Wiese Resigns As Chairman – The accounting scandal has tarnished the 76-year-old’s credentials as one of South Africa’s most respected stewards of shareholder capital. [ewn]

Woolworths SA Has An Animal Fur Problem – Just as the busiest retail period of the year begins, one popular South African retailer has had recall three children’s t-shirts. [here]

US Regulator Scraps Net Neutrality Rules That Protect Open Internet – The US’s top media regulator voted to end rules protecting an open internet on Thursday, a move critics warn will hand control of the future of the web to cable and telecoms companies. [guardian]

Omarosa Manigault: Trump Adviser Who Resigned Says She Saw Things In White House That Made Her ‘Very Uncomfortable’ – ‘I have seen things that have made me uncomfortable, that have upset me, that have affected me deeply and emotionally, that has affected my community, and my people’ [ind]

Mueller Requests Emails From Trump Campaign Data Firm – Special counsel Robert Mueller’s office has reportedly requested information from Cambridge Analytica, the data firm utilized by the Trump campaign during the 2016 presidential election. [hill]

Trump Congratulated Rupert Murdoch On The Fox-Disney Deal – President Donald Trump talked to Rupert Murdoch to congratulate the 21st Century Fox executive chairman on the company’s deal to sell major assets to the Walt Disney Co. [cnbc]

Rupert Murdoch Made $581 Million In One Day After Disney-Fox Deal – 21st Century Fox chairman Rupert Murdoch added $581 million to his net worth Thursday, according to Bloomberg’s Billionaire’s Index, as traders rewarded him for selling off a majority of his company’s assets to Disney. [time]

Facebook Pushes Pre-Roll Ads On Watch As It Stops Subsidizing Live – Everyone’s least favorite ads are coming to Facebook, but six-second pre-rolls will only appear on original Watch tab videos you purposefully view and not in the News Feed. [tc]

Zuma’s Legal Fees Estimated At R6m – DA leader Mmusi Maimane says his party has calculated that President Jacob Zuma must pay R6-million in legal fees. [tlive]

Beijing Is Cultivating The Next Generation Of African Elites By Training Them In China – Instead of relying on Chinese emissaries in African countries, Beijing is bringing thousands of African leaders, bureaucrats, students, and business people to China. [qz]

If You Love Sports And Tech, This Cape Town Job Is Paying Up To R720k A Year – You’re working in the Mother City, you’re making decent cash, and you’re doing what you love. Looks like 2018 is going to be a good year, pal. [here]

Noel Gallagher Jokes He’ll Reform Oasis As He Takes Savage Swipe At Liam – Noel Gallagher certainly disappoint in his appearance on The One Show, giving teasing hopes of an Oasis reunion while insulting brother Liam. [metro]

F1 Is Considering Ending Its Use Of Grid Girls – Depending on others’ opinions, Formula One’s new bosses could get rid of “grid girls”—an outdated concept in which women line a male-dominated racing grid, for few other reasons than being something to look at. It should go without saying, but having grid girls encourages objectification and gender stereotypes. [jalop]

5 Additional Women Accuse Russell Simmons Of Sexual Assault And Misconduct – On the same night the New York Times released its report in which four women came forward to accuse music producer Russell Simmons of sexual assault, the Los Angeles Times published an extensive article detailing the accusations of five other women not interviewed in the New York Times. [vult]

Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Partner Tells The Inside Story Of His Fatal Battle With Addiction – Philip Seymour Hoffman’s partner Mimi O’Donnell has told how the actor relapsed and died of a heroin overdose in 2014. [beast]

Gigi Hadid Flaunts Her Sculpted Midsection – In burgundy leggings and a sports bra with a cropped jacket in NYC. [dm]

‘Sculpted Midsection’ – Hahahahaha!

Actresses To Protest Harassment In Hollywood By Wearing Black To The Golden Globes – Multiple sources confirm to PEOPLE that many major actresses — including presenters and nominees (Jessica Chastain, Meryl Streep and Emma Stone are among those nominated)— are planning to wear all-black looks as a symbol of protest against harassment in Hollywood. [people]

The 12 Golden Rules Of Caring For Your Skin This Summer – Summertime and the living is easy – but with increasing daylight hours, it’s more important than ever to make sure your skin is protected from the sun’s harsh rays. [here]

Who’s Getting Rich Off All These Loud Teen YouTube Stars? This Guy. – Chris Vaccarino had a nice, $1 million-per-year business shipping band T-shirts. Then YouTube stars came along, and with it came their fans’ parents’ cash. [beast]

An Airplane Drew A Christmas Tree On A Flight Tracker Because Why Not – How far would you go for a Christmas gif? [mash]

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