Did 21st Century Fox renew Bill O’Reilly’s contract soon after he settled a sexual harassment suit for more than $32 million – six months after founder Roger Ailes’ ouster? A New York Times report says so.
Emily Steel & Michael S. Schmidt, New York Times: “O’Reilly settled new harassment claim, then Fox renewed his contract”
Mark Fabiani, BillOReilly.com: “Statement by Mark Fabiani on behalf of Bill O’Reilly relating to the New York Times smear piece”
Benjamin Hart, Daily Intelligencer: “Report: O’Reilly settled an additional $32 million harassment case”
Cynthia Littleton, Variety: “21st Century Fox defends renewing Bill O’Reilly contract despite new sexual harassment settlement”
Haley Britzky, Axios: “Fox renewed O’Reilly’s contract after sixth harassment settlement”
Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter: “Megyn Kelly: ‘I complained’ about Bill O’Reilly’s behavior”
Julia Wallace, Arizona Central: “My Turn: #MeToo… We were complicit in the sexual harassment of women”
Jim Rutenberg, New York Times: “A long-delayed reckoning of the cost of silence on abuse”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “Megyn Kelly drops the hammer on Bill O’Reilly”
Brian Stelter, CNN: “’Outrageous:’ Gretchen Carlson and others react to new Bill O’Reilly revelation”
Ed Mazza, Huffington Post: “Bill O’Reilly says he’s ‘mad at God’ for not giving him more protection”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “Loathsome: Bill O’Reilly attempts to shame female colleagues by citing thank-you notes”
“O’Reilly’s suggestion that no one ever complained about his behavior is false. I know because I complained.” @megynkelly on Bill O’Reilly pic.twitter.com/BO8ifQcJbu — TODAY (@TODAYshow) October 23, 2017
'Sh**ty Media Men' List
Michael Calderone, POLITICO: “Leon Wieseltier acknowledges ‘misdeads’ with female colleagues”
CWarzel, Tiny Letter: “Why the pro-Trump media is so interested in ‘Sh**ty Media Men’”
Jon Levine, The Wrap: “BuzzFeed memo addresses sexual harassment after ‘Sh—ty Media Men’ report”
CNN’s Apple promotion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vckz6EAn30Y
Tucker Higgins, CNBC: “CNN takes on White House over fake news criticism: Apples are not bananas”
Ed Mazza, Huffington Post: “CNN’s new #FactsFirst ‘Apple’ ad sparts battle over banana truthers”
Ann-Christine Diaz, AdAge: “CNN’s ‘facts first’ brand campaign calls an apple an apple”
Meghann Farnsworth, ReCode: “CNN’s new ‘This is an apple’ ad targets Trump”
ESPN cancels ‘Barstool Van Talk’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUe-FkbaFDc
Brian Steinberg, Variety: “ESPN cancels ‘Barstool Van Talk,’ citing concerns about Barstool content”
Kevin Draper, New York Times: “ESPN cancels Barstool Sports partnership after one episode”
Tony Maglio, The Wrap: “Barstool sports boss on ‘Van Talk’ cancellation: ‘ESPN needed us more than we need them’”
Chris Chavez, Sports Illustrated: “ESPN cancels ‘Barstool Van Talk’ after one episode”
Ryan Glasspiegel, The Big Lead: “ESPN has an identity crisis: What do they want to be?”
Hill talks to TMZ
Mary Papenfuss, Huffington Post: “Jemele Hill says she deserved ESPN suspension ‘after my Donald Trump Tweets’”
TMZ Sports: “Jemele Hill: ‘I deserved that suspension’… not mad as ESPN”
Frank Pallotta, CNN: “Jemele Hill to return to ESPN after two-week suspension”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “Jemele Hill: I deserved my suspension and stand by what I said”
Asking for user-generated content in crisis situations
Feeding the machine
April Slattery, Computer Business Review: “BBC reports new foray into AI and machine learning”
Shawn Knight, TechSpot: “The BBC will use machine learning to improve programming”
Shannon Liao, The Verge: “BBC will use machine learning to cater to what audiences will want to watch”
Nick Summers, Engadget: “The BBC is turning to AI to improve its programming”
Emily Tan, Campaign: “Google launches TV content explorer and a series of other updates for programmatic TV”
Millennials: The new subscriber base
Jason Schwartz, POLITICO: “Young subscribers flock to old media”
