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5:30 PM ET, September 10, 2018

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Moonves out at CBS, $20M of his severance to be donated to #MeToo orgs; COO Joseph Ianniello to become acting CEO; CBS and National Amusements to settle — Leslie Moonves Departs as Chairman and CEO; Joseph Ianniello, COO, Appointed President and Acting CEO

Jennifer Maas / The Wrap:

Memo: CBS interim CEO Joe Ianniello promises employees a “safe and positive” working environment as Les Moonves departs the company — Les Moonves' temporary successor, Joe Ianniello, sought to reassure CBS employees that the network is focused on creating a safe work environment, in a memo to staff Monday.

Discussion: MediaPost, Variety, TVNewser, Section Page News, TVWeek.com, Vanity Fair, Broadcasting & Cable and Ad Age

Wall Street Journal:

CBS-National Amusements deal replaces six CBS board members; NAI agrees it won't pursue a merger between CBS and Viacom for roughly two years — Company settles legal disputes with controlling shareholder National Amusements — CBS Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Leslie Moonves …

Discussion: CNBC, Observer, Variety, The Wrap, Financial Times, Variety, Los Angeles Times, New York Post, Hollywood Reporter, @yashar, @emilyrpeck, @yashar, CNNMoney, @yashar, @yashar, @edmundlee, @keachhagey and Reuters

Deadline:
Les Moonves will get a severance package of up to $120M if independent investigation can't substantiate allegations against him

Discussion: New York Post and Deadline

Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Filing: Les Moonves will select the organizations supporting the #MeToo movement that will receive $20M from his severance

Discussion: @brianstelter and HuffPost

Ronan Farrow / New Yorker:
Six more women accuse CBS CEO Leslie Moonves of sexual harassment or assault in incidents that occurred between the 1980s and early 2000s

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Barney Thompson / Financial Times:

On Tuesday, a top EU court will decide if the EU's “right to be forgotten” regulations should apply worldwide and what type of information should be delisted — Europe's top judges are being asked to decide the limits of the “right to be forgotten” — a person's ability to demand …

Discussion: The Guardian, Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Press Gazette, The Register, Associated Press, @walterisaacson, Silicon Republic, EURACTIV.com, MediaPost and Politico

Kali Hays / WWD:

Sources: Glamour Magazine could go all-digital as early as next year, as print and digital subscriptions fell 15% YoY to 8.6M — The 80-year-old magazine could cease its print format come next year. — ANOTHER ONE TO SWITCH? It sounds like Glamour could be the next Condé Nast title set to say goodbye to print.

Discussion: Digiday and Fashionista

Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:

Pew: despite changes to News Feed, Facebook remains the dominant source of news for US adults, with two-thirds getting their news from social media — Lots of news on social media? Yep. Lots of accurate news on social media? Nope: That's the mindset of the typical U.S. news consumer in 2018 …

Discussion: Pew Research Center, The Wrap, @pewresearch and @pewresearch

BuzzFeed News:

How WhatsApp's popularity in India has fundamentally changed communication norms, exacerbating misinformation sharing, as many only get news through the app — In July, residents of a rural Indian town saw rumors of child kidnappers on WhatsApp. Then they beat five strangers to death.

Lucia Moses / Digiday:

Newspapers in Kansas City, Miami, Raleigh, and Dallas have rolled out sports-only subscriptions to compete with sports-news sites like The Athletic — With sports-news subscription sites like The Athletic blossoming across the U.S., some newspapers are carving out sports-only digital subs of their own.

Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:

Jezebel Deputy Editor Julianne Escobedo Shepherd to replace Editor in Chief Koa Beck; Beck says her last day will be September 28 — There's another shake up at the top of Jezebel, the women's site owned by Univision, The Post has learned. — Editor-in-Chief Koa Beck is leaving the company …

Discussion: The Cut, @jawnita and @koalani

Beatrice Verhoeven / The Wrap:

A cartoon about Serena Williams published in Australia's Herald Sun newspaper has been slammed as racist by many, including J.K. Rowling and Kathy Griffin — A cartoon published in Australia's Herald Sun of Serena Williams at the U.S. Open over the weekend is causing an uproar …

Discussion: Sky News, Fortune, Ad Age, Vox and Mediaite

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Hoodline, which analyses data to find and then write local news stories in 20 cities, raises $10M Series A to expand nationwide — While many lament the death of local news, a small army of tech startups have been developing a new set of tools to figure out how to save it.

Christopher A. Bail / New York Times:

Researcher, citing a study he co-authored, says that forcing Twitter users to encounter political views they disagree with can increase political polarization — On social media, encountering opposing views can make people become even more wedded to their own. — Mr. Bail is a sociologist.

Discussion: Quartz and Fortune, more at Techmeme »

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