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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.

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.

FTC votes to ban noncompete agreements

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.

U.S. DOL releases final overtime rule — effective July 2024

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 court rejects WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich’s appeal against detention

Russian officials say confidential discussions about prisoner exchanges are being conducted between Moscow and Washington.

Congress passed a bill that could ban TikTok. Now comes the hard part.

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.

Here are the winners of the inaugural Poynter Journalism Prizes

Poynter announced Tuesday the winners of its inaugural journalism contest, continuing a tradition that was most recently headed by the News Leaders Association.

First Amendment lawsuit forces Allegheny County to revise jail policies

Attorneys from RCFP and Yale's MFIA Clinic helped journalist Brittany Hailer reach a settlement with the county.

Inside the crisis at NPR

Listeners are tuning out. Sponsorship revenue has dipped. A diversity push has generated internal turmoil. Can America’s public radio network turn things around?

KQED offers buyout packages with layoffs potentially coming to cut costs

KQED is initiating staff buyouts, an effort to reduce costs in the face of a budget deficit, SFGATE has learned. 

News pinch: Minnesota weekly closings prompt harsh comment

This month will see the end of eight weekly newspapers published by Southwest News Media in Minnesota.  Such closings are nothing new. But these are drawing harsh local commentary.

Most Americans say a free press is highly important to society

A large majority of Americans see the freedom of the press as highly important to the well-being of society. But many express concerns about potential restrictions on press freedoms in the United States — and say that political and financial interests already have a lot of influence on news organizations.

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Gloria Pazmino has been promoted to CNN correspondent based in New York City, the news organization announced.
Leta Shy, a Condé Nast veteran, steps in to lead various verticals of Wirecutter’s expanding coverage.
In a memo to staff, U.S. News Director Josh Hoffner announced seven journalists joining the AP as part of its ongoing collaboration with Report for America.
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The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences (IADAS) today announced the winners for the 28th Annual Webby Awards, which include the boundary-pushing cultural icons, companies and organizations shaping today’s ever-expansive online world. The Webbys will also honor a group of individuals for their outstanding work this year with Special Achievement Awards.
E.W. Scripps, one of the largest local TV broadcasters in the U.S., has hired a financial adviser to evaluate inbound interest in acquiring Bounce TV, its over-the-air network geared toward African Americans, according to Scripps CEO Adam Symson.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In “The Rulebreaker,” Susan Page pays tribute to a pioneering journalist who survived being both a punchline and an icon.
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.
Early last year, Josh Meisel and his wife wanted to watch a new buzzy Peacock drama, “Poker Face,” starring Natasha Lyonne.
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.
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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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