Yelp on Thursday added two new features that allows businesses to show customers their coronavirus vaccine requirements. more

PressReader and The Salt Lake Tribune have partnered to launch a new enhanced e-edition of the Utah-based newspaper. Powered by PressReader's white-label solution, Branded Editions, the new digital edition has been developed around the readers' feedback. After the initial launch in January, The Salt Lake Tribune's e-edition users asked for an easier-to-use platform, and the publisher made the tough decision to switch tech providers.  more

A coalition of British media organizations urged the Prime Minister to act quickly and follow in the footsteps of the U.S. as Afghan journalists face “acute and worsening” threats. more

News Media Canada, representing hundreds of print and digital titles and employing 3,000 journalists in every province and territory, issued a statement today about the Government of Canada’s release of its “What We Heard” Report on the consultations for new legislation on Digital Platforms. more

Rachel Kersey, the Beaumont Enterprise’s new government reporter, said from a young age, she had two distinct attributes — she loved to read and she asked a lot of questions, no matter how bold. more

Facebook has selected NOLA.com, The Times-Picayune and The Advocate to receive a $5,000 grant to enhance the local news organization’s efforts to talk with its subscribers. more

Schurz Communications, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Ohio-based fiber provider, The New Knoxville Telephone Company. The company is the sixth broadband business to join the Schurz portfolio. more

The federal government has two options on the table for making digital platforms such as Facebook and Google pay media companies in Canada for journalism, but after the first phase of consultations, isn’t clear on which is the best way forward. more

The Facebook Journalism Project has announced the launch of a AU$15 million news fund and the expansion of Facebook News to Australia. more

The media coverage of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo over the past year and a half has been like a rollercoaster ride: up, down, twisting and turning. more

The New York Times on Wednesday said it added 142,000 paid digital-only subscriptions last quarter, 65,000 of which were for its non-core news products, like cooking, games and audio. more

A planned postal rate increase by the U.S. Postal Service to offset projected losses has stoked opposition from publishers and mailers, as well as members of Congress. more

Microsoft has informed employees that it will require proof of vaccination for anyone entering a Microsoft building in the U.S. starting in September. Employees who have a medical condition or a protected reason, such as religion, that prevents them from getting a vaccine can get a special accommodation. The company has also pushed its full office reopening date from September to “no earlier than October 4th, 2021." more

"Immersive journalism" is an umbrella term for news that gives the audience first-person experiences of events or situations unfolding. It constructs a world where the user is encouraged to play an active role. But it hasn’t experienced a steady upward curve in newsroom uptake. more

Cox Enterprises said Monday it will require that employees who enter its headquarters and certain other offices be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. more

Cox Media Group has announced that Eric Dodson Greenberg has been named executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary, effective Aug. 16. He will report to Dan York, CMG president and CEO. more

Digital news leader Jim Brady will join the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation as vice president/journalism. Heidi Barker, a former NBC Network News producer turned corporate communications executive, will be Knight’s new vice president/communications and chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer. more

Brent Jones has been unanimously elected president of the Dow Jones News Fund (DJNF) by its Board of Directors, succeeding Dick Levine, who is retiring. more

Emily Walsh has been named president of the Observer Media Group, a family-owned and operated multimedia company. In her new role she will continue a multigenerational lineage at the helm of the Florida media company. more

More than 1,500 workers across 29 workplaces have joined the NewsGuild so far this year, setting a record for the organization, which is the largest union representing journalists. more