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Moonves out from CBS, $20M to be donated to #MeToo orgs out of his severance; COO Joseph Ianniello to become acting CEO; CBS and National Amusements to settle — Leslie Moonves Departs as Chairman and CEO; Joseph Ianniello, COO, Appointed President and Acting CEO
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Ronan Farrow / New Yorker:
Six more women accuse CBS CEO Leslie Moonves of sexual harassment or assault in incidents that occurred between the 1980s and early 2000s — Members of the board of the CBS Corporation are negotiating with the company's chairman and C.E.O., Leslie Moonves, about his departure.
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Jennifer Maas / The Wrap:
Memo: CBS interim CEO Joe Ianniello promises employees a “safe and positive” working environment as Les Moonves departs the company — Les Moonves' temporary successor, Joe Ianniello, sought to reassure CBS employees that the network is focused on creating a safe work environment, in a memo to staff Monday.
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Wall Street Journal:
CBS-National Amusements deal replaces six CBS board members; NAI agrees it won't pursue a merger between CBS and Viacom for roughly two years — Company settles legal disputes with controlling shareholder National Amusements — CBS Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Leslie Moonves …
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BuzzFeed News:
How WhatsApp's popularity in India has fundamentally changed communication norms, exacerbating misinformation sharing, as many only get news through the app — In July, residents of a rural Indian town saw rumors of child kidnappers on WhatsApp. Then they beat five strangers to death.
Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
Pew: despite changes to News Feed, Facebook remains the dominant source of news for US adults, with two-thirds getting their news from social media — Lots of news on social media? Yep. Lots of accurate news on social media? Nope: That's the mindset of the typical U.S. news consumer in 2018 …
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Kali Hays / WWD:
Sources: Glamour Magazine could go all-digital as early as next year, as print and digital subscriptions fell 15% YoY to 8.6M — The 80-year-old magazine could cease its print format come next year. — ANOTHER ONE TO SWITCH? It sounds like Glamour could be the next Condé Nast title set to say goodbye to print.
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Beatrice Verhoeven / The Wrap:
A cartoon about Serena Williams published in Australia's Herald Sun newspaper has been slammed as racist by many, including J.K. Rowling and Kathy Griffin — A cartoon published in Australia's Herald Sun of Serena Williams at the U.S. Open over the weekend is causing an uproar …
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Newspapers in Kansas City, Miami, Raleigh, and Dallas have rolled out sports-only subscriptions to compete with sports-news sites like The Athletic — With sports-news subscription sites like The Athletic blossoming across the U.S., some newspapers are carving out sports-only digital subs of their own.
New York Times:
NYT Op-Ed Editor James Dao answers questions about anonymous op-ed on Trump: “senior administration official” is a broad category, writer's motives were weighed — The New York Times's Opinion desk published an Op-Ed by an anonymous senior official in the Trump administration on Wednesday.
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Christopher A. Bail / New York Times:
Researcher, citing a study he co-authored, says that forcing Twitter users to encounter political views they disagree with can increase political polarization — On social media, encountering opposing views can make people become even more wedded to their own. — Mr. Bail is a sociologist.
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Kainaz Amaria / Vox:
The toxic culture of photojournalism hasn't kindled its own MeToo moment because the industry is dominated by men at every level and at nearly every institution — Amid sexual harassment allegations, a legendary photographer just resigned from a prestigious — and troubled — agency.
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