The Associated Press laid off 20 U.S.-based journalists on Friday, the union representing them said, part of a restructuring announced last month that is turning the news organization’s focus away from print journalism and toward visual journalism and other revenue sources. more

Israel will sue The New York Times over an op-ed alleging widespread sexual abuse and rape against Palestinian prisoners, said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar in a joint statement Thursday. more

Switching to a member-driven model is a major milestone in The Tribune’s 155-year history. more

Gray Media, Inc. has closed on its cash-free, even exchange of comparable assets with the E.W. Scripps Company involving the swap of television stations across five mid-sized and small markets that the parties announced in July 2025. more

Union files unfair labor practice charge over management retaliation against Guild member who was part of a Teams chat with other workers organizing a letter against Thomson Reuters’ contracts with DHS more

Technology can’t replicate human connection, but we need to embrace its precision tools that have become essential for competition. more

Broadcast engineers are confronting a cyber landscape far different than the one they inherited a decade ago, as traditional air chains and isolated technical systems increasingly give way to IP-based infrastructure that brings new efficiencies — and new vulnerabilities. more

Bianca Strzalkowski, long-serving editor-in-chief of U.S. Military Publishing (USMP), has been named “Editor of the Year” by Niche Media Events. The honor was announced at the 2026 Nichee Awards ceremony. more

Print production has entered a new era of uncertainty. Rising paper costs, supply disruptions and global trade pressures are forcing publishers to rethink how they plan and manage print. What was once predictable is now volatile, making even short-term decisions more complex. This must-attend broadcast will give publishers the clarity and strategy needed to navigate today’s print challenges with confidence. more

Michael Kruse, a premier reporter with a knack for finding compelling stories in unexpected corners, will report for Politics. more

Federal charges tied to a church protest have left independent journalist Georgia Fort unable to interview key sources, a situation she says is stifling her reporting. more

Social media CEOs once again are being called to testify before the Senate in light of mounting legal and public pressure to protect young users on their platforms. more

The influential polling analysis site was shut down last year, but an earlier archived version, fivethirtyeight.com, had lived on. Now the site is redirecting users to ABC News. more

Ramtin Arablouei, a co-host of “Throughline,” left the network after an employee made a human resources complaint about his behavior. more

Revenue goals dominate most sales conversations, but Shannon Kinney argues that focusing on outcomes alone can leave media organizations managing results after it’s too late to influence them. In this month’s E&P “Ad Sales Life,” Kinney explains why the most successful sales teams track and coach the daily activities that drive revenue — from prospecting and discovery meetings to follow-up conversations and proposals — creating more predictable growth and stronger accountability. more

As America approaches its 250th birthday, USA TODAY is reviving a nearly forgotten newspaper tradition with the debut of the “USA TODAY March,” a new Sousa-style composition celebrating journalism, patriotism and community connection. In this recent E&P Reports vodcast interview — featuring video from the May 15 debut performance of the march — USA TODAY’s Liz Johnson and composer and features writer Jim Beckerman discussed how the unusual project evolved from a piece of newspaper history into a modern effort to reconnect audiences with the civic and cultural role journalism once played in American life. more

The New York Times has said libel action threatened against it by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over an article alleging sexual assaults against Palestinian detainees by Israeli security services is “without merit.” more

Ten months after Congress voted to rescind federal funds for public media, the former PBS affiliate at Eastern Illinois University will cease its televised broadcasting service today, May 15. For more than 40 years, WEIU has served eastern Illinois as a public television and radio station and a training ground for student journalists at Eastern Illinois University. more

President Donald Trump attacked New York Times White House and National Security Correspondent David Sanger aboard Air Force One with a barrage of insults, including “Treasonous” and “fake.” more