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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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Sources: CBS agrees to settle with National Amusements, negotiates exit with Moonves; Moonves payout will depend on results of sex harassment investigation — NEW YORK (Reuters) - CBS Corp (CBS.N) has reached a deal to settle litigation over the control of the company with its controlling …
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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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By publishing the anonymous op-ed, NYT changes its position in democracy, forfeits its job of holding power to account, and becomes complicit in own corruption
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How Campbell Brown seeks to repair the relationship between Facebook and publishers while undermining the news institutions she claims to support — THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FACEBOOK and news publishers is a bizarre charade, peopled by unreliable characters, dotted with contradictions, suffused with dependency and resentment.
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Apple says it has permanently banned Infowars' app from the App Store — One day after his ban from Twitter, Alex Jones and Infowars have been kicked off yet another platform: Apple's popular App Store. As of Friday evening, searches on the App Store for Infowars and Infowars app return no results.
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Google removed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's YouTube ad inviting Russians to join protests after authorities complained it violated election law — MOSCOW (Reuters) - Google removed a YouTube advert by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny after authorities complained …
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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 …


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 …


The Boston Globe recently apologized to a female congressional candidate over its image choice; use of sexist language is on decline but still impacts readers — Image via Pixabay. — As any woman will tell you, sexism and gender stereotyping are not always overt—in life, or in the media.


The Athletic has built its editorial staff by poaching local journalists, making dubious claims of disruption, and having stories readers can't find elsewhere — The Athletic's rapid recent launch into the stratosphere of buzzy publications is built on two big ideas.
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Profile of Alex Jones, whose Infowars serves as both a conspiracy-focused media outlet and an online store for selling products that purport to improve health — AUSTIN — More than ever before in his two-decade career built on baseless conspiracy theories, angry nativist rants and end …
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As Trump threatens new regulations for Google, Facebook, and Twitter, experts say legal precedents show algorithms may be protected under the First Amendment — President Trump indicated last week that the White House is looking into regulating Google, Facebook, and Twitter because they are …