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The election desk: Newsrooms plan comprehensive coverage of a consequential midterm election

With the 2026 midterms fast approaching, newsrooms are preparing for an election shaped by national politics, questions about election security and voters hungry for trustworthy information. For E&P’s October cover story, Editor-in-Chief Gretchen A. Peck spoke with reporters and editors at Votebeat, The Associated Press, The Daily Beast and The Salt Lake Tribune about how they’re planning coverage before, during and after Election Day.

Waymo’s model makes the case for AI, with measurable consumer benefits

What can a self-driving car teach news publishers about AI? Quite a lot, according to Guy Tasaka. In his September E&P “Tasaka’s Tech Talk” op-ed, he argues that publishers should stop framing AI primarily as a way to cut costs and instead demonstrate how it delivers measurable benefits to readers and advertisers. Drawing lessons from Waymo’s safety record, Tasaka offers a roadmap for making AI not just more useful, but more worthy of audience trust.

Leaders must create a sense of stability during times of boundless transformation

Change may be inevitable, but constant disruption doesn’t necessarily make an organization better. In his September “The Corner Office” op-ed column, Doug Phares contends that effective leaders know when change is necessary and when stability is the better strategy. He explores how leaders can guide their teams through uncertainty, minimize needless disruption and provide a steady hand when change arrives without warning.

Students suggest solutions for declining media literacy and diminished trust in news

What happens when high school students are asked to tackle declining media literacy and trust in news? They come up with solutions. In this month’s “Shoptalk” op-ed, journalist Linda Carpio Shapley recounts a Problem-Based Learning experiment that challenged 9th graders to think critically about journalism and to devise creative ways to help people identify trustworthy information. Their ideas also offer newsrooms a compelling reason to engage young people in conversations about the future of news.

In its punk moment, public media must choose between the status quo and total reinvention

Public media survived the loss of federal funding, but is survival enough? In his September “Innovation in Practice” op-ed, E&P columnist Chad Davis contends that public media is at a pivotal moment that calls for the DIY spirit of punk and a willingness to rethink what public media can be. Davis explores how collaboration with nonprofit newsroom, filmmakers, game developers and other nontraditional partners could help usher in public media’s next era.
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A federal judge has allowed core antitrust claims by Gannett, Daily Mail and a class of digital publishers to proceed against Google over its advertising technology practices. The Sept. 30 ruling preserves their pursuit of damages for alleged lost advertising revenue and excessive fees. Although Google prevailed on some claims, the decision clears a significant hurdle for publishers seeking compensation.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the Community NEWS Act into law Sept. 30, creating journalism employment tax credits projected to deliver more than $200 million to local newsrooms over five years. E&P Editor-in-Chief Gretchen A. Peck reports on the industry’s response, the law’s potential as a national model and Newsom’s call for changes to prevent it from subsidizing hedge funds.
California’s new Community NEWS Act could become a national model for strengthening local journalism, argues Steven Waldman of Rebuild Local News. Beyond helping newsrooms retain and hire journalists, he says the law could encourage investment while protecting editorial independence. Waldman, whose organization served as the legislation’s lead external sponsor, explains why he believes its design matters for publishers of all sizes.
A federal judge has granted Paramount’s settlement agreement with 12 states that sued over the company’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, allowing the companies to soon close their $81 billion mega merger.
Google is testing payments to publishers whose content contributes to its AI search products, The Verge reports, citing The Information. About 100 publishers reportedly participate.
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Building local news instead of mourning it: Inside Alabama Newswire's growth strategy

Every week seems to bring another announcement of a newspaper closing, a newsroom shrinking or another community joining the growing list of America's news deserts. Against that backdrop, launching a new local news organization might seem like a risky proposition. Expanding into print less than a year later might sound almost unimaginable. Yet that's exactly what Alabama Newswire has done. During this episode of E&P Reports, founder Scott Centers and publisher Jackson Kimbrell shared why they believe local journalism still represents an opportunity for entrepreneurs willing to meet communities where they are.

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Amsterdam News grows its legal notice business through an expanded partnership with Column

Amsterdam News is expanding its partnership with Column to strengthen its legal notice operations, create more capacity for growth, and gain access to new high-volume notice business from the large organizations in Column’s Automated Placement network placing across New York.

Helping advertisers get found in AI search: Local media’s next revenue opportunity

As AI changes how consumers find and choose local businesses, publishers have an opportunity to help advertisers remain visible. Duda provides the technology and insights publishers need to improve discoverability, measure business results and deliver those services at scale. The result can be stronger advertiser relationships and new recurring revenue.

When fear of a lawsuit stops the story

A newsroom can win a lawsuit and still be destroyed by it. Years of legal bills, missed deadlines and relentless anxiety can accomplish what an unfavorable verdict never could: silencing journalists and frightening others away from the story. For a small publisher without in-house counsel or deep financial reserves, one legal threat can place the entire organization at risk. International media-freedom attorney Flutura Kusari warns that waiting until a demand letter arrives to build a defense may already be too late.

From Idea to Ad Sales: How AI and Human Expertise Accelerate Publisher Sales

An interested advertiser shouldn’t become a lost sale while your team waits for creative. Mediaferry combines AI-powered ad production with human expertise to help publishers create better ads faster across print, digital and video. In this E&P webinar, Robert Berkeley and Tariq Husain explain how that approach reduces repetitive work and keeps campaigns moving from concept to completion. Watch to learn how faster creative can strengthen sales conversations and help turn advertiser interest into signed business.

How Mentor Medier freed its developers to focus on subscriptions

Mentor Medier’s developers were spending time maintaining article pages and homepages that Francis Lundh believed a specialized provider could handle. As chief product officer of the Scandinavian publishing group and CEO of its technology company, Unite, he wanted that talent focused on subscription products. Moving to Labrador CMS gave journalists more control over daily publishing while allowing the company to step away from custom front-end development. The shift put its development resources behind technology designed to strengthen reader relationships and grow the subscription business.

More coverage. Same staff. How a Tahoe publisher puts The Center Square to work

Rob Galloway already knew The Center Square’s reporting from its daily newsletter. What he hadn’t realized was that The Center Square was an open-access newswire. A sponsored post made that connection—and gave him a way to supplement local coverage with statewide stories his readers had reason to care about. For a newsroom that can’t get to every important story, that discovery opened the door to more coverage of housing, fire and other issues that hit home.

Small publishers can build what the big platforms cannot

A local advertiser may need more than another standard display banner. It may need a podcast recorded at a neighborhood brewery, a sponsored story, a newsletter placement, a print campaign or a large, interactive digital unit that commands attention. Independent publishers can make those choices because they know the businesses, control their inventory and can adapt without waiting for an algorithm. Uriah Kiser of Potomac Local News and Julie Beth Maglio of the Hernando Sun show how publishers can use that freedom to build campaigns the largest platforms are not designed to deliver.

Inside E&P’s AI audit: What becoming the first certified publisher revealed

Editor & Publisher (E&P) became the first publisher to earn AAM’s Ethical AI Certification, putting its own policies and practices through independent review. In this recorded E&P Solutions Series conversation, Publisher Mike Blinder, Editor-in-Chief Gretchen Peck and AAM’s Richard Murphy explain what the process revealed, what E&P refined and how responsible AI use supports both business growth and audience trust. Watch the discussion and download practical resources to help your organization get started.

How Daybreak is turning publisher traffic into advertising leads

Daybreak is free. It requires no contract, no credit card and almost no work from the publisher. Yet Community Impact CEO John Garrett says the tool has delivered hundreds of advertising leads and helped produce more than $40,000 in documented sales. At a time when getting a business decision-maker to answer a call or open an email can be the hardest part of media sales, Daybreak helps interested prospects raise their hands first.

How Arizona preserved publishers’ public-notice role while expanding digital access

What if public-notice modernization didn't have to come at newspapers' expense? That's the question Arizona answered this summer when lawmakers approved a new framework that expands digital access while preserving the newspaper's role as the trusted, independent keeper of the public record. Rather than resisting change, Arizona publishers helped shape it. Their experience may provide a roadmap for news organizations facing similar debates across the country.