The Washington Post found dozens of cases of police misusing license plate readers. Flock is adding safeguards intended to prevent abuse. more

Nine PBS says that Iron Mountain is refusing to release more than 50TB that represents “more than 70 years of history.” more

In a world of failing newspapers, free weeklies like The Chronicle of Glens Falls, New York, are still finding readers. All it takes is owners who do absolutely everything. more

News/Media Alliance President and CEO Danielle Coffey is urging California lawmakers to pass Assembly Bill 2222, arguing in a new San Francisco Chronicle op-ed that the measure would give publishers essential help retaining and employing local journalists. more

As public media organizations navigate layoffs, shrinking budgets, evolving technology and the loss of federal support, the Public Media Journalists Association (PMJA) is building new ways to help journalists connect, learn and adapt. In conversation with PMJA’s Executive Director Christine Paige Diers, E&P’s Editor-in-Chief Gretchen A. Peck explores PMJA’s mission, its professional development opportunities, and its distinctive ability to maintain connections among the public media community. more

A November TribLive article about former Tribune-Review photographer Barry Reeger’s search for a kidney donor reached someone he had not spoken with in nearly a decade. Jason Plotkin, a fellow photographer who had worked alongside Reeger at Penn State football games for approximately 20 years, read the story and immediately volunteered to become his living donor. more

Carrie Melago will join Metro as an assistant editor. more

Apple is discussing new deals with publishers to use their content to deliver current news and information, part of an effort to improve its AI-powered Siri voice assistant. more

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, the youngest person to hold the role, will leave at month’s end, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday. more

Randall Lane, the magazine’s chief content officer, received the money from the founder of Shook Research, which has worked with Forbes on content about wealth advisers. more

President Donald Trump was sued in federal court Wednesday to stop him from making money off a new, paid service at his Truth Social company offering early, exclusive access to his posts on U.S. policy. more

The five-year agreement reinforces TribLIVE’s position as a leading source for Steelers news and information while building upon Trib Total Media’s broader commitment to trusted local journalism, community engagement and the future of Pittsburgh. more

New York Post Media Group (NYPMG), home of The New York Post, The California Post, Page Six, Page Six Hollywood and Decider, announced the launch of Hamilton, a free, personalized news experience that transforms how readers discover, consume and engage with journalism. more

The Wall Street Journal says the world's largest cryptocurrency platform failed to show the newspaper acted with actual malice when it published three articles about Binance's termination of internal compliance investigations. more

“At the end of the day, if someone’s going to pay you for content, you say: Well, how much are you going to pay me?” Jim VandeHei, the chief executive, said of his company’s deal with OpenAI. “If that payment feels like it’s a fair transaction price, you say yes.” more

A small Kansas town has agreed to pay $850,000 to a former reporter at its weekly newspaper to end her federal lawsuit over a police raid of the paper’s offices in 2023 that ignited a national furor over press freedom. more

Paramount in recent months has discussed creating an editorial board for CNN and other safeguards to ease concerns over its news operation’s independence, according to people familiar with the situation. more

With bots now accounting for over half of all internet traffic, media advocates are calling on Canada to introduce legislation that forces automated crawlers to identify themselves. more

Cox Media Group announced two multi-year NBA local broadcast rights agreements, reinforcing the company’s commitment to serving local audiences and communities with the content that matters most to them: trusted local news, weather, traffic, popular programming and now more live local sports. more