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."
The website for spirits enthusiasts wants to be the premier source for all things booze, and since company's founding in 2014, it has advised millennials on what and where to drink, as well as how to mix the latest concoctions. CEO Adam Teeter discusses his plans.
Omar Raja, the founder of Bleacher Report's House of Highlights Instagram, said social media is "a young person's television," and that professional sports leagues have been reaching out to him to help them bolster the audience for live sports.
Members of the cast of "Guardians of the Galaxy," including Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, and Bradley Cooper, have asked Disney to rehire the director of the hit Marvel franchise James Gunn after he was fired for offensive jokes he made years ago. If the studio were to acquiesce to the stars' request, "it would set a really uncomfortable precedent," said Sean O'Connell, the managing editor at Cinemablend.
If CBS's board decides to remove its CEO Les Moonves over allegations of sexual misconduct, it would also eliminate the most vocal opponent of the proposed merger with the network's former corporate parent Viacom, said Tim Baysinger, a reporter for The Wrap.
After losing $136 billion in market cap in less than a week, Facebook could look to its Instagram Stories platform to boost its slowing ad sales growth and improve its outlook, says Madison Malone Kircher, an associate editor at New York Magazine.
Donald Trump may rail against the mainstream media's treatment of him, but data from Axios suggests biases creep into media reports well outside the political beats. Blavity, a company that focuses on content for black milliennials, is trying to fix that.
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Natori Company's CEO Ken Natori sat down with Cheddar anchors for "Do Better With Cheddar" to discuss fashion retail in the age of Amazon's digital marketplace. Natori tells Cheddar his company has struck a healthy balance with the e-commerce giant.
CBS's board made no decision on whether to remove CEO Les Moonves from the company amid allegations of sexual harassment. But the media giant did decide to appoint a special counsel to lead an investigation. The Wall Street Journal's Keach Hagey spoke with Cheddar before the company's board meeting.
The meal-kit industry has been flooded by competition in recent years. Andy Levitt, founder and CEO of Purple Carrot, which offers only plant-based options, discuss the company's latest meal plans and how he is trying to increase the number of offerings without increasing costs.
