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Julia Black / Insider:
Several women describe humiliating and frightening sexual experiences with Barstool Sports' Dave Portnoy; two say they were filmed without advance permission — In the summer of 2020, Madison sent Barstool Sports' founder, Dave Portnoy, a direct message on Instagram complimenting his famous “one bite” pizza reviews.
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Doha Madani / NBC News:
Barstool Sports' founder Dave Portnoy denies sexual misconduct allegations and claims Insider targeted him with a “hit piece”; Insider stands by its reporting — Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy denied sexual misconduct allegations published by Insider on Thursday …
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E! Online, The Daily Dot, ScreenRant, Fox News, New York Post, Sportico, Defector and Mediaite
Parker Molloy / The Present Age:
CNN ran a story on the cost of milk with claims that didn't add up, and two staffers reacted to criticism of the segment by lashing out at critics on Twitter — I didn't plan on writing about milk today, but... here we are. — But first, let's travel back to the year 2010.
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@brikeilarcnn, @evanmcs, @rubengallego, @rob_sheridan, Mediaite, @brikeilarcnn, @rubengallego, @soledadobrien, MarketWatch, @parkermolloy, @mzhemingway, The Big Lead, @cmclymer, @ijbailey, @pwthornton, @candiceaiston, @jaredlholt, UPROXX, Forbes, @cmclymer, @parkermolloy, @daviddtss, Slate, The Pitch from Civic Ventures, The Daily Dot, VICE and Fox News
Alice Driver / @reporterdriver:
A freelancer accuses NYT of killing her op-ed critical of Tyson Food's COVID-19 safety measures in March, only to publish a positive story on Thursday — In January 2021, I signed a contract @nytimes to publish an oped about how Tyson needed to vaccinate meat processing workers. After I informed Tyson of the oped (it had been fact-checked, translated into Spanish & the photos edited) it was suddenly killed. Nice PR story today. https://twitter.com/...
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@wudanyan, @reporterdriver, @laurawags, @joshsternberg, @baldingsworld, @nicolemfoy, @drkiki, @froomkin, @reporterdriver, @docemurray, @erinclarebrown, @reporterdriver, @reporterdriver, @theturkishlife, @eileentruax, @laurenvillagran, @sarahtaber_bww, @naomistarkman, @reporterdriver, @reporterdriver, @reporterdriver, @byfernandas, @reporterdriver and @aetiology
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Moonbug Entertainment, owner of YouTube channel CoComelon, agrees to be acquired by a company led by Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs; sources value the deal at ~$3B — - Ex-Disney executives Mayer, Staggs buy Moonbug Entertainment — Company supplies children's programming on YouTube, Netflix
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Variety, @gerryfsmith, @tomstaggs, @kevinmayer, Hollywood Reporter, The Information and Wall Street Journal
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Newsmax takes White House correspondent Emerald Robinson off the air as it reviews her tweet that “vaccines contain a bioluminescent marker called LUCIFERASE” — One came from Elliot Jacobson, Newsmax's executive vice president and chief content officer:
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Raw Story, @stjbs, @erikwemple, Mediaite, Gizmodo, UPROXX, Insider, The Daily Beast, The Hill and TVNewser
Andrew Fedorov / Off the Record:
Frances Haugen's PR firm says an international Facebook Papers consortium is coming; non-Western outlets were excluded from the original consortium — The group of news outlets sharing access to a whistleblower's trove of documents shut down their Slack a day after their stories published …
Shraddha Chakradhar / Nieman Lab:
Analysis of 62K pieces of content in Q1 for 30 news outlets: all 14 print papers didn't reach gender parity in bylines, with LAT and AJC at the bottom — Men tended to report more than women, and overwhelmingly so at the wire outlets. The exceptions to this trend were CNN.com, HuffPost, and Vox.
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@spj_tweets and Digiday
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Fox's Blockchain Creative Labs will introduce more NFTs and digital collectibles for shows and franchises in the coming months — Fox plans to double down on its investments in blockchain technology by introducing more NFTs (non-fungible tokens) and digital collectibles for its shows …
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@grady_booch and @mathewi
Shaun Tandon / Agence France-Presse:
USAID says Biden administration is setting up a Global Defamation Defense Fund to help journalists overseas fight SLAPP suits — US Agency for International Development Administrator Samantha Power said the United States will cover the costs incurred by journalists abroad who face frivolous lawsuits meant …
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usaid.gov and @joshrudes
Brent Lang / Variety:
Lionsgate explores a spinoff or sale of Starz, which it bought in 2016 for $4.4B; Lionsgate reported Q2 net income of $7.5M on revenue of $887.8M, up 20% YoY — Lionsgate swung back into profitable terrain during its most recent fiscal quarter, another sign that the pandemic's cloud is beginning to lift.
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Hollywood Reporter, investors.lionsgate.com and The Wrap
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
A look at the open source tool being built to authenticate images for Adobe's Content Authenticity Initiative, which includes members AFP, BBC, NYT, and more — Earlier this month, a former candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives sent a tweet implying that President Joe Biden's …
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@kcallop, @mrkmully, @janebsinger, @andyparsons and American Press Institute
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