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Gregg Kilday / Hollywood Reporter:
Motion Picture Academy expels Harvey Weinstein — The Oscar-winner's lifetime membership has been revoked. — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has expelled disgraced mogul Harvey Weinstein from its ranks. — The Academy's 54-member board of governors …
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In an interview, Bob Weinstein says he's sickened by Harvey Weinstein's seeming lack of remorse, insists Weinstein Co. can survive, more — The Weinstein Co. exec insists he had no idea about “the type of predator that he was” and is sickened by Harvey's seeming lack of remorse.
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Los Angeles Times:
Sources: potential buyers circle for parts of The Weinstein Company as its lenders pressure firm to liquidate assets — Harvey Weinstein, who was fired from his company Sunday in the wake of sexual harassment allegations. Police in New York and London are investigating alleged sexual assualt by Weinstein.
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Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey promises to crack down on hate, violence, and harassment with “more aggressive” rules — Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey took to...Twitter today to promise a “more aggressive” stance in its rules and how it enforces them. The tweet storm was based in a response …
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Twitter users split about whether to join #WomenBoycottTwitter Friday protest triggered by Twitter's temporary suspension of Rose McGowan's account — Activists, celebrities and journalists joined a boycott of Twitter on Friday to protest the social media platform's locking of the account …
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New York Times:
NYT updates social media guidelines, forbidding partisan opinion or offensive comments, discouraging joining private partisan groups, and more — The New York Times has been a dominant force on social media for years. Our newsroom accounts have tens of millions of followers.
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Kim Masters / Columbia Journalism Review:
How Charles Harder and Lisa Bloom tried to kill a story alleging sexual misconduct by Amazon Studios head Roy Price through threats of lawsuits — Roy Price (L) and Harvey Weinstein are seen here on June 6, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for Museum of the Moving Image )
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Amazon suspends Roy Price, VP of Amazon Studios and global head of Prime Video content, following harassment claim from a company producer
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Alexis C. Madrigal / The Atlantic:
An in-depth look at Facebook's role in eroding the informational underpinnings of democracy during the 2016 election, and why it was so hard to see it coming — In the media world, as in so many other realms, there is a sharp discontinuity in the timeline: before the 2016 election, and after.
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Suzanne Nossel / Foreign Policy:
PEN America releases detailed report on fighting “fake news”, stressing consumer education as the best defense that doesn't threaten free speech — Most cures for fraudulent news threaten to be worse than the disease. There's at least one exception.
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Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
Southcomm CEO says it wants to sell Washington City Paper, will keep Nashville Scene and focus on b2b focused outlets; hopes to find buyer by end of year — Its current owner would like to find a buyer by the end of the year. — Washington City Paper is for sale.
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Josh Meyer / Politico:
Sources: Twitter deleted tweets and user data potentially valuable for Russia probe in keeping with its privacy policy — Social-media platform's strict privacy policy led to deletions of Russian information of interest to investigators. — Twitter has deleted tweets and other user data …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Fandango to acquire MovieTickets.com for an undisclosed amount, gaining access to UK, Canada, and significantly expanding in Latin America — Todd's Most Recent Stories — Jake Paul, Juanpa Zurita Battle Zombies in YouTube Red's ‘Fight of the Living Dead: Paradise Calls’
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