In her new role, Ronna Steber will drive advertising sales strategies and establish best practices throughout Gray’s extensive portfolio of top-rated local television stations and digital assets. more

Tim Allen is the chief executive officer of Babbel, a global digital language-learning company, where he leads the company’s global strategy, operations and next phase of growth, including the thoughtful integration of AI to enhance customer experiences. more

The Georgia Trust for Local News today announced that Donnell Suggs, a reporter and editor with 20 years of experience in local journalism in Georgia, will serve as the new editor and publisher of The Courier Herald. more

In recent years, the ways in which people encounter and consume news have become increasingly diverse. This report from the Reuters Institute brings audience understandings of “news-ness” to the forefront. It explores how people define news using a comparative, multi-method approach. more

Google has been quietly scaling a pay-per-value AI licensing scheme for publishers. But critics say the program looks less like a meaningful payout and more like a legal fig leaf. more

Many Americans say some restrictions are OK when weighed against concerns about false information or national security. more

Maryland late last week appealed an agency ruling that struck down a 2021 law imposing taxes on digital ad sales. more

Since 2017, 23 states have introduced legislation that would support local journalism, while only six states have passed laws: California, Illinois, New Jersey, New Mexico, Utah and Washington. more

Public media organization PRX announced its COO, Jason Saldanha, will succeed Kerri Hoffman as president and CEO beginning Oct. 15. Hoffman has led the public radio distributor, podcast publisher and mission-driven engine for innovation and content creation for more than a decade and will remain strategically involved with PRX. more

The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on Israeli authorities to immediately end threats of legal action against Israeli journalist and filmmaker Yuval Abraham and filmmaker Rachel Szor over their documentary “NAZA,” which accuses the Israeli military of using AI-powered targeting systems in the mass killing of civilians in Gaza. more

A federal judge issued a nationwide injunction, halting the Trump administration’s latest efforts to impose new restrictions on visas primarily used by students and international journalists.  more

Finding and keeping talented journalists has become one of the news industry’s toughest challenges, and former recruitment playbooks may no longer be enough. In this E&P in-depth exclusive, Alyssa Choiniere addresses dilemmas like: Where can recruiters find promising candidates today? What do journalists and news media professionals expect, in terms of compensation, benefits and organizational culture? And how can employers create workplaces that make staff feel valued, so they want to stay for the long term? more

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and political appointees in his department pushed for the two crew members of an F-15 who were shot down over Iran in April to participate in Sunday’s highly publicized “60 Minutes” report about the ensuing rescue operation, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. more

The long-running CBS News program returned for a high-pressure 59th season on Sunday. With new correspondents and a refreshed stopwatch, it was more tweak than overhaul. more

BIA Advisory Services has raised its 2026 U.S. Local Advertising Forecast to $186.1 billion, an increase of $1.6 billion from its April projection of $184.5 billion, with higher political advertising and continued mobile growth driving the revision. BIA's April forecast had projected $184.5 billion in total local advertising, including approximately $8.4 billion in political spending. more

“GameDay” controversially ran a live, on-set interview with Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, the lead sponsor of a bill called the Protect College Sports Act — legislation that would regulate the big business of college sports. Cruz was interviewed on set by “GameDay” host Rece Davis for nearly 10 minutes and gave his full-throated support for the bill, which could be voted on soon. more

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent appears regularly on Sunday morning interview shows, and doesn’t shirk adversarial interviews. But a rift with Bloomberg is part of a tense and distant relationship between the powerful Cabinet secretary and the press corps that covers him, which includes both high-profile finance reporters and the typically lower-key in-house Treasury press. more

President Trump has harnessed agencies across the government to curtail press freedoms, a sweeping campaign that free speech advocates say will have lasting effects. more