A viewer count that would be considered blah by most cable news shows proved to be too much for Elon Musk's social network. more

Chatham Media Group, the Chatham News + Record's owner, has sold the Siler City, North Carolina, newspaper and its other print and digital news products to North State Media.  more

The fight by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) to promote reliable news and information in the digital domain received a strong endorsement from the G7’s leaders, who called on online platforms to adopt this goal and pledged support for initiatives such as the RSF-launched Partnership for Information and Democracy, to which 50 countries have so far signed up. more

The nationwide program — now in almost 30 markets — generated $8.6 million in 2022. more

Here are a few key findings from the INN Index Snapshot ... more

Gray Television is suing the Federal Communications Commission over its decision to fine the broadcaster over half a million dollars for an affiliation move in Alaska the regulator said violates its duopoly restriction. more

Semafor, the digital new startup launched last fall, announced that it has raised $19 million in a new financing round, bringing its total raised to $34 million. more

CNN Anchor and Chief Political Correspondent Dana Bash will moderate a live CNN Republican Presidential Town Hall with former Vice President Mike Pence at 9 p.m. ET on Wednesday, June 7, from Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa. A town hall with former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley will be held June 4. more

Education reporter Kati Kokal wanted to help Gannett reporters facing job cuts. She got help from all over the country. more

Here’s an idea to steal and adapt: Understand your opportunities for audience growth through research, experimentation and listening. Change your reporting process to focus more on making news for and with local Black communities instead of just about them. At the same time, grow awareness through marketing and outreach, and leverage partnerships to expand your reach and understanding as well as to build trust. more

With the 2024 presidential election in full swing and as the Republican field continues to grow, CNN Anchor and Chief Washington Correspondent Jake Tapper will moderate a live CNN Republican Presidential Town Hall with former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley at 8 p.m. ET on Sunday, June 4, from Iowa. more

At the spring conference of the NorthEast Association of Communication Executives, Fredric Rutberg explained how a hybrid for-profit/nonprofit model is working at The Berkshire Eagle. A retired judge, Rutberg is now publisher and president of the Eagle. more

About six-in-ten U.S. adults (58%) are familiar with ChatGPT, though relatively few have tried it themselves, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in March. Among those who have tried ChatGPT, a majority report it has been at least somewhat useful. more

The new agreement, if ratified, will give union members immediate salary increases of up to 12.5 percent. more

Le Monde CEO Louis Dreyfus described the arrival of generative AI as an "emergency" for the industry. more

Publisher and CEO Fred Ryan has announced another important step to harness the power of generative AI at The Washington Post. "To navigate the opportunities ahead, we are establishing two cross-functional teams to drive innovation with this exciting technology — the AI Taskforce and the AI Hub." more

Citing concerns over minors' mental health, the Biden administration on Tuesday launched a task force aimed at addressing the impact of social media on teens and children.  more

Even as media players veer between "despair and enthusiasm" at the threats and opportunities presented by AI, experts at WAN-IFRA’s Digital Media Europe 2023 event illustrated examples of generative AI’s transformative powers. more

The Daily Wire, a conservative media and entertainment company, plans to put its entire slate of podcasts, which are almost all recorded as videos, on Twitter beginning May 30, company executives told Axios. more

Two years after magazine owner Cathy Merrill enraged staff by calling for a return to the office, the company has reached a settlement with the National Labor Relations Board. more