Mediagazer: Apple acquires global rights to two family focused films, the first acquisition by Apple's video division; unclear if they will have theatrical release (Anousha Sakoui/Bloomberg)

9:10 AM ET, September 11, 2018

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Inside the corporate infighting that hampered CBS' ability to vet rumors about Les Moonves' behavior despite knowledge of accusation by some board members — CBS board members were aware for months that the company's chief was facing a claim of sexual assault and rumors of more

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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

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Deadline:
Les Moonves will get a severance package of up to $120M if independent investigation can't substantiate allegations against him

Discussion: New York Post, Decider and @mizfrizz

Jennifer Maas / The Wrap:
Memo: CBS interim CEO Joe Ianniello promises employees a “safe and positive” working environment as Les Moonves departs the company

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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

Discussion: The Daily Beast, @jolingkent and CBS Corporation

Nancy Barnes / Houston Chronicle:

Reporter Mike Ward resigns from The Houston Chronicle after the paper failed to verify the existence of several sources cited in his recent stories — In these challenging times for our country, with journalism and journalists often under attack, trust between a newspaper and its readers is absolutely essential.

Discussion: The Hill, Newser, @rolandsmartin, @govmikehuckabee, @paleofuture, iMediaEthics and The Daily Caller

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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James Griffiths / CNN:

Damon Johnston, editor of Australia's Herald Sun, defends racist cartoon of Serena Williams by saying it had “nothing to do with gender or race” — (CNN)An Australian newspaper has doubled down on a cartoon of multiple Grand Slam tennis champion Serena Williams widely denounced as racist both at home and in the US.

Discussion: @nsbarsky, NEWS.com.au and Washington Post

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

Discussion: New York Times, Slate, Mumbrella, Ad Age and Mediaite

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 …

Discussion: Pew Research Center, @niemanlab, @pewresearch, @pewresearch, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check and The Wrap

The Guardian:

The Guardian hires six audio journalists for its first ever daily news podcast, launching late 2018 and hosted by joint Political Editor Anushka Asthana — The Guardian announces today that political editor Anushka Asthana will become the host of its first ever daily news and current affairs podcast.

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 …

Discussion: New York Times, The Guardian, Wall Street Journal, @walterisaacson, Fortune, Press Gazette, Silicon Republic, The Register, Associated Press, MediaPost, EURACTIV.com and Politico, more at Techmeme »

HuffPost:

Amazon removed nine books and YouTube removed a video and banned rape apologist Daryush “Roosh” Valizadeh from livestreaming for three months citing hate speech — Amazon and YouTube both took steps to drop Daryush “Roosh” Valizadeh's content after HuffPost reached out.

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 …

Discussion: @koalani, @jawnita and The Cut

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 …

Discussion: @marmotilla, @lawrencehurley and @jimwaterson

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.

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.