Eric Boodman will join The New York Times this month. more

Eric Barnes discusses how The Daily Memphian built a sustainable nonprofit news organization through subscriptions, advertising, philanthropy and community engagement — why he believes paywalls can play a critical role in supporting local journalism. more

“The Athletic LIVE,” a new interactive live show powered by The Athletic’s unparalleled sports newsroom, premieres Sept. 8. more

The founder of The Ringer is taking flak for using artificial intelligence to conjure opinions from the deceased film critic Roger Ebert. Ads from OpenAI have recently run on the show. more

Before deciding if your on-air talent has lost value, leaders should ask whether the person has become less relevant — or whether the way the company deploys that person has become obsolete. more

New leaders and producers bring experience across public media, journalism, audience development, programming, digital storytelling and broadcast operations more

The Local Media Consortium announced the launch of the AI Accelerator, a new program designed to help local media companies better understand, evaluate and implement artificial intelligence strategies that improve operations, strengthen business performance and support long-term sustainability. more

Facing funding pressures and an uncertain future for public media, Black public radio stations are finding strength in collaboration. The newly formed Black Public Radio Network will share resources, programming and ideas, all while amplifying stories and preserving cultural history. In this E&P Quick Read, Bob Miller reports on the network’s collaborative path. more

Olivia Myszkowski will oversee developing pathways for audience growth. more

Jake Grovum will lead Audience editors assigned to desks across the newsroom. more

California’s Community NEWS Act accomplished something notoriously difficult in the news business: It got publishers, broadcasters, labor unions and journalism advocates pulling in the same direction. Now headed to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk, AB 2222 could deliver five years of tax credits for employing local journalists — and offer other states a potential blueprint for strengthening local news. more

California may be on the verge of enacting one of the nation’s most consequential measures to support local journalism. In this E&P Digital Exclusive “Shoptalk” column, Rebuild Local News’ Steven Waldman, Matt Pearce and Gene Perry explain how the Community NEWS Act could deliver more than $40 million annually to local news outlets across the state — rewarding organizations for retaining and hiring journalists, creating newsroom jobs and investing in local coverage. What could the legislation mean for local news for California, and could this approach become a model for other states? more

The Society of Professional Journalists has decided that the time is at hand — for the first time in 12 years, and only the sixth in the code’s century-long history — to update its Code of Ethics. more

Gray Media announced the appointment of William Varnier as the new general manager of WDBJ, the CBS affiliate serving Roanoke, Virginia, effective Oct. 5. more

A $300,000 jury verdict won recently by a Louisiana supreme court justice who sued the Advocate, the state’s largest newspaper, for libel over an editorial has caused concern among some U.S. press freedom advocates. more

FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez says she wants to remain on the commission, despite spending much of her tenure as its lone Democrat publicly challenging some of the agency’s most consequential decisions. more

Axel Springer is expanding in the Middle East, joining a growing number of Western publishers with an editorial presence in the region — and testing a key pillar of its editorial beliefs. more

Of the child safety measures agreed to in Meta’s landmark legal settlement, no category contains more detailed requirements than its commitments on age assurance — and for good reason. No matter how well the protections work, they are of little use if Meta can’t tell which users are kids. more

Sinclair announced the launch of “Oklahoma Overtime,” a new live, statewide sports program that premiered last night on KOKH FOX 25 in Oklahoma City and NTUL (KTUL.2) FOX 23 in Tulsa. more