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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Bob Weinstein, Harvey's brother, accused of sexual harassment and joking he could fire showrunner for a Spike TV series if she kept refusing dinner invitations — A female showrunner who worked on the Weinstein Co. drama “The Mist” has accused Bob Weinstein of sexual harassment during the production of the Spike TV series.
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Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Harvey Weinstein resigns from Weinstein Company board during Tuesday meeting, still holds 22% of company stock — Harvey Weinstein resigned Tuesday from the Weinstein Co. board of directors, as the company continues to try to distance itself from the disgraced mogul.
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HuffPost:
Ex-Variety staffers call former editor-in-chief Peter Bart one of Harvey Weinstein's greatest protectors, a charge Bart denies — In the 1990s, Peter Bart turned Variety into one of the most powerful institutions in Hollywood. In doing so, he helped turn Harvey Weinstein into another.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Amazon Studios chief Roy Price resigns, company spokesman says, after suspension following sexual harassment claim — Amazon Studios chief Roy Price has resigned, five days after he was suspended by the company after a producer accused him of sexual harassment, an Amazon spokesperson told CNN.
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Ken Doctor / TheStreet:
A look at the staff, programming, and revenue at The Daily, The New York Times news podcast, which has passed 100M downloads — Within nine months of its launch, it looks like The New York Times (NYT) has more than a success on its hands. “The Daily” is becoming a phenomenon …
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Erin Griffith / Wired:
Internal email details Twitter's plans to update rules on abuse, including expanding reporting options, hiding hate symbols behind warnings, more — WHEN TWITTER COULD take credit for revolutionary political movements like the Arab Spring, it was easy for the company's executives to joke about their liberal stance on free speech.
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New York Times:
Politifact and Snopes, using Google AdSense, unwittingly hosted ads by fake news publishers; source says AdSense has terminated the ads — SAN FRANCISCO — The headlines are eye-catching. Melania Trump is leaving the White House! Home renovation cable star Joanna Gaines has abandoned her HGTV show and husband Chip Gaines!
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New York Times:
Some say China's increasingly tight control of online content is vindicated as US probes foreign digital influence amid its election — HULUNBUIR, China — In the United States, some of the world's most powerful technology companies face rising pressure to do more to fight false information and stop foreign infiltration.
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Matthew Kassel / Columbia Journalism Review:
Interview with BuzzFeed's Joseph Bernstein, who documented how Steve Bannon and Milo Yiannopoulos defined and boosted the alt-right and white nationalism — Supporters for and against a Confederate memorial monument face off on August 26, 2017 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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Binoy Prabhakar / Nieman Lab:
Profile of The Print, a digital outlet covering Indian politics, founded by former Indian Express CEO and editor-in-chief Shekhar Gupta — Shekhar Gupta said he named his new venture The Print to signal to readers that its standards would be high: “We feel there is a belief that once you go digital, the bar is lowered.”
Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
Industry gatekeepers like Harvey Weinstein and The New York Times have less power thanks to proliferation of online entertainment and news sources — I'd be remiss in not stating the obvious: Harvey Weinstein is a despicable human being, who did evil things.
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The Guardian:
Son of murdered investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia accuses the Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and others of being “complicit” in her murder — Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed because she ‘stood between rule of law and those who sought to violate it’, says son Matthew
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Federal judge dismisses libel lawsuit by Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska against AP over its reporting on his ties to Trump's former campaign chairman Manafort — A federal judge has tossed out a libel lawsuit filed against The Associated Press by a Russian oligarch whose business dealings …
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