Media and politics reporter • jclara.chan@thewrap.com • Twitter: @jclarachan
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Hearst Magazines President Troy Young Resigns Following Accusations of Lewd, Sexist Remarks
Young’s resignation is “effective immediately,” Hearst CEO Steven Swartz said
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Trump Cancels Republican Convention in Jacksonville Due to COVID-19 Spread (Video)
Formal nominating process will still happen in North Carolina, with an acceptance speech in some form
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BuzzFeed Lays Off Nearly 70% of Furloughed Staff
The cuts, which affect 50 of the 74 furloughed employees, amount to 5.7% of BuzzFeed’s U.S. staff
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Mary Trump’s Tell-All Sells More Than 1.35 Million Copies in First Week
Simon & Schuster has ordered a 17th printing of “Too Much and Never Enough”
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‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ Star Kandi Burruss on Moving Past ‘Guilt’ of Surrogacy, IVF
BE Conference 2020: “Some of us feel guilty when we’re not able to get pregnant. … I had to really just snap out of that,” Burruss tells “The Suga” hosts Tika Sumpter and Thai Randolph
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New York Times Co. Names Meredith Kopit Levien as Next President, CEO
Levien will succeed Mark Thompson on Sept. 8
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Gatekeepers Must Be Willing to Cede Power to Diversify Hollywood, Latinx Advocate Says (Video)
BE Conference 2020: “Until the executive leadership of this industry and the board seats are filled with what America looks like, we will not see the change that we need,” LA Collab co-founder Ivette Rodriguez says
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Obama, Biden Criticize Trump for Taking ‘No Responsibility’ for Pandemic Response (Video)
“Those words didn’t come out of our mouths when we were in office,” Obama said in teaser trailer for new one-on-one conversation with Biden
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Sports Media Company WAVE.tv Raises $32 Million in Funding
The LA-based company caters programming to Millennial and Gen Z sports fans across platforms like TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram
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‘Good Morning America’ Producer Daisha Riley Dies at 35
“She was beloved by all of us here. Her smile lit up a room,” Michael Strahan said on Tuesday
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Trump Says Pandemic Will ‘Get Worse Before It Gets Better’
Over 141,800 people have died from COVID-19 in the United States, according to Johns Hopkins University
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Donald Trump Responds to Ghislaine Maxwell Arrest: ‘I Wish Her Well’
Maxwell was arrested on charges that she conspired with Jeffrey Epstein to recruit and abuse minors
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LinkedIn to Cut 6% of Staff Due to Pandemic
The layoffs will “reduce approximately 960 roles,” CEO Ryan Roslansky said
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Eva Longoria: ‘I’m Absolutely Voting No’ on SAG-AFTRA Studio Contract (Video)
“They just assume we are dumb actors who don’t read fine print, which is infuriating to me,” the actress tells TheWrap
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UltraViolet Calls for Independent Investigation Into Fox News’ Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson Over Sexual Harassment Accusations
A Fox News spokesperson said the network already did a “comprehensive independent investigation conducted by an outside law firm” that concluded the accusations were “false”
