January 9, 2024

Community News Act attracts additional bipartisan co-sponsors

Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3) and Rep. Thomas H. Kean (R-NJ-7) have signed on as co-sponsors of the Community News & Small Business Support Act (HR 4756). The act was introduced in the 118^th Congress by Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (NY-24) and Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-1), both members of the Ways and Means Committee.

Register now at the lowest rates for the 2024 Mega-Conference in Phoenix, Arizona

America’s Newspapers is committed to delivering the latest information on key industry topics for publishers, market leaders and department heads. The Mega-Conference is the premiere conference for the news industry. From conference sessions to hallway conversations, the Mega-Conference will deliver results. Publishers are encouraged to attend with their key department heads.

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Star Tribune announces plans to further expand coverage in Greater Minnesota

The Star Tribune Media Company, the largest news organization in the Midwest, has announced plans to further expand news coverage in Greater Minnesota.

With an already robust news presence in population centers like Duluth, St. Cloud and Rochester, the Star Tribune is doubling down on coverage by expanding existing reporting teams in these areas and beyond.

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Opinion | Forum for competing ideas essential to our democracy

Editorials, letters, columns, cartoons, endorsements and other forms of commentary are increasingly disappearing from America’s community newspapers. In fact, entire opinion sections are disappearing in all too many places, a sign the rest of the newspapers may soon follow.

Newspapers with a national reach, well-defined niche and/or massive home base, prominent examples including The New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal, seem to have found sufficient footing in today’s digital-first world.

But papers serving more limited and localized constituencies have gradually become perilously diminished and endangered, assuming they have not already succumbed. The driving force is a virtual vacuum of the printed classified, display and insert advertising that once accounted for upward of 80% of newspaper revenue.

Elon Musk’s X suspends prominent journalists and influencers

The accounts of several prominent journalists and progressive-leaning influencers were suspended by Elon Musk’s X platform on Tuesday for apparently violating X's rules.

The accounts appeared to be being reinstated hours later, as of 12:15 p.m. Eastern.

The affected users include Ken Klippenstein, an investigative journalist who is on staff at The Intercept, and Texas Observer reporter, Steven Monacelli.

Monacelli told The Messenger that he did not receive an explanation for the suspension.

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