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Days after a staff-led uprising against racial injustice, Condé Nast faces 'overdue' reckoning
•Condé Nast is one of many media organisations, including The New York Times, whose employees have questioned company leaders as people around the world have taken part in protests prompted by the killing of George Floyd.
Apple News+: Newspapers are sceptical of joining Apple's news subscription service
•Apple News Plus offers articles from more than 300 magazines, but only three newspapers.
Apple News+ is a $9.99 a month service with access to more than 300 magazines
•Apple News+ is targetted towards readers who want to peruse a few articles from a variety of news sources.
Abbas Kiarostami's 24 Frames finds an unlikely admirer in a deaf cat as Twitterati recount their own pet stories
Fp Staff •In a Twitter thread penned down by writer Bilge Ebiri, he writes about how his deaf cat Vixen is drawn to Abbas Kiarostami's final work 24 frames.
Donald Trump's conservative US Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh denies allegation of sexual misconduct in high school
•In a statement released to US media, Kavanaugh rejected the woman's claim, made in a letter to the Democrats vetting his nomination, that he tried to force himself on her during a party.
New Yorker editor David Remnick cancels Steve Bannon invite after high profile dropouts and outrage; says he's 'changed his mind, there's a better way to do this'
•Facing widespread outrage, The New Yorker has dropped plans to interview Steve Bannon during its festival next month. The former Donald Trump aide and ex-chairman of Breitbart News was supposed to be a featured guest during a prestigious gathering that over the years has drawn some of the world's most prominent artists and public figures
CBS chairman Leslie Moonves accused of sexual misconduct, says report; internal probe launched
•A bombshell article published in The New Yorker has accused CBS chairman and chief executive, Leslie Moonves, of sexual misconduct stretching back decades and painted a broader picture of similar behaviour within America's most watched television network.
Indian-American author Suketu Mehta slams US commentator Ann Coulter of 'misrepresenting' his article to vilify immigrants
•Indian-American author Suketu Mehta has lambasted conservative commentator Ann Coulter for "misrepresenting" a 2011 article he wrote about an immigrant from Africa and citing it as an evidence to her claim that immigrant children being separated from their parents at the US border are "child actors".
New York attorney-general Eric Schneiderman, vocal supporter of the #MeToo movement, resigns amid abuse allegations
•New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who had taken on high-profile roles as an advocate for women's issues and an antagonist to the policies of President Donald Trump, announced late Monday that he would be resigning from office hours after four women he was romantically involved with or had romantic interactions with accused him of physical violence in accounts published by The New Yorker.
2018 Pulitzer Prize: A closer look at winners including NYT, The New Yorker, Washington Post and Ryan Kelly
Fp Staff •The winners of the Pulitzer Prizes in journalism and arts were announced on Monday at New York's Columbia University. Several journalists were awarded recognition for their stories highlighting sexual harassment at the workplace, Russia's alleged meddling in the 2016 United States presidential election and the Rohingya crisis among other issues.