NOTUS, a Washington political news website, will be relaunched as "The Star" during the first week of June, according to Tim Grieve, editor in chief, The New York Times reports. The site has plans to fill a voice caused by deep staff cuts at The Washington Post. NOTUS was launched in 2023 with a tie to the Allbritton Journalism Institute, a nonprofit that trains young political journalists. 

Vox Media is selling itself in pieces, Awful Announcing reports, sourcing Dylan Byers at Puck. Vox CEO Jim Bankoff is now expected to approve several deals, covering the Vox Media Podcast Network, New York Magazine and digital brands including The Verge, Eater and SB Nation. Last year, Vox explored options such as a sale of the podcast network and a full company sale. 

Crossover Media Group has hired media veteran John Murphy as vice president of strategic partnerships, a new role, Inside Radio reports. He will be tasked with securing new content for the company. Murphy has worked with the Crossover Media Group team as both a partner and a client. 

Nielsen overestimates streaming viewership at the expense of traditional TV, says Mark Marshall, chairman of global advertising and partnerships at Nielsen client NBCUniversal, The Wall Street Journal reports. “Every media company is valued on a multiple of something, right?” Marshall comments. “The baseline for all of these is revenue, and if that revenue is understated due to incorrect measurement, then absolutely, the valuations of these media companies are being impacted. That is why a change needs to happen.”  

Radio firm Cumulus Media is headed for a swift emergency from Chapter 11 bankruptcy following the posting of a 181-page restructuring agreement by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, according to Radio+ Television Business Report. The court’s approval of the plan, which occurs less than six weeks after the filing for Chapter 11 protection, will restructure roughly $660 million in debt.

Local news consumption patterns are changing as general interest has declined, Pew Research Center reports in a fact sheet. In 2025, 21% of Americans said they follow local news very closely, down from 37% in 2016. And 36% of U.S. adults said they get news from their local daily paper at least sometimes compared to 43% in 2018.  

Axle AI will demonstrate a new panel for its Avid Media Composer that will allow editors to search, preview, and import media directly from any Axle AI media asset management system, AIThority reports. “Editing is all about storytelling, but storytelling depends on quickly finding the right media,” says Sam Bogoch, CEO of Axle AI.Media Composer is designed to streamline editorial workflows. 

One Sheet, a newsletter about newsletters, has suffered several issues, including misattributed information and made-up quotes, leading to questions about whether its AI use is leading to hallucinations, Semafor alleges. The publisher of One Sheet, media news site Mediaite, has suspended author Colby Hall. Hall told Semafor that “written ideas, angles, summaries, takes, and editorial judgments are mine,” although he uses AI in a “limited way.”

Nelson Media Company has acquired seven out of eight central Iowa newspapers that were in danger of closing after their owner Mid-America Publishing shut down, We Are Iowa reports. The papers are The Graphic Advocate, the Winnebago County Tribune, The Grundy Register, The Clarksville Star, The Butler County Tribune and The Parkersburg Eclipse News Review.  

Amazon is in advanced talks to ‌acquire Globalstar, the satellite telecom group, Reuters reports, sourcing Bloomberg News.  Such a deal would bolster Amazon’s effort to build a satellite operation. The transaction could be announced on Tuesday.