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Daniel Holloway / Variety:
Netflix to cancel its first original series, House of Cards, after next season; execs meeting with cast and crew in wake of Kevin Spacey assault allegations — Netflix drama “House of Cards” will end with its upcoming sixth season, Variety has learned. Production has begun …
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Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, BuzzFeed, Business Insider, Mediaite, Broadcasting & Cable, Slate, Telegraph, EW.com, Daily Mail, GeekWire, The Daily Caller, The Verge, Engadget, Bloomberg, Rolling Stone, The Ringer, Splinter, Jezebel, @jezebel, @gma, LAist, The A.V. Club, @lucas_shaw, Washington Free Beacon, IndieWire, @poniewozik, Vanity Fair and twitchy.com
Nick Denton:
Gossip about prominent sexual misconduct circulated for years on Gawker; first accounts tell victims they aren't alone and allow for coordination — The recent torrent of public allegations against celebrities such as Harvey Weinstein, Terry Richardson and James Toback is unprecedented.
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The Wrap, Mashable, @joepompeo, @samthielman, @justinjm1 and @davidfolkenflik
Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Sources: ex-THR editor Janice Min, publishing entrepreneur Tyler Brule, and Ronan Farrow all believed to be in the running for Vanity Fair editor job — As sexual harassment accusations sweep through many industries, the selection of a new editor has become a prism through which to read a changing landscape
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Mediawire, @michaelwolffnyc, @guardiannews, @michaelwolffnyc and Newser
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
Sources: at CNN, staff fear parent company Time Warner's merger with AT&T will lead to the ouster of the network's President Jeff Zucker — The good news, however, is that the network's future overlords in Dallas are now willing to publicly support Jeff Zucker. But what will things look like in a year?
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The Daily Caller, New York Times, @richardmadan, The Wrap and TVNewser
The Daily Beast:
The New Republic's publisher, Hamilton Fish, takes leave after harassment allegations involving “a number of women employees”, according to its owner — Hamilton Fish V, the publisher of The New Republic, is taking a leave of absence from running the century-old magazine pending …
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
News orgs in 6 test countries worry over the drop in reach after Facebook moved their posts to the Explore tab, with paying as only option to get into News Feed — “It's important politically how this is going to play out.” — It's Facebook's world; we just live in it.
Discussion:
The Guardian, @jimmurphysf, @rohanjay and @realclusterf**k
Ben Popper / The Verge:
YouTube TV debuts a standalone app for Android TV and Xbox One devices today, coming to Apple TV, smart TVs in coming weeks; no plans shared for Amazon app — The video giant's pay TV effort is expanding — Over the last five years, major cable and satellite television providers in the US …
The Guardian:
Suspect in killing of Swedish journalist Kim Wall admits to dismembering her body after first denying it, maintains death was accidental — Danish police say Peter Madsen has changed his story, but still maintains Kim Wall died in an accident while on board his submarine
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Telegraph, Press Gazette, The Wrap, NPR, London Evening Standard, Mirror.co.uk, Associated Press, CNN, BBC, HuffPost UK, Ars Technica, CBC News and Fox News
Consumerist:
Consumerist.com ceases publication as a standalone site, folds into parent organization Consumer Reports — Please pardon the interruption... This is our last post on Consumerist.com. We're deeply proud of all the work we've done on behalf of consumers, from exposing shady practices …
Lisa de Moraes / Deadline:
MSNBC has confirmed it has terminated Mark Halperin's contract, after HBO and Penguin Press both sever ties — MSNBC this morning confirmed to Deadline it has terminated Mark Halperin's contract. — News comes days after CNN first reported claims of five women, who spoke on condition of anonymity …
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@mlcalderone, The A.V. Club, The Verge, @lkherman, @riotwomennn and @rolandsmartin
Pete Vernon / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at Dirty John, a six-part true crime thriller podcast from the LA Times which has been downloaded 7M+ times and received 1M+ uniques to its print version — Image courtesy of the LA Times. — With its first foray into narrative podcasting, the Los Angeles Times has a hit.
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
How Medium lures publishers like FT and NYT to post stories behind its metered paywall with a curated, ad-free experience and cash — Unlike other Medium partners, they're not paid per clap: “Medium has derisked it for us by providing financial value while creating opportunities for us to establish direct relationships with readers.”
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@laurahazardowen and @duboff
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