Print is not dead, but it is under new pressure. In an E&P webinar sponsored by Publication Printers, paper-market experts from Billerud and Publication Printers warned that publishers can no longer treat paper, postage and production as predictable costs. With fewer mills, longer planning windows, rising postal expenses and changing advertiser expectations, the panelists urged publishers to plan earlier, build stronger supplier relationships and better sell print’s proven value in a digital-heavy marketplace. more

Two plaintiffs said in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday that recent Pentagon actions targeting Stars and Stripes violate federal law and should be blocked. The plaintiffs are Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Suki Dardarian, who retired last year as editor and senior vice president at The Minnesota Star Tribune, and Bill Church, executive editor of the Santa Fe New Mexican. more

The decision to cut 65 jobs underscores the news industry’s ongoing challenges. more

Ten Philadelphia-area news organizations will receive funding, consulting and innovation services through a two-year, $1 million initiative focused on sustainability. more

FT Strategies, WAN-IFRA and Arc XP have published a major global study revealing how newsrooms are restructuring around AI, audience engagement and community as publishers confront growing commercial and technological disruption. more

For one day, the iconic Stone Pony won’t be hosting musicians. It will be hosting local news publishers. On July 1, media leaders from across the country will gather at the legendary Asbury Park venue for “Born to Run the Local News,” a unique event focused on the challenges, opportunities and resilience required to build community news organizations that can thrive for the next century. The event will also be livestreamed, allowing news professionals everywhere to join the conversation. more

ESPN announced that former NBA and WNBA official Lauren Holtkamp-Sterling will join the network as a rules analyst, appearing on select game telecasts beginning Saturday, June 6. more

CBC/Radio-Canada, The Globe and Mail, La Presse, Postmedia, Quebecor, Torstar and TVO Media Education Group announced they will join the Standards for Publisher Usage Rights (SPUR) Coalition, becoming part of a growing international alliance of news publishers working to shape the technical and commercial environment in which intellectual property owners can control and monetize the use of their content by generative AI applications.  more

Jim Rose succeeds Keith Shipman, who had served in the role since 2016. more

The NPPA community is mourning the loss of Steve Sweitzer, a beloved leader, mentor and lifelong advocate for visual journalism. more

The fellowship program welcomes six early-career journalists to The Atlantic’s newsroom. more

Jacob Ward joined CNN as an on-air contributor, the network announced. Ward is the founder of The Rip Current, an independent investigative outlet that covers the intersection between business, technology and politics that specifically looks at Big Tech, AI accountability and corporate power. more

PBS announced the election of Rachel Smolkin, president and CEO of Oregon Public Broadcasting, to serve as a professional director on the PBS board of directors. She fills the vacancy created by the retirement from the board of Mark Contreras, president and CEO of Connecticut Public.   more

The Medill School at Northwestern University will launch this summer a new Military Reporting Project in collaboration with the 1st Infantry Division at Ft. Riley, Kansas, giving students a rare opportunity to report while embedded with troops. more

“Ask Kevin O’Connor” draws answers to NBA Draft questions from Kevin O’Connor’s expert analysis, while “Ask Yahoo Scout” answers investors’ questions about the market. more

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and three other Democratic lawmakers again are pressing Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to conduct a foreign ownership review of Paramount‘s proposed merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. more

Proposed new federal regulations could dramatically limit where journalists can fly drones, raising concerns among press freedom advocates. The Federal Aviation Administration wants to expand protected airspace around tens of thousands of facilities, including hospitals, prisons, chemical plants and large corporate campuses. News organizations warn the changes could restrict reporters’ ability to document protests, disasters, environmental events and government activity from the air. As the proposal enters a public comment period, a growing debate is emerging over where national security ends and the First Amendment begins. more

RCFP attorneys are representing three news outlets in a constitutional challenge to a policy that censors Penn State trustees. more

Montclair State University and its College of Communication and Media will manage NJ PBS beginning July 1. The selection brings public media back home to New Jersey with broadcast-ready facilities, a statewide journalism network and a fiscally responsible plan built for the long term. more