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| Terence Samuel |
Terence Samuel, VP and executive editor at NPR News, is joining USA Today as editor-in-chief on July 10.
Samuel has been with NPR since 2017, most recently serving as managing editor, news. He was previously deputy national political editor at the Washington Post. He has also served as editorial programming director at AOL, and has been a correspondent and writer for US News & World Report, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Philadelphia Inquirer,and Roanoke Times.
Samuel will oversee the national publication, which says it serves 75 million readers monthly, and is charged with guiding its growth.
“With his reputation of leading award-winning newsrooms and fostering cultural change, Terry will be instrumental in the next phase of growth at USA TODAY,” said Gannett chief content officer Kristin Roberts.
Michael McCarter, who served as interim editor-in-chief of the paper, and was previously managing editor, opinion, standards, ethics & inclusion, has been promoted to VP of Opinion.
Michael Kaminer, who was responsible for the Observer’s “Power List” for the past 13 years, has cut ties with the publication... The New York Times Company continues the march toward its goal of 15 million subscribers by the end of 2027... The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is providing more than $6 million in funding to eight organizations working to address the challenges local news and information environments face along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Conservative outlets Fox News, Newsmax and the Daily Caller are holding back from signing Pete Hegseth’s edict restricting press access in the Pentagon... CBS News sees the first executive departure of the Bari Weiss era as head of standards and practices Claudia Milne exits... Indiana University shuts down the print version of The Indiana Daily Student.
Rothschild family plans to unload 26.7 percent stake in The Economist... STAT, a digital media company that focuses the life sciences, brings back Damian Garde, who anchored its biotech newsletter and podcast from 2016 to 2024... High Times officially resumes print publication (following its 2024 shutdown) with the release of a limited-edition, collectible 50th anniversary issue. 
CBS News is set to hand over its reins to The Free Press co-founder Bari Weiss as Paramount acquires her site for $155M... C-SPAN comes on board as an official media partner of the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission, which is charged by Congress to lead the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence... A new Gallup survey says that the level of trust that US audiences have in the media has hit a new low.
Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison has named Kenneth Weinstein, former head of the conservative Hudson Institute, as ombudsman for CBS News.
