Top News:
Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
NBC News faces skepticism that it can reform in-house sexual harassment amid more accusations against Matt Lauer and new accusations against Tom Brokaw — NBC News Chairman Andy Lack had barely slept. Late the night before, he had walked from the art deco headquarters of NBC Universal …
Discussion:
Variety, Media Matters for America, Law & Crime, TVNewser, CBS New York, CBS News, EW.com, Salon, Journal-isms, TVLine, ThinkProgress, Associated Press, Splinter, Broadcasting & Cable, Mediaite, Business Insider, @terri_rupar, USA Today, Hollywood Reporter, Yahoo, Politico, The Hill, BBC, The A.V. Club, Washington Post, @onlxn, Associated Press, Vanity Fair, Financial Times, NBC News, The Wrap, Fox News, TVWeek.com, Newser, 89.3 KPCC, CBS News, UPROXX, AOL, @brianstelter, @rtraister, TVSpy, Fortune, IndieWire, Washington Post, CNNMoney, The Daily Caller, Deadline, @justinjm1, Slate, @brianstelter, @sarahlerner, @erintothemax, TV Tattle, @dadavies01, @eacrunden, Mediaite, @sarahlerner, @brianstelter, TVNewser, @susanmcp1, The Daily Beast, @eisingerj, HuffPost and Mashable
RELATED:
Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Tom Brokaw denies accusations of unwanted advances in an email sent to NBC News colleagues, claims accuser sought him out and calls her claims “sensational” — The revered NBC News anchor accused of unwanted advances pens a strenuous denial and defense of his legacy.
Discussion:
Variety, CNNMoney, Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles Times, Page Six, USA Today, Associated Press, New York Daily News, Washington Post, The Wrap, Mediaite, @erikwemple, CBS San Francisco, @erikwemple, Variety, Washington Free Beacon, Mercury News, Us Weekly, TVNewser, Vanity Fair, Business Insider, TV Tattle, Newser, Splinter and The A.V. Club
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Sources: Conservative site RedState fired much of its staff, letting go of Trump critics and those whose click rate was below contract — Salem Media, owner of the influential conservative outlet RedState, froze the site on Friday and dismissed many of its writers.
Alex Stedman / Variety:
Reporters covering Trump's White House describe an intense, corrosive atmosphere, as they face insults, personal attacks, and even death threats — On a chilly and gray Monday in D.C. a few weeks ago, President Trump was sitting on the South Lawn among a group of children during …
Discussion:
Politico, Mediaite, @shalomlipner, @michaelkruse, @mlcalderone and Editor & Publisher
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Sources say Milo Yiannopoulos laid off the staff of Milo Entertainment this month after losing the Mercers' backing last year and the death of Matthew Mellon — Running out of money and down on his luck, right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos laid off the small staff of Milo Entertainment Inc. earlier …
The Montgomery Advertiser:
As a lynching memorial opens, Alabama's The Montgomery Advertiser admits its “shameful place” in history for past coverage of lynchings and racism — We were wrong. — On the day when people from across the globe come to our capital city to consider the sordid history of slavery …
Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
Charter Communications lost 122K subscribers in Q1 vs 40K expected; shares were down as much as 16% during the day, the largest decline since 2009 bankruptcy — Charter Communications reports worsening cable TV subscribers losses, triggering selloff — The pace of pay-TV cord-cutting is quickening …
Discussion:
MediaPost, Bloomberg, Broadcasting & Cable, CNBC and Broadcasting & Cable
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Twitter confirms it is now pushing news links tweeted by your network into your home timeline and grouping tweets mentioning the link underneath it — Twitter is now pushing links tweeted by your network into your home timeline and grouping the tweets mentioning the link underneath it.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Good Media Group, parent company of Upworthy, appoints Charlie Wilkie as CEO, taps Liz Heron as editor-in-chief — Upworthy's parent company Good Media Group (GMG) is bringing in a new CEO and editor-in-chief to hone the company's strategic vision of promoting social good …
Discussion:
@raju
Ricardo Lopez / Variety:
20th Century Fox licenses Kino Industries app that will let users control storylines and characters for in-development Choose Your Own Adventure film — Twentieth Century Fox on Thursday announced that it's partnering with interactive film company Kino Industries to license an app …
Discussion:
The Guardian, Polygon, Gizmodo, The A.V. Club, San Francisco Chronicle and The Verge
Tim Alberta / Politico:
Profile of Brent Bozell and his Media Research Center, which has chipped away at media credibility in the minds of conservatives for 30 years — Long before cries of ‘fake news,’ there was Brent Bozell and his Media Research Center. — You couldn't miss it.
Discussion:
@dpotternews, CNNMoney and Politico
Jason Schwartz / Politico:
How Sarah Huckabee Sanders became White House press secretary and why her unique approach to the job has endeared her to Trump — How a bright, competent and likable young operative became the face of the most duplicitous press operation in White House history.
Discussion:
Splinter, The Slot, The Daily Caller and Mediaite