RD Recap: Roger Ailes Intrigue; David Skok Is Leaving the Boston Globe

The latest media hirings and firings.

Could Roger Ailes‘ time as head of Fox News finally be up? That’s one theory floating around after Gretchen Carlson filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch‘s right-hand man. Gabriel Sherman, one of the best-sourced reporters when it comes to the Fox News world, hears that Murdoch, along with sons Lachlan and James, hired outside counsel to investigate the allegations. “It’s a coup,” one source tells Sherman. The idea is to push Ailes out and “install a less-right-wing chief” of the money-making machine…

David Skok is leaving his job as managing editor and vice president, digital, at The Boston Globe.

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