The structural decline of news media’s traditional business model – advertising and circulation revenue – has hovered like a dark cloud over publishing strategies for 20-plus years. But the continued focus and momentum of diversifying revenue streams over the last years is helping publishers to reach a more balanced and sustainable business model. more

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, one of America’s oldest newspapers, announced this month that it would cease publication. The family-owned company that operates the paper made the announcement after a court ruled against it in a dispute with unionized workers. Pittsburgh is hardly alone. Since 2005, more than 3,500 newspapers have shuttered. On average, two close every week. more

Bloomberg Industry Group has hired Michelle Stein as a deputy team leader focused on corporate governance news. more

National Association of Broadcasters Senior Vice President of Communications Alex Siciliano will depart the organization at the end of next week, closing an almost four-year run with the voice for … more

One of the top editors at Axel Springer, the German media giant behind major American publications like Politico and Business Insider, left the company after an investigation into inappropriate behavior, according to three people familiar with the matter. more

Local news publishers are used to chasing signals about where advertising demand is headed. Too often, those signals arrive late — buried in quarterly earnings calls or filtered through national economic headlines that don’t always reflect what’s happening in local markets. That’s why a recent post on MarketingInsights.info, breaking down the Federal Reserve’s latest Beige Book, deserves attention from anyone responsible for local advertising revenue. more

Sharon Nevins, a seasoned marketing, revenue and brand leader with more than 30 years of experience driving growth and transformation, announced she will be departing her role as chief revenue officer at The Baltimore Banner next month to launch her own strategic consulting firm, The Agile Agency. more

Nicole Osei is named local host of “Morning Edition” on North Texas Public Broadcasting news/talk KERA Dallas (90.1), effective Jan. 20. more

Rocco Commisso, the veteran cable TV executive turned founder of the cable giant Mediacom and owner of Italy’s ACF Fiorentina, has died. He was 76. more

The Society of Professional Journalists is alarmed by two escalating actions by the U.S. Department of Defense that threaten press freedom and public accountability: reported plans to seize editorial control of Stars and Stripes and the Pentagon’s new credentialing policy that has effectively emptied the Pentagon press corps for the first time in more than 80 years.  more

The E.W. Scripps Company has named Scripps Sports sales manager Alex Iriarte to the role of general manager and senior director of sales of WSFL, Scripps’ independent local television station in Miami and the official broadcast station of the Florida Panthers. more

Local journalism is shrinking in much of the country — but The Baltimore Banner is moving in the opposite direction. In just two years, the nonprofit newsroom has grown into Maryland’s largest reporting operation, expanded beyond Baltimore, and built a fast-growing base of paying subscribers. Now, with their new editor-in-chief, Audrey Cooper, at the helm, The Banner is doubling down on a belief that many in the industry have quietly abandoned: scale still matters. In this wide-ranging conversation, the newsroom’s new leader explains why growth, impact and sustainability are inseparable — and what local journalism risks losing if it stops thinking big. more

The Pentagon said on social media Thursday it would take over editorial content decision-making for Stars and Stripes in a statement from the Defense Department’s top spokesman. more

POLITICO is planning to launch a paid subscription product aimed at finance and investment professionals, an implicit acknowledgement of the increasingly competitive media landscape for publications catering to elite decision-makers. more

Journalists at The Courier Journal have overwhelmingly ratified their first-ever union contract, marking a major milestone for newsroom workers at Kentucky’s paper of record. more

The longtime government contractor whose activity prompted the controversial search of a Washington Post reporter’s home acknowledged he mishandled classified information, prosecutors said, according to a court hearing transcript obtained by CNN. more

Hours after the FBI searched a Washington Post reporter’s home and seized her electronic devices on Wednesday, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press asked a federal district court in Virginia to unseal records related to the search warrant.  more

he Atlantic is introducing Premium Plus, a subscription that includes family- and friend-sharing, among other exclusive benefits. This is the first new tier The Atlantic has introduced since it launched a digital subscription in late 2019. more

Mark Landler, who’s reported from 70 countries for The New York Times, has a new role. more