FOX Weather, FOX News Media’s free, ad-supported streaming television (“FAST”) weather service, has signed meteorologist Melanie Black to serve as an on-air host, announced Sharri Berg, its president.  more

FOX News Media has promoted six executives on its New York and Washington editorial leadership teams, announced FOX News Media President and Executive Editor Jay Wallace. more

Paramount, a Skydance Corporation has announced that Dennis K. Cinelli will join the company's executive leadership team as chief financial officer, and as such has resigned his board of directors seat. more

The Trump-friendly FCC chair faced widespread condemnation from Democrats worried about the First Amendment. House Republicans largely steered clear of the concern. more

Ottawa buys millions of dollars worth of ads from foreign companies that harm children, flout Canadian law and are hollowing out Canada's media ecosystem. more

Spotify Premium is about to become more expensive. more

David Chivers, a former president and publisher of the Des Moines Register and a digital journalism and AI consultant, died Jan. 1 in Des Moines. more

At moments when American democracy has drifted off course, journalism has often been the force that helped steer it back. In this op-ed, Mike Blinder, publisher of E&P Magazine, argues that the nation has reached another such inflection point — one that will be judged by whether the press has the courage to confront power with truth. Drawing on historic lessons from McCarthyism, the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War, Blinder contends that journalism’s role has never been clearer or more consequential. The question, he writes, is whether today’s news media is prepared to rise to the moment once again. more

Lindsey Cook is taking on a new role overseeing critical parts of The New York Times' complex election results coverage. more

The search came as part of an investigation into a government contractor accused of illegally retaining classified government materials. more

Netflix is preparing to make its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery’s studios and HBO Max streaming business all-cash, according to people familiar with the matter, as Paramount Skydance continues pushing its competing offer. more

People seeking jobs at Stars and Stripes, which Congress guaranteed editorial independence, are being asked how they would advance administration priorities. more

New York Times journalists had to plan carefully for an Oval Office conversation with a president who dominates discourse and makes false claims. more

Tony Dokoupil got face time with the president, but the conversation was restrained, polite — and ultimately forgettable. more

A lot of people are talking about the revamped “CBS Evening News” under new anchor Tony Dokoupil — but not enough to make the program an unqualified ratings success in its first week. more

A new streaming partnership between CNN and Lemonada Media will bring video versions of some of Lemonada’s biggest podcasts to CNN’s new streaming offering. more

Sinclair has announced that the company’s annual student scholarship program is now accepting applications for the 2026 academic year. more

The Year of Intentional Media report reveals three predictions on the future of digital news publishing based on 2025 readership data, publisher insights, industry research and more. more

Having set the Georgia Trust on a path for enduring success, Porter will retire as executive director on Feb. 2 and take on a publisher emeritus role focused on fundraising, partnerships and acquisitions.  With Porter’s transition, the National Trust for Local News has launched a nationwide search for his successor. more