Tegna Tackles Coronavirus with “Facts Not Fear”
As news media companies face myriad challenges in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak — sensitively balancing resourceful information delivery with a duty to keep social panic contained, while also protecting…
Newsy, a Next-Generation Video News Network, Names Managing Editor
Scripps-owned Newsy, a next-generation video news network available via a cable channel, over-the-top, connected TV services and digital platforms, added…
WAMU to Sell WRAU
WAMU 88.5, Washington’s NPR news station, will sell WRAU 88.3 to Delaware Public Media in 2020. This sale is a strategic…
McClatchy Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
McClatchy Co. filed for bankruptcy Thursday, a move that will end family control of America’s second largest local news company and hand it…
Maryland Updates: News From DPR Group; Sage Growth; DemandBridge; Warschawski; Sinclair and MGH
DPR Group, Inc., a full-service public relations and marketing agency in Frederick serving high-tech companies, is overseeing the public relations and marketing…
Get Published: 100% Guaranteed to Make You a Better Writer
By Don Bates, APR, Fellow, PRSA If you’re a writer in public relations, public affairs, advertising, marketing, fundraising, human resources and other communication…
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Exits the Newspaper Business
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc will sell its newspaper business to Lee Enterprises Inc for $140 million in cash, abandoning an industry the…
Journalist John Solomon Launches JusttheNews.com
Just the News, a new media outlet, is being launched to “address the growing need for fact-based, impartial news and compelling digital content.…
National Press Foundation Names Sonni Efron its New President
The National Press Foundation named veteran journalist Sonni Efron its president and chief operating officer. “Sonni Efron combines wide-ranging experience with a deep…
WTOP’s Chris Core Retires After More than 50 Years in Broadcasting
WTOP’s Chris Core has spent most of his professional life inside a radio studio talking to an audience near and far, but Core…
Loudoun Tribune Publisher Sentenced to 46 Months in Prison
Days after a retired police officer gave Brian Reynolds a $25,000 check for his Loudoun newspaper business, Reynolds said he’d lost it…
YouTube Rewind 2019: Yikes It’s Happening Again!
YouTube’s annual Rewind, an overview and recap of each year’s viral videos, events, trends, memes and music has been released. Since 2010,…
Caroline Patrickis, WJLA Washington, Wins TVNewsCheck’s Social Media Excellence Award for Media Talent
One morning a little less than a year ago, Caroline Patrickis, digital reporter for WJLA Washington, was scrolling through Reddit looking for stories to…
WAMU and WWIN-FM Win November Radio Ratings in D.C. and Baltimore
According to dcrtv, radio ratings for November 2019, full day, age 6+, show: Washington, D.C.: 1) WAMU, 2) WTOP, 3) WMMJ, 4) WMAL,…
Washington Post to Use 5G Technologies That Could Define Future of News Reporting
The Washington Post announced plans to work with AT&T to bring 5G technologies to The Washington Post newsroom and to explore how…
