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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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New York Times, Variety, Mashable, @shanellelittle, @amandadecadenet, @angryblacklady, @cnnmoney, @janefonda, The A.V. Club, Vulture, The Wrap, Washington Post, Forbes, The Hill, The Daily Caller, Mediaite and UPROXX
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 …
Discussion:
@joshfoxfilm and The Wrap
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 …
Rachel Abrams / New York Times:
Journalist documents her frustrating quest to fix an error in the Knowledge Graph panel appearing on Google searches for her name, which claimed she was dead — I'm not dead yet. — But try telling that to Google. — For much of the last week, I have been trying to persuade the world's …
Discussion:
@andysternberg and @baekdal, more at Techmeme »
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 …
Discussion:
@kalimafaja, @saribotton, @carloshconde, @longreads, @jesshopp and @jayrosen_nyu
Daniel Funke / Poynter:
Experts disagree about the continued use of “fake news”, saying it accurately describes a category of misinformation but has been overused and politicized — In 2017, fake news was everywhere. — It was behind Macedonian teens buying BMWs and at Russian troll farms …
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 …
Discussion:
support.google.com
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.”
Discussion:
Mediaite, Washington Post, @rulajebreal, Vanity Fair, @maggienyt, @jeffgoldesq, Media Matters for America, @brianstelter, UPROXX, @badfoxgraphics, @yashar and New York Times
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.
Discussion:
@_blackmuses
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.
Discussion:
Vanity Fair, @nytimes and @abc
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Splice, a startup that sells digital tools and music samples to musicians, raises $35M in Series B funding — Steve Martocci's first company was a text messaging service. Now he's behind the scenes of a Demi Lovato song. — Making money selling songs is hard: Just ask Spotify …
Discussion:
Billboard, Business Wire and hypebot
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.
Discussion:
BillMoyers.com, @billmoyers, @peterdreier, @nicholsuprising and @randycoppinger
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