A Hong Kong appellate court on Thursday quashed fraud convictions against onetime media magnate Jimmy Lai, a rare victory in the prominent activist’s legal battles. more

The awards organization and the broadcaster have ordered separate investigations into what led to airing the slur, which was shouted involuntarily during Sunday’s ceremony. more

Forbes has announced the promotion of Stephanie Lewis to chief financial officer. In her new role, Lewis will oversee the financial and strategic planning processes across the business. more

Cleveland.com is embracing AI tools, including an AI rewrite desk. more

Instagram said Thursday it will start alerting parents if their kids repeatedly search for terms clearly associated with suicide or self-harm. The alerts will only go to parents who are enrolled in Instagram’s parental supervision program. more

Anchors at the long-running A.M. franchise have grappled with many challenges over the years, ranging from personal health issues to talent transitions, but this past month has presented a set of circumstances that are believed to be without parallel. more

We live in what many of us understand is a dangerous moment for press freedom. Our own country’s government is as hostile to independent journalism as it has been in more than two centuries — at the very moment that the business of journalism is in its toughest shape in modern times. There is lots of speculation, some of it off-target, but not all — of a loss of trust in our work. But this week Richard Tofel talks about a deeper problem, one that may lie close to the root of these others. more

In this month’s “The Corner Office,” Doug Phares reflects on a leadership lesson forged in the aftermath of painful restructuring decisions. Watching two nearly identical units take dramatically different paths, he found that the numbers weren’t the deciding factor — leadership was. One executive accepted reality, refocused the team and rebuilt momentum. The other lingered in loss, and performance followed. more

Rep. Jasmine Crockett is taking a harder line on the political journalists covering her Texas Senate campaign, ejecting an Atlantic reporter from an event and calling the Capitol Police on a CNN journalist attempting to visit one of her offices, according to three people familiar with the incidents. more

As attacks on the media intensify, E&P Publisher Mike Blinder argues that the real story isn’t the criticism; it’s the unintended amplification that follows. In his latest commentary, he draws a line from Barbra Streisand’s infamous attempt to suppress a photo to modern-day political pressure on late-night television. Blinder suggests that efforts to silence or discredit journalism often backfire, expanding reach and fueling curiosity. For news publishers, he writes, the lesson is clear: In today’s attention economy, the fastest way to make something matter may be to try to make it disappear. more

At a time when armed conflict has reached historic levels around the world, journalist killings also reached an all-time high primarily due to the actions of one government: Israel was responsible for two-thirds of all journalist and media worker killings in 2025, driving the total number killed worldwide last year to a record 129 — the highest ever number documented by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) since the organization started keeping records more than three decades ago. more

Russia’s attacks on energy infrastructure, waged during the coldest winter in memory, have pushed Ukrainians to their limits. But in freezing offices and darkened apartments, a new generation of investigative journalists is still at work. more

NPR Chief Development Officer Rachel Evans announced that Julie Parr has been promoted to senior vice president, development and Elyse Poinsett has been promoted to vice president, digital revenue and operations. more

POLITICO, the global authority on the intersection of power, politics, and policy, has announced it will expand operations to Australia and launch Canberra Playbook when the Australian parliament returns from its winter recess in the third quarter of 2026. more

A federal judge rejected a Justice Department request to search devices seized from a Washington Post reporter as part of an investigation into alleged mishandling of classified information by a government contractor, ruling that the court would carry out the review.     more

Warner Bros. Discovery said Tuesday it has received a revised offer from Paramount to buy the entire company for $31 a share, up from its previous per-share purchase price of $30. It’s Paramount’s latest effort to derail rival bidder Netflix, which has a deal to buy the company’s prized studios and HBO Max streaming service. more

The board of directors of The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) has approved a new contract for Scripps President and CEO Adam P. Symson that runs through Dec. 31, 2029. more

President Donald Trump gave his State of the Union address on Tuesday night. It went pretty much as expected. more

Gray Media today announced the launch of “Aging Untold,” a new 30-minute program designed to provide solutions and hope for the growing population of aging adults and their families across America. The unscripted conversation-style show will debut on Monday, March 2, and air weekdays on Gray stations reaching approximately 35% of U.S. television households. Full episodes of “Aging Untold” will also be available on all Gray streaming platforms. more