Simon Chong will drive the creation of Cooking’s cohesive brand identity and visual presence. more

Zoe Becker joins The New York Times as a social editor for Cooking’s Instagram account. more

A federal judge clarified that reporter Catherine Herridge doesn’t have to pay an $800-per-day contempt fine as she appeals to the Supreme Court. more

Roman Höfner, a master of open-source analysis and visual forensics, will be based in Berlin. more

Sergio Peçanha joins the desk as a senior visual editor based in Washington. more

The Federal Communications Commission is trying to get with the digital times and on Thursday moved to scrap its antiquated nationwide broadcast ownership cap. This much-needed regulatory modernization could help save broadcast TV, though a better solution would be eliminating the FCC. more

Jessica Contrera joins the desk’s Mid-Atlantic bureau as a correspondent in Ohio. more

Owners in multiple markets have now added the financial and ratings benefit of a second network without the expense, regulatory approvals or bother of buying a second television station. more

Not that long ago, the press could root out corruption, topple presidents and end wars. Now, even the biggest scoops have little impact. Here's how and why the media lost its mojo. more

Jonathan Roberts spent years studying dark matter and the origins of the universe. Now, he’s tackling another intractable problem: How to keep artificial-intelligence tools from cannibalizing the publishing industry. more

She expected to find an industry weighed down by layoffs, closures and uncertainty. Instead, a summer spent visiting independent newsrooms across America introduced Jasmine Shiffer to publishers, editors and reporters who remain deeply committed to serving their communities—and surprisingly optimistic about the future. Along the way, she discovered that local journalism's greatest strength isn't its technology or business model. It's the people who still believe the work matters. more

Nexstar officials cannot serve on the board of TEGNA as an order remains in place to keep the two companies separate, a federal judge ruled on Thursday. more

Jenny Tartikoff succeeds Maggie Mitchell, who left the media company to join the AI advertising firm Morocco, according to Variety. more

Independent Television Service announced that President and CEO Carrie Lozano has stepped down from her role to focus on treating a complex autoimmune condition. The ITVS Board of Directors has appointed public media leader and “Independent Lens” founding executive producer Lois Vossen as interim president and CEO while the board conducts a national search for the organization’s next president and CEO. more

Nielsen Holdings agreed to buy DoubleVerify in a deal with an enterprise value of about $2.15 billion. more

Journalist Don Lemon asked a judge to dismiss an indictment tied to his presence at a protest in a Minnesota church earlier this year, arguing the charges violate the First Amendment and are a result of a vindictive prosecution. more

A New Mexico judge ordered the social-media giant to create a new $567 million fund in addition to paying $375 million in previously determined civil penalties. more

The companies failed to persuade a judge that their reliance on algorithms amounted to “expressive” activity meriting First Amendment protection. more

The Public Safety Scanner Tool, or PSST, sends automated alerts of urgent scanner traffic in real time and will be free for newsrooms. more