Federal judges, including ones appointed by Trump, keep ruling against his defamation suit. more

Terrence Tomlin and Eugene McIntosh didn’t expect to walk away from a week at Medill’s Media Innovation and Leadership Academy (MILA) with a check for $10,000. But as they’ve learned through their decade of pioneering their sports media company The Bigs, they’ve carved out a space for themselves in the Chicago media landscape. more

Suddenly, “CBS Evening News” is back where executives at the news division behind the show hoped never to return. more

Local Media Strategy aims to guarantee long-term sustainability of journalism across the U.K. more

Audacy has announced the expansion of CJ Robinson’s role, naming him brand manager of Mix 105.1 (WOMX-FM) in Orlando. more

The biggest media story so far in 2026 has been Paramount Skydance acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery, which includes CNN. But, at the end of the day, while Paramount and CEO David Ellison are getting CNN, the cable news network isn’t among their top priorities. more

After nearly two years, Capital Public Radio and PBS affiliate KVIE-TV Sacramento have settled their dispute over the ownership of a broadcasting tower that led to a lawsuit between the two organizations. more

South Dakota joins the majority of states with similar measures protecting public speakers ranging from political advocates to community newspapers with small budgets. more

Political journalist Bryan Schott was given press credentials while working for the Salt Lake Tribune, then denied access after he launched his own publication — and made jokes at the expense of staffers. more

Postmedia Network Canada Corp. has announced the permanent appointment of Wendy Kelley as chief legal officer and corporate secretary. She joined Postmedia last fall as the interim general counsel and corporate secretary. more

STAT, the leading global media company focused on health and medicine, has announced the appointment of Seth Harris to the new role of senior vice president for growth and subscriptions. more

As part of the Journalism Excellence Fellowship, which is a new program to provide promising young journalists the opportunity to work alongside top writers, reporters and media professionals at leading news outlets, The Economist and The Dispatch will each host one Journalism Excellence Fellow on their staffs in 2026.  more

The Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association is honoring Terry Mutchler with its prestigious Advocate of the Year award. Mutchler, chair of Philadelphia-based Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP’s Transparency and Public Data Practice, is a former journalist and the first executive director of Pennsylvania’s Office of Open Records. more

In this month’s News Media Today, Rob Tornoe takes a hard look at what’s gone wrong at The Washington Post — and what it will take to rebuild. After sweeping layoffs gutted core coverage areas, including sports and metro reporting, industry insiders are offering a path forward. Their ideas range from nonprofit ownership to restoring essential beats that drive engagement and community connection. At stake is more than one newsroom — it’s whether a legacy institution can find its way back to relevance and trust. more

Joanna Stern, who recently left The Wall Street Journal to launch her own publication, will become chief tech analyst & contributing correspondent for NBC News. more

The government has stalled on FOIAs for years in some cases. In others, agencies have said public records will cost thousands of dollars. more

Nashville journalist Estefany Rodríguez won a small victory Monday in what could be a protracted effort to gain her freedom. more

Print still generates meaningful revenue for many publishers, but the cost and complexity of producing it are becoming harder to justify. What if the mechanical work of assembling pages could largely happen automatically — without replacing your CMS or disrupting your newsroom workflow? In this upcoming E&P webinar, we’ll explore how publishers are beginning to rethink print production through rules-based automation that simplifies workflows while keeping editors firmly in control. more

The new numbers are out, and they’re big. Warner Bros Discovery CEO David Zaslav is set to receive payments and benefits valued at well over $700 million at the close of the company’s planned sale to Paramount Skydance. more