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Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Leaked recording: in a meeting with editors Newsweek exec blamed journalists for magazine's turmoil, didn't answer whether company committed financial crimes — During a private meeting with editors this week, a top Newsweek executive blamed his own journalists for the magazine's recent turmoil …
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Kelsey Sutton / Mic:
At least eight Newsweek journalists and three International Business Times staffers have resigned since the firing of senior Newsweek staffers on Monday — At least eight Newsweek journalists and three journalists at the International Business Times have resigned in the days following …
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Rossalyn Warren / BuzzFeed:
Newsweek Media Group's Dayan Candappa to remain chief content officer after investigation following a report of sexual harassment at his previous job — Dayan Candappa was recently placed on leave after BuzzFeed News reported he was accused of sexual harassment while at Reuters.
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Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Fox News removes column criticizing US Olympic team diversity by Executive VP and Executive Editor John Moody — Three gay rights organizations had criticized the piece. — Fox News has removed a column by executive vp and executive editor John Moody following intense criticism online …
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John Koblin / New York Times:
Amazon names NBC Entertainment President Jennifer Salke as new head of Amazon Studios; Salke succeeds Roy Price, who resigned amid sexual harassment allegations — The NBC Entertainment executive Jennifer Salke was named the new head of Amazon Studios on Friday, ending a nearly four-month search …
James Vincent / The Verge:
YouTube temporarily suspends ads on Logan Paul's channels citing “recent pattern of behavior”, after multiple controversial posts since the suicide victim video — It's only a temporary suspension though — Has controversial YouTuber Logan Paul changed? It seems YouTube doesn't think so.
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Paul Sandle / Reuters:
Facebook will award $10M in grants to people creating and leading communities, with up to $1M grants for 5 leaders and $50K for 100 more — LONDON (Reuters) - Facebook (FB.O) launched a community leadership program on Friday that will award $10 million in total to more than 100 people …
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Wall Street Journal:
Viacom to launch streaming service by September with content it has removed from Hulu, Netflix, is talking to US mobile carriers to distribute its TV channels — Viacom Inc. plans to launch an ad-supported streaming-video service by September that will offer shows and other content from across …
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Digital Content Next study: Google and Facebook account for less than 5% of publishers' digital revenue and about 30% of their total distributed content revenue — Google and Facebook are the biggest tech companies in terms of advertising and biggest traffic sources for publishers …
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Journalists mock Fox News media analyst Howard Kurtz' new book, Media Madness: “the running joke is that the book was actually written by Kellyanne” — Fox News media analyst Howard Kurtz's latest book—Media Madness: Donald Trump, The Press and the War Over the Truth …
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Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat:
Getty Images signs an image licensing deal with Google, signaling a truce after filing an antitrust lawsuit against Google in the EU in April 2016 — Almost two years after filing an antitrust lawsuit against Google, Getty Images announced today that it has signed a licensing deal with the Silicon Valley giant.
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Jennifer Maas / The Wrap:
Gary Knell will replace Declan Moore as CEO of Nat Geo Partners, the joint venture between 21st Century Fox and Nat Geo Society, overseeing global media, trips — Gary E. Knell will replace Declan Moore as Nat Geo Partners CEO, the board announced Friday. — Knell, who has served …
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