California State University, Chico, Chico State Enterprises and North State Public Radio have welcomed Helen Barrington as NSPR’s new executive director. more

Laura Bult and Christina Thornell are now senior video journalists and Leila Medina is a video journalist on Reporter Video. Meg Felling is now a video journalist on News Video. more

A group of prominent journalists, audiobook narrators and podcasters sued Microsoft and Nvidia in Illinois, claiming the companies stole their unique voiceprints and used them to train voice AI products. more

Unionized journalists at TIME have won a new three-year contract that includes strong guardrails on artificial intelligence, more flexible time off and higher salary floors, among other benefits.   more

A long-running business dispute and legal fight over the future of WLRN, South Florida's top public media station, has come to an end. more

Gray Media, Inc. announced that Joanie Vasiliadis will join the company in the new role of senior vice president for transformation on June 1. She brings more than a decade of experience driving growth across digital, streaming and broadcast platforms, with deep expertise in editorial strategy, product integration, audience development and organizational change. more

A charity is raising money to provide security, arguing that protecting some of right-wing media’s biggest stars is a public good. more

Major investments in late 2025 and 2026 show there’s still interest in preserving legacy newspapers, though these decisions appear to fly in the face of industry trends. At a time when the local newspapers industry is contracting under shrinking advertising dollars and audiences, the question becomes: Why are these investors doubling down? Do they see the potential for a local news transformation that others don’t? more

Versant Media Group reported lower revenue and profit in its first quarter on Thursday, the company’s second earnings report since being spun off from Comcast earlier this year. more

The National Football League cut a new four-year deal with Netflix for three more games and licensed additional games to Fox and NBC.  more

For Jason Leopold, persistence isn’t just a trait — it’s a strategy. Over three decades, the investigative reporter has turned the Freedom of Information Act into one of journalism’s most powerful tools, proving that with enough focus, patience and pressure, even the most guarded records can be brought to light. more

As artificial intelligence rapidly reshapes classrooms and newsrooms alike, journalism educators are wrestling with a difficult question: How do you teach students to think, report and develop their own voice when AI can generate an instant assignment with a single prompt? In this E&P “Shoptalk,” professor John Morano argues that while AI can enhance research and inquiry, true journalistic skill still depends on the hard-earned ability to observe, question, write and understand nuance independently. more

Shutterstock Inc. will pay $35 million to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that the online digital photo and video platform illegally made tens of millions of dollars from a range of unfair and deceptive practices, including charging consumers for products without their informed consent and making it difficult to cancel subscriptions. more

The hottest destination for television advertising these days isn’t traditional national TV. Rather, streaming platforms are gobbling up a growing share of ad dollars as their audiences expand. more

A federal appeals court this week agreed President Trump can continue holding off paying writer E. Jean Carroll for her $83.3 million defamation judgment until the Supreme Court decides if it will get involved. more

Salem Media, Inc. has announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by The Christian Community Foundation, Inc., d/b/a WaterStone in a transaction that will take the company private and strengthen Salem’s long-term mission across radio, digital media, streaming, podcasting, television and publishing. more

ProPublica has announced the launch of a new reporting team in California — its sixth regional investigative hub and the latest move in a multiyear expansion that has made ProPublica larger than at any point in its 18-year history. more

Unionized journalists at Sports Illustrated have won a new three-year contract that raises salary floors, saves on health care, protects remote work and enshrines protections on artificial intelligence. more

Authors behind more than 1,000 articles decline to share evidence they are real. more