The Washington Free Beacon is empire building. It has acquired The Editors (Substack site) and its proprietor, Ira Stoll, has joined the Free Beacon as a senior writer. more

Lynne Segall, a transformational leader in entertainment publishing and sales, has joined Ankler Media in an expansion of its business side, in the newly created role of publisher, reporting to CEO and editor in chief Janice Min. more

Ten people familiar with the workings of CBS News say the Paramount Skydance unit is veering toward dysfunction. more

Warner Bros. Discovery is revealing financial details in connection with its planned spinout of Discovery Global. more

Molly Rosenthal brings nearly 20 years of business development and sales expertise, along with a proven record of accelerating revenue growth, expanding market reach and launching targeted initiatives across both established and emerging industries. more

Matthew Stell just left KLBK Lubbock in December after more than four and a half years, where he co-anchored the 6 pm. and 10 p.m. newscasts.  more

As the new sports director at KOMU-TV, the Missouri School of Journalism’s NBC-affiliate TV station, Aaron Ladd arrives in Columbia at a time when new recipes for success in Mizzou’s athletic programs have fueled a level of fan excitement not seen in mid-Missouri for some time. more

The Journalism Protection Initiative at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY announced that distinguished journalist Mohammed R. Mhawish has been named a Knight Press Freedom Fellow. more

Varun Shankar had previously covered the Washington Wizards. more

Amy Fiscus will be International’s next deputy editor in London. more

The media company also released financial details on its soon-to-be spun-off cable networks. more

Report for America announced today its selection of 2026 newsroom partners, who will receive holistic support: a dedicated Report for America corps member to provide essential community coverage, as well as tailored training and tools to promote financial sustainability in a challenging local news landscape. Journalists are now invited to apply for these open positions. more

Family members’ experiences are key to understanding deaths in custody. These engagement tactics can unlock their untold stories. more

“We still have independent media. But taking stock of how much the media landscape has changed is sobering.” — M. Gessen, The New York Times more

TV broadcasters must build from their trust-centricity to platform ubiquity, putting data at the center of advertiser relationships and operating more as a one-to-one medium with its viewers. more

Music may drive the success of most radio stations across nearly 20 key formats, but there’s more to the story when it comes to the power of music on audio media, according to Katz Radio Group’s latest “Sound Answers” blog. It’s the music in advertising that makes the difference. more

Will the paper be sold? Who will help fill the void? How will Pittsburgh’s local news ecosystem be impacted? It’s too soon to know the answers, but people in Pittsburgh and across Pennsylvania are already searching. more

The British government says it will consider banning young teenagers from social media as it tightens laws designed to protect children from harmful content and excessive screen time. more

With radio’s scale and podcast growth creating clear opportunities for advertisers and broadcasters, Black audiences remain a high-reach, high-attention market for U.S. audio advertisers, according to the latest report of Nielsen’s Diverse Intelligence Series. more