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Katie Zacharia picked as the new White House press secretary

Katie Zacharia is a conservative commentator who briefly worked at the Department of Homeland Security. She succeeds Karoline Leavitt.

Federal judge plans to rule soon on White House media ban, briefly extending access for journalists

A federal judge on Thursday appeared likely to indefinitely extend court-ordered access to the White House for three national news organizations that were banned by President Donald Trump. But he put off a ruling on the matter until Tuesday at the latest.

Netflix layoffs: Company planning to cut 5% of workforce

Netflix intends to reduce its global headcount by roughly 5%, with an internal announcement potentially arriving as soon as next week, according to Reuters, which cited Puck News.

Colorado court affirms dismissal of consumer protection suit against Denver Post owner

After being the subject of a series of critical stories in 2017, Andrew Baron sued Denver Post owner Alden Global Capital, arguing corporate draining of resources led to a breakdown in news quality.

PBS News launches new fundraising initiative to ensure financial stability

Press Pass is a mission-driven program designed for committed supporters of PBS News across platforms who contribute at or above $8/month (or $96/year). This fundraising stream began taking shape following last year's cuts to federal funding, which necessitated new ways to build and maintain sustainable support for PBS News.
The Houston Chronicle has named Juan Lozano as its new breaking news editor, a role in which he will lead the newsroom's coverage of the Houston region's biggest breaking and developing stories.
Mike Isaac, is joining The Atlantic as a staff writer. He starts in December and will remain based in the Bay Area. For the past 12 years, he has been the leading technology reporter for The New York Times.
Renée Rippberger joins Opinion as an editorial assistant supporting Thomas L. Friedman.
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Disparaging journalism is a far more central part of Fox News programming than it is of either MSNBC or CNN programming.
The Supreme Court has stepped into the escalating battle over broadcasters’ political advertising rates for a second time, temporarily blocking a federal appeals court order that would have forced the FCC to decide by noon Friday (Oct. 9) whether to uphold its disputed lowest unit charge policy. The move came just hours after the Fourth Circuit rejected emergency requests to delay its deadline.
American City Business Journals, the nation’s largest publisher of local business news and information, has added to its portfolio with the launch of the Fort Worth Business Journal. With this expansion, ACBJ is now operational in 46 U.S. cities.
The question of AI in journalism is nearly unavoidable in 2026, and a recent column by the president of News Media Canada, Paul Deegan, ignited the debate once again.
The complaint is the latest in a barrage of legal action filed this year against TikTok and other social media platforms like Facebook and Snapchat.
Reporters Committee attorneys are representing The Associated Press in a First Amendment challenge to a federal court rule that makes it difficult for the press and public to monitor the Trump administration’s nationwide immigration enforcement operations, a matter of intense national interest.
Dee Anne Finken is too diplomatic to say so outright, but she’s gobsmacked by a new report on how to support local news in Washington. The Clark County grandmother spent much of the last five years working to save local journalism, as a volunteer with the League of Women Voters of Washington.
USA TODAY Sports, part of USA TODAY Co., Inc. (NYSE: TDAY) and PlayVS, North America’s leading scholastic and collegiate gaming platform, announced the official launch of the USA TODAY Sports National High School Esports Championship. The event builds on the momentum of the USA TODAY SUPER 25 Esports Rankings, launched by USA TODAY Sports and PlayVS in 2024, to recognize North America’s top high school esports teams.
A federal judge in D.C. on Tuesday declined to immediately rule on whether the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should be stopped from conducting an early review of broadcast licenses belonging to a handful of local ABC stations across the country.  
The Pathways to Sustainability program is designed to help move local public media organizations from short-term stabilization to long-term sustainability while preserving essential local service.
Sinclair, one of the nation's largest local broadcast groups, is launching a subscription-focused, national news brand on Substack called The National Press, executives told Axios.
How people connect with local news can influence how they understand and respond to issues affecting their communities. New findings from local newsrooms across Michigan, Mississippi and the Gulf South offer practical insights into what can shape those connections.
The local broadcast industry is undergoing a fundamental transition, shifting from a period of “playing with AI” to a rigorous era of operationalizing it. For the past year, the Local Media Association Broadcast Transformation AI Lab has sought to catalyze this shift.
Unionized employees of The Philadelphia Inquirer have overwhelmingly approved a new three-year contract that includes new guardrails governing the newspaper’s use of artificial intelligence, the newspaper reported.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ordered the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to respond to the Media and Democracy Project’s (MAD) petition for a writ of mandamus. MAD is asking the court to force the agency to act on MAD’s long-pending appeal involving MAD’s challenge to the license renewal of Fox-owned television station WTXF in Philadelphia.
The number of U.S. nonprofit news organizations has been growing by double-digit percentages year-over-year, with an estimated 550 such organizations in operation. It’s fair to question whether this is sustainable. Behind the scenes, it seems, there are cracks in the foundation, ones that appear to call for greater scrutiny to understand how sustainable and effective this model truly is moving forward.
The Television Academy is moving its awards telecast to streaming, following the lead of the Oscars.
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For a news publisher serving readers where Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin meet, regional coverage means following developments across all three states. As TH Media plans for a future beyond its longtime Associated Press relationship, it is learning how The Center Square can help fill those coverage needs.
Amsterdam News is expanding its partnership with Column to strengthen its legal notice operations, create more capacity for growth, and gain access to new high-volume notice business from the large organizations in Column’s Automated Placement network placing across New York.
As AI changes how consumers find and choose local businesses, publishers have an opportunity to help advertisers remain visible. Duda provides the technology and insights publishers need to improve discoverability, measure business results and deliver those services at scale. The result can be stronger advertiser relationships and new recurring revenue.
A lawsuit can threaten a newsroom long before a court decides who is right. Holger Roonemaa, head of the investigative and fact-checking desk at Delfi Estonia, says an investigation into a political donor’s influence led to a claim seeking more than €400,000 against the publisher and its reporter. Reporters Shield covered the newsroom’s legal defense fees, helping preserve resources for further reporting. Delfi won in the first court instance, according to Roonemaa, but the appeal remains pending and the investigation remains online.
A newsroom can win a lawsuit and still be destroyed by it. Years of legal bills, missed deadlines and relentless anxiety can accomplish what an unfavorable verdict never could: silencing journalists and frightening others away from the story. For a small publisher without in-house counsel or deep financial reserves, one legal threat can place the entire organization at risk. International media-freedom attorney Flutura Kusari warns that waiting until a demand letter arrives to build a defense may already be too late.