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broadcastnow.co.uk - Heather Fallon - Five takeaways from the first Freelancer Fest
Five takeaways from the first Freelancer Fest
Broadcast

Breaking down silos, shaking up recruitment practices and expanding careers discussed at first of two conferences to support freelancers The inaugural Freelancer Fest took place on 13 June delivering clear messages to freelancers who are grappling…

deadline.com - Jake Kanter - BBC Tells Producers About Plans To Slash TV Development Spend By 15%
BBC Tells Producers About Plans To Slash TV Development Spend By 15%
Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC has spent Wednesday informing staff about chastening content cuts across its TV, radio, and news services. Now, the corporation's content chief has written to independent producers to shed more light on how they will be impacted…

forbes.com - Mary Holland Nader On Wall Street, Reality TV And Her Latest Role As CEO - Forbes Vetted
Mary Holland Nader On Wall Street, Reality TV And Her Latest Role As CEO - Forbes Vetted
Forbes

From the fast-paced world of Wall Street to the spotlight of Hulu's Love Thy Nader, Mary Holland Nader is constantly redefining what it means to be a modern entrepreneur. This week, she joins us to share stories from her journey as a CEO, discuss…

fastcompany.com - Sam Becker - BIRD takes flight: Allbirds pivot to AI company Smartbird is a huge change-that's good for the stock
BIRD takes flight: Allbirds pivot to AI company Smartbird is a huge change-that's good for the stock
Fast Company

From shoes to AI to... Smartbird? It's been a strange, winding path to an entirely new strategy for the company formerly known as Allbirds. On Wednesday, the company made two big announcements: It has named a new CEO, Nadia Carlsten, and it changed…

theguardian.com - Kelly Burke - Guardian Australia's Matilda Boseley wins major award at 2026 Walkley mid-year media prizes
Guardian Australia's Matilda Boseley wins major award at 2026 Walkley mid-year media prizes
The Guardian

Guardian Australia's Matilda Boseley has taken out one of the top honours at the 2026 Walkley mid-year media prizes, winning the award for innovative storytelling. Boseley won for her high-profile, multiplatform political explainer series…

si.com - Lorenzo Reyna - Oregon Trending to Add Another Five-Star Recruit After Dakota Guerrant
Oregon Trending to Add Another Five-Star Recruit After Dakota Guerrant
Sports Illustrated

The Oregon Ducks made a five-star splash on the recruiting trail by winning over blue chip wide receiver Dakota Guerrant with his commitment on June 16. Guerrant joins edge rusher Rashad Streets plus quarterback Will Mencl as the five-stars…

digitalspy.com - Rebecca Sayce - Kaleb Cooper speaks out on Clarkson's Farm co-star and friend Jeremy Clarkson's cancer diagnosis
Kaleb Cooper speaks out on Clarkson's Farm co-star and friend Jeremy Clarkson's cancer diagnosis
Digital Spy

Clarkson's Farm star Kaleb Cooper has been 'by Jeremy Clarkson's side' amid his prostate cancer diagnosis. The former Top Gear presenter revealed that he had been diagnosed with an 'aggressive' form of prostate cancer during the most recent episode…

bleedingcool.com - Ray Flook - Doctor Who: BBC Cutting TV Development Budget 15% Annually: Report
Doctor Who: BBC Cutting TV Development Budget 15% Annually: Report
Bleeding Cool News

Posted in: BBC, TV | Tagged: doctor who Doctor Who Update: The BBC is reportedly cutting its TV development budget by 15% annually, with big hits to the number of programming hours. Doctor Who Update: BBC will cut TV development spending by 15%…

forbes.com - Cheryl Robinson - Successful Career Change-How Boredom Can Help You Make a Smarter Move
Successful Career Change-How Boredom Can Help You Make a Smarter Move
Forbes

Boredom can create the mental space needed to connect existing skills with new career possibilities. Change sounds decisive after the fact. Someone leaves one industry, enters another and explains the move as though it unfolded from a neat…

smh.com.au - Jo Stubbings - Next to the lake was a sign: 'Warning - water!' Our Nanny State has gone too far
Next to the lake was a sign: 'Warning - water!' Our Nanny State has gone too far
The Sydney Morning Herald

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. The world is a frightening place. To get away from it all for a few sweet hours, my partner and I slipped into the Rippon Lea gardens – part…

pcmag.com - Gabriel Zamora - Klaviyo Review: Excellent Email Marketing With Useful AI and Omnichannel Upgrades
Klaviyo Review: Excellent Email Marketing With Useful AI and Omnichannel Upgrades
PCMag

Klaviyo is an e-commerce marketing platform that is revered for its data-driven email and SMS marketing, though it has also earned a reputation for being intimidating due to its steep learning curve and granular reporting. This year, however…

thefederalist.com - Mark Krikorian - Biden's Border Crisis Will Return If We Don't Close The Loopholes
Biden's Border Crisis Will Return If We Don't Close The Loopholes
The Federalist: Religion, Politics, and Culture

Haitian citizens tried to get the Supreme Court to uphold their Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation Tuesday, asking the high court to toss the Trump administration's appeal of lower court rulings blocking its efforts to end TPS for the…

smh.com.au - John Buckley - Herald scoops young journalist prizes
Herald scoops young journalist prizes
The Sydney Morning Herald

Three Herald reporters and one of the masthead's photographers have won awards at this year's Mid-Year Walkley Prizes for journalism for their work covering crime and exposing sexual predators online. Riley Walter, a crime reporter at the Herald…

theguardian.com - Polly Hudson - I am an only child, and so is my son. And we are not weirdos | Polly Hudson
I am an only child, and so is my son. And we are not weirdos | Polly Hudson
The Guardian

Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me... must be a saying thought up by somebody extremely privileged. For everyone else, words wound, and there are certain groups that are seemingly, bafflingly, forever considered fair…

theguardian.com - Andrea Javor - Office workers of the world unite: it's time to revive the three-martini lunch | Andrea Javor
Office workers of the world unite: it's time to revive the three-martini lunch | Andrea Javor
The Guardian

As a 46-year-old executive who now has both people and AI agents reporting to me on the org chart, I think corporate America needs to revive a much-mocked relic of mid-century American business life: the three-martini lunch. In 1978, Gerald Ford…

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