BlueLena is thrilled to announce that Nichole Bonner and Sam Hoisington have joined the team as publisher success managers, each dedicated to specialized practice areas focused on growing audiences and direct reader support for journalism. more

Broadcasters can’t ignore the most dominant TV distribution platform today. more

New York investigators have accused Jay Lucas, 71, of Newport, of scamming investors out of $50 million by lying to them and saying that their money would be invested in health and wellness companies when it was actually being used to cover personal expenses, promote unrelated ventures and make Ponzi-like payments to other investors. more

When Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince first started getting calls from distressed publishers about the threat of AI crawlers scraping their content, his knee-jerk reaction was to roll his eyes.  more

A federal judge may have dealt Nielsen a setback over the holidays when she sided with Cumulus Media and granted an injunction blocking the ratings company from tying the sale of national ratings to the purchase of local market data. But Nielsen says it remains committed to defending its pricing strategy as the case moves forward. more

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Lee Enterprises has entered a new era of financial and board leadership following a $50 million equity investment led by Hoffmann Media — a move that restructures governance, slashes borrowing costs, and signals aggressive plans for transformation. more

Jeff Jarvis has never been interested in nostalgia. In a wide ranging conversation with E&P Magazine, the longtime media critic, author and journalism educator argues that the survival of local news depends not on preserving legacy structures, but on abandoning them. From print to platforms, from content to community, Jarvis insists that journalism’s future lies in collaboration, service and listening — not scale or tradition. more

Robert F. Sproull has been elected to the board of directors of New England Public Media. He joins a dedicated and visionary board led by chair Crist Myers, whose members share a strong commitment to NEPM’s mission and future. more

She announced her terminal cancer diagnosis in a New Yorker essay that took aim at Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whom she called “an embarrassment.” more

A snowy covering of railroad tracks on the Union Pacific Line in Trenton, Missouri, glows in the winter sunlight. —Gabe Stark, Community Content Creator, The Trenton Telegraph, Trenton, Missouri more

Connoisseur Media has appointed Rod Day as market manager for its Alaska properties. Day returns to Anchorage with more than 20 years of experience in media management, strategic market development and revenue growth. more

Tony Dokoupil, who’s set to helm “CBS Evening News” starting Monday, criticized legacy media outlets for some of their coverage and pledged to be transparent with viewers in his new role anchoring the network’s flagship news program. more

On Wednesday, The NewsGuild-CWA joined other labor unions and a coalition of media justice groups in a petition to the Federal Communications Commission to deny the merger of Nexstar Media Inc. with TEGNA Inc.  more

One hundred and twenty-eight journalists and media workers, including 10 women, lost their lives in 2025, according to the International Federation of Journalists’ (IFJ) final Killed List released on Dec. 31. The list includes nine accidental deaths. The IFJ deplores another deadly year for journalists, while denouncing the persistent failure of authorities to protect media workers and calling for immediate, decisive action to end the cycle of violence and impunity in 2026. more

Updating polling from 2022, the nonprofit Oklahoma Media Center recently commissioned a statewide survey of Oklahoma voters and found residents remain deeply skeptical of the national media, while showing considerably more confidence in local and state-based news outlets.  more

Publisher Chris Hendricks reflects on why Holly Springs Update was launched, what a year of local reporting has meant for the community and how readers can help shape what comes next. more

A federal judge in New York has granted Cumulus Media’s motion for a preliminary injunction against Nielsen, blocking enforcement of Nielsen’s Network Policy in contract negotiations and establishing a competitive pricing benchmark for nationwide radio ratings sold as a standalone product. more