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Pentagon officials have discussed firing the longtime publisher of Stars and Stripes before his scheduled retirement, U.S. officials told CBS News, as the Trump administration strategizes an overhaul of the military news outlet partly funded by American taxpayers.
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Jennifer Jacobs | CBS News
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8/20/26
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The Pulitzer Prizes and American Library Association (ALA) today announced the national tour of Pulitzer on the Road: Prize-Winning Works That Inform, Empower & Inspire, a traveling exhibition that will visit 20 public libraries nationwide, with its debut slated for mid-October in Chicago and Dallas.
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Press Release | The Pulitzer Prizes
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8/20/26
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Five news reporters and two members of the military who were invited to an event at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California were briefly detained at gunpoint by security officers who thought they were gate crashers, according to local news reports.
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Staff | The Associated Press
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8/20/26
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Cumulus Media has cleared its biggest remaining hurdle to exiting bankruptcy. The FCC has granted the broadcaster’s applications to transfer control of its licenses to its new shareholders, following a pledge from CEO Mary Berner that newsroom staffing will hold steady.
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Cameron Coats | Radio Ink
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8/20/26
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WVIA has been selected as the recipient of the 2026 W. Howard Hartman Little League Friendship Award, one of Little League International’s highest honors, recognizing the organization’s longstanding commitment to the Little League community and its dedication to sharing the stories of Challenger Division athletes with audiences nationwide.
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Press Release | WVIA
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8/20/26
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HD Media LLC has agreed to acquire AIM Media Midwest’s Ohio and AIM Media Indiana’s publishing operations. The transaction includes 25 publications serving communities throughout western and central Ohio and southern and central Indiana. Terms of the sale were not disclosed.
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Press Release | Dirks, Van Essen & April
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8/19/26
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Four states questioned Meta’s motives during opening statements on the first day of a trial over teen social media harms.
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Carly Nairn | Courthouse News Service
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8/19/26
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Nearly a year into its Creator Program, The Athletic has amassed 50 million video views and 100,000 new followers.
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Hanaa' Tameez | Nieman Lab
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8/19/26
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The NewsGuild-CWA joined a complaint and a motion for preliminary injunction filed Aug. 18 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts challenging the Department of Homeland Security’s final rule ending the Duration of Status framework for international students, exchange visitors and representatives of foreign media.
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Staff | The NewsGuild-CWA
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8/18/26
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Prism News promised “zero humans” and “infinite AI scale.” Local journalists found plagiarism and falsehoods.
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Alex Mahadevan, Angela Fu, Amaris Castillo and Nicole Slaughter Graham | Poynter
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8/18/26
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Danny Monteverde had been protesting the closure of a courtroom during indictment of state attorney general.
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Ramon Antonio Vargas | The Guardian
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8/18/26
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The magazine found problems with 67 of his columns.
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A.J. Katz | TheWrap
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8/17/26
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Tips to get the right framing, language, images and sources and add important context and care to a sensitive topic ...
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Fernanda Camarena | Poynter
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8/17/26
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“Stories From The States,” the weekly podcast produced by States Newsroom, is making its radio debut. In a new partnership with Heartland Signal, the 30-minute deep dive into current news issues will air on AM950 in Minnesota and on WCPT in Chicago, starting Aug. 16.
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Press Release | States Newsroom
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8/14/26
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, the youngest person to hold the role, will leave at month’s end, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday.
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Staff | The Associated Press
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8/13/26
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The five-year agreement reinforces TribLIVE’s position as a leading source for Steelers news and information while building upon Trib Total Media’s broader commitment to trusted local journalism, community engagement and the future of Pittsburgh.
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Press Release | Trib Total Media
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8/13/26
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New York Post Media Group (NYPMG), home of The New York Post, The California Post, Page Six, Page Six Hollywood and Decider, announced the launch of Hamilton, a free, personalized news experience that transforms how readers discover, consume and engage with journalism.
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Press Release | New York Post Media Group (NYPMG)
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8/13/26
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“At the end of the day, if someone’s going to pay you for content, you say: Well, how much are you going to pay me?” Jim VandeHei, the chief executive, said of his company’s deal with OpenAI. “If that payment feels like it’s a fair transaction price, you say yes.”
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Issie Lapowsky | Columbia Journalism Review
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8/13/26
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With bots now accounting for over half of all internet traffic, media advocates are calling on Canada to introduce legislation that forces automated crawlers to identify themselves.
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Stig Ørskov and Paul Deegan | WAN-IFRA and News Media Canada
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8/13/26
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PolitiFact announced its most extensive partnership network to date for the 2026 midterm election cycle. Building on a nearly two-decade legacy of public service, PolitiFact is joining forces with premier local newsrooms in battleground states to help voters navigate a complex landscape of political claims and online misinformation.
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Katie Sanders | Poynter
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8/12/26
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