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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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Associated Press:
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 — NEW YORK (AP) — The top editor for the National Enquirer, Us Weekly and other major gossip publications openly described …
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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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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
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Lauren Raab / Los Angeles Times:
LA Weekly's new owners met with backlash after laying off staff and seeking unpaid contributors; former writers call for boycott as some advertisers step back — Since LA Weekly laid off most of its journalists last week and its new owners revealed their identities Friday, backlash has been swift and fierce.
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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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USA Today:
Gannett chief content officer and USA Today editor-in-chief Joanne Lipman is stepping down at the end of the year to focus on her upcoming book about gender gap — Joanne Lipman, who helped Gannett through its rebranding as the USA TODAY NETWORK, is stepping down as Chief Content Officer …
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
Sources: Ziff Davis 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.
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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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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Recode:
Magna: digital ad spend surpassed TV worldwide in 2017 for the first time, with digital taking $209B, 41% of the market, and TV taking $178B, 35% of the market — You knew it was coming. — We've been headed here for a while. But this was the year it actually happened: Advertisers spent more on digital than traditional TV.
Meg Dalton / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with Leon Neyfakh on Slate's new podcast Slow Burn on revisiting Watergate, covering scandal's lesser-known figures, and Nixon and Trump admin similarities — At the height of her fame, Martha Mitchell was one of the most popular women in America. Today, she's largely forgotten.
New York Times:
Sources: 60 Minutes EP took over writing the show's anniversary book after objecting to original author's research into treatment of women in the workplace — Jeff Fager, the executive producer of “60 Minutes,” took over the writing of a book on the CBS show's 50-year history after objecting …
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Rebecca Carroll / Esquire:
Former Charlie Rose producer and black journalist Rebecca Carroll remembers the show's work environment in the late 1990s as toxic and degrading — 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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