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

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

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

Boone Newsmedia, Inc., has appointed Brent Maze as the publisher of The Selma (Alabama) Times-Journal and The Demopolis Times. more

After years of effort by press freedom advocates and their allies, Congress in its current session seems to be on the verge of finally passing a federal reporter shield law, which would give broad protection to journalists from being compelled to reveal the names of sources and methods in federal court testimony. more

As newsrooms navigate financial pressures and shifts in ownership, many journalists have turned to mutual aid to support one another.  more

Moral injury can lead to depression, substance abuse or burnout, which is one reason news managers need to understand the phenomenon of moral injury — and ways to address it or head it off. They also need to understand the ways in which their own organizations can cause or contribute to moral injury. more

Newsroom partnerships can be powerful — and fraught, especially when access to resources is unequal. Here are ways to navigate that. more

The Empire State Local News Coalition, a statewide advocacy group of more than 150 local news outlets, and elected officials rallied March 20 at the State Capitol in support of the Local Journalism Sustainability Act. more

U.S.-born Latinos overwhelmingly prefer to get their news in English; about half of immigrant Latinos prefer it in Spanish. more