While much of the news media community races toward the next digital innovation, one Oregon publisher is betting on something decidedly old-school: local news, printed on paper and delivered by mail. Active Media Publishing Group has grown to more than 60 publications by focusing on stories communities care about most — and giving local advertisers a compelling way to reach them. In this exclusive profile, Editor & Publisher’s Editor-in-Chief Gretchen A. Peck explores how the organization is not merely surviving; it’s thriving. more

Two journalists for the military news outlet were fired after they emphasized the importance of editorial independence in a CBS News interview. A publisher was also fired. more

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Ben Shpigel, who’s guided fast-breaking coverage on Live and Sports, will help elevate real-time political coverage at The New York Times. more

A year after the federal government upended public radio and television stations by defunding public media, a partnership of the Poynter Institute and Public Media Company is launching the Future of Public Media Initiative — a national effort to reimagine a public media system built to serve communities for the next 50 years and beyond. more

On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, Peter Bergen donated more than 150,000 pages of documents to Georgetown University. more

Nick Bilton, the new executive producer, has begun to put his stamp on the show. Up first: an exclusive interview with an officer who was aboard the F-15 fighter shot down over Iran. more

As part of MS NOW’s new Membership, the network is introducing a twice-daily lineup of live interactive Q&As on ms.now and in the MS NOW app, giving Members direct access to the anchors and award-winning reporters they know and trust, seven days a week.  more

Australian social media users would be given a choice to opt out of algorithms under proposed laws announced by the government Tuesday that would let users have more control over what they see on their social media feeds. more

Amid a technology-heavy society, a New Haven-based newspaper has plans bring to connection and advocacy to Elm City and beyond. The New Haven Advocate was established in 1975 and shut down in 2013. Friday evening, veteran journalists celebrated its relaunch. more

The c will reduce its print schedule from five days a week to three beginning the week of Sept. 13, a significant change for the 131-year-old newspaper that its publisher says is intended to control rapidly rising costs without increasing subscription prices or eliminating full-time jobs. more

Reuters and ITN announced a partnership that will make the ITN archive, one of the world's most valuable collections of historic broadcast content, more accessible to production companies, content creators, publishers and digital platforms worldwide, exclusively through the Reuters Connect marketplace. more

U.S.-based journalists and media workers at Le Monde, the largest national newspaper in France, held a one day unfair labor practice strike Monday. more

“I like to joke that friends don’t let friends watch cable news, especially during prime time, when CNN, MS NOW and Fox News all feature talk shows aimed at keeping you angry, upset and watching. ... But CNN, unlike its competitors, is also a great journalistic enterprise, able to bring live coverage to natural disasters, war and other big stories around the world. We can’t lose that.“ — Dan Kennedy, Media Nation more

“My life and career would have been far different if she hadn’t been in the world.” — Margaret Sullivan more

Could a deal to ease the U.S.-Canada trade war let Big Tech off the hook for funding news? Canada’s Online News Act has secured millions for journalism, but publishers fear that support could become a bargaining chip in negotiations with Washington. For newsrooms receiving the money, the stakes are immediate; for publishers elsewhere, the outcome could shape their own fight for compensation. Four industry and policy leaders joined E&P Reports to examine the threat, challenge the trade arguments and explain why this Canadian battle matters far beyond its borders. more

Maria Bartiromo and Fox News have cut ties. Fox News Media announced on Thursday, Sept. 3, that the longtime anchor, who spent more than 12 years at the network, is no longer with the company. She last appeared last on Fox Business Network on Aug. 7 and Fox News on Aug. 9. more

The network sued the agency last month to stop it from taking steps that could force ABC stations off the air. The FCC said the lawsuit was premature. more