher to join its partner program. — That's the program where readers can pay a monthly fee …
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Kate Conger / Gizmodo:
US judge orders DreamHost to redact information identifying users of anti-Trump website, ruling DoJ must provide details on why it needs the data — A judge ordered the web hosting company DreamHost to redact identifying information about visitors to a website used to coordinate …
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Bloomberg:
Sources: Disney signs 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros., Universal Pictures, and other studios for Movies Anywhere, a download service for use across devices — Movies Anywhere provides digital storage to watch on devices — Paramount, Lions Gate are said supportive, not participating
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