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Rebecca Sun / Hollywood Reporter:
Top Hollywood Execs Unveil Anti-Sexual Harassment Commission Chaired by Anita Hill — The recent convening of leaders was organized by Kathleen Kennedy, Maria Eitel, Nina Shaw and Freada Kapor Klein — Kathleen Kennedy's proposed industry commission to combat gender inequality is coming to fruition …
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Ryan J. Foley / Associated Press:
Iowa Supreme Court justice blocks Des Moines Register from reporting on legally-obtained court records that were inadvertently filed publicly — https://apnews.com/4b3ea9382f604eaeb1b9 499d8de26bf1 — IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa Supreme Court justice has taken the unusual step …
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Sheila Nevins is stepping down as president of HBO Documentary Films after more than 38 years — After almost 40 years, she has reels of memorable film, a pile of awards and plenty of perspective on the current battle of the sexes. — When Sheila Nevins first started working in television in the 1970s …
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Yashar Ali / HuffPost:
Ten current and former Fox News on-air staffers say they faced harassment by execs and talent, refuting Rupert Murdoch's dismissal of allegations as “nonsense” — The media mogul said claims of rampant sexual harassment at the network are “nonsense.”
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A. N. Devers / Longreads:
How Brigid Hughes was pushed out as the editor of The Paris Review and omitted from the magazine's history — This is a story about a woman who was erased from her job as the editor of the most famous literary magazine in America. — In 2011, the New York Times ran Julie Bosman's energetic …
Mark Bergen / Bloomberg:
Google Changes Rules to Purge News That Masks Country of Origin — Bans sites that ‘engage in coordinated activity to mislead’ — Update is Google's latest attempt to clean up news results — Google moved to strip from its news search results publications that mask their country of origin …
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Shruthi Muraleedharan / Facebook:
Facebook debuts Snooze, a News Feed feature to temporarily unfollow a person, Page, or group for 30 days — One of our core News Feed values is giving people more control. Over the next week, we're launching Snooze, which will give you the option to temporarily unfollow a person, Page or group for 30 days.
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Dave McNary / Variety:
Star Wars: The Last Jedi opened with a box-office gross of $45M, the second-largest Thursday preview in North America, behind The Force Awakens — The Force remains unstoppable as Disney-Lucasfilm's “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” opened with $45 million on Thursday night.
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Jason Parham / Wired:
How headlines at black gossip blog Bossip, like those at the earlier MediaTakeout, use drama, humor, and insider terminology to appeal to niche readers — OUT OF THE typhoon that was Alabama's special senate election, it was black women in particular who showed up in force for Doug Jones, the Democratic challenger.
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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
How Ridley Scott replaced Kevin Spacey with Christopher Plummer in All the Money in the World in just 9 days, amidst Sony's heavy publicity push and award buzz — LOS ANGELES — The sun was setting on Nov. 7, when Christopher Plummer arrived at the Four Seasons Hotel in Manhattan for a secret, hastily arranged meeting.
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Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Assistant US Attorney Rizwan Qureshi calls journalist's knowledge of terms “black bloc” and “kettle” suspicious in Trump inauguration felony cases — The U.S. government told a D.C. jury that six people — including a photographer and two medics — “agreed to destroy your city.”
Peter Dreier / American Prospect:
Bill Moyers, one of the most prolific and influential figures in American journalism, retires again, from BillMoyers.com — Bill Moyers has threatened to retire several times. Each time, the many fans and friends have urged the legendary PBS journalist to reconsider, and each time he did.
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