Mediagazer: Analysis: video services operated by third parties on MySpace and GateHouse Media subdomains generated millions of fraudulent ad views (Craig Silverman/BuzzFeed)

8:17 PM ET, October 28, 2017

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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:

News organizations must address the deep-seated gender inequality that's at the root of the widespread sexual misconduct at media companies — So, now that the dam has burst on sexual misconduct at media companies, we're good, right? — Don't believe that for a moment.

Discussion: thecut, Vox, @pamelacolloff, @jayrosen_nyu, Vanity Fair and The Daily Caller

Paul Farhi / Washington Post:

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Clio Chang / Splinter:

The open sexual harassment by The New Republic's Leon Wieseltier, literary editor for over 30 years, raises questions about accountability — On Tuesday night, The New York Times, Politico, and The Atlantic all published stories detailing numerous sexual harassment allegations against Leon Wieseltier …

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Kate Stanhope / Hollywood Reporter:
HBO drops miniseries about the 2016 election based on Mark Halperin's planned book after sexual harassment claims

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Bill O'Reilly threatens to sue for $5 million over ‘defamatory’ Facebook post — Fox gave O'Reilly contract after $32 million settlement — Bill O'Reilly is threatening legal action against a former New Jersey lawmaker who penned a candid account of his ex-girlfriend's alleged encounters with the former Fox News host.

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David Bauder / Associated Press:

Media Matters: Fox News aired more than 12.5 hours on Weinstein scandal since October 5 and only 20 minutes, 46 seconds on O'Reilly accusations since April — https://apnews.com/5d83428f09ea495d9b14 a8bd887f7645 — Link copied! — NEW YORK (AP) — Bill O'Reilly and Harvey Weinstein …

Discussion: @monicahesse, @jamescdownie and TVWeek.com

New York Times:

Sources: Washington Free Beacon initially hired Fusion GPS, the firm that produced Steele dossier on Trump, starting in October 2015 and stopping in May 2016 — WASHINGTON — The Washington Free Beacon, a conservative website funded by a major Republican donor, was the first to hire the firm …

Peter Kafka / Recode:

Twitter suspends former Trump adviser Roger Stone after he sent crude, personal, and vaguely threatening tweets to some CNN anchors and contributors — Stone went after Lemon last night. — What can you get away with typing on Twitter? It's a line that moves over time.

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Rob Goldman / Facebook:

Facebook will start testing new ad transparency features in Canada in Nov., in US and elsewhere by summer, including an option to see all ads a page is running — When it comes to advertising on Facebook, people should be able to tell who the advertiser is and see the ads they're running, especially for political ads.

Freia Nahser / Global Editors Network:

Interview with Peter Bale, Wikitribune's editor, on how the crowdsourced news org will work at launch next week: 4-8 pieces a day, all revenue from subs, no ads — Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, believes that the news industry is broken and he reckons he has a way to fix it.

Thanks:@geninnovate

Runa Sandvik / Times Open:

The New York Times launches experimental Tor Onion Service; logins and comments not yet available — Today we are announcing an experiment in secure communication, and launching an alternative way for people to access our site: we are making the nytimes.com website available as a Tor Onion Service.

Discussion: The Next Web, Nieman Lab, @bobmcmillan, Boing Boing, BetaNews and Fast Company

Kristen Hare / Poynter:

Democracy Fund gives Local Independent Online News Publishers $250K grant to assist 10 publishers develop sustainable business models — Chicago - Local Independent Online News Publishers announced a grant of $250,000 that will go toward helping local newsrooms find sustainable business …

Discussion: LIONpublishers.com

Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:

Analysis: video services operated by third parties on MySpace and GateHouse Media subdomains generated millions of fraudulent ad views — Myspace — the iconic social network of the early 2000s — seemed to be experiencing a resurgence this summer when millions of visitors flocked to its new video page …

Discussion: @theregister, more at Techmeme »

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Peter Kafka / Recode:
BuzzFeed's Product Labs offers marketing to creators of products or services in exchange for a cut of net sales, probably 10-20%

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