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Megan Twohey / New York Times:
Interviews and internal company records show Weinstein Company may have known of settlements involving Harvey Weinstein since 2015 — With Harvey Weinstein fired amid escalating allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct, the business he helped create is consumed not just with what he is accused …
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Jacey Fortin / New York Times:
Over two dozen women, including Ashley Judd, Rose McGowan, and Mira Sorvino, have reportedly accused Harvey Weinstein of assault or harassment — Days after a series of sexual harassment allegations against the film producer Harvey Weinstein were made public in a report in The New York Times …
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Isaac Chotiner / Slate:
Interview with Jodi Kantor, who with Megan Twohey reported the NYT story on Harvey Weinstein, on why women came forward, why stories didn't emerge earlier, more — Jodi Kantor on how she and her colleagues turned the “open secret” of Harvey Weinstein's sexual harassment into a blockbuster New York Times story.
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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
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
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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
Sources differ on whether freelance correspondent Ronan Farrow had enough usable interviews when NBC News passed on his Harvey Weinstein story
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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
Every industry, including journalism, has men like Harvey Weinstein who cross lines with women in multiple ways
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Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says Twitter needs to be a “lot more transparent in our actions” around suspending users, after it its broke silence on Rose McGowan — Twitter has abruptly broken its own policy of not commenting on individual accounts to explain why it temporarily suspended …
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Dustin Volz / Reuters:
In an interview, Sheryl Sandberg says Facebook is committed to helping Congressional investigators publicly release Russia-linked ads and info on user targeting — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook Inc Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said on Thursday the company was fully committed …
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Steve Kovach / Business Insider:
Sandberg wrongly denies Facebook's role as a media company, and false information that spreads on platform shows a great need for FB to start acting responsibly — How would you classify a company that: — distributes news and information to billions of people every month?
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@stevekovach, @stevekovach, @derekwillis, Motherboard and Axios
Washington Post:
Facebook says it fixed a CrowdTangle “bug” that allowed a researcher to analyze the reach of Russia-linked account posts — Social media analyst Jonathan Albright got a call from Facebook the day after he published research last week showing that the reach of the Russian disinformation campaign …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify launches an iOS app so musicians can see real-time streaming data and audience demographics, with Android version coming in a few weeks — In the music streaming era, access to data is king. Artists want to know how their music is being discovered, who's listening, where …
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Jeff Baumgartner / Multichannel News:
SEC filing: cord-cutting and dominance of OTT leads AT&T to project a 390K loss in traditional video subscriptions, offset by a 300K gain in OTT subscriptions — ‘Becoming increasingly clear that the wheels are falling off of satellite TV,’ analyst says
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Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:
Leaked Facebook email to fact-checking partners: news they label as false sees future impressions drop by 80% and takes 3+ days for labels to be applied — A news story that's been labeled false by Facebook's third-party fact-checking partners sees its future impressions on the platform drop by 80% …
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TechCrunch, New York Magazine and @digiphile
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump's threat to NBC echoes Nixon's 1973 tactics against the FCC licenses of TV stations owned by The Washington Post — President Trump is yet again threatening to crack down on media outlets he doesn't like. But this time he's doing it in a much more brazen fashion.
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CNNMoney:
Experts say Trump's threat to “challenge” TV networks' licenses, made in response to NBC News report, would be hard to implement
Experts say Trump's threat to “challenge” TV networks' licenses, made in response to NBC News report, would be hard to implement
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Stephanie Prange / Variety:
Five major Hollywood studios join Disney's Movies Anywhere service, a digital locker that brings together movies from Amazon Video, Google Play, iTunes, Vudu — Disney-owned Movies Anywhere service gets backing from most of the majors, launches tonight — Stephanie's Most Recent Stories
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Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Fusion is developing TV shows based on Gizmodo Media Group titles, starting with Jalopnik — Fusion is beginning to roll out a slate of TV shows from various properties within Gizmodo Media Group (formerly Gawker Media), starting with Jalopnik. It's part of a broader strategy …