This week, Editor & Publisher Magazine's official weekly podcast, "E&P Reports," features two exclusive interviews conducted by managing editor Evelyn Mateos:

1) Nick Johnson, McClatchy head of advertising, and

2) Janet DeGeorge of Classified Executive Training.

Each discusses what today's sales model would look like for media companies if they started from scratch. In addition, DeGeorge shares tips for ad reps and success stories taking place in newsrooms around the country.

Don't miss Mateos' related story, "Reinventing the Wheel" online and in the October 2019 issue.

BONUS: E&P Publisher Mike Blinder weighs in with a timely opinion piece about the untimely departure of anchor Shep Smith from Fox News: "Shep Say It Ain't So!" https://www.editorandpublisher.com/category/columns/

Here are related links for the week's top news headlines:

• "Norah O'Donnell and Susan Zirinsky Ready 'CBS Evening News' for Streaming Wars" (Source: V ariety):

https://www.editorandpublisher.com/news/norah-odonnell-and-susan-zirinsky-ready-cbs-evening-news-for-streaming-wars/ • "CNN Condemns Pro-Trump Video Depicting Violence Against the Media, Political Rivals" (Source: The Hollywood Reporter): https://www.editorandpublisher.com/news/cnn-condemns-pro-trump-video-depicting-violence-against-the-media-political-rivals/ • "Former Denver City Council Candidates Launch 'Denver North Star Newspaper'" (Source: CBS 4 Denver): https://www.editorandpublisher.com/news/former-denver-city-council-candidates-launch-denver-north-star-newspaper/

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