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9:50 AM ET, December 12, 2017

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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
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Kevin Draper / New York Times:
Eric Weinberger, president of the Bill Simmons Media Group, has been suspended after being named in a lawsuit containing claims of sexual harassment and assault  —  NFL Network has suspended the analysts Marshall Faulk, Heath Evans and Ike Taylor “pending an investigation” …
Discussion: Fortune
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 …
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.
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
In the Alabama race, Roy Moore sought to make the press his opponent, with some commentators saying the race has been turned into a referendum on the media  —  “The media” is not on the ballot in Tuesday's special election in Alabama.  That's obvious, yes, but it bears repeating because Roy Moore …
Rani Molla / Recode:
Google is sending more traffic to publishers, up 17% this year, than Facebook, who is sending 25% less traffic, according to Parse.ly  —  Facebook sent 25 percent less traffic to publishers this year, while Google increased its traffic by 17 percent, according to Parse.ly.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Former Mashable Executive Editor Jim Roberts is joining financial news startup Cheddar as editor-in-chief  —  Jim Roberts, former Mashable executive editor and veteran New York Times and Reuters digital editor, is joining streaming TV startup Cheddar as editor-in-chief to lead Cheddar's newsroom and editorial coverage.
Dominic Ponsford / Press Association:
The first robot-generated stories from the Press Association's automated news service RADAR, funded by Google's Digital News Initiative, have made it into print  —  The first robot-generated stories produced by Press Association have appeared in print in what is claimed to be a world-first for journalism.
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.
Shona Ghosh / Business Insider:
A government report, being released on Wednesday, will urge Theresa May to sue Facebook, Google, and other tech firms who don't delete abusive content  —  - Facebook, Google, Twitter, and other web firms are likely to face new sanctions in the UK about hosting abusive content on their platforms.
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.”
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
 
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