A bipartisan bill to impose restrictions on app stores likely would give publishers more flexibility in the way they distribute apps and charge subscription fees. The bill comes as lawmakers and regulatory agencies scrutinize Apple and Google’s dominance in the app marketplace. more

The United States government is offering a reward of up to $1 million for information leading directly to the safe location, recovery and return of Austin Bennett Tice, a freelance journalist and photographer who was kidnapped in Damascus, Syria, on Aug. 13, 2012. more

David Mikkelson, the co-founder of the fact-checking website Snopes, has long presented himself as the arbiter of truth online, a bulwark in the fight against rumors and fake news. But he has been lying to the site's tens of millions of readers. more

Here’s an idea to steal and adapt: When a person visits your homepage, they are looking to you to tell them what they should be interested in. Bring it back to life by updating it more … more

Email is an increasingly important channel for publishers. Newsletters are an integral part of brand-building, helping build personal connections with digital audiences.Perhaps more importantly, … more

The Student Press Law Center has submitted formal comments to the Tennessee Department of Education urging it to amend draft regulations implementing the state’s new ban on so-called “prohibited concepts” to ensure that student journalists will not be penalized under the new law. The SPLC has called upon Commissioner of Education Dr. Penny Schwinn to specifically protect student media from being all but silenced under the law. more

If you are reporting on this more contagious variant’s impact on people around the world, Peter van Heusden, a bioinformatician at the South African National Bioinformatics Institute (SANBI), has some key suggestions for you. He spoke at a recent webinar hosted by the International Center for Journalists, titled “ Reporting on the delta variant.” more

Autumn Phillips has been named the new executive editor of The Post and Courier (Charleston, South Carolina), bringing a creative spirit and a wealth of leadership experience to the newsroom’s top job. more

Walmart has selected Publicis Groupe as its media AOR to lead media planning and buying for Walmart U.S., the company has confirmed. It began a review early in the year for what COMvergence estimates is a $420 million account. more

A defense attorney used a First Amendment argument to challenge a Bell County district court judge on the gag order that the judge imposed in 2015 in a Killeen capital murder case, but no ruling was made on the matter during a hearing this week. more

When it comes to covering COVID-19 and the pandemic that has gripped the world for more than a year now, no journalist has been more in tune, more insightful, more sharp and more intelligent than The Atlantic’s Ed Yong. more

As the Taliban advance across Afghanistan, over 90 media outlets have closed down and concern for the safety of the country's journalists has increased.   more

Jeff Dorsey has been named chief operating officer of McClatchy, effective immediately, after serving nine months as the company’s senior vice president of transformation. In this newly-created role, Dorsey’s portfolio will expand to include responsibility for the company’s technology and supply chain, as well as the entirety of its finance operation. These new responsibilities are in addition to his existing oversight of all aspects of McClatchy’s digitally-driven business transformation. more

Journalists across NPR are now tracking the demographics of their sources in real time thanks to a new piece of software that launched last month. more

Laura Manley will be joining the Shorenstein Center as its next executive director. She is currently director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs' Technology and Public Purpose (TAPP) Project at Harvard Kennedy School, and is an experienced leader in higher education and non-governmental organizations, with over a decade of experience using data and technology for the health of democratic societies. more

Newsletters convert three quarters of Quartz's members into paying subscribers. Now the publisher is upping the ante with four new member-exclusive emails. more

A group of senators introduced a new bill this week that, if passed, would greatly diminish Apple and Google’s ability to control app purchases in their operating systems and completely shake up the way that mobile software gets distributed. more

The consequences of human-caused climate change — including recent extreme weather events that have wreaked havoc around the globe — will grow drastically worse this century if humanity … more

The Texans attempted to end open training camp practices to cut down on media access. The NFL told them they couldn't do that. According to a report from the Houston Chronicle, the Texans told … more

Nicaragua’s storied La Prensa newspaper said Thursday it will suspend its print edition after the government once again withheld newsprint paper at customs. La Prensa has long been criticial of President Daniel Ortega, who also recently arrested dozens of opposition figures. La Prensa said it will continue an online edition. more