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Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC:
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings will not be nominated for re-election to Facebook's board, where he has served since 2011 — - Netflix CEO Reed Hastings will not be nominated for re-election at the company's 2019 annual stockholders meetings, Facebook said on Friday.
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Assange is hard to defend, but prosecuting him would open the door to criminal investigations of other news organizations — For press-freedom advocates, Julian Assange has long been a polarizing figure. — And his arrest Thursday in London once again ignited the seemingly endless debate:
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CNN:
First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams on Assange's case: relief that the Espionage Act wasn't used, but “some level of broader risk” still exists for journalists — New York (CNN Business)This debate has spanned the decade: Is Julian Assange a villainous hack working in concert …
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Joseph Cox / Motherboard:
DOJ charges Julian Assange with conspiracy to commit computer intrusion for allegedly assisting Chelsea Manning in an attempt to crack a DOD password
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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
HQ Trivia confirms Scott Rogowsky, its primetime host who had become the de facto face of the company, has left and will be replaced by Matt Richards — Quiz Khalifa aka Host Malone aka Trap Trebek aka HQ Trivia's Scott Rogowsky has been pushed out of the live mobile gaming startup.
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Filing: former CBS CEO Les Moonves forfeited $34.5M in stock awards in 2018; Joseph Ianniello, who took over from Moonves, received $27.4M in compensation — Former CBS chairman-CEO Leslie Moonves forfeited $34.5 million in CBS stock awards last year as part of the settlement agreement …
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Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Inside Univision's acquisitions of Gizmodo Media Group and The Onion, where mismanagement and shifting priorities lead to eventual sale of the properties — Last July, hours before Univision announced that it was looking to sell Gizmodo Media Group and The Onion, Univision CEO Vincent Sadusky gathered …
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Chris Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Cooper Hefner, son of Hugh, is leaving his executive post at Playboy to launch his own company, including a site with news and adult content, named HefPost — After Hugh Hefner's death Sept. 17, 2017, his son Cooper Hefner had been the highest ranking Hefner in the family business, Playboy Enterprises.
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@chrissgardner, @eriqgardner, @aterkel and @kenli729
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
New York Post gossip columnist Richard Johnson says he is retiring after four decades at the publication; his final column runs Sunday — The chronicler of canoodlings, bloviations, and pepperpots, enemy of Alec Baldwin and the Daily Snooze, occasional pugilist, and fast friend of anyone …
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@joepompeo
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Though some argue that Fox News' influence is overstated, the network is the primary source of narratives, validation, and attention in the right-wing ecosystem — A debate is brewing about just how much influence Fox News exerts over the United States. In a New Yorker piece …
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Politico, @asteadwesley, @jessecharleslee and Media Matters for America
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Twitter has withheld a tweet from TorrentFreak, at the request of Starz, pointing to a news story on recent major leaks of unreleased TV shows — A few days ago we reported on several major leaks of unreleased TV-shows. This included several episodes from the Starz original show “American Gods”.
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@eff, TorrentFreak and @eff
Allyson Chiu / Washington Post:
The Boston Globe takes down a freelancer's column that suggested in a backhanded way that waiters would not regret tampering with Kirstjen Nielsen's food — The roughly 1,200-word op-ed that appeared on the Boston Globe's website Wednesday began with the author looking back on one of his …
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@jon_christian, @hamishmckenzie, Mediaite and The Week
Dave McNary / Variety:
Talks fail between the Writers Guild of America and the Association of Talent Agents; WGA members told to fire agencies that haven't signed its Code of Conduct — Leaders of the Writers Guild of America have told their 15,000 members to fire their agents. — Members began sending …
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