The Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) is being used to send phishing emails that can bypass standard security filters and render reputation-based blocks ineffective, Bleeping Computer reports. Kaspersky researchers say in a report that there has been “an uptick in phishing attacks leveraging Amazon SES” to deliver links that redirect to a malicious site.The spike in this abuse may be due to a large number of AWS Identity and Access Management access keys exposed in public assets.

Pope Leo paid tribute to journalists who have died reporting from combat zones while marking World Press Freedom Day on Sunday, Reuters reports. "Today we celebrate World Press Freedom Day ... unfortunately, this right is often violated, sometimes in blatant ways, sometimes in more hidden forms," the Pontiff said, speaking at Saint Peter’s Square. 

Gray Media has completed the acquisition of 11 local television stations owned by Allen Media Group at a cost of $171 million, TheDesk.net reports. Included are three TV stations that were approved by the Federal Communications in March and another seven that were more recently approved.

Roku posted total Q1 revenue of $1.248 billion -- an increase of 22% YoY -- and net income of $85.7 million, compared to a net loss of $27.4 million in Q1 2025, Yahoo Finance reports. Breaking out advertising and subscription numbers for the first time, the company also reported that advertising revenue grew 27% to $613 million, with gross margin of 60.5%, and that subscription revenue grew by 30% to $519 million. In addition, Q1 was the company’s highest quarter to date for premium subscription sign-ups.

The BBC news operation will cut up to 2,000 jobs as the BBC seeks to reduce costs by 15%, compared to the 10% announced last month, The Guardian reports. The BBC had announced  a £600 million cost-cutting plan, but it is now clear that the news division may experience deeper cuts than expected. This occurs as former Google executive Matt Brittin becomes BBC’s director general on May 18. 

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).

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" 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.

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.