Kevin Hall and Lori Catron elected to board of directors of America's Newspapers

Kevin Hall, publisher of Georges Media Group, and Lori Catron, vice president, data strategy with Gannett Co., Inc., were elected yesterday by the America's Newspapers board of directors to fill two open seats on the board.

Enter your best, most courageous work for this year's Carmage Walls Commentary Prize

Awards for excellence in editorial writing (representing the view of the newspaper) and awards for excellence in column writing (columns written by one or more individuals) will be presented this November in Colorado Springs, at the America's Newspapers Senior Leadership Conference. Win cash prizes and recognition! LEARN MORE and SUBMIT YOUR ENTRIES

Cowles Company to donate The Spokesman-Review and $2M to Comma, after a community match of $2M

Cowles Company — the multi-generational owner of The Spokesman-Review newspaper — will explore turning the newspaper into a nonprofit that partners with local school districts, regional universities and other nonprofit-based news organizations to advance the cause of local journalism, the company announced today. 

The Alliance for Audited Media is launching a certification program to help media organizations implement responsible, transparent AI practices that build trust with readers and advertisers.

Guidance to members on unauthorized use of newspaper content

With the rapid rise of artificial intelligence, new threats are emerging for local news publishers — especially when AI tools are used to repurpose content without authorization. America’s Newspapers is actively monitoring the misuse of AI in ways that negatively affect our members.

One example is Good Day, an AI-generated newsletter network now operating in 47 states and 355 towns, according to Andrew Deck’s reporting in Nieman Lab.

America's Newspapers welcomes Beyond Private Label into membership

Beyond Private Label (BPL) is a U.S.-based organization that enables companies to seamlessly and profitably offer and sell themed and custom, responsive websites to their clients and prospects in a private label manner.

NTVB Media, publisher of TV Guide Magazine and TV Weekly, has worked with hundreds of newspapers for the past 40 years to provide content solutions and revenue sources.

Legislation reaffirms commitment to local journalism and small businesses

In a strong show of support for hometown newspapers and the small businesses that rely on them, Representatives Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) and Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.) have reintroduced the Community News & Small Business Support Act in the 119th Congress. This bipartisan legislation is designed to help locally owned and independent newspapers continue to serve their readers — whether through print, digital or other emerging platforms — by providing much-needed financial support for both publishers and advertisers. The national media is excluded from support in this bill.

Google holds an illegal monopoly in ad sales, court rules

A federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, ruled that Google’s advertising technology unit is an illegal monopoly, in the second of two Justice Department antitrust cases against the tech giant.

Despite a court order, a reporter and photographer from The Associated Press were barred from an Oval Office news conference on Monday with President Donald Trump and his counterpart from El Salvador, Nayib Bukele.

The public and experts are far apart in their enthusiasm and predictions for AI. But they share similar views in wanting more personal control and worrying regulation will fall short.

New opinion editor joins The News Tribune

Laura Hautala, the new opinion editor at The News Tribune says: "It wasn’t in my original plan to join The News Tribune as Opinion Editor. Matt Driscoll, the last person to hold this post, was deeply admired in this community and remains irreplaceable. I only knew of him through his work, but I know the Tacoma region will continue to feel the loss and unfairness of his sudden passing last year."

Heather Casillas has been promoted from group advertising director to general manager overseeing The Cullman Times, The Athens News-Courier and St. Clair News Aegis publications for Carpenter Media Group. 

Gannett, Co. Inc., owner of The Palm Beach Post, part of the USA TODAY Network, announced long-time journalist John Bisognano has been promoted to executive editor.