CBS And #MeToo
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with The Hollywood Reporter's Kim Masters about CBS and the latest updates on ongoing sexual misconduct and bullying allegations there.
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New Details Emerge In Kavanaugh Sexual Miscounduct Allegations
In a piece published Friday in The New Yorker, reporters Jane Mayer and Ronan Farrow add more details to the sexual misconduct allegation against Judge Brett Kavanaugh, described in a letter that Sen. Feinstein has referred to the FBI.
Tronc Agrees To Let Its Virginia Newsrooms Unionize
The traditionally anti-union Tronc newspaper company on Friday agreed to allow journalists at its two Virginia papers to organize, averting the need for a federally overseen vote, organizers tell NPR.
NPR Promotes COO Loren Mayor To President Of Operations
The promotion reflects the increasingly prominent role that Mayor plays in the company. But it doesn't indicate significant changes to the division of responsibilities of Mayor and CEO Jarl Mohn.
Just Can't Help Falling In Love...With Romance Novels
If you're thinking about Fabio, you're 20 years behind the times.
News Brief: Hurricane Latest, Funeral For Botham Jean, CBS Fires Executive
Hurricane Florence weakened slightly as it continued to blast toward the Carolinas. Also, an update on the off-duty Dallas police officer who shot a neighbor and CBS firing a 60 Minutes executive.
What CEO Les Moonves' Departure Amid Allegations Of Sexual Misconduct Means For CBS
CEO Les Moonves has left CBS. NPR's Audie Cornish speaks to Wall Street Journal media reporter Keach Hagey about how this is affecting the broadcasting giant.
Science Fiction's New Reality
If even the most futuristic thinkers need to be prodded to broaden their minds... what does that say about the rest of us?
'Primary Colors' Author Joe Klein On Anonymous Op-Ed
Joe Klein, who published the novel Primary Colors anonymously in 1996, discusses the anonymous author of The New York Times op-ed that's shaken Washington.
Former 'New York Times' Executive Editor Jill Abramson On Anonymous Op-Ed
The search continues for the anonymous author of a New York Times op-ed. NPR's Scott Simon asks Jill Abramson, former executive editor at the Times, what effects it could have on the press.