CherryRoad Media, the nation’s fastest growing newspaper company, announced that it will open newspapers in Hutchinson and Litchfield, MN, to fill the void left with the closing of the Hutchinson Leader and the Litchfield Independent Review. more

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POLITICO reports — and The New York Times denies — changes in coverage due to ire over not getting a one-on-one interview with the president. more

China’s ByteDance said it won’t sell its U.S. TikTok, a day after President Biden signed legislation that could force the company to sell the popular video-sharing platform or stop operating in the U.S. more

Sandhya Somashekhar joined the Business desk at The Washington Post two years ago from Outlook to manage a team of reporters covering an array of regulated industries including health care, medicine, food, energy and — most recently — transportation. more

The satirical news website was bought by a new firm in Chicago that took inspiration for its name, Global Tetrahedron, from a book written by The Onion’s staff. more

America's Newspapers, a leading advocate for the nation's newspaper industry, enthusiastically endorses the Arkansas Government Disclosure Act of 2024 and the proposed Arkansas Government Disclosure Amendment. These initiatives represent a critical step forward in protecting the public's fundamental right to access government records and proceedings and to make government actions more transparent. more

Almost six months ago, the arrests of Alabama reporter Don Fletcher and newspaper publisher Sherry Digmon made national headlines. Last week, charges that Fletcher and Digmon broke the law by reporting on a grand jury subpoena were finally dismissed. more

A journalist for the Russian edition of Forbes magazine has been detained on charges of spreading false information about the Russian military, his lawyer said Friday. more

The Gateway Pundit, the notorious far-right blog and prolific publisher of conspiracy theories, said Wednesday that it had filed for bankruptcy protection as it grapples with litigation related to its coverage of the 2020 election. more

This spring, NBC News, The New York Times and National Public Radio have each dealt with turmoil for essentially the same reason: journalists taking the critical gaze they deploy to cover the world and turning it inward at their own employers. more

What started as a plan to combat disinformation and fake news, The Legitimate Platform has become the app that works to support journalists. Legitimate started in January 2020 and is a one-stop shop for journalists to spread information quickly. Conceived by Caoimhe and Gerard Donnelly, it acts as a conduit, offering items such as three hours of transcription service with unlimited uploads and, using artificial intelligence, creating article outlines in its free version. more

Paramount Global and Skydance Media are making progress on a deal that would merge the media companies and buy out controlling shareholder Shari Redstone, according to people familiar with the matter. more

Tax credits for preserving and adding newsroom jobs are the most direct way for policymakers to help save local journalism. Four years after these credits were proposed in Congress, New York has approved a state-level version. more

Applications are now open for The New York Times Corps, a talent-pipeline program for college students to receive career guidance from Times journalists over a multiyear period. more

Jack McCordick will be an assistant to the columnists Ezra Klein and Tressie McMillan Cottom. more

As Donald Trump was running for president in 2016, his old friend at the National Enquirer was scooping up potentially damaging stories about the candidate and paying out tens of thousands of dollars to keep them from the public eye. But when it came to the seamy claims by porn performer Stormy Daniels, David Pecker said he put his foot down. more

The Washington Post has announced Suzi Watford as its chief strategy officer, a new role designed to oversee the publication’s strategy, aligning it across all business functions and overseeing brand identity — including marketing and events efforts. more