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ESPN 1000 espouses its mantra, despite ratings dip: ‘Ratings isn’t our scorecard’

According to Nielsen Audio, a key portion of the station’s audience dropped in the fall, despite the addition of Bears games. But ESPN 1000’s market manager says it has a different way of measuring success.

Chicago Sun-Times

Dead letter office? Royal Mail wrestles with a difficult future

In private hands, the postal service has become a graveyard of management ambitions, beset by discontent and decline. Can yet another new boss save it?

The Guardian - UK

Hard-up this holiday? Amazon flyer tells workers to ask company mascot for help

Workers making $17 an hour not impressed by holiday offer from company that just tripled profits to $9.9bn

The Guardian - US

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Status of major rail reforms labelled ‘staggering admission of failure’

‘Not clear’ why there’s no ‘commitment to legislate’, says director of Campaign for Better Transport

The Independent UK

Concerns over speed of rail reforms as Great British Railways is in draft Bill

The establishment of the public sector body to overhaul Britain’s railways was included in a draft Rail Reform Bill.

The Independent UK

Draft Bill to create Great British Railways amid fears plan would be axed

It has been two-and-a-half years since proposals to create a new public sector body to manage Britain’s railways were first announced.

The Independent UK

NFL Fans Loved Ravens Coach’s Hilarious Reaction to Odell Beckham Jr.’s One-Handed Catch

Fans couldn’t get enough of the Baltimore coach going wild for the wideout’s snag.

Sports Illustrated

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With strikes behind them, get ready for Royal Mail’s next battles

The company’s position looks a little stronger now, but other big issues remain

The Guardian - UK

Royal Mail reports £1bn loss after postal workers’ strikes

Parent company IDS posts loss of £748m as it blames industrial action and failure to increase productivity

The Guardian - UK

Royal Mail slumps to loss of more than £1bn after year of strikes

The group’s owner, International Distributions Services, revealed Royal Mail swung to an operating loss of £1.04 billion for the year to March 26.

The Independent UK

Bank of England denies QE caused double-digit inflation; mortgage arrears and repossessions jump – as it happened

Central bank chiefs tell MPs that unwinding QE is more like descending a mountain than decommissioning a nuclear submarine

The Guardian - UK

Is running Royal Mail the most impossible job on the FTSE?

As Simon Thompson resigns, leading the 507-year-old postal business looks increasingly like a poisoned chalice

The Guardian - UK

Royal Mail boss to step down after bitter dispute with unions

Simon Thompson to leave after only two years as postal firm seeks fourth boss in four years

The Guardian - UK

Ravens GM Eric DeCosta discusses what team wanted to see out of WR Odell Beckham Jr. at private workout

Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta discussed what the team wanted to see from Odell Beckham Jr.'s private workout

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Detroit Reparations Task Force gets to work: 'We are stewards of this process'

DETROIT — Many brought up slavery, the razing of the Black Bottom neighborhood to build a freeway, the millions of dollars in over-assessments in property taxes, the thousands of homes lost to foreclosures, and the deep personal injustice their families endured and rose above.

Daily Mirror

Royal Mail strikers sacked for saying 'scab' on social media in 'attempt to remove union'

The Communication Workers Union claims a large number of the suspensions involve the alleged use of the word “scab” - a name given to workers who break strikes and cross picket lines

Evening Standard

Return train tickets are expected to be scrapped across the UK under new reforms

The UK rail shake-up will be revealed by the transport secretary later this week.

The Independent UK

Return train fares expected to be scrapped in shake-up of British rail system

Mark Harper set to unveil plans to create long-awaited public body to oversee significant chunk of rail operations

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The Guardian - UK

Return train tickets expected to be scrapped in UK rail shake-up

The often discounted rate is to be replaced with two singles costing the same as the present return fare

The Independent UK

Royal Mail warns first class stamps could rise above £1 unless Saturday letter deliveries scrapped

Postal service is forced to take six days for five days work, says chair

Chicago Sun-Times

ESPN 1000 woos, wows Bears into multiyear radio partnership

The big question on fans’ minds is whether longtime voices Jeff Joniak and Tom Thayer will remain on the broadcast. The answer: That’s everyone’s intention.

ABC News

First home approved for the Queensland and federal governments' flood buyback scheme

Sandy Xia is the first Queenslander to receive a contract to sell her house to the government as part of the flood buyback scheme, with more people applying than what's been budgeted for.

The Guardian - UK

Royal Mail needs to modernise – but hardball is not way out of dispute

For postal workers, firm’s proposal to hold talks at conciliation service Acas is one to consider seriously

Daily Mirror

Ex-coal worker says DNA test will prove he is long-lost son of Malaysian prince

Keith Williams, 71, believes he is the illegitimate first-born son of the 33rd Sultan of Perak but found the link too late to meet him

The Guardian - UK

‘We have no choice’: why the strike at Royal Mail is no cookie-cutter pay row

As opening salvo begins in dispute that could reshape a UK institution, group chair does not mince his words

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