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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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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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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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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.
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The Hill, Newser, @rolandsmartin, @govmikehuckabee, @paleofuture, iMediaEthics and The Daily Caller
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.
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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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Pew Research Center, @niemanlab, @pewresearch, @pewresearch, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check and The Wrap
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 …
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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The Verge, 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 …
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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@marmotilla, @lawrencehurley and @jimwaterson
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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