Baltimore Banner wins Pulitzer Prize for local reporting
The Baltimore Banner won a Pulitzer Prize in the Local Reporting Category for its exploratory investigative series focusing on Baltimore’s opioid crisis with an overdose rate nearly double any…
Sign of the times: QVC moving beyond TV “to find growth”
In a sign of the times for cable TV, the legacy home shopping brand QVC Group says that it is laying off approximately 900…
Nick Iannelli named WTOP’s evening anchor
Nick Iannelli has been named the evening anchor at WTOP. In a social media post, Iannelli wrote: “You can find me anchoring each evening…
President Trump moves to end federal funding for NPR and PBS
President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to end federal funding for National Public Radio (NPR) and…
Washington Post adds reporter to its White House team
Washington Post reporter Emily Davies, who spent more than three years on the D.C. crime beat, is moving to the White House. In…
The Daily Wire, a conservative digital media “powerhouse,” opening a D.C. office
The conservative digital media “powerhouse,” The Daily Wire, is opening a D.C. office led by deputy managing editor Tim Rice and promoting Brent…
Mike Patrick, longtime ESPN play-by-play announcer who worked at WJLA-TV, dies at 80
Mike Patrick, the play-by-play announcer who called NFL games and ACC basketball contests during his 36 years at ESPN, died at 80.…
Tova Diamond named Head of Brand Creative at WaPo’s Brand Studio
Tova Diamond has been promoted to Head of Brand Creative at The Washington Post’s Brand Studio – The Post’s in-house agency that,…
WaPo forms strategic partnership with OpenAI
The Washington Post formed a strategic partnership with OpenAI “to make high-quality news more accessible in ChatGPT. As part of this partnership, ChatGPT…
WaPo adds James Edward Murray as Head of Business Development
The Washington Post announced the addition of James Edward Murray as Director and Head of Business Development, a newly created role designed to drive…
CNN “reversed course” in D.C. bureau leadership
Less than a month after CNN significantly revamped political coverage by removing senior vice president Adam Levine, above, from his role overseeing its D.…
Time spent with media to fall “precipitously” in 2025
The good news is consumer time spent with media continues to rise, but the bad news, states MediaDailyNews, is the share of time it…
Chuck Todd launches now-independent “unscripted” and free of “spin” Toddcast
Chuck Todd, former NBC and MSNBC political director and host, released the first episode of his now-independent podcast. In the premiere, a sit-…
Baltimore Public Media promotes Danyell Irby to Chief of Content
Baltimore Public Media has named Danyell Irby as the public broadcaster’s Chief of Content. Irby, who joined the organization in 2020 as Executive…
America’s largest newspaper chain to stop publishing demographic and diversity data about its workforce
America’s largest newspaper chain, Gannett, will no longer publish demographic and diversity data about its workforce, and has revamped its corporate site to…
