Mediagazer: Time Inc. announces it has sold Sunset magazine to Regent, a private equity firm in Beverly Hills; sales of Essence, Golf, and Time Inc. UK are also pending (Kim Severson/New York Times)

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Politico:

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Mike Allen / Axios:
Memo from NBC News Chairman Andy Lack: “Today” anchor Matt Lauer has been fired following a complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behaviour

Variety:
NBC sources describe Lauer's transgressions: lewd comments, invitations to his hotel room late at night on assignment, and dropping his pants in his office

Jack Shafer / Politico:

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Kim Severson / New York Times:

Time Inc. announces it has sold Sunset magazine to Regent, a private equity firm in Beverly Hills; sales of Essence, Golf, and Time Inc. UK are also pending — Sunset magazine, founded in 1898 as a way to lure travelers West and which went on to help generations live their best California lives, has a new owner.

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Ivana Kottasová / CNNMoney:

Twitter says it didn't delete anti-Muslim tweets retweeted by Trump because it makes occasional exceptions to rules so people can see every side of an issue — Outrage after Trump retweets anti-Muslim videos — President Trump has been heavily criticized for his decision to retweet three graphic anti-Muslim videos.

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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:

Memo: Vice News fires three employees amid investigations into sexual harassment — Vice Media fired three employees on Thursday amid a probe into sexual harassment and improper workplace conduct, according to a memo obtained by CNNMoney. — Vice did not name the employees.

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Tiffany Kary / Bloomberg:

Judge says Thiel can't stop legal probe into his role in Gawker's demise, but says Thiel can bid on remaining assets, including litigation claims against him — Investigation of billionaire's role in bankruptcy can proceed — Gawker estate says claims against Thiel may be worth millions

Discussion: BuzzFeed

Erin Griffith / Wired:

Profile of Bored Panda, which hit 116M unique visitors in October, mostly via Facebook, and how it avoided Facebook's clickbait purge by providing good content — FOR A YEAR or two in the early 2010s, a certain genre of cheesy, irresistibly uplifting headline was unavoidable on Facebook.

Discussion: New York Times, @mattmittenthal, @ranimolla, @bydanielvictor and @kevinroose

Josh Kosman / New York Post:

Sources: Sinclair is close to accepting DoJ remedies for approval of $6.6B buyout by selling 13 Tribune stations, though it hopes only to sell 10 — Sinclair Broadcasting is close to accepting a remedy proposed by President Trump's Department of Justice to allow its $6.6 billion buyout …

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Matt Pressberg / The Wrap:

Liberty Global invests in movie distributor STX, which is aiming for a Hong Kong IPO; Bruce Mann, Liberty's chief programming officer, to join the STX board — Independent distributor STX, which is heading toward a Hong Kong IPO, has secured an investment from telecom giant Liberty Global, the company announced Thursday.

Discussion: Hollywood Reporter and Variety

Yashar Ali / HuffPost:

No black women were listed among 683 panelists at Business Insider's annual digital and media conference established in 2010, though some invites issued, per BI — The annual gathering of media and digital industry leaders appears to have a blind spot. — Since 2010, just after Thanksgiving each year …

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