At the helm of the top media outlets in the nation are all men. The Washington Post's Media Columnist Margaret Sullivan explains the conditions facing women in news, and ways to close the gender gap in newsroom mastheads.
"I think there are more women in powerful positions in media than there ever have been before," says Sullivan. "The problem is at the very, very top of those very powerful news organizations it's pretty rare for a woman to have broken through."
Men wrote 52 percent of bylined news articles and opinion pieces about reproductive issues in the nation’s 12 most widely circulated newspapers and news wires. Meanwhile, women penned 37 percent, according to the 2017 Women's Media Center Report. Men won 84 percent of a century’s worth of Pulitzer Prizes, while women won only 16 percent according to Women's Media Center.
On how the #MeToo movement has impacted newsrooms, Sullivan says, "to say this whole thing gone too far is really misguided." She goes on to say, "I think what's really going to rule the day is that this major reckoning we're having in our society and how extremely important it is and how it was brought about by courageous journalists and courageous women."
Netflix and HBO won 23 awards apiece in Monday's Emmy telecast, another sign of the shrinking influence of broadcast television, said Sean O'Connell, managing editor at Cinema Blend.
Gelong Thubten, a Buddhist monk, teaches employees at big tech firms the importance of practicing mindfulness. Even five minutes a day of meditation can make a difference in overall stress levels, he says.
The popular courier service recently secured $300 million worth of funding at a $1.2 billion valuation. Kristin Schaefer, SVP of finance and strategy at Postmates, said that the company is eyeing next year for an IPO.
Elon Musk and SpaceX announced the company's first private passenger, Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa. Shannon Stirone, freelance science journalist, said that this is the first step to Musk's ultimate goal ー transporting people to Mars.
Gov. John Hickenlooper (D-CO) said the political action committee will help him "evaluate" the presidential landscape. The moderate Democrat is perhaps best known for overseeing Colorado's creation of a full-fledged cannabis economy.
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Mayor Dana Outlaw of New Bern, N.C., which saw significant flooding and hundreds of water rescues when Florence came ashore, said the "monolithic" relief effort is still not over.
As the online gaming world continues to boom, professional sports organizations are working to marry the online and physical sports world. Hugh Weber, president of the New Jersey Devils, said that there is a way for live esports events to be compelling enough to translate to ticket sales.
Salesforce founder and co-CEO Marc Benioff and his wife Lynne are buying Time magazine for $190 million in cash from Meredith Corp. Benioff is the latest in a series of tech billionaires opening their wallets for venerated media brands, following Jeff Bezos buying the Washington Post in 2014, Laurene Powell Jobs taking a majority stake in The Atlantic last year, and Patrick Soon-Shiong buying the Los Angeles Times in 2018.
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