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On same day that Fox News settled with Gretchen Carlson for $20M, Fox anchor Greta Van Susteren has quit, effective immediately. Via Business Insider: Greta Van Susteren will depart Fox News after 14 years with the network, Fox News announced Tuesday morning. Brit Hume will take over as the new host of On the Record. “We are grateful for Greta’s …

Settling so quickly means that the evidence was overwhelming. Variety reports: The Murdochs appear intent on putting the Ailes saga behind them as they move into the last stretches of an election and an attempt to corral crucial anchors, such as Megyn Kelly, to re-sign with the network. Now the company has agreed, on behalf of Ailes, to settle Carlson’s …

CNN reports: Former Fox News host Andrea Tantaros filed a lawsuit on Monday alleging that she was sexually harassed by former network chief Roger Ailes and host Bill O’Reilly. The suit, which describes Fox News as a misogynistic, sex-fueled cult, also alleges that newly appointed Fox News co-president Bill Shine encouraged her to drop her harassment claims. “Fox News masquerades …

Today is the last day of Gawker.com. From one of their goodbye posts: Gawker.com is out of business because one wealthy person maliciously set out to destroy it, spending millions of dollars in secret, and succeeded. That is the only reason. The strange and embarrassing thing about being the target of a conspiracy, an actual conspiracy, is that it undermines …

“About ten years ago I had a crush on a woman at Fox News. She was a low level staffer. I was in college at the time. So I was going out on what I thought were dates. Chris, I thought these were dates. These were not dates. She was actually reporting back to Fox News about me. She was …

Via New York Magazine: Fox News’ senior executives have said they were unaware of sexual-harassment allegations against Roger Ailes before former anchor Gretchen Carlson filed a lawsuit against him in July. But those claims are now being challenged by Fox host Andrea Tantaros, who says that she complained multiple times to senior Fox executives in 2015 about Ailes’s inappropriate sexual …

An interesting piece in light of the demise of Roger Ailes, who reportedly also harassed Megyn Kelly. The Washington Post reports: So what if Fox News’s Megyn Kelly was hanging out with CNN’s Don Lemon at 3 a.m., after Democratic National Convention coverage ended? People at rival networks are allowed to be friends, right? Right. But Kelly’s contract is up …

Hillary Clinton hasn’t conducted a formal press conference in six months and the media is pouring on the pressure. Via The Hill: Clinton’s last open press conference came on Dec. 4 in Iowa. NBC News reported that she took seven questions. The lack of access has angered reporters tasked with covering Clinton, some of whom have aired their frustrations on …

Politico reports: Donald Trump railed against the media on Tuesday morning as he released details of the money he’s raised and distributed to veterans organizations, even calling out one journalist as a “sleaze” during a combative news conference. Trump has faced pressure to release information on where the money went after he claimed that he raised $6 million — including …

Yahoo recaps: On Sunday’s Last Week Tonight, John Oliver debunked scientific studies that make outrageous claims. Oliver pointed to an example of an all too familiar subject of studies: Coffee. “In just the last few months, we’ve seen studies about coffee that claim it may reverse the effects of liver damage, help prevent colon cancer, decrease the risk of endometrial …

Politico polled dozens of journalists about various aspects of the presidential race. The bottom line: When it comes to actually voting, 61 percent of our respondents said they think reporters should vote in elections they cover, but just under half said they’re not registered with a party. Asked whom they’ll vote for, the largest group said they either don’t know …

The Chicago Tribune reports: Gannett announced Monday an offer to buy Tribune Publishing, publisher of the Chicago Tribune, for $815 million, including the assumption of $390 million in debt. The unsolicited, all-cash offer, which translates to $12.25 a share, represents a 63 percent premium over Friday’s $7.52 a share closing price, as well as a premium over the $8.50 share …

The Hill reports: Donald Trump says he will not be attending this year’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, despite receiving a flurry of invitations from the media. Trump attended the annual dinner in 2011, only to have President Obama poke fun at him repeatedly in his comedy routine. The resulting press coverage did not sit well with the GOP front-runner. …

Eleven men have been arrested in a sex sting conducted in a county park south of Jacksonville, Florida. At least one local new outlet has published all of their names and the mugshots of seven of the men, one of whom has already lost his job. Via News4Jax: Eleven men were arrested after police said they offered to engage in …

Sad news from Michael Musto: Last June, Sirius OutQ—SiriusXM Satellite Radio’s LGBT channel—bid farewell to the Derek and Romaine show after 12 years of news and banter. Well, that was just the tip of the gay iceberg. I hear that as of this Friday, the channel is deader than the animals worn by Sir Elton John. Tragically, they’re canceling the …

From the Pew Research report: Those with consistently conservative political values are oriented around a single outlet—Fox News—to a much greater degree than those in any other ideological group: Nearly half (47%) of those who are consistently conservative name Fox News as their main source for government and political news. Far fewer choose any other single source: Local radio ranks …

eMarketer : A Community Marketing Inc. (CMI) survey conducted in June 2013 found that a substantial proportion of gay males and lesbians in the US had engaged in a variety of media activities over the seven days prior to the survey. The most common activity among the men and women polled was visiting LGBT sites and blogs, at 67% of …