In this week's episode of Media Voices, Peter talks to Rob Wijnberg, co-founder and Editor in Chief of Dutch ad-free, member-funded news site De Correspondent. After securing runway funding, Rob is in New York preparing the launch of The Correspondent, an English-language version of the news network, and he spoke about the obstacles and opportunities the team is encountering ahead of launching.

In the news roundup, we take a look at the potential fallout of Trump vs. Google, some admirable efforts from Twitter, and discuss where you'd buy a hairdryer online with bizarre specificity (not BuzzFeed Reviews, it turns out).

We're reading:

- I Helped Create Insider Political Journalism. Now It's Time For It To Go Away, via BuzzFeed News: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/bensmith/i-helped-create-insider-political-journalism-now-its-time

- Could kindness finally be winning over negative celebrity gossip? via The Pool: https://www.the-pool.com/news-views/opinion/2018/35/Stacey-Solomon-Now-magazine-media-bullying-women

- Alan Rusbridger: Who broke the news? via Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/aug/31/alan-rusbridger-who-broke-the-news