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Shawn Tully / Fortune:
How friendly TWC board members long protected Harvey Weinstein, like in 2015 when he was suspected of mismanaging funds and faced new harassment claims — The Harvey Weinstein sexual assault saga is a scandal for the ages. But the grave accusations of harassment and, in some cases …
Discussion:
The Guardian, @clarajeffery and @danprimack
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Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal:
Maria Contreras-Sweet, who led SBA under Obama, has submitted bid for Weinstein Company and is pitching majority-female board; lawyer Gloria Allred supports bid — Surprise offer from businesswoman Maria Contreras-Sweet has support of attorney Gloria Allred
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Deadline, Deadline, New York Daily News, Hollywood Reporter and Refinery29
Jenna McLaughlin / Foreign Policy:
A look back at coverage of WikiLeaks, Assange, and Guccifer 2.0 documents in Jared Kushner's New York Observer — The New York Observer, owned by Trump's son-in-law, was a friendly outlet for the 2016 Russian hackers. — In the fall of 2014, Julian Assange, the embattled head of WikiLeaks …
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Mashable, @jennamc_laugh, @mikestaresinic, @aarongell, @anthony, Daily Mail, Mother Jones and Fast Company
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Sources: possible buyers for 51% of Rolling Stone include trade publisher Jay Penske, Bustle's Bryan Goldberg, and music exec Irving Azoff backed by James Dolan — In the mix: Trade publisher Jay Penske, Bustle CEO Bryan Goldberg and music executive Irving Azoff.
Discussion:
@aweissman
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
The publisher of AL.com, which runs Alabama's three largest newspapers, stands by reporting and blasts back at legal threats from Roy Moore — After The Post published an investigative article documenting Roy Moore's pursuit of a 14-year-old girl in 1979, the Republican Senate candidate from Alabama pledged to sue the newspaper.
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@erikwemple, TIME, @spencerwoodman, Business Insider, @aodespair and FOX 61
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Mirror EIC says company will face deeper job cuts if it fails to close deal with Express and Star, warns of upcoming gender pay gap report worse than BBC report — Lloyd Embley says failure to buy Richard Desmond's papers would lose cost-savings and admits looming gender pay gap data could be ‘embarrassing’
Romain Dillet / TechCrunch:
Media startup Cheddar launches its streaming TV channel in Europe with French startup Molotov, which won't be charged a licensing fee — Business news network Cheddar has been partnering with social media platforms and OTT services in the U.S. And Cheddar is now looking at international markets.
Discussion:
@jonsteinberg, @jonsteinberg and Cheddar
David Shepardson / Reuters:
FCC approves ATSC 3.0 TV broadcast standard, dubbed “Next Gen TV”, with interactive features, UHD support, and geotargeted emergency alerts and advertisements — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Thursday approved the use of new technology that will improve picture quality …
Discussion:
@kevinctofel, TVNewsCheck, Variety and Gizmodo, more at Techmeme »
Katharine Viner / The Guardian:
Katharine Viner on the history of the Guardian and its mission for the future: collaborate with readers to empower them, diversify, offer fair reporting, more — In a turbulent era, the media must define its values and principles, writes Guardian editor-in-chief Katharine Viner
Discussion:
@kathviner, @chakrabortty, @shiundu, The Drum, @jayrosen_nyu and Press Gazette
Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
The work of suspended VOA reporter Joshua Fatzick shows problematic story selection and misleading statements; review of his work will be part of internal probe — Voice of America has placed journalist Joshua Fatzick on administrative leave after Mediaite reported that he posted racist …
Bloomberg:
With ads hard to sell and VC hard to raise, sources say media startups like Defy Media and Uproxx consider, like Mashable, selling to bigger companies — Defy Media, Uproxx also weigh sale as capital to grow dries up — Web publishers that made ‘pivot to video’ struggle to sell ads
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, @arusbridger, @timkiladze, @gadyepstein, @benfrumin, @anildash, @aedison, @seldo, @film_girl, @jarroddicker, @mathewi and @mgsiegler
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Harry McCracken / Fast Company:
How The Washington Post built Arc, its suite of digital publishing tools, and started offering the software to other newsrooms as a paid service — The newspaper created a platform to tackle its own challenges. Then, with Amazon-like spirit, it realized there was a business in helping other publishers do the same.
Discussion:
@sriramvasan and @andreas212nyc
April Glaser / Slate:
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which protects websites from liability for user posts, has enabled both website growth and hate speech — But also made the internet what we have today. — The internet didn't have to turn out this way. There is an alternative future …
Discussion:
Simple Justice
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