Three days after a New York Times report detailed the Hollywood producer's decades-long history of sexual harassment, Harvey Weinstein has been fired from The Weinstein Company.

The studio has issued this statement: 

In light of new information about misconduct by Harvey Weinstein that has emerged in the past few days,  the directors of The Weinstein Company – Robert Weinstein, Lance Maerov, Richard Koenigsberg and Tarak Ben Ammar – have determined, and have informed Harvey Weinstein, that his employment with The Weinstein Company is terminated, effective immediately.

Weinstein gained Hollywood fame after co-founding Miramax in the 1970's before founding The Weinstein Company with his brother, Bob Weinstein, in 2005.

The Weinstein Co. has been a dominant force at the Oscars, including the rare feat of winning back-to-back best picture Academy Awards with The King's Speech and The Artist. 

Meryl Streep and other stars are speaking out about the sexual harassment allegations against Weinstein.

"The disgraceful news about Harvey Weinstein has appalled those of us whose work he championed, and those whose good and worthy causes he supported," Streep said in a statement to the Huffington Post.
"The intrepid women who raised their voices to expose this abuse are our heroes," she said. "One thing can be clarified. Not everybody knew."

"I didn't know about these other offenses: I did not know about his financial settlements with actresses and colleagues; I did not know about his having meetings in his hotel room, his bathroom, or other inappropriate, coercive acts," she said. "And If everybody knew, I don't believe that all the investigative reporters in the entertainment and the hard news media would have neglected for decades to write about it."

Streep won a best actress Academy Award in 2012 for her portrayal as British stateswoman Margaret Thatcher in the Weinstein Company release, "The Iron Lady."

Following the publication of the Times article, Weinstein issued a bizarre apology that misquoted Jay-Z, reaffirmed his commitment to fighting the NRA, and promoted an upcoming feature project about the president before eventually apologizing.