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New group joins the political fight over disinformation online

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.

US Supreme Court won’t review decision that ratchets up legal risk at protests

A longstanding First Amendment protection for a free press may no longer have five votes at the Supreme Court.

Russia convicts the spokesperson for Facebook owner Meta in a swift trial in absentia

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.

Networks covering Trump’s trial are forced to get creative

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.

Press Forward's first open call to focus on equity in local news

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. 

Labor officials to seek injunction against Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

If granted by a judge, the injunction would be a major boost to the newspaper’s workers who’ve been on strike for 18 months.

Empire State Local News Coalition celebrates inclusion of Local Media Tax Credit in final FY 2025 New York state budget

Today (April 20, 2024) Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature unveiled the final state budget, including a payroll tax credit for local news outlets, modeled on the Local Journalism Sustainability Act, in the sweeping package. With the passage of this bill, New York is now the first state in the nation to incentivize hiring and retaining local journalists.

U.S.-China internet war intensifies as House passes TikTok ban

The measure, requiring ByteDance to sell the popular app or stop operating in the U.S., now heads to the Senate; TikTok’s general counsel to step down.

Congress tries again to revive minority tax program to help diversify radio ownership

There is new life being breathed into the years-long effort to revive the tax program that would give breaks to broadcasters who sell stations to women and minority-led companies.

Beasley weighs reverse stock split to avoid Nasdaq delist

In October, Beasley Media Group received a warning from Nasdaq to bring its stock price above the $1.00 per share minimum value within 180 days to avoid a delisting. Despite share value remaining under the threshold, Beasley has secured a second window to bring the price up — and the company says “all reasonable available options” are on the table.

Rep. Claudia Tenney unveils bill to defund ‘partisan propaganda machine’ NPR

Upstate Rep. Claudia Tenney unveiled legislation Friday to bar further federal funding for National Public Radio in the wake of controversy that followed a veteran editor accusing the outlet of left-wing bias.

Barbara Walters did the work

In “The Rulebreaker,” Susan Page pays tribute to a pioneering journalist who survived being both a punchline and an icon.

Google worker says the company is 'silencing our voices' after dozens are fired

The first time Zelda Montes heard about Google's Project Nimbus was about six months ago, even though she worked at the company since 2022. The project is a $1.2 billion contract to supply Israel with cloud computing services.

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The U.S. Agency for Global Media has named Michael Abramowitz as the new permanent director of Voice of America.
Scripps News has tapped former Republican presidential candidate and Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson to serve as a political analyst for the network. He made his debut on Monday, April 22.
Disney Entertainment and ESPN’s chief technology officer Aaron LaBerge is exiting the company after over 20 years.
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Newsweek is using AI for various tasks — hopefully, with more success than publishers that have suffered gaffes in the past. And it is trying to do so in an ethical way.
Federal regulators on Friday announced a new plan designed to advance the interests of independent video programmers that have complained for years about restrictive contract terms demanded by pay-TV distributors.
The Israel-Gaza war has taken a severe toll on journalists since Hamas launched its unprecedented attack against Israel on October 7 and Israel declared war on the militant Palestinian group, launching strikes on the blockaded Gaza Strip. CPJ is investigating all reports of journalists and media workers killed, injured, or missing in the war, which has led to the deadliest period for journalists since CPJ began gathering data in 1992.
Nexstar Media Group said it does not intend to renew the affiliations of The CW stations owned by the E.W. Scripps Co. in seven markets.
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IndyStar sports columnist Gregg Doyel has been crushed online and accused of being creepy, sexist and worse. He’s since apologized multiple times.
Last month, during an all-staff meeting at WAMU, Diane Rehm’s microphone mysteriously stopped working. Rehm began her career at WAMU in 1973 and has hosted a podcast and a monthly book club program for the Washington public radio station since she stepped back from daily broadcast of her nationally distributed show in 2016.
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New Iberia Newsmedia, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Carpenter Media Group (CMG), has signed a preliminary agreement to acquire The Daily Iberian (New Iberia, Louisiana) from Wick Communications of Sierra Vista, Arizona. Work to complete the transaction is underway.
The legacy publication is leaning on AI for video production, a new breaking news team, and first drafts of some stories.
The dismissals escalated longstanding tensions between company leaders and activist employees opposed to supplying technology to Israel’s government.
Yes, the broadcaster is a mess. But 'wokeness' isn’t the issue.
NPR business editor Uri Berliner earned a five-day suspension without pay from his bosses this week for having violated the network’s policy prohibiting unauthorized work for other outlets. Warned that if he did it again, he could be fired, Berliner made the next move and resigned.
Colorado Public Radio has a vision to be the state's top, free news source. Getting there has created some controversy.
The Online News Association (ONA) is excited to announce an expansion of our commitment to cultivate transformational leadership with the acquisition of Digital Women Leaders (DWL), a mentorship resource for women and non-binary people aimed at addressing disparities in journalism leadership.
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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.
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