- BBC
Public meeting held to discuss agricultural issues
It will look at issues facing the agricultural industry and how the council can help.
- Associated Press
Who's laughing? LateNighter, a digital news site about late-night TV, hopes to buck media trends
At first glance, Jed Rosenzweig's new venture would seem like a fool's errand: launching a digital news site during brutal economic times for the media to cover an industry that, by traditional measures, is waning in influence. There's been plenty to chew on since then, including Jon Stewart's return to “The Daily Show,” John Mulaney's new Netflix show, Jimmy Kimmel's feud with Donald Trump,Conan O'Brien resurfacing online and South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem's emergence as a comic foil. “I haven’t come to this project from a business perspective, so much so much as a passion,” says Rosenzweig, a veteran entertainment journalist based in Portland, Oregon.
- Reuters
Exclusive-Anglo American explores De Beers IPO as part of break-up, sources say
Anglo American is exploring an initial public offering of its diamond business De Beers, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday, with London the preferred venue, one of them said. CEO Duncan Wanblad said the plan was to spin out or sell De Beers, but did not go into details about how that would be done. Anglo holds 85% of De Beers while the government of Botswana, where its biggest mines are, owns the remainder.
