Pennsylvania PBS and its seven member stations, including WVIA, celebrated public media and seven Champions of Lifelong Learning award winners during “A Beautiful Day in the Capitol” in Harrisburg on Wednesday, May 6. more

Lake was tasked with dismantling the U.S. Agency for Global Media and Voice of America, and became embroiled in contentious legal battles. more

ABC has been a victim of a “sustained, coordinated campaign of censorship and control” by the Trump administration, Federal Communications Commissioner Anna Gomez told Josh D’Amaro, chief executive of Disney, the network’s parent company. more

ABC has accused the Federal Communications Commission of violating its free speech rights, potentially setting the stage for a protracted, high-stakes legal battle between the network and the Trump administration. more

Patricia de Stacy Harrison has been named the recipient of the 2025 PBS Beacon Award in honor of her decades-long career of service championing the United States public television and public radio systems. As the highest honor in public television, the PBS Beacon Award pays tribute to individuals whose work inspires Americans and enriches our nation. more

Journalists and leadership from the Writers Guild of America East, SAG-AFTRA, the Directors Guild of America and the NewsGuild of New York joined Senator Patricia Fahy (D-Albany) and Assemblymember Nily Rozic (D-NYC) on Wednesday, May 6, for a press conference to urge the State Legislature to pass the New York Fundamental Artificial Intelligence Requirements in News Act. more

Staff at Ocean State Media, Rhode Island’s NPR and PBS station, have announced their intention to form a union with SAG-AFTRA. A majority of the unionizing workers — including hosts, reporters, and digital, audio and video producers — signed the petition to unionize. more

Trib Total Media has announced the launch of Newsworks Lab, a pioneering investigative newsroom established as a public benefit company. more

Residents across the Pittsburgh region will have a new way to stay connected to their community starting this weekend. On Saturday, May 9, Trib Total Media officially launches its new weekly Pittsburgh print edition of the Tribune-Review, marking a significant expansion of local news coverage throughout Allegheny County. more

The Las Vegas Review-Journal has launched VegasBusiness, a new multiplatform brand designed to deliver authoritative reporting, analysis and insight to Southern Nevada's business leaders and decisionmakers. more

Dirks, Van Essen & April (DV&A), a leading merger and acquisition firm specializing in local media transactions, reports that newspaper M&A activity accelerated in the first quarter of 2026, with 78 newspaper titles changing hands across 18 transactions spanning 15 states. more

Radio continues to hold a meaningful place in Americans’ daily news habits and remains closely tied to the country’s most trusted news category, even as podcasts and creator-driven media reshape how younger audiences consume information, according to a new study from the Media Insight Project. more

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has launched a new podcast dedicated to delivering timely broadcast industry news. New episodes of “AirTime” will be released every Wednesday morning, highlighting the legislative and regulatory developments that impact local television and radio stations. more

Each week of the 2026 WNBA season, the newsletter will break down the latest news and trends, including the teams, players, rumored trades, coaching drama, tunnel fits and storylines to watch, both on and off the court. more

States Newsroom has announced the launch Wednesday, May 6, of Daybreak, a daily national newsletter designed for subscribers who want to start each morning informed, particularly about how state news fits into the national news cycle. It will complement the popular Evening Wrap newsletter. more

Five years ago, Australia found a way to get recalcitrant tech giants to start paying for news adding value to their sites. Its News Media Bargaining Code worked. The policy forced Google and Meta to negotiate with publishers. It saved newsroom jobs. And it encouraged other nations and states to pursue similar legislation.

On Tuesday, Australia’s government proposed a new version that could once again inspire policymakers looking for ways to ensure the survival of their local news industries. more

A journalism dream team that numbered nearly 150 newsroom professionals, philanthropists, policymakers, educators and students met in Hershey to discuss the myriad problems plaguing Pennsylvania’s local news industry and share potential solutions. more

Editor-in-Chief Gretchen Peck marks World Press Freedom Day 2026 with a sobering look at the state of press freedom worldwide. This year, the occasion arrives amid mounting evidence that journalism’s independence is under increasing strain — including here in the United States. New global data underscores how economic pressures, political forces and public distrust are converging to reshape the media landscape. The result is a stark reality: press freedom, long considered a democratic cornerstone, is facing one of its most serious tests in modern history. more

After seven years of collaboration, GBH and New England Public Media are planning to formally merge by the summer of 2026, creating a statewide media organization expected to reach more than 1.3 million people across Massachusetts every week. more

Staff warned news operations face 15% cut, above BBC-wide 10% target, as corporation pushes through £600m savings plan more