By Dean Young and John Marshall
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4/24/24
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Generating revenue remains a constant challenge. Some news outlets are reinventing special sections and editions, a traditional segment of most newspapers, to attract more readers and new and loyal advertisers. Here are four examples that publications and news outlets can adopt.
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Bob Sillick | for Editor & Publisher Magazine
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4/24/24
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The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences (IADAS) today announced the winners for the 28th Annual Webby Awards, which include the boundary-pushing cultural icons, companies and organizations shaping today’s ever-expansive online world. The Webbys will also honor a group of individuals for their outstanding work this year with Special Achievement Awards.
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Press Release | International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences
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4/23/24
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The U.S. DOL has unveiled its final overtime rule. The rule significantly increases the minimum salary for so-called “white collar” employees to be exempt from the federal FLSA’s overtime pay requirements. This development requires attention from virtually all employers.
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Ariel D. Fenster, A. Scott Hecker and Kevin M. Young | Seyfarth
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4/23/24
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E.W. Scripps, one of the largest local TV broadcasters in the U.S., has hired a financial adviser to evaluate inbound interest in acquiring Bounce TV, its over-the-air network geared toward African Americans, according to Scripps CEO Adam Symson.
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Alex Sherman | CNBC
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4/23/24
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3-2 on Tuesday to ban noncompete agreements that prevent tens of millions of employees from working for competitors or starting a competing business after they leave a job.
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Taylor Giorno | The Hill
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4/23/24
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The Audience Team shares a staffing update.
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Press release | The New York Times
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4/23/24
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Master interviewers David Marchese and Lulu Garcia-Navarro speak with compelling, influential figures at the center of our culture. “The Interview” makes its debut on April 27.
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Press Release | The New York Times
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4/23/24
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Poynter announced Tuesday the winners of its inaugural journalism contest, continuing a tradition that was most recently headed by the News Leaders Association.
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Angela Fu | Poynter
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4/23/24
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Russian officials say confidential discussions about prisoner exchanges are being conducted between Moscow and Washington.
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Ann M. Simmons | The Wall Street Journal
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4/23/24
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Here's today's #NewsMedia Today from E&P & America's Newspapers
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4/23/24
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The Texas Tribune, ProPublica and FRONTLINE have been awarded the 2024 Collier Prize for State Government Accountability for their reporting on the tragic mishandling of the active-shooter situation at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, 2022.
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Press Release | University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications
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4/23/24
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David Pecker, the longtime publisher of The National Enquirer, is first on the stand at the former president’s trial.
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Michael Rothfeld | The New York Times
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4/23/24
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Press Forward, the $500 million movement to reimagine local news, will launch applications on April 30 for its first open call for funding focused on addressing the long-standing inequalities in journalistic coverage of underserved communities.
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Press Release | Press Forward
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4/23/24
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what are the major challenges facing metro newspapers today, and how are they attempting to adapt? Those are the questions four top editors from metro dailies in Texas, California and Canada explored in an International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) panel on April 13.
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Sophie Culpepper | Nieman Lab
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4/23/24
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Donald Trump’s social-media stock is nearing a milestone, securing the former president a stock grant worth a fresh $1.3 billion.
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Charley Grant | The Wall Street Journal
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4/23/24
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A court in Russia on Monday convicted the spokesperson of U.S. technology company Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, of justifying terrorism and sentenced him to six years in prison in a swift trial in absentia, Russia’s independent news site Mediazona reported.
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Staff | The Associated Press
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4/23/24
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When covering gun violence, developing sources within the communities hit hardest by constant gunfire and presenting their stories front and center is crucial. However, many community members in these areas distrust the media thanks to decades of coverage primarily focused on the violent crime that occurs in these communities and little else.
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Kaitlin Washburn | Association of Health Care Journalists
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4/23/24
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The Journal & Courier, of Lafayette, Indiana, has joined the parade of Gannett publications shifting to mail delivery.
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Ray Schultz | MediaPost
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4/23/24
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The Arena Group announces the return of SURFER with a special print edition due out this summer. First published in 1960, this marks the revival of premium surf journalism, world-class photography, as well as a number of other exciting projects in the works.
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Press Release | The Arena Group
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4/23/24
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