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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, which has been publishing since 1868, will stop publishing a print newspaper at the end of this year, making it one of the largest daily newspapers yet to completely abandon print. Ending the print newspapers is expected to result in the termination of about 30 full- and part-time employees involved in designing and distributing the newspaper. The AJC, owned by Cox Enterprises, will continue to offer an e-paper laid out like print as part of its digital offerings. Cox is instating a $150 million effort to boost the AJC, looking toward a digital future. The company told the New York Times that it currently has 115,000 paid subscribers, of whom 75,000 are digital-only. AJC.com says that paper’s circulation peaked at more than 600,000 “about two decades ago.” “The fact is, printing newspapers and putting them in trucks and driving them around and delivering them on people’s front stoops has not been the most effective way to distribute the news in a very long time,” AJC president and publisher Andrew Morse told the Times’s Katie Robertson.
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Herring Networks, the owner of One America News Network and A Wealth of Entertainment (a reality-based channel that caters to wealthy viewers), has fast-tracked the debut of both on YouTube TV. The channels, which were scheduled to launch on the platform in November, became available on Aug. 29, giving YouTube TV viewers access to such programming as “The Matt Gaetz Show” and “Selling Mega Mansions.” The agreement with Herring was announced while YouTube TV was reaching a distribution deal with Fox Corporation to continue carrying such channels as Fox News, Fox Business Network and Fox Sports 1 (FS1). OAN, along with Newsmax (which has been on the platform since October), provide the right-leaning content that was said to be a priority for Fox.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is being bought by the Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism, a nonprofit that is the parent organization of the Baltimore Banner... The British Broadcasting Corporation is axing approximately 2,000 jobs, about 10 percent of its work force... Snap, the company behind Snapchat, is also succumbing to layoff fever, announcing plans to lay off 16 percent of its employees, about 1,000 people.
CBS News Radio will go off the air on May 22, part of the axe-swinging managerial plan put into play by CBS editor-in-chief Bari Weiss... The Economist, which was first published in 1843, is changing hands. Canadian billionaire Stephen Smith has agreed to acquire a 26.9 percent stake in the publication from Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild, her family and family foundation... Nexstar Media Group says it has closed its acquisition of TEGNA, the broadcast, digital media and marketing services company that was formed in 2015, when the Gannett Company split into two publicly traded companies.
USA TODAY brings on Jamie Stockwell as VP of news, effective March 30. Stockwell was most recently deputy managing editor of news for the Washington Post... YouTube expands its likeness detection capabilities to a pilot group of government officials, journalists and political candidates... The AP Fund for Journalism adds 50 news organizations to its local news program, bringing the total number of participating newsrooms to 100. 
Versant Media Group, the NBCUniversal cable TV spin-off, today reported its first financial results as 2025 revenues dipped 5.3 percent to $6.7B and standalone EBITDA dropped 9.1 percent to $2.2B.
Trump Media & Technology Group is discussing a spin-off of the Truth Social platform following the expected closing of its $6B merger deal with TAE Technologies... Condé Nast sells off Them, the digital LGBTQ-focused platform it launched in 2017, to Equalpride, publisher of Out, The Advocate, Out Traveler, Health PLUS Wellness and Pride.com... CBS News has parted ways with longevity influencer Peter Attia, one of the 19 contributors that editor-in-chief Bari Weiss brought on as part of her plan to present a wider variety of voices on the platform. 
