The National Press Club, the world's leading professional organization for journalists, has awarded $34,000 to six exemplary students as part of its annual scholarship program to honor promising future journalists serving their communities. more

Disney is asking the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to consider whether “The View” is exempt from a statutory “equal time” requirement that applies to broadcast shows. more

James Murdoch is taking over New York magazine and Vox, building a different media company than his father’s. more

Thomas Pauken II allegedly told the FBI he was “80 percent sure” an associate now working for the Trump administration would give classified information to China. more

For decades, local journalism’s business model rested on advertising, subscriptions and philanthropy. Now, according to Rebuild Local News co-founder Steven Waldman, a fourth leg is rapidly emerging: public policy. New state laws, tax credits and government-backed initiatives have already directed more than $129 million into local newsrooms, with tens of millions more expected this year alone. Waldman says the shift signals a major new chapter in how communities may ultimately sustain local journalism. more

Paddock Publications, the parent company of the Daily Herald, on Thursday announced the sale of the newspaper to the Chicago Tribune. more

CBS News Radio, which provides news programming to an estimated 700 stations spanning the United States, will sign off the air Friday night after nearly a century of broadcasting.  more

CNN has announced that Maddie Gannon will join CNN Newsource as a correspondent based in Washington, DC. She will cover the White House and the midterms leading into the 2028 presidential contest for the network and its more than 1,000 domestic and international affiliate partners.   more

Haimy Assefa joins in New York, James McManagan in London and Julie Yoon in Seoul. more

The New York Times publisher spoke in defense of a free press at an event hosted by Yale Law School’s Floyd Abrams Institute in New York City. more

The Committee to Protect Journalists has advised journalists traveling throughout the United States for the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup may face questioning or hostility from immigration officials at the border or around venues. more

Stephen Colbert chatted with Paul McCartney and joined him on stage for a raucous performance of “Hello, Goodbye” on the final broadcast of CBS’ “The Late Show” on Thursday night, a bittersweet farewell for a canceled show that still had a few barbs left for the network that ended its 33-year run. more

The financial terms of the settlements were not disclosed. The school district had sought more than $60 million to create a 15-year program it said would help counteract mental health and learning issues caused by social media. more

Per the new feature, Spotify will create a audio based on prompts such as "Share my daily city updates, and tell me about local concerts from artists I love." more

Chris Segal, a North Carolina native and former editor of The Sun News in Myrtle Beach, has been named executive editor of The State, succeeding Brian Tolley as leader of the Columbia, South Carolina, newsroom. more

Kim Fowler will join the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Department of Media Production, Management, and Technology (MPMT), as a lecturer beginning fall 2026. more

Workers at local newspapers owned by Hearst allege the company is trying to “destroy unions” amid claims of widespread anti-union tactics, including violating union contracts and bad-faith bargaining. more