Mediagazer: AT&T and Time Warner have agreed to extend the termination date of their proposed takeover deal, as they await approval from US regulators (Todd Spangler/Variety)

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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 — - 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.

Discussion: Mediaite, Jezebel, Vox, @jodikantor, The Wrap, Newser, USA Today, Washington Post and The Week

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 …

Discussion: @cnn, Fast Company, CNBC, The Week, The Drum, The Daily Caller and Mashable

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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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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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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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 …

Adrienne Lafrance / Nieman Reports:

News organizations experiment with personalized content but it is making political polarization worse — News personalization could help publishers attract and retain audiences—in the process making political polarization even worse — I — t took a terrorist attack for Google to enter the news business.

Todd Spangler / Variety:

AT&T and Time Warner have agreed to extend the termination date of their proposed takeover deal, as they await approval from US regulators — AT&T and Time Warner have agreed to extend the termination date of the telco's proposed $85 billion takeover of Time Warner, as the deal is still pending approval from U.S. regulators.

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Anna Clark / Columbia Journalism Review:

As during the AIDS epidemic, victims and families use obituaries to highlight the depth of the opioid crisis, particularly in news deserts — AUSTIN JONATZKE of Stevensville, Michigan, didn't live a long life, but his family wants you to know how meaningful it was. He adored his redheaded nieces and nephew.

Nataliya Vasilyeva / Associated Press:

Well-known Moscow journalist Tatyana Felgenhauer has been stabbed in the neck, the latest in a string of attacks on journalists — MOSCOW (AP) — A well-known journalist for Russia's top independent radio station was stabbed in the throat Monday by an unidentified attacker who burst into her studio …

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Wattpad's free storytelling and fan fiction app, now with 60M monthly users, adds a $6/month ad-free plan — Wattpad, the company behind a suite of apps for reading and sharing stories - including a fairly popular “chat fiction” app Tap, a rival to Hooked - is today adding its first ever subscription plan for its flagship application.

Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times:

Google says it plans to take a percentage of fees for new subscriptions that media publishers get via its upcoming subscriber targeting tools — Google plans to share revenues with publishers which benefit from the company's new digital subscription tools, in a scheme comparable to its successful advertising revenue model.