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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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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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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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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Leslie Moonves denies sexual harassment claims and says he's “deeply saddened” to be leaving CBS — Leslie Moonves has cited “untrue allegations” about his behavior in his parting statement following his forced resignation on Sunday from CBS Corp., the company he has steered for nearly 25 years.
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Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
Les Moonves leaves CBS without a severance package, pending probe, and $20M for #MeToo to be deducted from any eventual package; he had been set for $180M exit — Bowing to pressure brought on by a sexual harassment scandal, CBS Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Leslie Moonves resigned Sunday …
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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.
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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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Columbia Journalism Review:
Journalists have trouble covering the nationwide prison strike because info is limited to official accounts and prisoners' speech and access are curtailed — The Lee Correctional Institution. Photo by Tim Dominick/The State Newspaper. — On a Monday in April, at Lee Correctional Facility …
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Al Tompkins / Poynter:
Seven SPJ studies show that public information officers make it more difficult for journalists to access interview subjects and information — A series of studies sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists says public information officers (PIOs) are making it more difficult to get access to interviews and information.
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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.
Anh Nguyen / The Lenfest Institute for Journalism:
Case study of Philly's The Metro Chinese Weekly, which uses a WeChat microsite, Navigasian, to link local businesses and customers; 70 clients pay $4,740/year — More than 1 billion people use the Chinese messaging app WeChat each month. Not surprisingly, the app's reach spreads far beyond China's borders …