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Jackie Strause / Hollywood Reporter:
On her show Megyn Kelly says she complained about O'Reilly's behavior in letter to Fox execs and criticized Fox's PR chief Irena Briganti — The NBC News host made the reveal before welcoming former Fox News host and O'Reilly accuser Juliet Huddy onto her Monday talk show.
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Maxwell Tani / Business Insider:
In NYT interview, O'Reilly calls accusers' allegations “bulls***”, lambasts the paper, and claims Eric Bolling's son died over allegations against his father — - The former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly blasted New York Times reporters who helped expose the sexual-harassment allegations against him.
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
The O'Reilly and Weinstein cases show settlements and nondisclosure agreements create a silence on sexual harassment that could leave others vulnerable — Bill O'Reilly and Harvey Weinstein may have come from different ends of the political spectrum, but it turns out they have a lot in common.
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Alex Hern / The Guardian:
Facebook testing News Feed change in six countries, moving non-promoted posts from Pages to a secondary feed, decreasing engagement for some media — New system could destroy smaller publishers if implemented, after journalists report drop in organic reach - but users will still see their friends' posts
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CNN unveils new slogan, “Facts First” and launches a new promotional campaign which addresses the rise of fake news — CNN is throwing something new at people who have tried to portray it as a purveyor of so-called “fake news.” — In what may be one of the most distinctive …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
ESPN Cancels ‘Barstool Van Talk,’ Citing Concerns About Barstool Content — ESPN launched “Barstool Van Talk” on ESPN2 in the hopes of harnessing the growing popularity of its backer, the raunchy Barstool Sports site, for its wee-hours schedule. But just days after starting the program, ESPN is pulling it off the air.
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Kevin Draper / New York Times:
Alex Mather, co-founder of The Athletic, says the sports site will make business extremely difficult for local newspapers, “bleed them dry” of their best talent — By the time you finish reading this article, the upstart sports news outlet called The Athletic probably …
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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Profile of Matthew Henick, head of BuzzFeed Motion Pictures, as the unit focuses on developing ideas for feature-length movies and TV series — Matthew Henick, a onetime teenage ringtone magnate, is leading the company away from popular shorts toward deals with production studios.
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Tony Maglio / The Wrap:
Netflix to raise $1.6B in debt to fund content acquisitions, production, and development — Netflix plans to raise an additional $1.6 billion in debt to fund “content acquisitions, production and development,” among other “general corporate purposes,” the streaming giant said on Monday.
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William D. Cohan / New Yorker:
The bankruptcy of the Alaska Dispatch News is a cautionary tale for those who think billionaires can save journalism from its lack of a viable business model — Ever since Donald Graham, the heir to the Washington Post, decided to sell the family's newspaper for two hundred and fifty million dollars …
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Megan Twohey / New York Times:
NY AG Eric Schneiderman opens civil rights inquiry into Weinstein Company, examining allegations of sexual misconduct and harassment, subpoenas documents — The New York attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, has opened an inquiry into the Weinstein Company examining whether allegations …
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Agence France-Presse:
Thousands of protesters joined a rally in Malta on Sunday to demand justice for murdered journalist and anti-corruption blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia — Anti-corruption blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed in a car bombing last week — Thousands of people flocked to a rally on Sunday …