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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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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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TMZ:
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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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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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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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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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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CNNMoney:
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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Jim Brady / ESPN:
Jemele Hill's suspension suggests ESPN journalists should consider business relationships before speaking out, and that undermines journalists' independence — The uneasy relationship between Jemele Hill and ESPN spilled into public view again Monday, as the network suspended the SportsCenter anchor …
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 …
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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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Stephanie Prange / Variety:
Four 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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Elliot Schrage / Facebook:
Axios co-founder Mike Allen to interview Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg at 9AM ET Thursday with live video on Axios and FB Live — Since its launch last June, Hard Questions has explored difficult topics that matter to Facebook's global community — explicitly and openly confronting our handling of terrorism …
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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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Tony Romm / Recode:
House Intelligence Committee leaders say they hope to publicly release Russia-linked Facebook ads once the company has scrubbed identifying info — Plus, more details on Sheryl Sandberg's meetings with lawmakers on Wednesday — House lawmakers investigating Russia's suspected meddling …
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