“…in January 2024, [the Allbritton Journalism Institute] plans to launch News of the United States, or ‘NOTUS,’ a new publication that will explore Washington and the 2024 election…’Big newspapers where reporters used to get training are kind of gone,’ Allbritton told Semafor in an interview in May. ‘There’s got to be a track where we can provide opportunities for bright folks, and maybe do it in a way that’s more deliberate.'”

“Last Sunday Tyler Goodson was fatally shot by police in what law enforcement described as a standoff, saying Goodson, 32, had ‘brandished a gun’ at the officers. His death — he was declared ‘brain dead’ on Tuesday — came eight years after the suicide of his friend and antiquarian horologist John B. McLemore.”

“As part of the changes, MailOnline, one of the world’s most popular news sites, will charge users in its home market [the U.K.] to read a select 10-15 articles a day, according to a person familiar with the plans — although the vast majority of the nearly 1,500 stories published by the site every day will remain free-to-read.”

“In recent weeks, National Amusements has held talks with Skydance, the media and entertainment company founded by David Ellison, who is the son of the billionaire founder of Oracle, Larry Ellison. It’s unclear whether a deal will be reached, and the value the talks place on Ms. Redstone’s stake couldn’t be determined.”

“Manoj Bhargava, the 5-Hour Energy drink owner whose firm earlier this year purchased a controlling stake in The Arena Group, which operates Sports Illustrated, introduced himself in a meandering video call…’No one is important,’ Bhargava told staffers, per one source on hand for the presentation…’The amount of useless stuff you guys do is staggering.'”

“The pro-Europe, weekly publication ended November with more than 28,000 subscribers, a 62% year-on-year increase. Some 17,400 of the subscriptions are digital and 10,800 subscribe in print…Combined with average weekly newsstand sales of 5,000, [editor Matt] Kelly said the publisher now had a ‘headline paying readership’ of 33,000 a week.”

“U.S. District Court Judge Christopher R. Cooper ruled Aug. 1 that [Catherine] Herridge must reveal how she learned about a federal probe into a Chinese American scientist who operated a graduate program in Virginia — the subject of several stories Herridge reported [while working] for Fox.”

“While Univision’s shift may upset some Democrats, it reflects the political and business reality: To grow, Univision leadership believes, the company needs to change its programming to better serve the Hispanic voting population, which recent elections and polling suggest is inching to the right.”

“The silence from many newsrooms about the deaths of journalists in this conflict — including my own to date — has been deafening…Journalists have a fundamental right to cover the news. And they are facing exponential risk in Gaza.”

“Russian media reported last month that a criminal case against Gessen, an award-winning author and an outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin, was launched over an interview they did with the prominent Russian journalist Yury Dud…the two among other things discussed atrocities by Russian armed forces in Bucha, a Ukrainian town near Kyiv that was briefly occupied by the Russian forces.”