Mediagazer: 12 American Media ex-employees share details of complaints about Dylan Howard's behavior and an ensuing probe, after which he left before returning a year later (Associated Press)

9:00 PM ET, December 5, 2017

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12 American Media ex-employees share details of complaints about Dylan Howard's behavior and an ensuing probe, after which he left before returning a year later — https://apnews.com/61ec808965414abb810a 6e2d84f06a79 — NEW YORK (AP) — The top editor for the National Enquirer …

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New York Times:

Harvey Weinstein used threats, perks and a complicit web of agents, execs, and journalists at American Media and elsewhere as sexual harassment accusations grew — HARVEY WEINSTEIN BUILT his complicity machine out of the witting, the unwitting and those in between.

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David Faber / CNBC:

Sources: 21st Century Fox is close to a deal with Walt Disney Co to sell its studio and TV production assets and it could come as early as next week — - Fox would sell movie and television production assets and keep its news, sports and broadcast network.

Financial Times:

Sources: James Murdoch has been suggested as a potential successor to Disney CEO Bob Iger, due to retire in 2019, if Disney acquires 21st Century Fox assets — Matthew Garrahan in London, Arash Massoudi in London and James Fontanella-Khan in New York — James Murdoch has been suggested …

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Jon Christian / The Outline:

Contributing writers to publications including Mashable, Inc, Business Insider, and Fast Co say they accepted payments in exchange for promoting companies — An Outline investigation found that contributors to prominent publications have taken payments in exchange for positive coverage.

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Peter Kafka / Recode:

Sources: Ziff Davis has bought Mashable for less than $50M; source: about 50 people will likely be laid off and founder Pete Cashmore will stay at the company — Founder Pete Cashmore is staying. — Mashable, once a fast-growing digital publisher with big ambitions, has been sold at a fire sale price.

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Rebecca Carroll / Esquire:

Former Charlie Rose producer Rebecca Carroll writes about her experience as the only black journalist working on the show in the late 1990s — As one powerful man after another faces allegations of sexual misconduct, we're still not talking about the ramifications for black women.

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BuzzFeed:

YouTube says moderation team will have 10K+ people by end of 2018, up 25% according to sources, and pledges new ads approach 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.

Katie Notopoulos / BuzzFeed:
Trolls got a reporter's account locked over an old joke, revealing how Twitter's rules can be exploited and how high-profile users get better customer support

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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

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Ben Popper / The Verge:

YouTube says it's pulling support for Amazon Echo Show today, will cut access to YouTube on Amazon FireTV starting Jan. 1; Amazon stops selling new Nest devices — New Nest devices have mysteriously disappeared from Amazon — Three months ago, YouTube pulled its programming …

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Nicholas Quah / Nieman Lab:

Sources: Apple has acquired Oakland-based Pop Up Archive, an online platform that builds tools to transcribe, organize, and search audio files — Plus: Public radio deals with a new wave of harassment allegations, Reddit and WBUR team up, et l'industrie du podcast au Québec.

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Wall Street Journal:

Sources: daily email newsletter theSkimm is exploring a potential sale after being approached by an interested buyer — Daily email newsletter reaches more than 6 million subscribers, who are mostly women — TheSkimm, the daily news digest that has taken off with younger women …

Ben Terris / Washington Post:

Profile: Armstrong Williams, who wants to buy the Washington City Paper, says he won't impose conservative views, but current and former staffers raise doubts — Armstrong Williams sat in his Capitol Hill office with a pistol on his hip and a plan for buying the Washington City Paper on his desk.

Discussion: @wplyndarobinson, @joshtpm and @mrtimregan

Ryan Faughnder / Los Angeles Times:

Cinemark, third-largest theater chain in US, announces $9/month subscription service offering one ticket/month plus a 20% food discount, to respond to MoviePass — The subscription service, which aims to boost theater attendance, gives customers discounts on tickets and concessions.

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Mike Shields / Business Insider:

Sources: YouTube plans to raise ad prices on premium channels by ~20% from next month, to capitalize on increased demand for ad space next to brand-safe videos — - YouTube plans to raise the prices it charges advertisers on “reserved” inventory starting next month.

Discussion: New York Times and Ad Age, more at Techmeme »

Paul Farhi / Washington Post:

Brian Ross' Michael Flynn error is one among several high-profile blunders over his career — In 2006, ace ABC News investigative reporter Brian Ross went on the air with a big scoop: Pakistani officials, he reported, had arrested Matiur Rehman, an al-Qaeda explosives expert who kept an “official” list of terrorist recruits.

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CNNMoney:
ABC News president excoriates staff over Brian Ross' Michael Flynn error, announces that Ross will no longer cover stories related to Trump

Discussion: Poynter, The Daily Beast, RealClearPolitics, The Daily Caller, Washington Post and @ericboehlert

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