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Los Angeles Times
Reporter for the Los Angeles Times, covering the media business; former Business Editor of TV Guide; author of David Susskind: A Televised Life
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Stephen Battaglio
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FROM Stephen Battaglio
To the Point
Fox News & Roger Ailes apologize, pay Gretchen Carlson $20 million Roger Ailes, the ousted brains behind Fox News, is still denying sexual harassment charges by several high-profile women. But Fox has settled with former anchor Gretchen Carlson, who sued just two months ago: $20 million and an apology. Ailes is hardly out of trouble, as we hear from Stephen Battaglio, who covers the media business for the Los Angeles Times .
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