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11:00 AM ET, December 6, 2017

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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.
Time:
Time Magazine's “Person of the Year” is the Silence Breakers: those who came forward to reveal the entrenched sexual harassment across several industries  —  PHOTOGRAPHS BY BILLY & HELLS FOR TIME  —  M  —  Movie stars are supposedly nothing like you and me.
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Discovery, Fox News, CBS, Disney ABC, and others to test technology developed by Data Plus Math tying ad exposure to customer action at early 2018 upfronts  —  Will advertisers pay more when their TV commercials send a couch potato bouncing out of a living room to a car dealership or retail outlet?
Discussion: Adweek and Broadcasting & Cable
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.
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.
 
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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
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
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
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Steve Bannon has returned to the Sirius XM radio program he hosted before joining Trump's election campaign
Discussion: The Week
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
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
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