Top News:
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
NBC trying to keep Brian Williams - but maybe not as ‘Nightly News’ anchor — Brian Williams may lose his seat as anchor of the “NBC Nightly News,” but executives are looking for a way to keep him at the network in a new role. — Weeks of complex negotiations between Williams and NBC are not yet complete …
Discussion:
FishbowlNY, Variety, Vanity Fair, @chriscuomo, Poynter, Mediaite, UPROXX, Washington Post, The Wrap, Deadline, Inside Cable News and CNN
Quartz:
Quartz Africa goes live — Welcome to Quartz Africa. — We're excited to be building out a team of journalists in the region to better serve our readers in Africa and business professionals around the world. Since the launch of Quartz in 2012, we have focused on seismic changes to the new global economy.
Discussion:
One Man & His Blog, @dikshamadhok, @katelaurielee, @kevinjdelaney, @qzafrica and Media Wire Daily
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Global newspaper readership falls more than 25% in four years — ZenithOptimedia report finds print remains popular in UK as internet boosts media consumption worldwide — The average amount of time spent reading newspapers fell more than 25% globally from 2010 to 2014 …
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
Dow Jones Cuts More Than 40 Staffers — Dow Jones has cut staffers in its Professional Information Business and circulation department. According to a union memo about the layoffs, there were also unconfirmed reports of Baron's losing six editorial staffers.
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
RTE, The Irish Times to challenge O'Brien injunction in court on Tuesday — Ireland's leading media outlets challenge Denis O'Brien injunction — Irish Times and RTÉ argue that public interest is served by reporting statement made by politician under parliamentary privilege
Discussion:
The Irish Times
RELATED:
New York Times:
Irish media silenced by legal threats from reporting claims in Ireland's parliament about media mogul Denis O'Brien's favorable loan rates
Discussion:
@jayrosen_nyu, @eimear_reilly, @brianging, @idahocafe, oireachtasdebates …, BBC, RTÉ, @mepadraigreidy, @dadgey, Techdirt, RTÉ, National Union of Journalists, Guardian, @rooney_jamie, @lisaocarroll, @mariafarrell, @chrismoranuk, @fintaann, @lukeming, @jwalshireland, @glinner, @greenslader, @jamesoshea0, @xtom, Alex Thomson's View, The Irish Times, Guardian, reported.ly and The Irish Times
The Concessionist / The Awl:
The Awl's “Concessionist”: don't major in journalism, even if you might want to be a journalist some day — I'm Graduating High School and I Want to Be a Journalist but Everyone Says I'm Nuts! — The Concessionist gives advice like... once a month maybe? Whatever. I'm busy.
Discussion:
@backlon, @bendreyfuss, @awl, @tcarmody, @pjvogt, @romenesko, @dvnjr, @janinegibson, @willystaley, @attackerman and @michelledean
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Barred from reporting on Hollywood by a legal settlement, combative Nikki Finke turns to entertainment fiction with her upcoming site Hollywood Dementia — Feared Hollywood Reporter Turns to Fiction — LOS ANGELES — If Nikki Finke had not been a journalist, she says she could have been a detective.
Discussion:
Gawker, @fmanjoo, @williamcohan, @jackhites and @jayrosen_nyu
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Wearable users will demand customized experiences which news companies aren't ready to provide yet — The Apple Watch will expose how little publishers know about their readers — Editor's note: The new issue of our sister publication Nieman Reports is coming out soon …
Discussion:
@tothevictor, @zimbalist, Pocket-lint, @elanazak and VentureBeat
Agence France-Presse:
Rwanda bans BBC broadcasts over genocide documentary — Kigali (AFP) - Rwanda on Friday slapped an indefinite ban on BBC local language broadcasts as punishment for a controversial documentary on the central African country's leadership and the 1994 genocide.
Discussion:
Guardian, allAfrica.com, Tamil Guardian and @erinjessee
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Clinton campaign reporters complain that press pool organizers are restricting information, delaying copy — On the trail of Hillary Clinton, not everyone is allowed to jump into the press pool — When it comes to covering Hillary Rodham Clinton, some campaign reporters are feeling less equal than others.
Charles Arthur / The Overspill:
Great lies of our time: “journalists and coders should sit together to create amazing stuff” — I keep seeing people saying “you know how journalism and the internet can work better? Have the news org's journalists and coders sit beside each other. Wonderful things will happen.”
Discussion:
@hbillings, @eads, @eads, @harrisj, @derekwillis and @hbillings
Senior Data Journalist, NY — 
Manager - Publishing Editorial, Manila — 
Oil Reporter, Singapore — 
Newsperson - State Govt. & Politics, CA — 
Business Reporter, SC — 
State Government Reporter, WA — 
Climate Crisis Columnist — 
Multimedia Journalist, CA — 
Community Engagement Mgr., DC — 
Senior California Politics Reporter, CA — 
Staff Writer - Business, NY — 
Team Editor - Opinion, ON — 
Assistant Correspondent, DC — 
Climate & Weather Reporter, MN — 
Senior Tech Editor, Remote US — 
Lead Business Reporter, TN — 
Managing Editor, WA — 
Private Credit Reporter, NY — 
Trending News Reporter, TX — 
City Correspondent, London — 
Legislative Reporter, CA — 
Reporter, PA — 
Visual Editor, Remote — 
Staff Writer, MI — 
Senior Political Reporter, DC — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Business & Gaming Reporter, NV — 
Coastal Climate Reporter, SC — 
Environment & Energy Reporter, CT — 
Coordinating Editor, OR — 
Editor, Remote US — 
Business Reporter, WA — 
Editor-in-Chief, AZ — 
