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New York Times: Sources: in January, O'Reilly agreed to pay $32M to settle sexual harassment claims from former Fox analyst Lis Wiehl; in February his contract was extended -
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times: The O'Reilly and Weinstein cases show settlements and nondisclosure agreements create a silence on sexual harassment that could leave others vulnerable -
William D. Cohan / New Yorker: The bankruptcy of the Alaska Dispatch News is a cautionary tale for those who think billionaires can save journalism from its lack of a viable business model -
Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review: NYT's and WSJ's social media rules won't convince readers that journalists aren't biased, prevents outlets from using full potential of the medium -
Silvia Killingsworth / The Awl: Vox Media Editorial Director Lockhart Steele, founder of Curbed, has been fired; CEO staff memo said Steele admitted conduct “inconsistent with our core values” -
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter: After firing editorial director Lockhart Steele, Vox CEO Jim Bankoff tells staff that investigations into inappropriate conduct are ongoing -
Jason Schwartz / Politico: Millennials, shunning Trump and conditioned by Netflix and Spotify to pay for quality content, are subscribing to legacy news publications in record numbers -
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed: Sources: some employees feel Facebook is being used as a scapegoat for 2016 election outcome using flawed hindsight about factors mostly beyond FB's control -
Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: Google says it plans to take a percentage of fees for new subscriptions that media publishers get via its upcoming subscriber targeting tools -
Tatiana Siegel / Hollywood Reporter: Q&A with Condé Nast Entertainment president Dawn Ostroff on finding projects in the archives, character-driven narratives, and working on scripted projects -
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Wattpad's free storytelling and fan fiction app, now with 60M monthly users, adds a $6/month ad-free plan — Wattpad, the company behind a suite of apps for reading … -
Shannon Liao / The Verge: Research and development team at the BBC announces a five-year initiative to use machine learning to gain insight into what audiences want to watch -
Mitchel Broussard / MacRumors: Billboard's Hot 100 and Billboard 200 charts to give more weight to subscription-based streaming services and paid tiers of hybrid services starting in 2018