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The Daily Beast:
The New Republic's publisher, Hamilton Fish, takes leave after harassment allegations involving “a number of women employees”, according to its owner — Hamilton Fish V, the publisher of The New Republic, is taking a leave of absence from running the century-old magazine pending …
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
Sources: at CNN, staff fear parent company Time Warner's merger with AT&T will lead to the ouster of the network's President Jeff Zucker — The good news, however, is that the network's future overlords in Dallas are now willing to publicly support Jeff Zucker. But what will things look like in a year?
Discussion:
The Daily Caller, New York Times, The Wrap, TVNewser and @richardmadan
Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Sources: ex-THR editor Janice Min, publishing entrepreneur Tyler Brule, and Ronan Farrow all believed to be in the running for Vanity Fair editor job — As sexual harassment accusations sweep through many industries, the selection of a new editor has become a prism through which to read a changing landscape
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Mediawire, @michaelwolffnyc, @guardiannews, @michaelwolffnyc and Newser
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
News orgs in 6 test countries worry over the drop in reach after Facebook moved their posts to the Explore tab, with paying as only option to get into News Feed — “It's important politically how this is going to play out.” — It's Facebook's world; we just live in it.
Discussion:
The Guardian, @jimmurphysf, @realclusterf**k and @rohanjay
Steve LeVine / Axios:
How two former Wall Street Journal investigative reporters, founders of Fusion GPS, became key figures in the political storm surrounding Trump-Russia dossier — In fall 2015, Fusion GPS, an investigative firm run by former senior reporters at the Wall Street Journal, began working on a new assignment …
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@realdonaldtrump, Vanity Fair, Deadline, Rolling Stone, Axios, CNN, @axios, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, Wall Street Journal and @mlcalderone
Emily Bell / The Guardian:
The erasure of traditional boundaries between advertising and other “content” online lies at the root of the Russian ad issue during the US election — lmost a year after the shock election of Donald Trump, the communication tactics and tools that helped him win power remain …
Discussion:
@emilybell, @janebsinger and @soktaykilic
Ben Popper / The Verge:
YouTube TV debuts a standalone app for Android TV and Xbox One devices today, coming to Apple TV, smart TVs in coming weeks; no plans shared for Amazon app — The video giant's pay TV effort is expanding — Over the last five years, major cable and satellite television providers in the US …
Campaign:
Vice Media hires Vogue's Ad Director Lucy Delacherois-Day as commercial director, overseeing its newly-created group specializing in fashion, luxury, and beauty — Vice Media has hired Condé Nast's Lucy Delacherois-Day for the newly-created role of commercial director …
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
How Medium lures publishers like FT and NYT to post stories behind its metered paywall with a curated, ad-free experience and cash — Unlike other Medium partners, they're not paid per clap: “Medium has derisked it for us by providing financial value while creating opportunities for us to establish direct relationships with readers.”
Discussion:
@laurahazardowen and @duboff
Ken Doctor / TheStreet:
How an FCC relaxation of media ownership rules could work, based on the example of Raycom's merger with Community Newspaper Holdings — It was a tiny bolt out of the blue and, to those who have been watching closely, another act in a long-schemed planned outage.
Lisa de Moraes / Deadline:
MSNBC has confirmed it has terminated Mark Halperin's contract, after HBO and Penguin Press both sever ties — MSNBC this morning confirmed to Deadline it has terminated Mark Halperin's contract. — News comes days after CNN first reported claims of five women, who spoke on condition of anonymity …
Discussion:
@mlcalderone, The Verge, @lkherman, @riotwomennn and @rolandsmartin
Aimee Levitt / Chicago Reader:
Amid the Weinstein fallout and a book tour by Matt Taibbi, the misogynist tales of Taibbi and Mark Ames in The Exile resurface — Matt Taibbi has a new book out now, I Can't Breathe, about all the forces that conspired to kill Eric Garner. It's an important story that has become part …
Discussion:
@mdoukmas, Matt Taibbi, @ojutel, @neelaeast, @aimeelevitt, @moryan, Martha Bayne, @chrisfarnsworth, @rasmus_kleis and @moryan
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