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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Interview with Bob Iger about his new memoir “The Ride of a Lifetime,” the Fox deal, pulling the plug on buying Twitter, running for President, and more — Hollywood's nicest C.E.O. on the great family dramas of Hollywood — and why he, too, is disturbed by Twitter.
New York Times:
How the story of a stabbing left an Italian journalist unemployed and put him at the center of a debate over the reach of Europe's “right to be forgotten” rule — The use of Europe's ‘right to be forgotten’ privacy law has broadened, illustrated by two Italian brothers, a stabbing and the journalist who wrote about them.
Discussion:
American Press Institute, Business Insider, Reuters, @yonettejo, @satariano, @nytimes and @jamesrbuk
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
A look at the SPJ's six-month effort to understand the citizens of Casper, WY, where trust in news sources is among the lowest in the US — Rod Hicks has spent 30 years as a journalist in seven newsrooms across the country. He's been a reporter at the Anniston Star in Alabama …
Discussion:
Poynter, Editor & Publisher Magazine and @sulliview
James Fallows / The Atlantic:
A look at the new Provincetown Independent in Massachusetts, an example of potential success for newspapers without the massive profits private equity expects — Everyone knows that local newspapers are in trouble. That's why Deb Fallows and I have been chronicling examples of smaller papers …
Discussion:
@jcstearns and @jamesfallows
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
UK regulator IPSO exempts overseas content published by UK-based news websites, with newsrooms in other countries, from complying with IPSO guidelines — Content primarily aimed at overseas readers published by UK-based news websites with newsrooms in other countries, such as Mail Online …
Discussion:
@davidleighx
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
2019 Emmys: HBO tops with 9 Primetime and 25 Creative Arts wins, followed by Netflix with 4 and 23 respectively; Amazon came second in Primetime with 7 wins — After winding up in an historic tie in 2018, HBO held off Netflix in this year's Emmy race to capture the most wins among networks across …
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Business Insider, Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg, CNBC, Axios, @sarafischer, Variety and Los Angeles Times
Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
How Chalkbeat, a nonprofit local education news site, plans to expand its network of philanthropically-funded local newsrooms from 7 to 18 US cities by 2025 — As the number of journalists on the education beat drops, Chalkbeat is — slowly — expanding and trying to recoup that loss.
Discussion:
@niemanlab, @niemanlab and @niemanlab
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom survey of 38,331 UK TV industry employees: TV newsrooms have the lowest proportions of non-white and disabled staff compared to other TV industry sectors — TV newsrooms have the lowest proportions of non-white and disabled staff compared to other sectors in the TV industry, according to Ofcom research.
Jessica Davies / Digiday:
How Vice Media is streamlining its sprawling international teams, with tools like a common editorial calendar as well as restructuring its leadership team — Vice Media has revealed a major global restructure which will see the publisher's international digital teams work more cohesively and under a single …
Discussion:
Wall Street Journal
Terry Gross / NPR:
Interview with NBC's Andrea Mitchell, who is receiving a lifetime achievement Emmy on Sept. 24, on covering Reagan, Clinton, and the current administration — Toggle more options — Mitchell, the chief foreign affairs correspondent for NBC News and anchor of her own MSNBC show, looks back on her career in journalism.
Discussion:
@spj_tweets, @pennsas, @nprfreshair, @davidgura and @mayawiley
Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
Malta launches an independent public inquiry into the murder of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, nearly two years after her death — The Maltese government has launched an independent public inquiry into the murder of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, nearly two years after her death.
Discussion:
@acaruanagalizia
Ben Judah / The Atlantic:
Profile of Carole Cadwalladr, the UK reporter known for exposing Cambridge Analytica, whose activism and methods have prompted criticism from fellow journalists — LONDON—Carole Cadwalladr is different from the stereotypical British journalist. She is earnest where many are regarded as cynical.
Discussion:
@sarah_donaldson, @markdistef, @theatlantic, @profcarroll, @jayrosen_nyu, @theatlantic and @lauriechenwords