Mediagazer: Snap Maps, Snapchat's location-sharing feature, provided users with real-time footage of the terror attack in Manhattan on Tuesday (Laura Hazard Owen/Nieman Lab)

4:40 PM ET, November 1, 2017

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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.

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.

Discussion: @alexstamos, Fast Company, Forbes, Axios, Broadcasting & Cable, Mashable, TechCrunch and Recode, more at Techmeme »

Washington Post:

Lawmakers release a sampling of Russian Facebook ads placed during and after campaign — Lawmakers on Wednesday released a trove of ads that Russian operatives bought on Facebook, providing the fullest picture yet of how foreign actors sought to promote Republican Donald Trump …

Discussion: BuzzFeed, The New York Observer, The Keyword, Wired, @issielapowsky, Fortune, @thomasfuchs, @pinboard, @dylanbyers, Variety, Gizmodo, BBC, USA Today, Business Insider, The Hill and Slate, more at Techmeme »

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Facebook says Clinton and Trump campaigns spent combined $81M on ads on the platform, compared to $46K spent by Russian Internet Research Agency — Russian information troll farm the Internet Research Agency spent just .05 percent as much on Facebook ads as Hillary Clinton …

Discussion: Recode, The Verge, Fast Company, Motherboard, Engadget, Axios, Recode, BuzzFeed and @tonyromm, more at Techmeme »

CNNMoney:

Memo: NPR's Senior Vice President of News Michael Oreskes has resigned over allegations of sexual harassment — NPR's senior vice president of news Michael Oreskes resigned on Wednesday amid allegations of sexual harassment and improper behavior in his past. — “I am deeply sorry to the people I hurt.

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 …

Discussion: @karaswisher, FierceCable, @jeremymbarr and Washington Free Beacon

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 …

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.

Discussion: RADAR, Variety and IndieWire

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 …

Discussion: @dleonhardt, Poynter, @jonathanvswan, @mattdpearce, @peterbakernyt and The Wrap

Tripp Mickle / Wall Street Journal:

Apple changed its standard iPhone review PR strategy for the iPhone X, prioritizing YouTubers and celebrities over established names in tech journalism — ‘Unusual’ change in strategy means latest phone got less testing than most of its predecessors before reviews could be published

Discussion: VentureBeat, 9to5Mac, Bloomberg, Best Buy Corporate, AppAdvice.com, Apple, @daringfireball, Variety, Fortune, Mashable and Variety, more at Techmeme »

Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:

Snap Maps, Snapchat's location-sharing feature, provided users with real-time footage of the terror attack in Manhattan on Tuesday — During Tuesday's terror attacks in Lower Manhattan, in which a driver in a pickup truck killed eight people and injured 11, Snap Maps, the location-sharing feature …

Discussion: New York Times

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 …

Discussion: New York Times, Washington Post, Business Insider, Mediaite, The Wrap, The Week, bookforum.com, Media Matters for America, Splinter, @matthewamiller, @oliverdarcy and Vox

Jake Offenhartz / Gothamist:

A stunt with a banner at a protest of a Mike Cernovich speech fed a Twitter censorship conspiracy theory after Twitter took down image after copyright complaint — A right-wing conspiracy theory was born at Columbia University last night, based on a lie that spread with remarkable speed …

Discussion: @tvietor08, Washington Free Beacon, @nathantempey, @mathewi, The Daily Beast, New York Magazine, @anthony, @cernovich, Media Matters for America, BuzzFeed, @chrislhayes and @nathantempey

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 …

Discussion: Variety and Mediaite