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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, Mediaite, @spencerwoodman, New York Times, TIME, Business Insider, The Week, @rothmanistan, @aodespair, The Guardian, New York Magazine and Snopes.com
Laura McGann / Vox:
NYT suspends Glenn Thrush pending investigation after several women, including Vox reporter Laura McGann, allege he sexually harassed them — Several women told Vox about their experiences with the star reporter, and the Times has suspended him pending an investigation.
Discussion:
New York Times, Thanks:@beet_tv
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 …
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@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
Discussion:
Deadline, New York Daily News, Fortune, Refinery29, Deadline and Hollywood Reporter
Sherwin Chua / The Splice Newsroom:
Independent news startups in Singapore often struggle to cover costs as many advertisers shun them because of the perception that they are anti-establishment — Sherwin is a Singapore-based journalism lecturer and freelance journalist who bridges academia and industry.
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:
Hit & Run, Forbes and @aweissman
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 and Fast Company
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, Cheddar and @jonsteinberg
Crain's Chicago Business:
Crain's Chicago Business is shutting down its comments section, saying it does not have the resources to curtail comments from trolls, including hate speech — The editors of Crain's Chicago Business are pulling the plug on our website's comments section. — Since we launched ChicagoBusiness.com …
Tom Grater / Screen:
54-year-old British camera operator Mark Milsome killed while filming stunt for upcoming BBC and Netflix drama The Forgiving Earth; an investigation is underway — UK camera operator Mark Milsome has died filming a stunt scene for upcoming BBC and Netflix drama The Forgiving Earth. He was 54 years old.
Discussion:
Hollywood Reporter
Karen K. Ho / Columbia Journalism Review:
Interview with AP's new race reporter on statistics' role in showing systemic racism, and how race should be considered in all reporting areas — AP Race and Ethnicity writer Errin Haines Whack. Courtesy photo. — Some reporters have to find creative ways to write about race and culture in their beats …
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