On April 9, more than 1,300 local newsrooms, around 200 partners, and 15 sponsors participated in the “national day of action to celebrate and strengthen trusted local news and information.” more

Greece became the latest European Union country to unveil plans for a total social media ban for kids 15 and under in a move the country’s prime minister said aims to pressure the 27-member bloc into formalizing EU-wide age restrictions. more

Leaders from across the local news ecosystem gathered in New York City last month for the 2026 LMA Summit, an invite-only event designed to bring together Local Media Association and Local Media Foundation boards, collaborative program participants and key industry partners. more

Investigative journalist Walker Bragman isn’t interested in simply debunking misinformation. He wants to identify the people funding it, the networks spreading it and the political forces benefiting from it. Through his nonprofit Accountability Journalism Institute, Bragman is tracing the dark money and influence campaigns that undermine science, journalism and public trust. more

Former President Donald Trump sharply criticized several well-known conservative media personalities in a lengthy post on his Truth Social platform, targeting figures who have at times diverged from him on foreign policy and political strategy. more

Local media companies generate millions of impressions, thousands of clicks and a steady stream of leads for advertisers. Yet too often, somewhere between the moment a prospect reaches out and the moment a sale should happen, the opportunity disappears — the phone goes unanswered or the follow-up comes too late. Increasingly, publishers are realizing the real problem isn’t lead generation but what happens after the lead arrives — a gap Rachel Nulman-Shapiro, chief marketing officer at vcita, says is quietly driving advertiser churn. more

MS NOW has announced a series of investments and collaborations with three leading nonprofit organizations in support of investigative and local journalism across the country. more

The Justice Department has opened an investigation into whether the National Football League has engaged in anticompetitive tactics that harm consumers, according to people familiar with the situation.  more

CNN has announced that veteran political reporter Patrick Svitek will join the network’s Washington, D.C., bureau. As a reporter on CNN’s politics team, Svitek’s coverage will focus on the critical 2026 midterm races, major political trends and the 2028 presidential contest which is already beginning to take shape. more

Natasha Rodriguez will focus on editing text for video. more

The sporting world’s attention turns to Augusta, Georgia, Thursday with Round 1 of the Masters. For the first time, viewers can find live coverage of the tournament on Amazon Prime Video. more

The Tennessee Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily blocked a lower court’s order that would have let media witnesses view more parts of state-run executions. more

Meta on Thursday began removing advertisements from attorneys who were seeking clients that claim to have been harmed by social media while under the age of 18. more

Elon Musk has said as much: Links in tweets are bad for engagement. Over the last few days, sparked by a post from Nate Silver, people have started arguing again about the relationships between links and engagement. more

The Federal Communications Commission’s Media Bureau has issued a Memorandum and Order once again delaying the implementation of the so-called “Audible Crawl Rule.” more

A federal judge found there was undisputed evidence that Vaughn lost his job because the network had been unhappy with his performance for years, and not because of any racial animus. more

Silicon Valley is embracing nontraditional media to sell its vision of technology as concerns mount over artificial intelligence’s impact on the workforce, economy and environment.  more

Disney is preparing to make sizable layoffs in one of the first significant moves under the new chief executive officer, Josh D’Amaro. more

Jim Hays most recently served in Cleveland, Ohio, as the marketing director for Gray Media’s WOIO (CBS), WUAB(MyNet) and WTCL (Telemundo), and for the Rock Entertainment Sports Network, an Ohio-based regional sports network partly owned by Gray. more