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There soon might be a picket line on Sesame Street.
Writers at the Sesame Workshop have voted unanimously to authorize a strike against the non-profit organization, the Writers Guild of America …
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Katie Campione | Deadline
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4/16/24
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Dozens of Alden Global Capital-owned newspapers ran editorials over the weekend arguing that Google's threat to cut off news in California "is a bully tactic."
Why it matters: Alden declared in …
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Sara Fischer | Axios
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4/16/24
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Freedom Forum announced that the nonprofit Journalism Funding Partners will take over the administration of the Chips Quinn Program for Diversity in Journalism this year. Freedom Forum will support the transition of this program for the next three years, providing a $10,000 per person stipend to 10 young journalists selected by JFP each year.
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Press Release | Freedom Forum
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4/16/24
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In the face of increasing online harassment, an exploratory report published this month examines the role of peer support networks in reducing harm and increasing resilience among U.S. journalists, …
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Naseem S. Miller | The Journalist's Resource
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4/16/24
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Donald Trump’s social media empire has announced plans to launch a streaming platform. Its shares continued to fall.
Trump Media & Technology Group, …
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Callum Jones | The Guardian
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4/16/24
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Philadelphia (April 15, 2024) — Today, News is Out and Word In Black , together announced the 16 fellows selected for The Digital …
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Local Media Association
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4/16/24
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Last October, X/Twitter started charging a $1 annual fee to new accounts before they could post on the platform, but only in New Zealand and the Philippines. The change was a part of a new program …
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Stan Schroeder | Mashable
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4/16/24
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The Daily Beast has long been an outlier in the digital empire of the billionaire Barry Diller. As sites like Match.com and Expedia made millions over the years, Mr. Diller’s digital tabloid …
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Benjamin Mullin | The New York Times
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4/16/24
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Being an influencer can be a lot of work. Instagram thinks A.I. can lend a big hand.
Instagram is pitching popular influencers on a program that relies on artificial intelligence to interact …
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Sapna Maheshwari and Mike Isaac | New York Times
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4/16/24
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Fortune is working with Accenture to creative a generative AI-driven product called Fortune Analytics.
The announcement was made by incoming CEO Anastasia Nyrkovskaya during …
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Ray Schultz | MediaPost
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4/16/24
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NEW YORK – [April 15, 2024] – Dow Jones today announced the launch of Dow Jones Smart Money , a comprehensive financial literacy and proficiency resource aimed at providing essential …
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Press Release | Dow Jones
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4/16/24
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Well, that didn’t last long.
CNN’s idea to put Gayle King and Charles Barkley together for a once-a-week, Wednesday 10 p.m. Eastern show seemed like a good idea. Wait, check that. I …
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Tom Jones | Poynter
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4/16/24
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A unionizing effort by newsroom employees of the San Antonio Express-News and MYSA has failed. Staffers voted 36-31 against becoming a unit of the Media Guild of the West, according to results tallied Friday by the National Labor Relations Board in Fort Worth. Seventy-four people were eligible to vote.
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Patrick Danner | San Antonio Express-News
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4/16/24
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It’s easy to portray what’s going on in local media as unprecedented and catastrophic, especially in the face of similar layoffs nationwide during an election year where accurate facts and nuanced coverage matter more than ever. But Southern California has always been an ossuary of failed publications done in by apathetic readership, clueless owners or a combination of both.
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Gustavo Arellano | Los Angeles Times
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4/16/24
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Meta Platforms' (META.O), opens new tab Oversight Board is reviewing the company's handling of two sexually explicit AI-generated images of female celebrities that circulated on its Facebook and …
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Katie Paul | Reuters
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4/16/24
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First Street in downtown Mount Vernon, Iowa, has the quintessential “Main Street” feel. It’s got a café , bank – and the local newspaper office.
The Mount …
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Jim Meadows | NPR, Harvest Public Media
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4/15/24
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It’s hard not to see the journalism industry as one in crisis.
In February, Bell Media announced it was ending multiple CTV newscasts, making other programming cuts and selling 45 radio …
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Trish Audette-Longo & Christianna Alexiou | The Conversation
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4/15/24
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Google is removing links to California news websites in reaction to proposed state legislation requiring big tech companies to pay news outlets for their content, the company announced Friday in a …
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Eva Rothenberg | CNN
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4/15/24
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News publisher rating company Newsguard has downgraded its credibility score for The New York Times , removing the perfect rating the title held since Newsguard first launched in 2018.
GB News …
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Bron Maher | PressGazette
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4/15/24
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The Centre Daily Times, a McClatchy paper serving State College, Pennsylvania, has reduced its print schedule to two days per week while transitioning to a 24/7 digital product.
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Ray Schultz | MediaPost
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4/15/24
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