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Experts say Trump's threat to “challenge” TV networks' licenses, made in response to NBC News report, would be hard to implement — Trump ‘trolling’ journos with fake news talk — President Trump suggested Wednesday that media companies which report critically on him should be punished …
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Sources differ on whether freelance correspondent Ronan Farrow had enough usable interviews when NBC News passed on his Harvey Weinstein story — Freelance NBC News correspondent Ronan Farrow, whose months-long investigation into reports of Harvey Weinstein's sexual misconduct was spiked …
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Bob Weinstein says his brother's remorse and apologies to his victims are hollow, calls him a “very sick man” and says that he has yet to seek help — Harvey Weinstein believes his own brother was responsible for his demise, and he has the proof in the form of a receipt …
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Silvia Killingsworth / The Awl:
Every industry, including journalism, has men like Harvey Weinstein who cross lines with women in multiple ways — In the hours and days since The New Yorker and the New York Times posted respective bombshell investigations of numerous allegations of sexual abuse by Harvey Weinstein …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Weinstein used the media to smear his victims and keep them silent; prior to NYT story, negative info about one of his accusers was offered to a WaPo reporter — It wasn't just the complicit silence around Harvey Weinstein's sexual harassment that made it so dangerous. — It was the opposite of silence, too.
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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
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Erik Hayden / Hollywood Reporter:
Appearing on the Rachel Maddow show, Ronan Farrow says Harvey Weinstein personally threatened him with a lawsuit as he investigated the movie mogul's history
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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
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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
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Davey Alba / BuzzFeed:
Medium's latest pivot to letting all writers choose to go behind paywall prompts skepticism from some publishers burned by the platform's unpredictability — Ev Williams changes his mind. A lot. — Most recently, the CEO of the online publishing platform Medium switched the company …
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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Eliza Relman / Business Insider:
Profile of Fox & Friends host Ainsley Earhardt, a southern conservative Christian who sees herself as a voice for middle America — - Ainsley Earhardt, the latest addition to “Fox & Friends,” is Fox's new go-to for interviews with the president and his family.
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Katy Tur / The Guardian:
Excerpt from Katy Tur's book, Unbelievable, that describes interactions with Trump and being escorted from one of his rallies by Secret Service agents — Journalist Katy Tur's new book, Unbelievable, covers the ‘ever-deepening weirdness’ that developed between Donald Trump and her during the campaign
Casey Newton / The Verge:
How Facebook's automated ad auctions reward popular but polarizing messages with lower unit costs — As the debate intensifies around Russian ad buys in the US election, a fundamental aspect of Facebook's platform has gone mostly overlooked. Facebook's auction-based system rewards ads …
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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 — Twitter is adding a “Happening Now” feature that will group tweets by event, the company announced today.
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Hadas Gold / CNNMoney:
Russian Justice Ministry sends letters to US government-backed news organizations in Moscow threatening “restrictions” — Russian threats against American media outlets based in Moscow reached a new level on Monday, when officials sent letters to news organizations backed by the US government …
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