A bill that would let most news outlets collectively negotiate with dominant tech platforms for compensation to distribute their content advanced out of a Senate committee Thursday after Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) struck a deal. more

The U.S. Senate Thursday approved President Joe Biden’s nominee to head the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the federal agency that oversees Voice of America and other international broadcasting entities. more

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi withdrew from a long-planned interview with CNN's chief international anchor Christiane Amanpour at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, after she declined a last-minute demand to wear a head scarf. more

The Inland Press Foundation has awarded grants totaling more than $100,000 to newspapers in Illinois and Kansas to strengthen their local news reporting. more

CherryRoad Media Inc. is acquiring three weekly Utah newspapers from Brehm Communications Inc. (BCI). The titles include The Richfield Reaper, The Vernal Express and the Uintah Basin Standard. more

America's Newspapers is honored to welcome The People-Sentinel in Barnwell, South Carolina, and Nexta.io into membership! more

Gold Mountain California News Media Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire 11 California titles from Brehm Communications Inc. (BCI). Six of the titles are located outside of Sacramento and the other five are in the San Bernadino Mountains and neighboring high desert region. more

The state attorney general filed a petition to the court Wednesday, after two lower courts split on decisions about social media laws. more

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by BuzzFeed News and the outlet’s investigative reporter Jason Leopold, who sought documents from U.S. Capitol Police related to the directives given on Jan. 6, 2021. more

A former business manager for the Independence (Missouri) Examiner newspaper is accused in Jackson County Circuit Court of embezzling more than $400,000 from the company over the course of three years. more

A First Amendment lawsuit filed by Courthouse News for same-day access to new complaints in Hamilton County will proceed after a federal judge denied the clerk's motion to dismiss. more

The Mail Tribune (Medford, Oregon) will print its last newspaper Friday, Sept. 30, and move to a completely electronic format beginning in October, according to owner and publisher Steven Saslow. more

Evelyne Musambi will be joining AP's Africa news team as East Africa reporter, starting Nov. 1 and based out of Nairobi, Kenya. more

Lake Havasu City-based River City Newspapers is acquiring the Mohave Valley Daily News (Bullhead City, Arizona) from Brehm Communications Inc. (BCI). The deal also includes three weekly newspapers — the Wickenburg Sun, Laughlin Times and Needles Desert Star — as well as the direct mailed product Clippin’ the River, the Laughlin Entertainer and the Booster Advertiser. more

The largest-ever Global Faith and Media Study launched today, looking at the portrayal of faith and religion in the media. It reveals a strong demand across the world for more news media coverage on faith, despite the reality that journalists and editors admit coverage of the topics is rarely encouraged in newsrooms. more

Daniel Kuhns has been promoted to director of audience development and circulation at The Joplin (Missouri) Globe. more

Andy Bernhard has led the paper for 35 years. more

Explore the patterns and trends that shape the platforms Americans turn to for news. more

Working with the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Investigative Reporters & Editors has established the Jeff German Fund for Investigative Journalism to help continue the kind of game-changing investigations German devoted his life to producing. more

Megan Janetsky is The Associated Press’ new English-language correspondent for Cuba and the Caribbean. more