DallasNews Corporation, the holding company of The Dallas Morning News and Medium Giant, announced that leading independent proxy advisory firm, Glass, Lewis & Co. has recommended shareholders vote FOR the pending merger with Hearst. more

Planned end of the printed newspaper comes as the company has invested millions in expanding news reporting capabilities and digital offerings. more

More than 150 media outlets from over 50 countries will participate in a world-first, global media mobilization on Monday, Sept. 1, coordinated by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Avaaz, the global civic movement. Reporters Without Borders and Avaaz call on editors worldwide to join by Sunday, Aug. 31. more

The Tampa Bay Times has announced the launch of its Education Hub, underscoring the major news source’s commitment to local and state education coverage. It will focus on every facet of education, from kindergarten to higher education throughout Tampa Bay and beyond. more

The launch of the watchlists marks an exciting return for an iconic USA TODAY Sports franchise, which last appeared in 2019 and has featured notable honorees such as Rod Woodson, Thurman Thomas, Emmitt Smith, Jesse Armstead, Reuben Brown, Christian McCaffrey, Kyler Murray, Trevor Lawrence, Amon Ra-St. Brown, Jadeveon Clowney, and other high school standouts who went on to play professional football in the NFL. more

In the wake of devastating federal cuts to public broadcasting, Report for America is responding by taking urgent action to ensure Alaskans continue to receive essential news and information. The national service program will immediately support two full-time reporters in public radio stations KRBD (CoastAlaska) in Ketchikan and KOTZ in Kotzebue. more

High Plains will launch an ambitious Civic Media Network, which will recruit community contributors in rural areas to cover Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Colorado. Rocky Mountain will create a shared engineering staff for its 21 community radio stations across Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming, creating an equipment pool for emergencies and developing an apprentice program to strengthen the talent pipeline. more

The Trump Administration may be looking to lift the limit on TV station ownership — where a company cannot own TV stations which collectively exceed 39% of U.S. TV households. more

Searchlight New Mexico and The New Mexican Public Service Journalism Fund have announced an agreement to combine resources focused on investigative journalism for greater impact and sustainability. more

WHYY in Philadelphia — the home of Peabody Award-winning “Fresh Air” with Terry Gross and Tonya Mosely — and Pulitzer-winning public media distributor PRX today announced “Sports in America,” a new weekly public radio show and podcast hosted by renowned journalist David Greene. The program will debut Tuesday, Sept. 30. more

The Second Court of Appeals sided with Haynes Boone client The American Prospect, affirming the dismissal of defamation claims against the publication and upholding attorney's fees and sanctions after the magazine's investigation into a major emergency room staffing company. The ruling reinforces growing legal protections for journalists covering healthcare industry misconduct under Texas's anti-SLAPP law, known as the Texas Citizens Participation Act (TCPA), which shields reporting on matters of public concern from retaliatory lawsuits. more

DallasNews Corporation (Nasdaq: DALN), the holding company of The Dallas Morning News and Medium Giant, announced today that its board of directors, following consultation with the company’s legal and financial advisers, reviewed and rejected the revised, non-binding proposal received on Aug. 19 from MNG Enterprises, Inc., an affiliate of Alden Global Capital, to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of the company’s common stock at $18.50 per share in cash. more

NewsNation will launch a new weekend show hosted by author and journalist Batya Ungar-Sargon on Saturday, Sept. 20. The one-hour program, “Batya,” will air Saturdays at 4 p.m. ET and feature a review of the week’s top stories interspersed with commentary and analysis. more

President Donald Trump on Sunday signaled his support for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) revoking ABC and NBC News’ broadcasting licenses, calling the media outlets an “arm of the Democratic Party.” But press freedoms and laws governing the FCC would hamper any effort to carry out the threat. more

The Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association Foundation announces a partnership with Blue Engine Collaborative and Google News Initiative to form the GNI State News Sustainability Accelerator in Pennsylvania. more

A once thriving field is now fragmented and poorly resourced. The sport it covers is worth billions. more

Faced with a new Mississippi law requiring parental consent for social media, Bluesky on Friday began blocking access to people whose IP addresses indicated they were in the state. more

Despite being the most visible and established local news presence in most communities, newspapers are typically left out of major funding efforts. The focus, instead, is on digital startups, new platforms and toolkits designed to support emerging models. The problem? You can’t rebuild local journalism at scale while sidelining the organizations still doing the work. more

All told, lawmakers in 19 states and U.S. territories hold operating licenses and budgetary sway over public media budgets. Another 49 universities run public media stations. more

“The United States must make it clear to Israel that banning and censoring media organizations and targeting or threatening members of the press is unacceptable,” the senators wrote in letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio. more