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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Billy Bush, dropped as a Today host by NBC after Trump Access Hollywood tape leaked, confirms the tape is real, despite doubts reportedly cast by Trump recently — Times Trump accepted the ‘Access Hollywood’ tape — Billy Bush is reentering the public eye, and he's starting by sending a message to President Trump.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
‘House of Cards’ Sixth and Final Season Shooting to Resume in Early 2018, Without Kevin Spacey — Netflix has reached an agreement to resume production on “House of Cards” season 6 — the show's final season — in early 2018, according to chief content officer Ted Sarandos.
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Fox News and Bill O'Reilly are being sued by Rachel Bernstein, who settled with the ex-anchor in 2002, over comments he made about his accusers in an NYT story — Rachel Bernstein is suing for breach of her settlement agreement and defamation. — Fox News and Bill O'Reilly have been hit …
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
The Information launches a $199 per year plan for readers under 30 and a $749 all-access annual plan that includes event access with option to bring a guest — It's been a tough time for ad-based digital media, with companies missing ad revenue goals and their value declining.
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Talking Biz News and @stevekovach
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Oprah Winfrey sells 24.5% of OWN for $70M to Discovery Communications, which now controls 70% of the company; Winfrey extends contract with network through 2025 — Discovery will control 70% of OWN after purchase of stake for $70 million — Discovery Communications Inc. is taking majority control of OWN …
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CNBC
Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
Study of 18K people across nine countries finds 67% cite bias, spin, or hidden agendas as reasons they don't trust the news — “Rebuilding trust will a long-term process and will require the commitment of publishers, platforms, and consumers over many years."
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Publishing Executive, @kevindubouis and @niemanlab
The Guardian:
Police in Malta have arrested 10 suspects over the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, nearly two months after she was killed in a car bomb — Malta's PM Joseph Muscat offers ‘personal commitment’ that no stone will be left unturned in finding who commissioned and executed killing
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The Daily Beast
Yashar Ali / HuffPost:
Netflix's Dir. of Global Kids Content Andy Yeatman told an alleged victim of actor Danny Masterson that senior execs don't believe the claims against the actor — Police are investigating four women's claims that “The Ranch” star Danny Masterson raped them in the early 2000s.
Jennifer Howard / Slate:
Internet Archive exploits little-known statute to justify reproduction of some copyrighted books published between 1923 and 1941 — The internet has made it easier than ever to access information that you once had to dig through stacks and archives to find.
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@cornelllaw
Tom Westbrook / Reuters:
Australia's competition regulator says it will investigate whether Facebook and Google have disrupted news media to the detriment of publishers and consumers — SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's competition regulator said on Monday it would investigate whether U.S. online giants Facebook …
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Ubergizmo and Editor & Publisher, more at Techmeme »
Chris Thilk / Adweek:
Hollywood studios are increasingly paying for social media ads to promote positive press coverage about their movies and stars — Why it works—and how it's causing problems — This Friday, The Disaster Artist hits theaters in limited release—and indie entertainment company A24 …
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
The Pulitzer Prizes have expanded the Breaking News Category, will no longer limit newsrooms to entries where the story in question is local — The Pulitzer Prizes announced Monday a change to the Breaking News reporting category, according to a press release.
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