December 6, 2023 - 2023 was a lot like 2022: A pretty good year marred primarily by the vote of a GOP-dominated state legislature to allow some local governments to publish notice on their own websites in lieu of local newspapers. Last year it was Florida, this year Ohio. more

December 6, 2023 - An overwhelming majority of readers would like news publishers to tell them when AI has shaped the news coverage they’re seeing. But, new research finds, news outlets pay a price when they disclose using generative AI. more

U.S. negotiators made a fresh offer to Russia in recent weeks to secure the release of detained Americans Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan, but Moscow rejected the American proposal, the U.S. State Department said Tuesday. more

Anthony Campbell, the former executive editor and managing editor of The Denver Post who led the paper to a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 1986 for a series on missing children, has died, according to former associates at the Post. He was 82. more

Randy Mitchell has been named the new publisher and digital sales director for the Aiken Standard in South Carolina. more

Kevin Austin, who has been named publisher of The Ironton (Ohio) Tribune, got his start in the newspaper business with a paper route in his hometown of Lansing, Michigan. more

Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) has announced joining LOT Network, the largest patent licensing platform and non-profit community of global companies working to protect its members against litigation brought on by patent assertion entities (PAEs). The LOT Network community is committed to safeguarding members against frivolous PAE litigation. more

The deal between Google and the federal government to resolve their dispute over paying for news online will come as a relief for the media industry in Canada. more

Judy Woodruff of the “PBS NewsHour,” featured Mississippi Today and spoke with CEO Mary Margaret White in a report about news outlets’ sustainability as part of her “America at a Crossroads” series. more

The Associated Press has launched a new weekly politics newsletter, "Ground Game," that features top politics and elections news from Washington and across the United States ahead of the 2024 presidential election. more

The NewsGuild settled a defamation lawsuit it was facing, agreeing Thursday to donate $10,000 to a nonprofit resource center for Latino immigrants. more

Hearst Newspapers has announced the acquisition of Puzzmo, a new collaborative puzzle games platform. The announcement was made by Hearst Newspapers President Jeffrey Johnson. more

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette protects its newsroom and news hole by convincing readers to give up print for tablets bought by the paper. more

Launched from a kitchen table, Carolina Public Press delivers accountability journalism across North Carolina. more

The company also named Rob Huting as VP of corporate development. more

Facebook parent Meta Platforms plans to launch Threads in Europe in December, according to people familiar with the matter.  more

In this new leadership position, Aron Pilhofer will lead the Star Tribune’s efforts to grow its digital products and services to meet the needs of its readers. more

If the definition of “sustainability is relatively easy, what are the implications of sustainability as a goal? more

Few newspapers still employ full-time cartoonists. But some digital outlets are turning to the art form. more

Sometimes weeks go by with scant attention to America’s local journalism crisis and what’s lost as newspapers disappear. Then there are times when the situation receives extraordinary coverage, like it has in late November. more