Unless you live under a rock, you’ve read and heard most of the scary stories about AI taking your job and decimating our industry. There are concerns, which we raise in our cover story, “AI changes everything.” Generative AI-powered search is one of those aspects that increases the sense of unease in many of us thinking about the revenue decline in our industry. Our story is a call to action for us all because to stick our heads in the sand at this point almost certainly means our demise. more

The Kerrville (Texas)  Daily Times welcomed its new publisher, Greg Burney, on April 22. He succeeds Jennifer McCullough, who announced her retirement March 6. more

David Dishman, business, growth and development editor at the Austin (Texas) American-Statesman, has been named the Coloradoan’s new executive editor. Dishman replaces Eric Larsen, who left in January to become executive editor of the Indianapolis Star, part of the USA TODAY Network. more

The 19th has announced that veteran journalist Fernanda Santos is joining as managing editor to help shape coverage during this crucial election year and beyond. more

The Toronto Star has appointed Jordan Himelfarb to a new role of opinion editor, and he will oversee the Star’s editorial board. more

After dedicating the past few years as Prism’s editorial director and managing its newsroom, Lara Witt is stepping into the role of editor-in-chief. more

Jennie Overfelt has been named the publisher and president of The LaGrange (Georgia) Daily News and The Valley Times-News and their affiliated print and digital publications. more

In the blink of an eye … 24 years and 10 months later ... more

Kelsey Evans comes to the Flathead Valley after serving as editor for the University of Idaho College of Natural Resources in Moscow, Idaho. more

The board of directors of the Independent Association of Publishers’ Employees (IAPE), Local 1096 of The NewsGuild-CWA, has authorized a strike vote to be conducted by its members working at Dow Jones & Company. more

Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST), today announced that its owned and operated television stations in Chicago, Illinois (DMA #3), Norfolk, Virginia (DMA #43), and Lafayette, Louisiana (DMA #125), will become affiliates of The CW Network on Sept. 1.  more

Former President Donald Trump has secured an additional $1.8 billion worth of shares in Trump Media, according to a regulatory filing this week. more

I will always worry about government intercession in speech — and especially news. I am deeply disturbed seeing journalists hire lobbyists to seek favors from those they are sworn to cover independently. Worse, I am disgusted seeing news organizations use editorial space to lobby for protectionist legislation, without acknowledging the conflict of interest in coverage. more

"The Weekly Anglo-African [was] the sole surviving Black newspaper based in New York City during the Civil War. It constitutes a significant portion of the archive used for 'Union of Hope: 1869.'" — lead researcher Marquis Taylor more

NewsNation, America’s fastest-growing cable news network in primetime, has announced that Michael Corn has been named president of Programming & Specials and Cherie Grzech has been elevated to president and managing editor of News & Politics. Both Corn and Grzech have signed new multi-year agreements with the network and will report directly to Sean Compton, president of Nexstar’s Networks division. more

Fox Corp’s 2025 broadcast of Super Bowl LIX is nearly a year away, slated to air Feb. 9 from New Orleans. During early talks with potential advertisers, however, the company is already making a bid to sell 30-second ads for at least $7 million each, according to three people familiar with the matter. more

Paramount Global and Charter Communications agreed to extend their talks on a deal renewal, which — for now — will prevent Paramount’s networks like CBS, Comedy Central and MTV from going dark on the cable operator’s systems. more

Newsweek has announced that Global Chief Commercial and Growth Officer Kevin Gentzel is transitioning into a formal advisory role as of May 1. In this new role, Gentzel will continue to support Newsweek, leveraging his extensive industry experience to guide Newsweek's ongoing transformation and continued innovation. more

The E.W. Scripps Company is adding Seth Walters — a media executive with more than a decade of streaming TV experience — to its sales leadership team as head of CTV sales, effective April 29. more

CNN International has hired Kenyan journalist and anchor Victoria Rubadiri for a new role on its long-running multiplatform series “Connecting Africa” and as part of the network’s newsgathering operation in Nairobi. more