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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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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Sources: NBC News delayed and then ‘killed’ Ronan Farrow's story on Harvey Weinstein before he took it to The New Yorker; other sources dispute this — Freelance NBC News correspondent Ronan Farrow, whose months-long investigation into reports of Harvey Weinstein's sexual misconduct …
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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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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 — When asked on MSNBC why he went to The New Yorker with the story, Farrow replied: “You would have to ask NBC and NBC executives about the details.”
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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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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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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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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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Nina Berman / Columbia Journalism Review:
Interviews with victims on the consequences of fake news and conspiracy theories from the Sandy Hook massacre, Ohio election fraud, Pizzagate, more — Conspiracy theories thrive online, but their consequences are real. Just ask the people on these pages. — 2585 WORDS — Photographs by Nina Berman
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