For the first time in American history, cameras and live streaming coverage will be allowed inside the courtroom when a former U.S. president stands trial for allegedly running a criminal enterprise designed to overturn the lawful results of an election. more

CherryRoad Media has acquired eight community newspapers in Ohio and Indiana and a commercial print operation from Delphos Herald, Inc. and the Cohen family. Most of these newspapers date to the mid- to late 1800s, with more than 150 years of history serving their respective communities. more

"I don’t think anyone else except this generation could give voice and legs to this feeling of what it’s like to be on lockdown …" more

Starting Monday, Oct. 9, the U.S. Postal Service will be delivering the Greenville News, Spartanburg Herald-Journal and Anderson Independent Mail as part of an effort to improve delivery consistency and optimize resources amidst ongoing labor challenges, fluctuating fuel prices, competition for workers from door-to-door delivery services and increasing digital demand. more

Philanthropic support is growing for both nonprofit and for-profit news organizations, according to a new study. Co-author Jennifer Preston said it provides data “so we can make a better case to communities around the country” to support local news organizations. more

The Judicial Conference of the United States, which sets administrative rules and policy guidelines for federal judicial proceedings, has the power to change the rules and allow cameras in federal court rooms. When the conference convenes in September, it should decide to allow Trump’s trials and related federal court proceedings to be broadcast in real-time. more

As publishers grapple with the implications for their business of generative AI, "the biggest question is how to make sure not to give away now what we salvaged from the mistakes of the past." — Richard J. Tofel | Second Rough Draft more

Boston Globe Media presents the third annual Globe Summit: Today’s Innovators. Tomorrow’s Leaders., a three-day conference bringing together the companies creating breakthroughs today and the people who will drive our industries forward tomorrow. Featuring a dynamic and distinguished roster of innovators, leaders, and industry trailblazers, the award-winning conference will host live, interactive and virtual events each day, Sept. 19-21. Registration is free. more

Newspaper chain Gannett has paused the use of an artificial intelligence tool to write high school sports dispatches after the technology made several major flubs in articles in at least one of its papers. more

Column has announced the Tampa Bay Times as a new publishing partner, among its latest cohort of newspaper groups to adopt its public notice software platform. more

FOX News Media’s Stuart Varney & Dana Perino and UNIVISION’s Ilia Calderón will co-moderate the second Republican presidential primary debate of the 2024 election, announced Jay Wallace, president and executive editor of FOX News Media and Maria Martinez-Guzman, executive vice president of News for UNIVISION Networks. more

“Local newspapers in Minnesota have found this new policy to be overly burdensome, especially those serving rural communities,” Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota) wrote in a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy earlier this month. more

Atlantic Coast Conference football fans will be able to watch telecasts of their favorite team’s road games in local movie theaters under an agreement between cable network ESPN and Theater Sports Network. more

CherryRoad Media Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Hutchinson, Kansas, printing operations from Gannett Co., Inc. The printing operation currently prints most of CherryRoad Media's Kansas publications as well as numerous other newspapers in central and western Kansas. more

Two of the New York Times' unions have sent cease-and-desist letters to management over its new policies that will see the Times monitoring its workers' return to office via badge swipes, sources told Axios. more

The Washington Post has quietly laid off staff from Arc XP, the technology arm of the paper that Post leadership had previously considered selling or spinning off. more

States Newsroom, the nation’s leading network of state-based nonprofit news outlets, has launched Oklahoma Voice to provide people in the Sooner State with free, nonpartisan reporting on some of the state’s biggest issues, including public schools, health care, hunger, transportation, criminal justice reform and workforce development. With the launch of Oklahoma Voice, States Newsroom’s network now includes 36 newsrooms. more

Thomson Reuters, Canon and Starling Lab have announced the completion of a pilot program demonstrating how news organizations could certify the authenticity of an image and ease concerns about content’s legitimacy. more

After a yearlong deliberative process aimed at increasing funding to our sector, 17 nonprofit news organizations from across the U.S. have banded together to launch a new mutual aid network, the Alliance of Nonprofit News Outlets. more

USA TODAY Sports , part of  Gannett Co., Inc ., today launched the 2023 US LBM Coaches Poll  in conjunction with the  American Football Coaches Association  (AFCA). For over 30 … more