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Moira Donegan / The Cut:
Creator of Shitty Media Men list tells why she started it, how her fear rose when contacted by a writer for Harper's, and what she hopes the list accomplished — In October, I created a Google spreadsheet called “Shitty Media Men” that collected a range of rumors and allegations of sexual misconduct …
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John Bonazzo / The New York Observer:
After a leak that Harper's might name the Shitty Media Men list creator, writers threatened to hold stories and people claimed credit in a Spartacus-like tactic — The media world has been rocked by numerous sexual harassment scandals over the last few months, and many of the stories originated with the “Shitty Media Men” spreadsheet.
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Jaclyn Peiser / New York Times:
Katie Roiphe, writer of a planned Harper's story that discusses the Shitty Media Men list, says she is not outing anyone and won't name a creator of the list
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Los Angeles Times:
Five women accuse James Franco of inappropriate or sexually exploitative behavior during film shoots — It should have been a pure moment of triumph for James Franco. He collected one of Hollywood's top prizes at the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, validating an untraditional career …
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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Sources: Breitbart CEO Larry Solov and Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow say they won't immediately name a Bannon replacement or make other staff changes — Steve Bannon is out at Breitbart — It's difficult to imagine Breitbart without Steve Bannon. — Bannon had headed the far-right website since 2012 …
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Pew Research Center:
Pew study of 38 countries shows US with the largest partisan gap on whether people see news media as covering political issues fairly, at 34 percentage points — Publics around the world overwhelmingly agree that the news media should be unbiased in their coverage of political issues …
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Joshua Oliver / Columbia Journalism Review:
Study of 32 journalism schools in US and Canada finds only half offer cybersecurity training, and less than a quarter make it mandatory — Toward the end of a long workday, one last email dropped into Jawar Mohammed's inbox. It looked like a news tip, forwarded from an Ethiopian radio station.
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Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
YouTube says it is putting original projects with Logan Paul on hold and removes him from Google Preferred ad program after his video showing suicide victim — The video platform says it will not feature Paul in the fourth season of YouTube Red original comedy ‘Foursome.’
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Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Ronan Farrow finalizes three-year deal with HBO to develop and front a series of investigative documentary specials and produce other pieces — Farrow will develop and front a series of investigative documentaries for the network. — Ronan Farrow has finalized a three-year deal with HBO, the network confirmed Thursday.
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Max Willens / Digiday:
Quartz to offer five short-run newsletters tied to major events like SXSW, says short-term nature and narrow scope lead to higher than average open rates — Quartz knows that the best place to reach its audience is their inboxes, so it's acting accordingly in 2018.
Daniel Funke / Poynter:
Interview with photographer Gabriella Angotti-Jones on what she learned after her image of a protest was picked up and mischaracterized by a fake news site — When Gabriella Angotti-Jones checked her email Thursday, she found something she wasn't expecting.
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Maxwell Tani / Business Insider:
Vox Media voluntarily recognizes employee editorial union after almost two months of meetings with representatives from Writers Guild of America East — - Vox Media officially recognized its editorial union. — Vox joined several other digital media companies who have unionized over the past several years.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Speaking before a Cabinet meeting, Trump said American libel laws were a “sham and a disgrace” and vowed to take a “very, very strong look” at them — President Trump — said Wednesday he will take a “strong look” at the nation's libel laws following the publication …
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