The second annual Fake News survey by strategic communications firm Greentarget examines fake news’ effect and origins, offers suggestions for combating misinformation and disinformation. more

Conservative pundit Ben Shapiro's media company, The Daily Wire, announced on Thursday that it had filed a lawsuit challenging the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine mandate. more

It's "alarming" how few Chicago Public Schools have newspapers — and a new state law and CPS rules are making it hard for even those few to publish, one adviser said. more

At the American Press Institute, we’ve been keeping tabs on local news outlets that seek donations from their audiences — particularly those that are using the funding to expand or launch specific reporting projects or beats. more

VoicePort, LLC, a leading customer self-service automation software provider serving the newspaper and subscription industry, has acquired Innovative Systems Design Inc. (ISD Chatterbox). more

Rapid City (South Dakota) Journal President/Regional Publisher Bill Masterson has been named the vice president of operations in the audience development division of Lee Enterprises, the Journal's parent company. more

Smartmatic filed lawsuits against right-wing media networks One America News Network and Newsmax on Wednesday, claiming that the outlets defamed the election technology company by pushing conspiracy theories over the 2020 U.S. presidential election. more

The Biden administration said on Thursday that large companies have until Jan. 4 to ensure that their workforces are fully vaccinated under a sweeping new coronavirus health measure that will cover 84 million private sector workers. more

Google Ads has announced the rollout of an ad unit that it claims will help advertisers bolster their incremental reach. more

Todd Bailey, editor of the Hobbs (New Mexico) News-Sun, died Sunday of cancer. He was 49. more

Keyword cannibalization is not always a problem that needs to be fixed. In some cases, it’s an opportunity to reach a wider audience. more

A socially conscious generation is pushing back against journalism’s longtime standards of objectivity, neutrality and bias. more

If there’s an economics topic you’re rusty on, you’re going to want to check out what the research says at The Journalist’s Resource — and also see what academic researchers themselves have to say via our friends at Econofact. more

The strategy behind Facebook's recent television ads aligns with much of advertising: Make the company look good. That is especially crucial for Facebook and other Big Tech companies that have been under scrutiny by their own employees, users, regulators and especially the media. more

Graham will be featured in the Distinguished Americans series. more

A federal appeals court on Monday revived a lawsuit filed by an online freelance journalist in Texas who says she was arrested for merely seeking information from the police. more

In October, The Papers, Inc., a Northern Indiana-based publishing company, signed contracts with SCS to implement the Community Advertising System and Community Publishing System to standardize the advertising, production and editorial workflows across its 16 weekly and monthly newspapers and magazines. more

After more than a decade of controversy, Facebook will halt its use of facial recognition technology. more

America's Newspapers is honored to welcome the Fairbanks (Alaska) Daily News-Miner and 26 newspapers published by CherryRoad Media into membership. more

Working with commercial companies to produce content can raise important revenue as well as questions over independence. Find out how Financial Times and Will Media tread this line. more