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Six women, including actress Olivia Munn, have accused filmmaker Brett Ratner of sexual harassment and assault — Natasha Henstridge was watching a movie on Brett Ratner's couch when she fell asleep. She was a 19-year-old fashion model; he was an up-and-coming music video director in his early 20s.
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Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Tuesday Senate hearing: Google explains delay in cutting RT from ad program; Twitter says ~5% accounts are spam; Facebook says it revealed all known Russian ads — A live look at the Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on Russian election interference. — Facebook, Google and Twitter …
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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Senators raise issue to Facebook, Twitter, Google of shell firms obscuring identities of advertisers, a fundamental obstacle to efforts to increase transparency — How can internet giants know that innocent-seeming U.S. companies aren't actually shell vehicles for malicious foreign actors to buy ads to interfere with elections?
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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
During congressional hearing, Facebook's general counsel said 120K Instagram posts from Russian-linked accounts reached 16M Americans from Oct '16 to election — Facebook detailed the extent of Russia's election interference campaign on Instagram today during its second congressional hearing.
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Recode:
Sources: Facebook, Google, Twitter to tell Congress that Russian election meddling wider than reported; source says 126M Facebook users may have seen content
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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Sources: some Fox News staffers said they were embarrassed by network's news and opinion coverage of Mueller's investigation into Russian election influence — Some employees at Fox News were left embarrassed and humiliated by their network's coverage of the latest revelations …
David Folkenflik / NPR:
NPR puts news head Michael Oreskes on leave after claims about harassment of 2 women at another org ~20 years ago; current staffer goes public about 2015 event — NPR has placed its senior vice president for news, Michael Oreskes, on leave after fielding accusations that he sexually harassed …
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BBC:
Three more men have alleged that actor Kevin Spacey sexually harassed or assaulted them; one was a teenager when the incident happened — A man has said he was left traumatised after waking up to find Hollywood star Kevin Spacey lying on him when he was a teenager in the 1980s.
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Kate Stanhope / Hollywood Reporter:
Netflix and MRC suspend production on House of Cards season 6 indefinitely, say they need time to review the situation following allegations against Spacey — The news comes one day after the streamer picked up the drama for a sixth and final season. — Production on House of Cards …
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
During a conference call, Sinclair Broadcast Group CEO Chris Ripley said Bill O'Reilly did approach the company but said they have “no interest” in hiring him — During a conference call with Wall Street analysts, Sinclair Broadcast Group CEO Chris Ripley fielded a question …
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Ben Munson / FierceCable:
Sinclair Broadcast Group Q3 earnings: overall revenue down 3.3% to $670.9M YoY, with political revenue down to $7.3M from $45M during presidential elections — Sinclair Broadcast Group's third-quarter net income fell to $30.6 million, down from $50.8 million one year ago, as hurricanes …
New York Times Company:
In Q3, NYT adds 154K net digital-only subscribers, up 14% YoY; Cooking app, which launched early in the quarter, adds 23K subscribers; revenue up 6% YoY — NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)— The New York Times Company (NYSE:NYT) announced today third-quarter 2017 diluted earnings per share …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Mark Halperin's longtime collaborator and Game Change co-author, John Heilemann, says he was unaware of sexual harassment allegations — For the political journalists Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, work on the third installment of their popular “Game Change” book series …
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