Since Colonial times, state and local governments have been required to publish legal advertisements in newspapers about official proclamations, court citations, vital records and the like. Also known as public notices, these agate-size ads inform the community of important public business — and provide the press with a crucial revenue stream. Now, though, that system is under threat in Massachusetts. more

Pason Gaddis, CEO of Hoffmann Media Group, announced this morning on LinkedIn that he has left the company. more

POLITICO announced two hires who will deepen its reporting strength on federal policy teams central to its coverage of power, influence and the global economy. more

Craig Dezern will join the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Department of Public Relations as a senior lecturer in fall 2026. more

CBS News fired longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley on Tuesday, a day after he allegedly said Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss was “murdering the show” and accused its new producer of having “slender qualifications” for the job. The move deepened the turmoil at the nation’s most influential TV news program and the news unit that oversees it. more

The veteran correspondent was fired Tuesday after a contentious meeting the day before with new executive producer Nick Bilton. more

A federal judge sided with a small outlet that holds the trademark to the Washington Star name. more

The order would give officials the chance to brace the economy for security risks. President Donald Trump shelved an earlier proposal following industry backlash. more

A newspaper company argues the news aggregator NewsBreak has violated its copyright to its online articles by displaying embedded versions on its app. more

Online publishers can choose not to appear in the AI Overviews of Google search results in the U.K., the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced. more

During a contentious, off-the-record virtual town hall last month, McClatchy executives touted a flood of AI-generated content as a key to solving their business woes — and pleaded with skeptical journalists to get on board. more

A look at local news organizations’ quests to best serve their audiences more

Indianapolis is a sports town, and when big events come to Indy, residents have many choices when it comes to sports news. News consumers can learn a lot by looking at how local outlets covered the Indianapolis 500. more

It’s budget season for local newsrooms — time to justify every role, every dollar spent and ask for key positions needed next year. Sometimes it’s hard for the financial side to really understand what’s being cut. Here’s a reality check. more

A dinner interrupted by gunfire may have created an unexpected opportunity for reconciliation between a president and the press corps that covers him. E&P columnist and media policy expert Stuart N. Brotman argues that when the White House Correspondents’ Association reconvenes its annual dinner on July 24, President Trump has a rare chance to deliver something more meaningful than a roast: a public affirmation that attacks on a free press are attacks on American democracy itself. more

Emily Feingold, Netflix’s longtime communications chief, is exiting the streaming giant after eight years. more

Yahoo Finance is launching a dedicated hub for AI news and analysis in partnership with leading publishers such as Axios, Fortune, TechCrunch and Fast Company. Built to help the 100 million investors who visit Yahoo Finance each month* cut through the noise, the new hub delivers in-depth coverage from this network of partners and Yahoo Finance.  more

The change creates a new barrier compared with previous administrations, under which the office was an open room where reporters could stop by the desks of military public affairs officials without escorts. more

“60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley called out CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss in a heated meeting Monday, accusing her of “murdering” the long-running news program. more