FTC alleged the companies falsely claimed service could target ads using conversations from consumers’ smart devices and that consumers had opted in. more

Martha Raddatz, ABC News’ chief global affairs correspondent and “This Week” co-anchor, will accept the National Press Club’s Fourth Estate Award during a gala in her honor on Nov. 12 in Washington, D.C. Over her decades-long career, Raddatz has covered national security, foreign policy and politics from the State Department, the White House and conflict zones around the world. more

As public trust in journalism continues to erode, the Center for Integrity in News Reporting gathered journalists, editors and media leaders in Washington this week to honor reporting that strives to rebuild that trust through fairness, rigor and impartiality. At its Third Annual National Awards ceremony, CFINR recognized outstanding journalism from news organizations across the country while highlighting what organizers described as a growing commitment inside the profession to objective, fact-based reporting. more

Spectrum News has announced the launch of networks in Sacramento and San Francisco, in addition to a new statewide network, delivering more local news to viewers across California. With the expansion, Spectrum News is now available on all Spectrum TV and Xfinity TV lineups across the state. more

Two of San Antonio’s largest nonprofit news organizations are joining forces in a move they say will strengthen local journalism and help them adapt to a rapidly changing media landscape. more

Since the Iran war started late February, the Committee to Protect Journalists has documented a crackdown on the press across the Gulf, and tracked unpublicized cases of arrests, intimidation, legal and financial actions against journalists and their media outlets. The escalation represents a significant and underreported threat to press freedom in the Gulf countries where media freedoms were already severely curtailed. more

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr is signaling that broadcasters should prepare for a more assertive regulatory environment, arguing in an interview Monday that stations operating under government licenses face obligations that set them apart from other media platforms. He also dismissed criticism that politics are what is driving his actions. more

The New York Newspapers Foundation works with community organizations to expand understanding of the importance of the First Amendment. … more

Indiana Public Media and WFIU/WTIU announced layoffs of four full-time staff and 14 part-timers, the latest cuts in public media nationally after state and federal governments ended funding. more

 Cox Media Group Urban stations are uniting nationwide for a powerful, urgent initiative, “Stopping the Music to Silence the Violence,” a live national broadcast airing Sunday, May 31, from 7-9 p.m. ET across participating stations. The broadcast will originate from WCFB-Star 94.5 in Orlando and is dedicated to raising awareness around domestic violence and its impact on families and communities across the country. more

Social media CEOs once again are being called to testify before the Senate in light of mounting legal and public pressure to protect young users on their platforms. more

The influential polling analysis site was shut down last year, but an earlier archived version, fivethirtyeight.com, had lived on. Now the site is redirecting users to ABC News. more

Ramtin Arablouei, a co-host of “Throughline,” left the network after an employee made a human resources complaint about his behavior. more

Ten months after Congress voted to rescind federal funds for public media, the former PBS affiliate at Eastern Illinois University will cease its televised broadcasting service today, May 15. For more than 40 years, WEIU has served eastern Illinois as a public television and radio station and a training ground for student journalists at Eastern Illinois University. more

Against a backdrop of a journalism industry replete with layoffs, buyouts and newspaper closures, Milestone Communications, the local media company that publishes Monterey County Weekly and Monterey County Now, is bucking the trend. On May 11, the company launched a brand-new newsletter and website, Salinas Valley Now. more

The Civic Partnerships Playbook recognizes that when civic partnerships are in the mix there’s value in being able to reach communities others struggle to connect with because of language barriers, distrust or cultural gaps. more

A long-running business dispute and legal fight over the future of WLRN, South Florida's top public media station, has come to an end. more

A charity is raising money to provide security, arguing that protecting some of right-wing media’s biggest stars is a public good. more

Shutterstock Inc. will pay $35 million to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that the online digital photo and video platform illegally made tens of millions of dollars from a range of unfair and deceptive practices, including charging consumers for products without their informed consent and making it difficult to cancel subscriptions. more

Following a comprehensive review of its flyer distribution operations across Canada, Postmedia has made the strategic decision to exit the flyer distribution business. more