Potomac Tech Wire transitions to reader-supported newsletter
Potomac Tech Wire, the long-running email newsletter covering technology and finance news in the Washington, D.C. region, is shifting to a reader-supported model – a movement away from…
WaPo promoting Matea Gold to managing editor
The Washington Post is promoting National Editor Matea Gold to managing editor, a role in which she will oversee several major newsroom departments. Gold,…
‘PR Bazaar’, founded by Capital Gazette’s Wendi Winters, set for May 11 in Annapolis
Organized for 16 years by Capital Gazette’s Wendi Winters, the May 11 ‘PR Bazaar’ is designed to help non-profits and small businesses…
WaPo wins three 2023 Pulitzer Prizes
The Washington Post won three 2023 Pulitzer Prizes and was named a finalist in five additional categories. Caroline Kitchener won the National Reporting award…
Will Sommer joins The Washington Post as a media reporter
The Washington Post announced that Will Sommer will join The Post as a media reporter on May 15. For five years, states the Post,…
D.C.’s all-news station WTOP-FM tops BIA’s list of stations by OTA revenue in 2022
In the first edition of its Investing In Radio® Market Report for 2023, BIA Advisory Services reports that total local radio over-the-air…
The Messenger, a well-funded news startup, to launch May 15
The Messenger, a well-funded news startup founded by longtime media entrepreneur Jimmy Finkelstein, will launch in beta with 200 employees on May 15,…
The Washington Post announces FAST channel launch on Amazon Freevee
The Washington Post has launched a free ad-supported (FAST) channel with Amazon Freevee, a premium free streaming service. According to a release, Washington…
Vice Media Group preparing to file for bankruptcy
Vice Media Group, “the swashbuckling, youth-skewing digital media brand,” is preparing to file for bankruptcy, reports DEADLINE. The Brooklyn-based company, which was…
Annie Yu, WUSA News Anchor, has gone through the “most difficult time” in her life
Annie Yu, news anchor at WUSA-TV in D.C., announced in early February 2023 that she was taking time off to deal with…
Time magazine’s digital paywall to end June 1
Time magazine is ending its digital paywall on June 1. CEO Jessica Sibley told Axios that the shift is both a business and editorial…
Jacqueline Alemany, WaPo’s congressional investigations reporter, honored as “Outstanding Journalist in Print”
Jacqueline Alemany, The Washington Post’s congressional investigations reporter, is being honored as the “Outstanding Journalist in Print” at the 10th Annual Washington Women…
“Stunning” news: Tucker Carlson departs Fox News Channel; Don Lemon exits CNN
In “stunning” news just before the upfront advertising market is set to begin, leading cable TV prime-time news host Tucker Carlson is departing…
BuzzFeed News shuts down
In an email to staff shared with NBC News, BuzzFeed Inc. CEO and co-founder Jonah Peretti said BuzzFeed News was shutting down, part…
NAB releases campaign to help keep AM radios in autos
In its bid to help keep AM radio available in automobiles, the National Association of Broadcasters has released a series of radio spots and…
