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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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Les Moonves will get a severance package of up to $120M if independent investigation can't substantiate allegations against him
Les Moonves will get a severance package of up to $120M if independent investigation can't substantiate allegations against him
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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
Six more women accuse CBS CEO Leslie Moonves of sexual harassment or assault in incidents that occurred between the 1980s and early 2000s
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Filing: Les Moonves will select the organizations supporting the #MeToo movement that will receive $20M from his severance
Filing: Les Moonves will select the organizations supporting the #MeToo movement that will receive $20M from his severance
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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
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
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CBS Corporation:
Moonves out at CBS, $20M of his severance to be donated to #MeToo orgs; COO Joseph Ianniello to become acting CEO; CBS and National Amusements to settle
Moonves out at CBS, $20M of his severance to be donated to #MeToo orgs; COO Joseph Ianniello to become acting CEO; CBS and National Amusements to settle
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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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Barney Thompson / Financial Times:
On Tuesday, a top EU court will decide if the EU's “right to be forgotten” regulations should apply worldwide and what type of information should be delisted — Europe's top judges are being asked to decide the limits of the “right to be forgotten” — a person's ability to demand …
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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Nancy Barnes / Houston Chronicle:
The Houston Chronicle launches an investigation into the accuracy and existence of several sources in a story written by Austin reporter Mike Ward — In these challenging times for our country, with journalism and journalists often under attack, trust between a newspaper and its readers is absolutely essential.
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The Daily Caller
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.
The Guardian:
UK news organizations including the Daily Mail, BuzzFeed, Daily Express, Guardian, Telegraph, and BBC have cited tweets from Russian trolls more than 100 times — Posts from accounts identified in June add to those previously spotted in British media — UK news organisations have cited tweets …
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Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
Jezebel Deputy Editor Julianne Escobedo Shepherd to replace Editor in Chief Koa Beck; Beck says her last day will be September 28 — There's another shake up at the top of Jezebel, the women's site owned by Univision, The Post has learned. — Editor-in-Chief Koa Beck is leaving the company …
Anousha Sakoui / Bloomberg:
Apple acquires global rights to two family focused films, the first acquisition by Apple's video division; unclear if they will have theatrical release — Apple Inc.'s video division, run by executives Zack Van Amburg and Jamie Erlicht, is making inroads into the film industry with the acquisition of two family-focused movies.
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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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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Hoodline, which analyses data to find and then write local news stories in 20 cities, raises $10M Series A to expand nationwide — While many lament the death of local news, a small army of tech startups have been developing a new set of tools to figure out how to save it.
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.