The Alliance for Audited Media and BPA Worldwide have completed a merger, creating the largest not-for-profit media auditing organization dedicated to increasing trust, transparency and assurance across the media industry. more

HB7049: Legal Notices was passed and signed into law by Governor Ron DeSantis in Florida’s 2022 legislative session. The law went into effect on Jan. 1 and makes Florida one of the few U.S. states to allow the publication of public notices on designated government websites in addition to print newspapers. more

The Associated Press has announced it will deepen its reporting on nuclear security issues and will share its expertise with local news outlets, with philanthropic support from the Outrider Foundation and Carnegie Corporation of New York. more

Ad Fontes rates AAM-audited publishers as least biased, most reliable sources of news and information. more

McClatchy, one of the largest media companies in the United States, with over 80 million unique visitors, has announced its partnership with Legacy.com and its media technology brands to power a suite of comprehensive obituary management services for all McClatchy publications. more

How to efficiently manage the workflow of 200+ publications, including 30 dailies and hundreds of commercial products across 15 production facilities. This was the question the Adams Publishing Company management team was asking when looking for a streamlined, cost-reducing workflow solution that would also improve quality and reduce onsite hardware. more

TownNews, the Software as a Service division of Lee Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ: LEE), has launched its new name and brand identity, BLOX Digital. more

The Associated Press has debuted the inaugural AP Top 25 Movies ranking, an honor roll of films that premiered over the past year. more

A survey of publishers by the Alliance for Audited Media showed that 2022, for all its discouraging headlines and disconcerting headaches, wasn’t completely void of positive news and (hopefully) heartening trends. more

The boards of directors of the Alliance for Audited Media and BPA Worldwide have unanimously approved a plan for the two companies to merge. The two not-for-profit media auditing organizations are joining forces to increase trust and assurance across media channels through innovative service development. more

Over the past several months, PressReader surveyed hundreds of professionals working in English-language news and publishing around the globe. The survey was conducted to get a sense of views on the current state and future direction of the industry — with a particular focus on the problem of news deserts. more

The Associated Press, the most trusted source of information on election night with a history of accuracy dating to 1848, will offer that expertise to its customers and the public across all platforms when it counts the vote and covers the results of the Nov. 8 midterm elections. more

Content on the @APNews account will range from explanatory journalism about the upcoming U.S. midterm elections to top global stories. more

On Nov. 8, The Associated Press will count the vote, declare winners and cover the results of House, Senate and statewide races across the U.S. in a critical midterm election cycle. Washington Bureau Chief Anna Johnson outlines AP’s coverage plans and explains the significance of the role AP plays in the American democracy. more

The hosted solution provides publishers with a custom workflow on ProImage's Cloud redundant servers.  Local users have logons just as if the servers were local to softproof, approve and track both pages and plates. more

The ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB), a wholly owned subsidiary of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), has accredited the not-for-profit media auditor Alliance for Audited Media (AAM) to conduct independent audits to determine media outlets' compliance with the Journalism Trust Initiative's (JTI) standard for ethics and trustworthiness in journalism. more

Enghouse Systems Limited has acquired the business assets of VoicePort LLC, a provider of SaaS automated solutions based in Rochester, New York. more

Creative Circle Media Solutions and eType Services have announced they will be supporting one another’s clients by cross-selling some of their services. more

Stacker and Patch Labs are joining forces to provide independent publishers the content, services and technology they need to scale their operations. Their new partnership will provide Patch Labs publishers free access to the Stacker Newswire. more

Nexta.io and iPublish Media Solutions announce a partnership to provide newspapers and media companies with the ease-of-use and proven print capabilities of iPublish’s AdPortal with Nexta.io’s omnichannel digital marketing platform with a proprietary and AI-driven performance optimization engine and fully automated order-entry workflow. more