Vegas PBS has named Angie Carr its next general manager after the Clark County School District Board of School Trustees approved her appointment on Thursday, Oct. 8. She will begin on Monday, Jan. 4, 2027. more

EWTN Global Catholic Network announced the appointment of Ursula Murua as president of EWTN News, effective Nov. 1. Murua, who will succeed Montse Alvarado, brings three decades of Catholic media experience and more than a decade of leadership in EWTN News' digital growth and transformation to the role. more

BlueLena announced that Belinda Lush has joined BlueLena Advisory, its strategy consulting division for independent and nonprofit news organizations, as principal consultant. Lush will work with publishers in the United States and Asia-Pacific, including Australia and New Zealand. more

The USA TODAY lawsuit filed against OpenAI on Thursday, Oct. 8, makes USA TODAY Co. the latest news publisher to take the ChatGPT maker to court, and one of the largest by footprint. more

There’s another takeaway, besides sadness, from the layoffs across the McClatchy newspaper chain in late September. It may be a sign that the private equity firm that owns McClatchy is preparing to sell or dismantle the company. more

Word In Black has named veteran media executive Ed Graves as its new chief executive officer, bringing an experienced media leader to the organization as it enters its next phase of growth. Graves will lead efforts to expand Word In Black’s reach and impact while building expanded opportunities around its growing research and data capabilities, events and strategic partnerships. more

The NewsGuild-CWA joined an emergency petition to the Federal Communications Commission demanding a freeze to a recent illegal order that would lead to further media consolidation. more

The Radio Hall of Fame welcomed eight new members during its 2026 induction ceremony and dinner Thursday, Oct. 8, at the Fairmont Chicago, Millennium Park, recognizing broadcasters and industry executives whose careers have made significant contributions to radio. more

PBS programming is returning to Northwest Florida airwaves on Nov. 1, broadcasting directly from a transmission tower located in North Escambia. more

On the Science desk, Victoria Jaggard spends her days pondering the universe’s most pressing mysteries. more

Last week, Fox News turned 30 years old. One of that network’s most respected reporters, Jennifer Griffin, has been there for nearly all of it. more

Imagine running a newspaper where you're the editor, reporter, photographer, designer and sometimes the person challenging city hall. For many rural publishers, that's not an exaggeration. It's their daily reality. Yet amid growing concerns about news deserts and disappearing newspapers, some small-town publishers are finding ways to survive by rethinking their business models and strengthening community relationships. During this episode of E&P Reports, Bill McKenzie of the George W. Bush Institute and Texas publisher Suzanne Bellsnyder discussed what it really takes to keep rural journalism alive. more

Katie Zacharia is a conservative commentator who briefly worked at the Department of Homeland Security. She succeeds Karoline Leavitt. more

The Houston Chronicle has named Juan Lozano as its new breaking news editor, a role in which he will lead the newsroom's coverage of the Houston region's biggest breaking and developing stories. more

A federal judge on Thursday appeared likely to indefinitely extend court-ordered access to the White House for three national news organizations that were banned by President Donald Trump. But he put off a ruling on the matter until Tuesday at the latest. more

After being the subject of a series of critical stories in 2017, Andrew Baron sued Denver Post owner Alden Global Capital, arguing corporate draining of resources led to a breakdown in news quality. more

Netflix intends to reduce its global headcount by roughly 5%, with an internal announcement potentially arriving as soon as next week, according to Reuters, which cited Puck News. more

Press Pass is a mission-driven program designed for committed supporters of PBS News across platforms who contribute at or above $8/month (or $96/year). This fundraising stream began taking shape following last year's cuts to federal funding, which necessitated new ways to build and maintain sustainable support for PBS News. more

Disparaging journalism is a far more central part of Fox News programming than it is of either MSNBC or CNN programming. more