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paging_filter Mashable’s restructuring on Thursday hit its news desk, politics desk and editorial video team particularly hard, sources at the company told POLITICO. Mashable laid off at least 20 staffers Thursday, including three high-level editors, as part of a pivot toward non-news video content. The company’s entire politics desk (consisting of editor Juana Summers and…
Black Lives Matter protesters and Bill Clinton repeatedly clash in Philadelphia – YouTube. Source: Black Lives Matter protesters and Bill Clinton repeatedly clash in Philadelphia – YouTube
Donald Trump would probably be the worst candidate any major party has ever nominated — grossly uninformed, disorganized, personally and ideologically repellent to a majority of the public, and so unreliably attached to its core agenda he could potentially blow the party apart. Ted Cruz would be a much better choice. But there is…
Last week we announced a funding round to put Mashable on more platforms, including television. This new focus means we have to change the way our teams are organized, and involved some very tough decisions. While such decisions are part of running a business, they are never easy. Change can often be hard, but we’re certain…
Photo Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, flanked by State Senator Ruben Diaz Sr., outside Sabrosura 2 in the Bronx on Wednesday while campaigning ahead of New York’s presidential primary. Credit Todd Heisler/The New York Times Nestled in the neo-Georgian sanctuary of the Knickerbocker Club, one of New York’s oldest and fustiest social establishments, a select…
4918182 Former President Bill Clinton became angry when he was heckled by protesters during a campaign event in Bluffton, South Carolina on Friday. The protesters demanded to know if his wife Hillary Clinton lied about the four American deaths that occurred during the attack in Benghazi, Libya on September 11, 2012. A man claiming to…
UPDATE: Variety says Charlize Theron has also been confirmed for the Fast 8 cast, in the role of a villain. Read our earlier report on her (then unconfirmed) casting here. Dom Toretto and his “family” have generally come out on top against every foe they’ve faced, but the next Fast and Furious villain may not be shaken so easily, considering…
We’ve all been there, futilely swiping a MetroCard over and over while fellow straphangers silently (and sometimes not-so-silently) judge us. But, at least for most of us, TV cameras aren’t rolling while it happens. After a campaign stop in the Bronx Thursday, Hillary Clinton needed five swipes to successfully pass through the turnstile at the…
“Whole lot more than ‘misconduct,’ Dennis Hastert,” tweets Sarah Weinman at Publishers Lunch, sharing the Chicago Tribune‘s exposé on accusations the former Speaker of the House sexually abused at least 4 individuals. “This may be a cliche, but it feels bizarre I spent so much time covering him without the tiniest inkling of this,” admits National Journal‘s Ben Pershing. Hastert has not been…
For months, federal authorities have hinted at the motive behind the hush-money payments former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert has admitted to making: the sexual abuse of a teenage boy when Hastert was still a suburban high school teacher and wrestling coach. But now, a Tribune investigation has uncovered new details of the case —…