The BBC Board has appointed Matt Brittin as the 18th director-general of the BBC. Brittin, former president  of Google EMEA, will take over the role on May 18. more

David T. Lucey Sr., a much-admired, distinguished and decades-long veteran of the New England newspaper industry, who served as first post-Utter family publisher of The Westerly Sun in Rhode Island from 1999 until his retirement in 2004, died in Punta Gorda, Florida, on March 19, at the age of 84. more

As the nation approaches its 250th anniversary, debates over free expression are once again front and center. In this month’s column, Stuart N. Brotman argues that the rise of “cancel culture” reflects a deeper struggle over who gets to speak — and who gets silenced. While public shaming may feel new, he reminds us that efforts to suppress ideas have long shaped American culture. Brotman calls for a cease-fire, urging a renewed commitment to open dialogue as a defining principle of the nation’s next chapter. more

Award-winning journalist Scott MacFarlane is joining the MeidasTouch Network as chief Washington, D.C., correspondent and launching “Scott MacFarlane Reports.” more

Spectrum News and Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications have announced a partnership that will provide students with hands-on experiences and professional development opportunities in journalism and media production. more

The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation  (AWMF) has announced the winners of the 51st Annual Gracie Awards® — the premier honor for women in media — celebrating the women who are showing up, telling the truth and making it impossible to look away. more

Hearst Newspapers has announced the continued expansion of its multimillion-dollar brand marketing initiative, reinforcing its commitment to service-driven, data-powered journalism and the essential role its news organizations play in helping readers navigate their daily lives. more

The U.S. Defense Department will remove media offices from the Pentagon after a federal judge sided with The New York Times in a lawsuit challenging limits on reporters’ access to the building, a department official announced Monday. more

The move will allow Nexstar to spin-out TEGNA if lawsuits are successful; on Monday, Newsmax and several broadband groups filed a request for a preliminary injunction. more

The News/Media Alliance has partnered with Bria to let NMA members opt into an AI licensing agreement that would see them compensated for the use of their content in AI systems. more

Trust in the news media has rarely been more fragile — yet the public’s demand for credible information has never been higher. As audiences struggle to navigate a flood of competing narratives, the question facing the industry is no longer just what is reported, but how stories are framed and who is behind them. That challenge is what inspired Perspectify, a new media transparency platform designed to help readers compare how the same story is covered across the ideological spectrum. In this conversation with E&P, Newsmatics CEO David Rothstein explains why transparency — not algorithms — may be the most powerful tool journalism has to rebuild trust. more

The Las Vegas Review-Journal has promoted Traci Wilson to the role of vice president of digital strategy. Wilson succeeds Jim Prather, who retires on April 3.   more

Yasu Tsuji is a video editor based in Los Angeles, and Jiwoong Hong is a news technology specialist based in Seoul. more

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the appeal of a Texas-based online citizen journalist who said she was wrongly arrested in a case that drew attention from national media organizations and free speech advocates. more

The Federal Communications Commission’s Media Bureau has approved the transfer of WLFI-TV, Lafayette, Indiana; WTHI-TV, Terre Haute, Indiana; and WTVA(TV), Tupelo, Mississippi from subsidiaries of Allen Media to Gray Media. more

This report has two main objectives. The first is to map out key behavioral and attitudinal trends among young members of the public, shedding light on key differences and changes in how they consume and relate to news. Second, it illuminates what young people are proactively doing around news, not just what they are not doing compared to older groups. more

Americans strongly support the right to access government information. Most have never tried to use it — and don’t know much about how. more

Seabourn is bringing The Atlantic aboard for an exclusive three-year partnership to host a series of curated events on select itineraries, developed specifically for Seabourn guests and designed to deepen onboard enrichment through thoughtful dialogue and cultural exchange. The partnership will culminate in a full itinerary takeover in 2028, with a 12-day cruise from Montreal to Boston, where The Atlantic was founded in 1857. more

Students claim viewpoint discrimination after publications highlighting Black experiences and women’s issues lost all university funding and support. more