• Black Media Trust Set Up In Milwaukee
    Wisconsin’s oldest Black newspaper has been placed in an employee benefit trust along with two Black radio stations in an effort to secure independent Black ownership in perpetuity, WMDX reports. The Milwaukee Black Media Trust will include the Courier, the WGKB (101.7 The Truth), and later WNOV (860 The Voice).
  • Audacy Names Media, Investment Execs To Its Board
    Audio firm Audacy has named two new members to its board of directors: Walker Jacobs, global chief revenue officer and president of U.S. operations at DAZN, and Gabriel Brotman of Soros Fund Management, Country Insider reports. “The appointments of Walker and Gabe to the Audacy Board of Directors further advance our ability to capture all the opportunities we see across the fast-changing audio landscape,” says Kelli Turner, president and CEO of Audacy.
  • '60 Minutes' Veteran Sharyn Alfonsi Speaks Out Against 'Meddling' At CBS News
    "60 Minutes" correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi criticized “the spread of corporate meddling and editorial fear” at CBS News after receiving the Ridenhour prize for courage at the National Press Club in Washington on Thursday evening, the Guardian  reports. Alfonsi mentioned an incident last December when she was directed to change her segment on Venezuelans who were sent to the Cecot prison in El Salvador, and said it is unclear whether she will keep her job after pushing back. The segment never ran.
  • More PR Pros Seek Press While Media Is In Shambles
    The public relations business is focusing once again on media relations and pitches to trades and legacy media after a period in which social media and influencer relations were the cool new kids on the block, PR Daily writes. But there are now fewer journalists and publications even as more PR professionals are clamoring for press.  
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