Tomorrow’s News Trailblazers (formally “25 under 35") Recognizes early-career journalists, publishers, and media innovators who are already making a meaningful impact on the industry. This is not a competition or a ranking, but a celebration of leadership, creativity, and commitment to the future of news — whether the work happens in reporting, revenue, product, audience, or operations. Nominees do not need a big title or national profile, and self-nominations are welcome. Those selected will be featured in the April issue of E&P Magazine more

Neice Bell’s more than 45 years in newspapers — which began in a Kerrville closet as a typesetter in 1979 — will wrap at the end of May as she finishes her second tenure as publisher of the New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung. more

Grok, the AI chatbot created by xAI, the artificial intelligence company founded by and majority-owned by Elon Musk, last week switched off its image creation and editing function for most users after an uproar over sexualized and violent imagery created with it. more

Google search traffic to publishers declined globally by a third in the year to November, according to new Chartbeat data. more

Under Trump, the FCC has used obscure regulatory powers to crack down on network TV. Some conservatives are pushing back. more

CNBC Editor in Chief David Cho has shared some Business Day programming that is designed to help strengthen its editorial strategy, sharpen on-air voices and position it for continued growth across platforms. more

A right-of-center approach and Jan. 6 both-sides framing test whether CBS can grow under new leadership without losing trust. more

Dina Powell McCormick is joining Meta as president and vice chairman. She brings more than 25 years of experience at the highest levels of global finance, national security and economic development. more

A new national survey of nearly 1,500 local news consumers reveals growing concern about AI’s role in journalism — but also a clear path forward. Funded by the Walton Family Foundation and conducted by the Local Media Association (LMA) and Trusting News, the study shows audiences overwhelmingly want human oversight, transparency and clarity about how AI is used. John Humenik of LMA and Lynn Walsh of Trusting News joined E&P Reports to break down the results. Their message: Trust is still journalism’s greatest asset. AI can’t replace that. more

In an era when artificial intelligence has publishers rushing to explain their tools, Christian Hendricks argues that trust in journalism is built somewhere else entirely: ownership. Drawing on more than three decades in digital publishing, the publisher of Holly Springs Update challenges the assumption that transparency about process matters more than accountability for outcomes. The result is a clear-eyed reminder that trust isn’t earned through disclaimers, but through standing behind the work. more

Eyder Peralta, NPR international correspondent, on racing to the Venezuela border after the U.S. captured Nicolás Maduro, and the obstacles keeping journalists from getting into the country. more

Adriana Diaz and Kelly O’Grady will be the new co-hosts of “CBS Saturday Morning,” the revamped morning program after the predecessors departed amid job and budget cuts last year. more

A House committee member accused Seth Harp of “leaking classified intel” after he posted a photograph of a person he identified as the commander of the elite unit responsible for the Venezuela operation. Harp and press advocates say he was simply exercising his First Amendment rights. more

PITTSBURGH — As the Pittsburgh media landscape experiences a period of significant transition, TribLive is reaffirming its enduring commitment to providing the region with consistent, high-quality local journalism. more

Meta Platforms on Friday unveiled a series of agreements that would make it an anchor customer for new and existing nuclear power in the U.S., where it needs city-size amounts of electricity for its artificial-intelligence data centers. more

Tim O’Rourke is the vice president of Editorial Innovation and AI Strategy at Hearst Newspapers. In this conversation with Storybench, he discusses how Hearst is approaching innovation, what makes newsroom AI trustworthy and where he sees the biggest opportunities ahead. more

Andrew Conte, assistant vice president and managing director of the Center for Media Innovation at Point Park University, said the impending closure of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, should be “a call to arms” for the community. more

A federal judge has agreed to limit how many details are released as part of Cumulus Media’s ongoing antitrust lawsuit against Nielsen. U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas says the “interest in protecting confidential business information outweighs the qualified First Amendment presumption of public access.” more

The National Trust for Local News has hired Becca Blais, an entrepreneur and co-founder of Bluebonnet Data, as its first head of development.  more