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Four women detail violent sexual behavior by hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons between 1988 and 2014, and three say he raped them; Simmons denies rape allegations — Mr. Simmons, a powerful gatekeeper in the entertainment and media worlds, damaged careers and self-confidence with his pattern …
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New York State Attorney General:
NY AG asks for delay in net neutrality vote at FCC because public comment process was corrupted with up to 2M comments that had used stolen identities — News from Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman — Attorney General's Press Office / 212-416-8060
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Salma Hayek / New York Times:
Salma Hayek details Harvey Weinstein's sexual harassment, threats, rages, and business and creative coercion as she worked to produce movie about Frida Kahlo — HARVEY WEINSTEIN WAS a passionate cinephile, a risk taker, a patron of talent in film, a loving father and a monster. — For years, he was my monster.
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Senate candidate Roy Moore's loss serves as a cautionary note for those relying on support of just one media outlet, even when it's Breitbart and Steve Bannon — At a pre-Thanksgiving event, Dean Young, the chief strategist for Roy Moore's failed Senate campaign, echoed winning lines …
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New York Magazine, AOL, @dandrezner, Fortune and Vanity Fair
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
CNN says tweet from Anderson Cooper's account attacking Trump was sent from assistant's phone; assistant says phone was left unattended, someone else sent tweet
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The Wrap, Fortune, New York Times and @juliareinstein
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
While efforts to disparage legitimate reporting continue, Moore's failure to get elected by relying on cries of “fake news” is an encouraging moment
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Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Patreon CEO Jack Conte says the company will “press pause” on planned change to service fee for each pledge, set to start Dec. 18, after uproar from creators — Patreon has called off plans to add a service fee to patrons' pledges, a proposed update that angered many users.
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Anthony Noto / New York Business Journal:
Sophia Amoruso's Girlboss raises $2M, led by Lightspeed to close a $3.1M seed round, to grow website, podcast, rallies; Lightspeed's Nicole Quinn to join board — New York-area startups and venture capitalists are making funding deals with the hopes of creating the next profitable company.
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Wall Street Journal, Lightspeed Venture Partners, TechCrunch, @amyresnick and WWD
Yahoo! News:
Nine European press agencies call for internet giants including Facebook, Google, and Twitter to be forced to pay copyright for using their news content — Nine European press agencies, including AFP, called Wednesday on internet giants to be forced to pay copyright for using news content on which they make vast profits.
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@umairh and @ian_fraser, more at Techmeme »
Reuters:
Two Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, were arrested on Tuesday night in Myanmar's main city, Yangon — YANGON (Reuters) - Two Reuters journalists were arrested on Tuesday evening in Myanmar's main city, Yangon, a government spokesman said. — “Yes it is correct that they were arrested,” spokesman Zaw Htay said.
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Committee to Protect …, New York Times, Mashable, Mediaite, @sashachavkin, Al Jazeera English and @journotopia
Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Sources: Facebook plans to end program that paid ~300 publishers and other content creators to produce videos for News Feed — Multiple publisher sources said Facebook no longer plans to pay publishers and other video makers to produce videos for the news feed.
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The Wrap, @jayrosen_nyu, @brokenbottleboy and @levinejonathan, more at Techmeme », Thanks:@beet_tv
Jonah Peretti / BuzzFeed:
In a company memo, BuzzFeed CEO says Google and Facebook pay creators too little, says the media is in crisis, and expects more diversified revenue ahead — BuzzFeed delivered another record year in 2017, continuing to grow our revenue and total audience. But it wasn't easy. — The media is in crisis.
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Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:
How ad networks and publishers are using page redirects and “pop-unders” to create tons of legitimate-looking traffic, a technique commonly found on porn sites — Unscrupulous ad networks and publishers have come up with a way to generate massive amounts of fake traffic and ad impressions.
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@nxthompson, @acsbaum, @mattmittenthal, @craigsilverman and @espielman, more at Techmeme »
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Redbox launches Redbox On Demand with 6,000+ movies and TV shows to rent or buy, without Disney titles, starting at $3.99 for 48-hour VOD rentals — Redbox is finally opening a bridge to a digital-entertainment future. — The company, known for its nationwide network of DVD-rental kiosks …
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Home Media Magazine, TechCrunch and Fast Company, more at Techmeme »
David Uberti / Splinter:
Judge rules R.J. Bell's defamation suit over '16 Deadspin story should not proceed, calls arguments “disingenuous”; suit against author Ryan Goldberg is ongoing — A bankruptcy judge on Wednesday ruled that a defamation lawsuit over a 2016 Deadspin story should not proceed …
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Fusion Media Group, Wall Street Journal, Law360 and @rmac18
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Twitter says Russia-linked accounts spent just $1,031.99 on six Brexit-related ads during regulated campaign period before UK referendum from April to June 2016 — Twitter has disclosed that Russian-backed accounts spent $1,031.99 to buy six Brexit-related ads on its platform during last year's European Union referendum vote.
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UK Parliament and Fortune, more at Techmeme »
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