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Business groups race to block FTC’s ban on noncompete agreements

The nation’s biggest business lobbying group and a national tax-services firm both sued the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday, igniting a flare of lawsuits over the agency’s regulation aimed at ending noncompete agreements.

Star Tribune announces 'Minnesota Matters' conversation series

The Star Tribune Media Company, the largest news organization in the Midwest, has announced "Minnesota Matters,” an event series taking place over the next several months. The series includes a robust schedule of community events across Minnesota, focused on strengthening journalism and communities in our state.

Merrill College releases inaugural Maryland Local News Ecosystem Study

The University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism has released its first-ever Maryland Local News Ecosystem Study , which examines the state of local news in Maryland.

Biden signs TikTok ban bill into law, starting the clock for ByteDance to divest it

The legislation requires China-based parent company ByteDance to divest TikTok in nine months to a year in order to avoid an effective ban in the U.S.

Opinion | A conversation with White House Correspondents’ Association president Kelly O’Donnell

Advocating for her press corps colleagues has become a second full-time job for NBC News' senior White House correspondent.

Opinion | Investigative journalism is not dying, it’s adapting

Democracy needs trustworthy, independent-minded journalists who seek the truth and report it. But journalism also needs people who value and support that work.

Postmedia launches new app

Postmedia has announced the launch of a new app offering subscribers an integrated, streamlined and personalized experience, with seamless access to their preferred content across Postmedia’s brands.

Quartz posts highest traffic since G/O Media acquisition, growing over 180% from a year ago

G/O Media has announced that Quartz, a leading business news and information site, posted its highest traffic since the brand’s acquisition in May 2022 with a 185% increase in March compared to the same period last year per Comscore. The Q1 2024 average was up 212% from the same three-month period last year and 311% higher than Q4 2023.

How TikTok’s Chinese parent company will rely on an American right to keep the app alive

TikTok’s expected legal challenge to a law signed Wednesday by President Joe Biden forcing the popular app’s parent company to spin off its US operations could be a seminal moment in First Amendment law in what is shaping up to be a year of defining cases.

The National Enquirer, reeling from Trump, still can’t find a buyer

The parent company for The Enquirer, the tabloid now famous for its ties to former President Donald J. Trump, has tried repeatedly to sell the publication. It hasn’t been easy.

Early thoughts on the New York news subsidy

Big questions remain to be resolved by regulations not yet crafted.

10 ways researchers can help journalists avoid errors when reporting on academic studies

This tip sheet outlines some of the many ways researchers can help the news media cover research accurately, starting with the journalists who interview them about their own work.

Opinion | The case for funding environmental journalism right now

Philanthropy has an important role to play in supporting reporters, but funding must be transparent and clear to maintain credibility.

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Justin Jouvenal will team up with Ann Marimow on one of the most consequential beats in Washington. Together they will scrutinize the justices and reveal and explain the influences on their work at this crucial juncture in the court’s history, while also setting the agenda in covering the news of the court itself and the decisions that shape policy across the country.
The Star Tribune Media Company, the largest news organization in the Midwest, has announced the promotion of Kavita Kumar to community engagement director and the addition of Melissa Wind as head of philanthropic partnerships.
Maxwell Strachan, an accomplished journalist, is joining Well as a senior editor.
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3-2 on Tuesday to ban noncompete agreements that prevent tens of millions of employees from working for competitors or starting a competing business after they leave a job.
The U.S. DOL has unveiled its final overtime rule. The rule significantly increases the minimum salary for so-called “white collar” employees to be exempt from the federal FLSA’s overtime pay requirements. This development requires attention from virtually all employers.
Russian officials say confidential discussions about prisoner exchanges are being conducted between Moscow and Washington.
After President Biden signs the bill to force a sale of the video app or ban it, the legislation will face court challenges, a shortage of qualified buyers and Beijing’s hostility.
Poynter announced Tuesday the winners of its inaugural journalism contest, continuing a tradition that was most recently headed by the News Leaders Association.
Master interviewers David Marchese and Lulu Garcia-Navarro speak with compelling, influential figures at the center of our culture. “The Interview” makes its debut on April 27.
The Texas Tribune, ProPublica and FRONTLINE have been awarded the 2024 Collier Prize for State Government Accountability for their reporting on the tragic mishandling of the active-shooter situation at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, 2022.
David Pecker, the longtime publisher of The National Enquirer, is first on the stand at the former president’s trial.
Press Forward, the $500 million movement to reimagine local news, will launch applications on April 30 for its first open call for funding focused on addressing the long-standing inequalities in journalistic coverage of underserved communities. 
what are the major challenges facing metro newspapers today, and how are they attempting to adapt? Those are the questions four top editors from metro dailies in Texas, California and Canada explored in an International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) panel on April 13.
Donald Trump’s social-media stock is nearing a milestone, securing the former president a stock grant worth a fresh $1.3 billion.
A court in Russia on Monday convicted the spokesperson of U.S. technology company Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, of justifying terrorism and sentenced him to six years in prison in a swift trial in absentia, Russia’s independent news site Mediazona reported.
When covering gun violence, developing sources within the communities hit hardest by constant gunfire and presenting their stories front and center is crucial.  However, many community members in these areas distrust the media thanks to decades of coverage primarily focused on the violent crime that occurs in these communities and little else.
The Journal & Courier, of Lafayette, Indiana, has joined the parade of Gannett publications shifting to mail delivery. 
After a New York Post story claimed CNN is considering a “comeback” from former anchor Chris Cuomo, the network says that’s not true.
A bill that would place public notices on a government website, depriving local newspapers of revenue and readers of transparency, critics argue, is now on the governor’s desk in Maryland. 
The group intends to fight what its leader, Nina Jankowicz, and others have described as a coordinated campaign by conservatives and their allies to undermine researchers who study disinformation.
A longstanding First Amendment protection for a free press may no longer have five votes at the Supreme Court.
A little after 10:30 a.m., just as a prosecutor began delivering his opening statement in Donald J. Trump’s Manhattan criminal trial, CNN’s chief legal correspondent, Paula Reid, had a live on-air update.
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The National Press Institute for Audience Growth (NPIAG) along with Kelly Robinson, CEO of RedDot announced today they have partnered with Julian Placino, a professional recruiting consultant, to offer an innovative, cost-effective method, known as the Placino Carrier Recruitment Method, to identify, interview, qualify and contract newspaper carriers for any size market.