Sexual Harassment Returns to the Headlines

Media companies typically love publicity. They typically clamor for front-page news coverage. But recently, sexual harassment allegations have created unwelcome headlines for those companies.

Cable giant Fox News faced sexual harassment woes earlier this year that led to the departure of its former Chairman and CEO, Roger Ailes, and host Bill O’Reilly. Now, it’s multimedia company, The Weinstein Company (TWC), and its co-founder Harvey Weinstein. With Weinstein at the helm of both TWC and Miramax Films, also founded by the Weinstein brothers, the companies have received 303 Oscar nominations and won 75 Academy Awards. But after a New York Times article last week, it appears that movie production isn’t all that Weinstein has been up to.