Vaughn Burnheimer has been named The Tribune-Democrat’s new general manager, CNHI Regional Executive and Tribune-Democrat Publisher Chip Minemyer announced Thursday. more

Washington’s journalism fellowship program is starting on time, mostly, which is how it goes sometimes with news deadlines. Six of the fellows were hired as of Monday to fill two-year state-funded positions at newsrooms from Tri-Cities to Long Beach. more

April 3, 2024 - Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb signed three bills last month that will impact the state’s public notice laws. When it takes effect on July 1, the most significant bill will make Indiana the first state to authorize government units to publish primary notice on some newspaper websites or e-editions. more

El Diario is among 150+ local newspapers advocating to save local news in New York. more

Meta says it will take a number of days for news tab to be fully removed in Australia and the United States. more

With hundreds of U.S. newspaper closings leaving legions with little access to local news, a college newspaper in Iowa has stepped up to buy two struggling weekly publications. more

CitySpark, Inc., the leading provider of local event listings and management solutions for publishers, today announced the successful recent acquisition of SceneThink, Inc., an audience engagement company providing publishers with advanced event curation and cutting-edge audience balloting technology.   more

Flip-Pay is an established, complete and scalable content monetization platform with customers and successful use cases all over the world. READ MORE more

An office manager at a weekly newspaper in Kansas is the latest employee to sue over a police raid last year that sparked a firestorm. more

Coda Ventures has announced that long-time newspaper industry veteran, Sammy Papert, will assume the role of executive sales consultant in charge of newspaper sales starting April 1. Papert brings experience in national advertising sales, custom market research and digital technologies to the company. more

Court of Appeals brief decries prosecutions as "a dangerous step toward the evisceration of freedom of the press." more

March 28, 2024 - Overall, 54% of Americans say artificial intelligence programs that generate text and images, like ChatGPT and DALL-E, need to credit the sources they rely on to produce their responses. A much smaller share (14%) says the programs don’t need to credit sources, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. About a third say they’re not sure on this question. more

Despite initially resisting a trial delay, Robert Telles softened his stance after revelations of a preexisting bribery probe. He's changed his mind again and wants to go to trial as soon as possible. more

Doorfront Direct, the nation's largest network of magazine/catalog delivery affiliates, provides distribution revenue to newspaper companies. READ MORE more

Another crack in the foundation of American journalism appeared last week, adding to concerns about citizens becoming less and less informed. Two of the nation’s largest newspaper publishers, Gannett and McClatchy, disclosed they are curtailing use of The Associated Press. more

European Union regulators opened investigations into Apple, Google and Meta on Monday, the first cases under a sweeping new law designed to stop Big Tech companies from cornering digital markets. more

Carpenter Media Group has completed its acquisition of U.S. and Canadian publisher Black Press Media in a stock purchase with Canadian financial partner Canso Investment Counsel, LTD. New corporate entities were formed in the U.S. and Canada to hold the stock and assets. CMG and Canso will share total ownership equally, and CMG will manage the companies. more

March 25, 2024 - Until we create standards around artificial intelligence — even though it’s early in the game — we are holding back innovation. more

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC)  and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation today announced the establishment of the Knight Sunshine Fund at the University of Florida, an endowment of $575,000 to help expand the reach and impact of Sunshine Week and increase public awareness of the importance of open government. more

The Associated Press and The Texas Tribune have announced a content sharing agreement, in which both organizations will benefit from each other’s journalism. more