According to Reporter Without Borders’ annual round-up, a record number of journalists — 488, including 60 women — are currently detained worldwide, while another 65 are being held hostage. Meanwhile, the number of journalists killed in 2021 — 46 — is at its lowest in 20 years. more

Google is struggling to persuade some of America’s largest publishers to sign up to its News Showcase aggregation scheme, an investigation by Press Gazette has found. more

In another effort to promote transparency in the modern day media-buying process, the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) has announced a new initiative that will include an "in-depth study of the programmatic media-buying ecosystem." more

Ivory-tower journalism has failed. It’s time we focus on building public infrastructure where everyone can find, fact-check and produce civic information. more

The Morning News in Florence, South Carolina, has a new managing editor — Chris Day, who started his duties Monday. more

The court’s order in New York is nearly unheard of in our court system. more

In its latest move to placate European competition regulators, Google has offered a set of commitments to France’s antitrust watchdog — in the hopes of settling a costly (for it) intervention over legally mandated payments for displaying snippets of news publishers’ content. more

Passage of the bill would likely mean the difference between keeping news staffing levels whole or making cuts in the first quarter of 2022. more

Nearly a week after Lee Enterprises rejected Alden Global Capital’s attempt to buy the newspaper publisher, the hedge fund responded Wednesday with a lawsuit accusing Lee’s board of improperly denying shareholders the chance to have a say on the offer. more

The Philadelphia Inquirer has announced the appointment of newsroom leader and experienced storyteller Kate Dailey as its deputy managing editor, features — effective Jan. 17. more

Since COVID, all employees are working virtual. They will continue to work virtually until the paper finds its new home. more

The positives ... the negatives ... and one of the top news headlines of the year — employers struggling to fill open positions. more

The Buffalo (Wyoming) Bulletin was victorious in the libel lawsuit brought by the Patriot Conservatives of Johnson County Political Action Committee. more

Nancy Meyer, a veteran newspaper leader and president of the Miami Herald, has been named the next publisher of the Houston Chronicle. more

The study found that 81% of Republicans think Facebook and Twitter’s Trump ban violated the First Amendment, strong liberals are three times more likely than conservatives to report users on social media and 58% of Americans support a First Amendment content moderation standard. more

From reader revenue to trust in news and newsroom diversity, our researchers have covered key issues in the past 12 months. more

Richard J. Cichelli, 77, of Upper Nazareth Township, passed away on Thursday, Dec. 9,  at home following a stroke. more

Reader revenue continued to be the #1 topic for most digital and legacy publishers. more

Union members at Wirecutter, the product recommendation website owned by The New York Times Company, said on Tuesday that they had reached a deal on their first contract after two years of negotiations that were at times contentious. more

Media insiders see a lot to like in Monday night’s news that Vox Media will merge with Group Nine Media in an all-stock transaction. more