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EXCLUSIVE — MESSENGER MESS: Amid the looming threat of layoffs and financial woes, The Messenger’s founder Jimmy Finkelstein wrote to his embattled newsroom late last week with some holiday cheer—but all is not what it’s cracked up to be. Read the full Confider scoop here.
EXCLUSIVE — FOX’S DÉJÀ VU: A ghost of Fox News’ past has come back to try and haunt the conservative cable giant. Andrea Tantaros has revived her longstanding, twice-dismissed claims against the network, filing a new case alleging she was subjected to sexual misconduct from multiple execs and on-air stars, forcible touching and groping, gender and sex discrimination, and gross and purposeful negligence. Read the full Confider scoop here.