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CBS draft report says former CEO Leslie Moonves destroyed evidence and misled investigators to preserve his reputation and save his $120M severance deal — Facing multiple sexual misconduct allegations and fearing his career as an entertainment titan was over, Leslie Moonves …
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Draft CBS board report describes Les Moonves' oral sex with subordinate, transactional sexual relationships with employees, board member awareness of assault — A 59-page draft report produced by lawyers for CBS's board contains new details and allegations about Mr. Moonves, the company's former chief executive.
Edmund Lee / New York Times:
Sources: Netflix paid $100M to license Friends in the US from AT&T's WarnerMedia through 2019, up from $30M/year, ahead of AT&T's 2019 streaming service launch — Are Netflix and “Friends” on a break? — The answer is no — for now. Reruns of Joey's thespian trials …
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
NPR CEO Jarl Mohn will step down at end of his five-year term in June 2019, move to new role fundraising for the network ahead of its 50th anniversary in 2020 — NPR's chief executive, Jarl Mohn, announced Tuesday he would step aside next June at the end of his five-year term to focus …
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NPR CEO Jarl Mohn and his wife Pamela will contribute $10M of their personal fortune to the network's fundraising drive ahead of its 50th anniversary in 2020 — NEWS ABOUT NPR: NPR CEO Jarl Mohn announces he will step down at the end of his five-year term in June to become president emeritus to raise money for the network; contributing $10M from his own personal fortune. My story, up shortly.
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Sources: Weekly Standard EIC told staff the magazine's future is uncertain after parent MediaDC told Standard leadership it was no longer interested in its sale — New York (CNN Business)The fate of The Weekly Standard, the conservative magazine that has staked out a position as a publication …
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Julianna Goldman / The Atlantic:
“Anti-Mom bias” is keeping working mothers out of the TV news industry, with bosses unwilling to accommodate female correspondents with children — For female television reporters, the decision to have kids can be a career-ending one. — It was the only time I had cried in front of one of my bosses at CBS News.
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Matt Scuffham / Reuters:
Thomson Reuters says it plans to cut 12% of its workforce, or 3,200 jobs, over next two years and reduce its number of global offices by 30% to 133 by 2020 — TORONTO (Reuters) - Thomson Reuters Corp (TRI.TO) said on Tuesday that it will cut its workforce by 12 percent in the next two years …
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Nicholas Quah / Vulture:
Serial's Season 3 surpassed 50M downloads last week to become the podcast's biggest show ever — Serial published the ninth and final episode of its third season last month, concluding its spectacular ethnographic journey into the heart of the American criminal-justice system as experienced through the city of Cleveland.
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Landmark Theaters sold to Cohen Media Group for an undisclosed price, after speculation about possible purchase by Netflix or Amazon — Arthouse specialist Landmark Theatres has been sold by Todd Wagner and Mark Cuban to Cohen Media Group for an undisclosed price.
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Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Strauss Zelnick, interim chairman of CBS, says he is “unequivocally” uninterested in taking the CEO job permanently — Strauss Zelnick, interim chairman of CBS Corp., said he's definitely not interested in becoming the media giant's chief executive officer, refuting rumors that have been circulating for weeks.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Sources: as part of its restructuring, AT&T's Otter Media will manage Machinima and is laying off 10% of its staff across its properties — Otter Media, the digital-media company owned by AT&T, is undergoing a broad restructuring resulting in the layoff of about 10% of employees across …
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