State Affairs combines media and technology at a time when tensions between the two industries are at a fever pitch. more

ESPN has signed Senior NFL Insider Adam Schefter to a new multi-year agreement that will extend his tenure with the company beyond 20 years, ensuring one of sports media’s most trusted and recognizable voices remains at the center of ESPN’s NFL coverage for years to come. more

The New York State Broadcasters Association has named Heidi Raphael as its next president and chief executive officer, succeeding longtime President and CEO David Donovan. Raphael will take over leadership of the association later this year as Donovan transitions from the role after 15 years at the helm. more

The winner of countless awards, including a Pulitzer Prize, he was described in 1990 as “the most influential political cartoonist now working.” more

A shared airport ride inspired a theater-loving crime reporter to launch a podcast about Boston’s theater scene. more

Featured speakers include United States Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin, Secretary of Education Linda McMahon and Senator John Fetterman (D-PA). more

Dangerous. Brazen. Unprecedented. Uncharted territory. Reaction in the media world has been swift and severe to the issue of subpoenas to five New York Times journalists who reported on security questions involving the new Qatari-gifted Air Force One — a legal maneuver seen as a troubling escalation of the Trump administration’s campaign to control and intimidate independent media outlets. more

TEGNA Inc. announced that Scott Gill has been named vice president of technology and operations. In this role, Gill will oversee engineering, technology and sports operations across TEGNA’s 64 local television stations, leading efforts to strengthen station performance, modernize infrastructure and support the delivery of trusted local journalism across broadcast, streaming, mobile and digital platforms. more

Budget season means evaluating which positions are easiest to live without in most newsrooms. There is another careful consideration to take into account: making sure there are still positions that allow for training. more

Broadcasters have mounted a goal-line stand to stop pro football games from shifting to streaming. more

Inside newsrooms, artificial intelligence (AI) is sparking some of the most important conversations the industry has had in years. AI is now at the heart of Guild negotiations. Bullish news media executives are increasingly eager for AI adoption and the promise of productivity gains. And in the newsroom, journalists are figuring out where AI helps and where it falls short. E&P’s Diane Sylvester looks at the internal AI debates within news organizations that are working through real questions about trust, ethics and transparency. more

“No one company should have as much power over what Americans watch, read, and hear as what Paramount-Warner Bros. would wield. American families rely on robust reporting to make decisions about what they eat, how they vote, how they invest in their future, and how they raise their children. This monopolistic merger would devastate American journalism by driving deep newsroom cuts, reducing editorial diversity, and further concentrating media in the hands of oligarchs who have already made damaging editorial and personnel decisions at CBS. Several states seem ready to use their power to block this merger in court, and RSF urges more states to join them immediately.” — Ben Grazda, advocacy manager, RSF North America more

Multi-year agreement returns 54 local broadcast stations to customers in 36 metro regions and ends a five-week blackout. more

Yuliya Parshina-Kottas returns to The Times as a graphics editor, with a focus on 3-D storytelling, animation and visual reporting. more

A longtime freelance contributor, Danielle Friedman will bring her deep fitness expertise to the Well desk. more

The New York Times said in a court filing on Friday that the Trump administration had violated the newspaper’s First Amendment rights by suing it for employment discrimination. The Times called the government’s suit an act of retaliation for its coverage of the Trump presidency. more

The Trump administration issued subpoenas on Friday to several journalists for The New York Times, after the news outlet reported this week on security concerns involving President Trump’s new Qatari-donated Air Force One. more

Four settlers were arrested after an attack on CNN and other journalists in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, according to Israeli Police. more

For local news publishers, keeping websites fresh without overloading already-busy newsrooms is a constant challenge. British Columbia-based Lodestar Media addressed it by integrating syndicated evergreen stories from Stacker into its daily workflow while keeping reporters focused on original local journalism. Over four years, the partnership generated an estimated 1.7 million pageviews, with Stacker-driven traffic increasing 101% year over year—demonstrating how carefully selected syndicated content can complement local reporting, boost audience engagement and extend newsroom capacity without adding staff. more