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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
PBS to air CNN International's Amanpour on an interim basis to replace Charlie Rose, is finalizing plans for a public affairs program to follow Amanpour's slot — PBS has a plan for replacing Charlie Rose's late-night interview program, and it starts with Christiane Amanpour.
Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
AL.com's new Facebook brand, Reckon, aims to build an identity that breaks out of newspaper voice — “Can we, as an established news company, create something that feels like a news startup focused around investigative and enterprise news, done for a social audience?”
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Jon Levine / The Wrap:
MSNBC won't renew contributor Sam Seder's contract over 2009 rape joke tweet; on his podcast Seder claimed tweet was satire, accused Cernovich of smear campaign — MSNBC has decided not to renew its contract with contributor Sam Seder after an old tweet emerged in which Seder joked …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
‘House of Cards’ Sixth and Final Season Shooting to Resume in Early 2018, Without Kevin Spacey — Netflix has reached an agreement to resume production on “House of Cards” season 6 — the show's final season — in early 2018, according to chief content officer Ted Sarandos.
CNNMoney:
ABC News president excoriates staff over Brian Ross' Michael Flynn error, announces that Ross will no longer cover stories related to Trump — ABC suspends reporter over faulty Trump report — ABC News president James Goldston excoriated staff Monday over Brian Ross' major error on a report …
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Mediaite, Washington Post, The Daily Caller and The Week
Craig Silverman / Poynter:
Study: Trump causing Dems to trust media more, Republicans expressing more extreme, negative views of media; online consumption less polarized than thought — The presidency of Donald Trump has caused Democrats to experience a surge in confidence in the press at the same time that Republicans …
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Fox News and Bill O'Reilly are being sued by Rachel Bernstein, who settled with the ex-anchor in 2002, over comments he made about his accusers in an NYT story — Rachel Bernstein is suing for breach of her settlement agreement and defamation. — Fox News and Bill O'Reilly have been hit …
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BuzzFeed:
YouTube says moderation team will have 10K+ people by end of 2018, up 25% according to sources, take new approach to ads, to curb child exploitation problem — The company plans to have over 10,000 content moderators on staff by the end of 2018, YouTube CEO, Susan Wojcicki said.
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
The Information launches a $199 per year plan for readers under 30 and a $749 all-access annual plan that includes event access with option to bring a guest — It's been a tough time for ad-based digital media, with companies missing ad revenue goals and their value declining.
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Taylor Lorenz / The Daily Beast:
Facebook removes posts, suspends users for phrases like “men are scum”; ~500 female comedians staged Nov. protest using the terms, most were suspended — When comic Marcia Belsky sarcastically replied “men are scum” to a friend's Facebook post back in October …
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Yashar Ali / HuffPost:
Netflix's Dir. of Global Kids Content Andy Yeatman told an alleged victim of actor Danny Masterson that senior execs don't believe the claims against the actor — Police are investigating four women's claims that “The Ranch” star Danny Masterson raped them in the early 2000s.
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Jezebel, Mashable, Business Insider, The A.V. Club, Fortune and UPROXX
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Oprah Winfrey sells 24.5% of OWN for $70M to Discovery Communications, which now controls 70% of the company; Winfrey extends contract with network through 2025 — Discovery will control 70% of OWN after purchase of stake for $70 million — Discovery Communications Inc. is taking majority control of OWN …