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The Weinstein Company announces investment from Colony Capital, says it's in talks about selling all or part of the company — Stabilizes TWC Operations and Reassures Distribution, Production and Talent Partners; Companies Enter Negotiating Period for Potential Sale
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Producers Guild votes unanimously to begin process to expel Harvey Weinstein, official determination on November 6; creates anti-sexual harassment task force — The Producers Guild of America has initiated its expulsion process to decide the fate of disgraced studio mogul Harvey Weinstein as a member of the trade organization.
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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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Maltese political journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who uncovered allegations of corruption connected to Malta's Prime Minister, killed by car bomb — Prime minister called the bombing ‘a spiteful attack on a citizen and freedom of expression.’ — Daphne Caruana Galizia …
Matt Pressberg / The Wrap:
Netflix reports Q3 revenue of $2.99B, up 30% YoY, vs. $2.97B est., 5.3M total subs added vs. 4.5M est., projects 6.3M new subscribers in Q4 — Netflix may have been overshadowed by streaming rival Hulu at last month's Emmy Awards, but it remains second to none in terms of reach …
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US Press Freedom Tracker found 15 arrests and 15 physical attacks on journalists at US political protests this year as of mid-September — Covering protests has become the riskiest job in journalism — T — he most dangerous place to be a journalist in America is at a protest.
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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
Scientologists are urging advertisers to boycott A&E's Leah Remini show, claiming it's inciting acts of violence and threats against members of the church — Letters claim program has triggered harassment, threats of violence against church members; channel backs the show, which won an Emmy
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Though Trump's threats against the press have been toothless thus far, they hurt US' ability to be a free press advocate on the world stage — As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump vowed to change the libel laws to make it easier to win big lawsuits against news organizations. It never happened.
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Jackie Wattles / CNNMoney:
Jessica Rosenworcel calls on fellow FCC commissioners to break their silence on Trump's comments on revoking networks' broadcasting licenses — FCC commissioner responds to Trump's license tweets — A top Federal Communications Commission official is putting pressure on her colleagues …
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Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review:
Trump's use of Twitter raises ethical and legal questions for reporters and upends traditional reporting on politics by effectively replacing press conferences — Donald Trump's Twitter feed has become a news service for political junkies. It's also raised a tangle of new ethical …
Jessica Davies / Digiday:
With 30M international unique monthly visitors to its site, WaPo wants to grow its overseas digital subs, ad rev, helped by its European branded content studio — For U.S. publishers expanding internationally, one of the biggest challenges is brand perception.
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How Spotify's Discover Weekly makes recommendations: a mix of collaborative filtering, natural language processing, and analyzing raw audio tracks — The science behind personalized music recommendations — This Monday—just like every Monday— over 100 million Spotify users found a fresh new playlist waiting for them.
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