Top News:
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Meredith Corp. has agreed to sell Time magazine for $190M to Marc Benioff, co-founder of Salesforce.com, and his wife, Lynne Benioff — Benioffs won't have day-to-day operational role at Time Magazine — Time magazine will have a new home. — Nearly eight months after Meredith Corp. MDP -.57% completed …
Discussion:
TIME, @benioff, Fast Company, Talking Biz News, San Francisco Chronicle, CNNMoney, @danprimack, Associated Press, Variety, Bloomberg, Meredith Corporation MediaRoom, New York Times, Recode, Adweek, @pkafka, The Week, Business Insider, Financial Times, @mattocko, @sruhle, Jonathan D. Woods, @nyggmatic, Fortune, @rafat, NBC News, @hunterwalk, @alansmurray, @sampjacobs, @sdkstl, @rrhoover, @efelsenthal, @karaswisher, @walterisaacson, @ghoshworld, @brianstelter, @scobleizer, @nancygibbs, @brianstelter, @paulgoldberger, @lisaabeyta, @benmullin, @jayrosen_nyu, @andrewrsorkin, @karaswisher, @_ravensfan61, @teddiew, @jamesloduca, @karaswisher, @adambanksdotcom, @rayroyreed, @anton1s, @sameerpatel, Engadget, Des Moines Register, HuffPost, NPR, New York Post, Deadline and Rehak/Stuebing Mostly Media, more at Techmeme »
RELATED:
David Streitfeld / New York Times:
Marc Benioff says he won't get involved operationally in Time which will remain in New York, with Meredith remaining a key partner — While having a massage late Sunday, the West Coast-based tech billionaire discussed via text message why he was entering the East Coast-based media industry …
Discussion:
Joe.My.God., Business Insider and The Week, more at Techmeme »
Peter Kafka / Recode:
After Time magazine's sale, questions remain about the future of Fortune, Money, and Sports Illustrated, which Meredith has been trying to sell for most of 2018 — Marc Benioff paid a surprising $190 million for Time magazine. Meredith hopes it can find other deep pockets for its other titles.
Discussion:
Washington Post, Press Gazette, MediaPost, @pkafka, Ad Age, Folio, CNBC, @micahwright, Section Page News, Fortune, The Week, The Wrap and Bloomberg.com
Danah Boyd / Data & Society:
How extremists exploit tech's respect of “free speech” and media's bias to cover “both sides” to amplify fringe messages and get into mainstream conversation — This is a crib of a talk that Data & Society Founder and President danah boyd gave at the Online News Association conference …
Discussion:
@zephoria, @albertocairo, @jenniferpreston, @anildash, @_arianna, @wendysawatzky, @survgaze, @marklittlenews, @annehelen, @adrienneleigh, @derekjohnbryant, @lag6267, @craigsilverman, @survgaze, @pomeranian99, @adviserdavid, @vodkandlime, @losowsky, @marklipton, @jeffjarvis, @bostonjoan, @erickarstens, @kelsonanderson, @egreenspon, @johnverdon, @craignewmark, @mayerjoy, @judytrinhcbc, @dr_tindall and Boing Boing, more at Techmeme »
Paige Williams / New Yorker:
A profile of Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, including her public and private relationship with the press, and how she works with Trump — What does the press secretary believe in—other than defending the President's every word? — Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary …
Discussion:
@jdawsey1 and @dandrezner
Livemint:
Sources: Walmart's Flipkart has held early-stage talks with Indian video streaming service Hotstar about acquiring a stake in the company — Flipkart already has some ties with Hotstar, having launched a new video advertisement platform with Hotstar in July
Sigal Samuel / The Atlantic:
How citizen journalists and scholars are using the internet to find Uighur internment and “reeducation” camps and expose the persecution of minorities in China — The country is using high-tech methods of repression, but even the simplest tech may be enough to expose it.
Discussion:
The Guardian, more at Techmeme »
Hazel Sheffield / Columbia Journalism Review:
Profile of New Internationalist, a bi-monthly magazine in UK that raised ~$900K via a crowdfunding campaign and now has 3,467 co-owners — Photo courtesy of New Internationalist. — On a wet September evening in Shoreditch, East London, the editors of New Internationalist meet their magazine's new owners for the first time.
Discussion:
@hazelsheffield, @usprojectcjr, @alessioperrone and @janebsinger
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Tom Arnold, host of Viceland's “The Hunt for the Trump Tapes”, was involved in a physical altercation with Apprentice producer Mark Burnett — The tension between Tom Arnold and Mark Burnett boiled over into a physical altercation at Sunday's Evening Before Emmy party, a fundraiser for the Motion Picture Television Fund.
Discussion:
The Wrap, Mediaite, Hollywood Reporter, Vanity Fair, The Week, CBS San Francisco, Hollywood Life, Joe.My.God., The Daily Beast and TV Tattle
Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
Knight Foundation and Lenfest Institute each put $10M into local news, supporting a local lab in Philly and growing Table Stakes program to up to 16 new regions — Boom, baby: After initially joining forces to boost Table Stakes — their project to boost the nation's metro newspapers …
Discussion:
Poynter, @jenniferpreston, @torresluzardo, @ylichterman, @aschweig and Knight Foundation
Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
A look at Quartz's one-year-old Obsession, a daily email newsletter on topics like Mr. Rogers or CBD, serving as a news respite but speaking to the zeitgeist — If you're a trivia buff, you probably don't want to play against Jessanne Collins or Adam Pasick.
Discussion:
@adampasick, @zseward, @natashamfrost, @jessanne, @evascaz, @jbenton, @newsbyschmidt, @ostaley and @spj_tweets
Jesse Brown / CANADALAND:
Jesse Brown, the reporter who initially broke the Jian Ghomeshi story, says Ghomeshi's essay in The New York Review of Books is filled with inaccuracies — Had The New York Review of Books bothered to look into Ghomeshi's claims before publishing his essay, this is what they would have learned
Discussion:
@jessebrown, Fortune, @mattyglesias, @bioethicsjosie and @jojomoyes
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 — 
