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Jeff Fager warned CBS correspondent Jericka Duncan in a text about reporting on claims against him: “There are people who lost their jobs trying to harm me” — NEW YORK — Jeff Fager, the longtime executive producer of “60 Minutes” who was fired on Wednesday …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Abusive media moguls shaped a misogynistic culture with damage far beyond specific cases of sexual harassment — Two moments on Wednesday. Both startling, both telling. — Jericka Duncan, live on the CBS Evening News, looked unflinchingly into the camera as she explained how the story …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Memo: 60 Minutes Executive Producer Jeff Fager is leaving CBS amid allegations of inappropriate conduct; CBS News president says Fager violated company policy
Memo: 60 Minutes Executive Producer Jeff Fager is leaving CBS amid allegations of inappropriate conduct; CBS News president says Fager violated company policy
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Nicholas Quah / Hot Pod News:
Panoply won't produce new podcasts and is laying off its editorial staff, though some existing shows will move to Slate, as it focuses on ad tech and hosting — (1) Panoply appears to be out of the content business. Several sources in the company inform me that, earlier this afternoon …
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Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review:
Why The Outline, which announced it had raised $5M in May and appeared healthy, suddenly laid off writers this month after aggressive early expansion — Photo via Adobe Stock. — It began, as so many similar stories do, with a series of tweets. On September 4th, a writer at The Outline …
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Wall Street Journal:
In interview, AT&T's Randall Stephenson says he wants to shift resources to HBO and that consumer data should help inform content decisions — Randall Stephenson wants to use customer data to help WarnerMedia pick projects, challenge internet giants — AT&T Inc.'s T 2.30% boss …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Comparing The News & Observer's coverage of Hurricane Floyd in 1999 with staff of 250 to its coverage of Florence with staff of 65 and 7 nearby sister papers — The last time a hurricane took direct aim at North Carolina, back in 1999, the Raleigh News & Observer mobilized most of the 250 people …
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Sahil Patel / Digiday:
For Curated Our Stories, Snapchat enlists 20 news partners, including CNN, Cosmopolitan, and NBC, to aggregate user-generated content in the Discover section — Snap is launching a new feature that will let media companies access public posts made by Snapchat users and package …
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Wall Street Journal:
iHeartMedia buys Stuff Media, which produces podcasts like “How Stuff Works” and “Atlanta Monster”; sources say the acquisition cost $55M — The radio giant is ramping up its investment in the fast-growing podcasting business — iHeartMedia Inc. IHRTQ -16.27% …
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Antonia Woodford / Facebook:
Facebook expands fact-checking efforts to photos and videos, targeting those that are manipulated, out of context, or presented with false audio or text — We know that people want to see accurate information on Facebook, so for the last two years, we've made fighting misinformation a priority.
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Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
Sources: Jim Nelson, EIC of GQ, is leaving the Condé Nast magazine he has led since 2003 and will be replaced by Will Welch, EIC of GQ Style — Jim Nelson, the editor-in-chief of GQ, is leaving the magazine he helmed since 2003, The Post has learned.
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Rob Wijnberg / The Correspondent:
Co-founder and editor in chief of De Correspondent Rob Wijnberg on the problems surrounding “real news”, as his team prepares to expand to the US — Forget fake news, a poisonous term. Real news is an even bigger problem. — This realization is what inspired me to found …
Shashank Bengali / Los Angeles Times:
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has defended the jailing of two Reuters journalists, saying convictions were about the “rule of law”, and not due to their jobs — Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday defended the imprisonment of two Reuters journalists …
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James Vincent / The Verge:
EU Parliament approves controversial internet copyright law, including Articles 11 and 13, dubbed the “link tax” and “upload filter” — Key provisions were amended to reduce potential harm, but critics say vote is ‘catastrophic’ — The European Parliament has voted …
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Nick Vivarelli / Variety:
Under the EU's new copyright directive, streaming services like Amazon and Netflix will be forced to pay higher copyright fees to filmmakers
Under the EU's new copyright directive, streaming services like Amazon and Netflix will be forced to pay higher copyright fees to filmmakers
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