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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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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 — Story alleges a darker side of ‘60 Minutes’ — Jeff Fager, the veteran executive producer of “60 Minutes,” …
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Michael Sheetz / CNBC:
Verizon says Oath CEO Tim Armstrong will depart at the end of 2018; K. Guru Gowrappan, Oath COO, will assume CEO responsibilities — Verizon's head of media and advertising Tim Armstrong will leave at the end of the year, the company announced Wednesday. CNBC reported Armstrong was in talks to leave as of Sept. 7.
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Jaclyn Peiser / New York Times:
Jacob Weisberg, the chairman and editor in chief of the Slate Group, announces he is leaving the company to start an audio venture with Malcolm Gladwell — Jacob Weisberg, the chairman and editor in chief of the Slate Group, announced in a Twitter post on Wednesday that he was leaving …
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Russell Brandom / The Verge:
Reddit says EU's copyright law is “a significant blow to the open Internet”; Wikimedia says it's disappointed by “the missed opportunity to modernize copyright” — Google declined to directly criticize the directive — Today, the European Partliament voted in favor …
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Electronic Frontier Foundation, Fortune and Gizmodo, more at Techmeme »
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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”
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
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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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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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@amyegardner, @vizjourno, @robyntomlin, Gizmodo, CNNMoney and Rewire.News
BBC:
Pussy Riot activist Pyotr Verzilov is in intensive care after falling ill following a court hearing; friends say he may have been poisoned — Pyotr Verzilov, an activist with Russian protest group Pussy Riot, is reported to have been taken to hospital in a serious condition.
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asne.org:
American Society of News Editors and Associated Press Media Editors merge to form the News Leaders Association; merger to be completed within the year — At this pivotal moment for journalism and freedom of the press, two of the most significant organizations in journalism have voted to merge and become one voice for the industry.
Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Instagram COO Marne Levine is moving to Facebook to become VP of global partnerships, following Dan Rose's departure — Levine is taking over all of Facebook's global partnerships. — One of Instagram's top executives is taking over one of Facebook's biggest jobs: Instagram COO Marne Levine …
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Bloomberg, @dseetharaman, The Verge and Adweek, more at Techmeme »
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
A look at McClatchy's finances: a market cap of $69M, lowest of seven public newspaper companies, $794M in debt, and continued family control through B shares — For more than a decade, the McClatchy family has resolutely kept the newspaper company bearing its name afloat and independent despite a crushing debt load.
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Max Willens / Digiday:
Despite newsroom jobs declining 23% over the past decade, The Atlantic, The LA Times, BuzzFeed, Business Insider, and Condé Nast are on hiring sprees — Newsroom jobs declined 23 percent over the past decade, according to the Pew Research Center, and tech giants including Google …
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Kantar: people are increasingly turning to groups in messaging apps like WhatsApp, Instagram, and FaceBook Messenger to share news — Facebook: “Sociopath,” “bipolar,” “uncool uncle,” “midlife crisis.” WhatsApp: “Best friend,” “sociable,” “fun,” “honest.”
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@niemanlab, European Journalism …, Kantar Media and Silicon Republic
Wall Street Journal:
Scott Kauffman, CEO of ad holding company MDC Partners, will step down after board members and investors expressed concern over the company's earnings — Scott Kauffman exits as the ad holding company faces challenges including client cutbacks and a slowdown in new business
John Lynch / INSIDER:
Speaking at a conference on Wednesday, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said Netflix is the “Walmart” of SVOD, while HBO is “Tiffany” — - AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson compared HBO to Tiffany, the luxury jewelry retailer, and Netflix to Walmart at a Goldman Sachs conference on Wednesday.
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