Top News:
Andrew Kirell / The Daily Beast:
The New Yorker fires Ryan Lizza, the reporter who interviewed former White House comms chief Anthony Scaramucci, after reviewing sexual misconduct allegations — The New Yorker has let go of its star reporter Ryan Lizza amid allegations of sexual misconduct, the magazine confirmed Monday.
Discussion:
@mlcalderone, USA Today, @mlcalderone, @brianstelter, The Hill, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Post, Mediaite, Crikey, New York Post, The Week, AOL, TVNewser, The Wrap, @swin24, @swin24, @wigdorlaw, @farhip, The Daily Caller, Fortune, Business Insider, Politico, Hollywood Reporter, The Independent, @tori_bedford, HuffPost, Talking Points Memo, New York Daily News, The Wrap and Axios
TechCrunch:
Apple confirms Shazam acquisition; sources say deal was for about $400M, and Snap and Spotify also expressed interest — After we broke the story last week that Apple was acquiring London-based music and image recognition service Shazam, Apple confirmed the news today.
Discussion:
Slate, Recode, The Verge, Softpedia News, The Hill, MediaNama, Bloomberg, ZDNet, iDownloadBlog.com, The Guardian, CNNMoney, Business Insider, Washington Post, FOX6Now.com, NPR, The Wrap, HYPEBEAST, Rolling Stone, FMQB, BGR, MacStories, Highsnobiety, 9to5Mac, Axios, Computerworld, Telegraph, BuzzFeed, Variety, Music Industry Blog and Light Reading, more at Techmeme »
Bloomberg:
NFL Network suspends 3 on-air analysts after sexual harassment allegations; related lawsuit also names Eric Weinberger, president of Bill Simmons' media group — Former employee says ex-producer sent several nude photos — NFL Network says employees suspended pending investigation
Discussion:
The Wrap, New York Times, Variety, ProFootballTalk, Deadspin, @brodylogan and @soshnick
Anjali Athavaley / Reuters:
Comcast says it has dropped its bid for 21st Century Fox's assets; sources say Disney still in negotiations with Fox and a deal could be reached this month — (Reuters) - Comcast Corp said on Monday it had abandoned its bid for most of the assets of Rupert Murdoch's Twenty-First Century Fox Inc …
Discussion:
Wall Street Journal, Deadline and Multichannel News
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Verizon signs five-year deal with the NFL to livestream games to any mobile, web, and connected-TV device across the US — Telco gains expanded multiplatform digital rights, loses status as exclusive U.S. wireless carrier for live NFL games — Verizon will no longer be the exclusive U.S. mobile carrier …
Discussion:
Wall Street Journal, ESPN, Recode, ZDNet, CinemaBlend, Ad Age, GeekWire, Adweek, MacRumors, TechCrunch, Mashable, SBD Articles, CBSSports.com, 9to5Mac, Broadcasting & Cable, Verizon Fios & Custom TV, Fortune, Engadget and The Verge
Meg Dalton / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with Jezebel's new EIC Koa Beck on what made her take on the role, the site's influence on recent media coverage of sexual harassment, her vision, more — Long before investigations into the sexual misconduct appeared in the pages of The New York Times and The New Yorker, Jezebel was on it.
Discussion:
Vox
The Guardian:
Guardian US to be guest edited by Dreamers for three days this week with Columbia Journalism Review and Univision News co-publishing stories — Columbia Journalism Review and Univision News to co-publish stories commissioned by Dreamers … Today the Guardian announces it has invited a team of Dreamers to guest edit Guardian US.
Discussion:
Columbia Journalism Review
Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Internet pioneers and other tech luminaries including Tim Berners-Lee, Vint Cerf, and Steve Wozniak ask the FCC to cancel its vote repealing Net Neutrality — A group of early internet and computing pioneers have called on the Senate's FCC oversight committee to censure next week's net neutrality vote.
Discussion:
Techdirt, The Guardian, Metro and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »
Jonathan Randles / Wall Street Journal:
Ex-Gawker employees have launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $500K to purchase the blog out of bankruptcy and relaunch it — If successful, relaunched Gawker.com would be funded by readers, operated through a nonprofit foundation — Former employees of Gawker.com's defunct publisher …
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
With “My WSJ,” The Wall Street Journal makes a personalized content feed central to its app — “We don't have to ask you anything. We just know, by virtue of you being a Journal reader, what you'd like to read and what you should read. You don't have to tell us anything.”
BuzzFeed:
YouTubers posting disturbing videos about kids earned hundreds of thousands of dollars from ads, say they chased a trend that YouTube's algorithm drove — According to estimates, accounts shut down for potential child endangerment content could've been netting over $500,000 a month.
Discussion:
The Next Web, more at Techmeme »
Martha Bebinger / WBUR:
The allegations made against On Point host Tom Ashbrook include claims of unwanted touching, sexual talk, and bullying younger female and male colleagues — Play — Tirades directed at young women in the studio. Name calling and belittling critiques of show ideas during meetings.
Discussion:
Boston Globe, TVWeek.com, BostonGlobe.com, Metro, USA Today and Deadline
Energy & Commodities Editor, Tokyo — 
Politics Reporter, TX — 
Consumer Brands Reporter, GA — 
Deputy Editor - Health Care, VA — 
Product Editor, CA — 
Indigenous Affairs Editor, Sydney — 
China Markets Correspondent, Shanghai — 
Bangor Reporter, ME — 
Commerce Editor - Health, Remote US — 
Sports Editor, MI — 
Deputy Politics Editor, CA — 
Alphaville Reporter, London — 
Trending News Reporter, NY — 
Weekend Editor, CA — 
Part-Time Reporter, AZ — 
Political Correspondent, NV — 
Sr. Reporter, Singapore — 
Evening Dep. Breaking News Ed., CA — 
Copy Editor - Miami HQ, FL — 
Police & Courts Reporter, OH — 
Senior Reporter, NM — 
Senior Editor - Ideas, Remote US — 
Morning News Producer, WA — 
Tech Correspondent, CA — 
Enterprise Journalist, WA — 
City Government Reporter, OR — 
TV & Pop Culture Critic, MA — 
Washington Correspondent, DC — 
Local Editor - Morris County, NJ — 
Service Journalism Reporter, PA — 
Senior Editor - NBA, Remote US — 
Immigration Reporter, CA — 
Senior IP Reporter, Remote TX — 
Reporter - National, Remote NY — 
