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Wall Street Journal:
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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Variety:
“CBS This Morning” anchor Gayle King calls for CBS to release details of its investigation into sexual assault allegations against Moonves — “CBS This Morning” anchor Gayle King has called for CBS to release details of its investigation into sexual assault allegations against former chairman-CEO Leslie Moonves.
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Sinéad Baker / Business Insider:
In SEC filing, CBS says it will do what it can to ensure the findings of its internal investigation into allegations against Les Moonves are not made public — - CBS Corporation's CEO and chairman, Les Moonves, resigned from the company on Sunday after a new wave of sexual harassment and assault claims.
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
ThinkProgress alleges censorship after its story on Kavanaugh's approach to abortion was deemed “false” by the Weekly Standard, a Facebook fact-checking partner — Last year, Facebook announced that it would partner with The Weekly Standard, a conservative magazine, to “fact check” …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Bustle owner Bryan Goldberg has hired Amanda Hale, former chief revenue officer of The Outline, as publisher of the relaunched Gawker, likely coming early 2019 — Amanda Hale hired as publisher for new iteration of the media and gossip blog — Gawker will rise from the ashes in a new iteration …
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Melissa Rafferty / KAJ-TV:
Staff at Missoula's weekly independent newspaper, Missoula Independent, have been told the paper is being shut down by Lee Enterprises as of September 11 — MISSOULA - The presses shuttered to a halt Tuesday morning at Missoula's weekly independent newspaper.
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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.
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Dorothy Musariri / Press Gazette:
BBC Director-General Tony Hall says the corporation will cut some of its “less used” content to focus on services including news and sport — The BBC will cut production of its online content that is “less used by the public” to concentrate on “standout” services such as BBC News and BBC Sport.
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Rani Molla / Recode:
A look at the rising prevalence of Amazon ads, as report suggests share of Amazon product page views that came from sponsored ads has roughly doubled YoY to 8% — Amazon-sponsored product ads have been around since 2012. But lately, as the company has invested in growing its advertising business, they've become more aggressive.
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Media center app maker Plex announces it's shutting down its Plex Cloud service at the end of November, citing costs — Media center app maker Plex informed its users Tuesday that it is shutting down its Plex Cloud service at the end of November. Plex Cloud was meant to simplify the management …
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Lauren Williams / Vox:
Vox adds new vertical, The Goods, which will report on consumer culture and trends in buying — A note from Vox's Editor-in-Chief introducing a new section devoted to the things we buy and why we buy them. — Presented by — If you want to understand a culture, take a look at how its people spend their money.
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Dana Wollman / Engadget:
Dana Wollman announces she's Engadget's new Editor-in-Chief, says the site has “some things in the works” — Hello again. Allow me to reintroduce myself: I am Dana Wollman, once Engadget's resident laptop reviewer, later managing and executive editor, and now editor in chief.
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