Meta has named its chief marketing officer, Alex Schultz, as its new chief data officer. The company's vice president of consumer marketing and growth Denise Moreno has been elevated to CMO. more

Cox Media Group (CMG) announced that it has hired Danny Bortnick as vice president, Local Revenue and Client Growth for CMG Radio, reinforcing the company’s strategic focus on strengthening client partnerships and accelerating revenue growth for both CMG and its clients. Bortnick will join CMG on July 13. more

The ruling bars the Defense Department from enforcing the escort rule against The New York Times' Pentagon reporters. It is not clear when others in the Pentagon press corps will get the same relief. more

Paramount Skydance offered the European Union’s merger watchdog concessions to ease competition concerns as officials look into its planned $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discovery. more

The story briefly appeared on NPR's homepage before being removed. Reporter Nina Totenberg called the story “the worst professional mistake of my more than 50 years in journalism” and said she had sent an apology to Alito. more

Two hundred fifty years ago, the Declaration of Independence was adopted in Philadelphia. But America did not become a country only in that room. It became a country as the news moved from community to community. Most colonists did not witness the debates of the Continental Congress. They learned about independence through the newspapers that served their towns and colonies. Reprint Dean Ridings' editorial, plus this editorial cartoon more

A U.K. regulator said Shutterstock must sell its editorial business in order for the merger between the two companies to be approved. more

Gray Media, Inc. has reached an agreement with American Spirit Media, LLC to acquire its six television stations for $50 million. more

The Economist announces The Economist Play, a new lower-priced subscription tier that brings together The Economist's award-winning audio and video journalism, games and newsletters in one seamless experience. Play will be available as a regional pilot in Canada, Denmark, Norway and Sweden. more

A ​federal judge rejected Meta Platforms' bid to dismiss a lawsuit by 29 U.S. state attorneys general ‌accusing it of designing Facebook and Instagram to addict children and knowingly concealing the harm from the public. more

Most publishers know exactly how much digital revenue they generate. Far fewer know how much profit they actually keep. Hidden fulfillment costs, software fees, wholesale markups and operational inefficiencies can quietly drain margins without anyone noticing. Following E&P’s recent webinar with Rambunctious Rhino founder Zack Watson, publishers are taking a closer look at the economics behind their digital advertising operations—starting with a free Total Media & Margin Savings Calculator designed to help uncover where profits may be leaking. more

BBC correspondents Quentin Sommerville and Darren Conway were named recipients of the 2025 David Bloom Award at the Radio-Television Correspondents' Association (RTCA) Dinner in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday evening. The award, which honors the memory of the late NBC News correspondent, recognizes excellence in enterprise reporting. more

The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) is pleased to announce the first 2026-27 recipients of the Journalism Excellence Fellowship, marking the inaugural year of this prestigious program. The Fellows are Daniel Idfresne, who will be working with The Boston Globe Opinion and Ashley Dowdney ’24, ’25, who will be working with The Washington Post Opinion. more

Following approval from the Austrian and Irish regulators, the acquisition of Telegraph Media Group (TMG) by Axel Springer is now complete. To help lead the transformation of Telegraph Media Group going forward, Axel Springer is announcing Carolin Hulshoff Pol as chief executive officer of the British media group.  more

As the U.S. celebrates its 250th anniversary, Stars and Stripes stands as one of the nation’s most enduring and revered journalistic institutions. Founded during the Civil War, it continues to serve America’s military community on the homefront and across the globe. For more than a century and a half, Stars and Stripes delivered independent reporting on military matters to a vast, diverse audience of service members and their families, as well as civilians who work for military contractors, and members of the public who are curious about military affairs. E&P’s Bob Miller speaks with Stars and Stripes’ Editor-in-Chief Erik Slavin about Stars and Stripes’ remarkable history and recent battles to maintain its editorial independence from the Pentagon. more

Today, The Epoch Times — an independent media organization — announced a month-long open-access initiative through July 2026, making all premium content within its “America’s 250th” hub available free of charge as a public educational resource on American history, civics and values. The Epoch Times’ coverage of America’s 250th birthday features articles, videos, documentaries and infographics, all of which are now available without a paywall. more

As the United States marks its 250th birthday, newsrooms across the country are doing what they do best — telling America’s story. From a Virginia weekly steeped in Revolutionary War history to a Wyoming paper bringing a Vietnam memorial to its community, publishers and editors are channeling the milestone into special editions and community events. Their efforts reflect something larger than celebration: a conviction that a free press and an informed citizenry are inseparable from the American experiment itself. more

Justin Jones (D-Nashville) walks out of the House Chamber — burning a photo of the Confederate Flag with the words “We Will Not Go Back” — on the third day of special session concerning redistricting at The Tennessee State Capitol Building in Nashville on May 7, 2026. - Nicole Hester/The Tennessean more