In a letter to the Alabama Educational Television Commission, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey requested a public survey before determining whether to disaffiliate from PBS. Public comment will not be … more

Sam Baker comes to POLITICO from a senior leadership position at Axios, where he oversaw the publication’s flagship newsletters. more

A major takeaway from this year's report is the widening divide between listeners who prefer audio-only podcasts and those who choose to watch them. The study found YouTube usage at an all-time high among weekly podcast listeners, driven largely by growing interest in watchable podcasts. more

Joe Scarborough, the host of his eponymous morning news show, was in his downmarket new office in Times Square last month, watching Piers Morgan on YouTube. “It’s something completely new,” he later marveled to reporters. “The landscape has completely changed. We don’t know who is going to win, who is going to lose.” more

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting agreed Monday to fulfill a $36 million, multi-year contract with NPR that it had yanked after pressure from the Trump White House. The arrangement … more

Broadcasters will be glad to see the FCC has moved quickly following the government shutdown to launch the comment period on its long-delayed review of media ownership rules, setting December and … more

On Jan. 31, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention quietly pulled dozens of public health datasets offline — a bureaucratic act with sweeping implications. Researchers, journalists and local officials suddenly found themselves without access to the very information used to track disease outbreaks, maternal health and disaster response. The move, citing compliance with new Trump administration orders restricting demographic and equity-related data, was one in a growing series of actions across federal agencies that have erased or restricted access to public information. The result is a new kind of information crisis — one that threatens not only transparency but also the ability of communities to understand, prepare for and respond to real-world risks. more

A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration’s effort to cancel collective bargaining agreements for U.S. Agency for Global Media and Voice of America employees, slamming the move … more

Artificial intelligence wasn’t just a talking point at this year’s Indigo Trigger Lead-to-Cash Bash — it was the throughline. Speakers from Hearst Newspapers, Data Axle, Site Impact, Minnesota Star Tribune, Cox Media Group, The Seattle Times and others demonstrated how AI is reshaping sales enablement, audience targeting, political advertising compliance, and operational workflows across the industry. What emerged from the two-day event was unmistakable: AI is now embedded in the business of news, not as an experiment, but as a fully operational growth engine. more

The star of the Sunday morning news programs was Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. The controversial representative appeared Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” and talked about her strained relationship with President Donald Trump. more

T he scandal that briefly made Brendan Carr a household name this fall was an outlier several times over. For one thing, FCC chairmen rarely make news. More than that, Carr usually knows better than … more

Audacy has announced the expansion of Kyle Madson’s role, naming him Brand Manager of ESPN 1320 (KIFM-AM) in Sacramento. In this role, Madson will oversee the station’s content strategy, talent, operations and branding. He will continue to co-host “The Insiders,” which can be heard weekdays from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. PT.  more

Disney and YouTube TV reached a new deal to bring channels such as ABC and ESPN back to the Google-owned live-streaming platform Friday, ending a blackout for customers that lasted over two weeks. more

President Donald Trump has said he will sue the BBC for billions of dollars after the British public broadcaster published a misleading edit of one of his speeches. more

TAMPA, Florida (Nov. 16, 2025) — Legendary television journalist Jane Pauley of CBS Sunday Morning was awarded the Poynter Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism on Saturday at the … more

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that Donna Joe has been promoted to Executive Vice President and General Counsel, succeeding Evan Slavitt who joined CPB in 2024 and has … more

Just blocks from the Presidio of San Francisco, the national park at the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, stands a gleaming white building, its façade adorned with eight striking gothic columns. more

Dan McGrath, a writer and producer who worked on “Saturday Night Live” and “King of the Hill” and won an Emmy for an episode of “The Simpsons,” has died, his sister announced Sunday. He was 61. more