News Media Alliance

06/17/2026

"AI doesn’t “know” anything. It doesn’t think, reason or discover. It aggregates. It learns from vast amounts of human-created work and recombines it intsomething that sounds new. Those systems are trained on oceans of content — journalism, books, art, research — much of it created at real cost by people and institutions that depend on being paid for their work." - Conan Gallaty via Tampa Bay Times

Two deeper issues need addressing.

06/04/2026

The News/Media Alliance is excited to share that Debi Chirichella, Senior VP, Hearst and President Hearst Magazines, has been elected as its Board of Directors chair. Chirichella succeeds Tony Hunter, Chairman and CEO of McClatchy.

“Debi has played an integral role in the News/Media Alliance’s success as Vice Chair of the Board, and we are thrilled that she will step in to take the role of Chair,” said News/Media Alliance President and CEO Danielle Coffey. “As the news and magazine industry faces a period of rapid technological and policy change, our work to preserve and sustain our industry is more important than ever. I look forward to working closely with Debi as we continue to fight for our members’ ability to serve readers across our country with high-quality content that affects their everyday lives.”

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The News/Media Alliance (NMA) has elected Debi Chirichella, President of Hearst Magazines, as its Board of Directors chair.

06/04/2026

Thank you to New York Attorney General Letitia James and New York State Assemblymember Alex Bores for joining the News/Media Alliance Board of Directors as they gathered this week. We appreciated the thoughtful discussions on the issues shaping the future of news media and look forward to continuing the conversation.

06/03/2026

𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗢𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗪𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗹𝘆-𝗜𝗻

The 2026 Senior Leadership Conference and Family Owners Conference are now open for registration 𝗯𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆-𝗯𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟭. Both run the week of Sept. 27–30 at the Washington Marriott Georgetown.

Sponsorship opportunities for Solutions Partners are available now. Contact Patty Slusher for details: [email protected]. Registrations for those Solutions Partners that are not sponsors will open at a later date, if spots are still available.

The Senior Leadership Conference is where publishers, presidents and senior executive teams work through strategy, succession and what comes next — growth models, audience and revenue, AI and product development, and the policy questions facing local newspapers. The Senior Leadership Conference also is one of the most effective ways for Solutions Partners to connect with newspaper executives in a focused, collaborative environment.

The Family Owners Conference convenes ownership groups, boards and family executives for the conversations that don't happen anywhere else in the industry — succession, governance, valuation and the long-term decisions that define multi-generational ownership.

The News Media Alliance Fly-In is also open for registration through the Alliance, running the same week for the first time alongside the America's Newspapers meetings. Members spend two days on Capitol Hill in direct meetings with members of Congress on the policies shaping local newspapers.

Find details here for all three conferences: https://member.newspapers.org/dc2026.html

06/01/2026

Make your voice heard! Join your peers in Washington, D.C. this September for the Support Journalism Awards Dinner and Fly-in where you will meet with Members of Congress and their staff to reinforce the need for legislation to protect and support quality journalism to ensure a thriving future for our important industry. This event is invitation-only and advanced registration is required.

We are excited to be combining this year's Support Journalism Awards Dinner and Fly-In with America's Newspaperss Senior Leadership Conference and Family Owners Conference. Learn more and register to join us this Fall!

Support Journalism Awards Dinnerand Fly-In 2026 Dates September 27–30, 2026 Location Washington, DC Venue Washington Marriott Georgetown About the Event Joi ...

06/01/2026

"Their hijacking of the public square is made possible by the original sin that animates their A.I. products — a brazen theft of intellectual property that has occurred at an unprecedented scale. Tech giants strip-mine news websites without permission or compensation. They repackage these stolen goods as their own, siphoning off the audiences and revenue that otherwise would go to the news organizations that created this work. And this happens not just once during the training process, but countless times every single day." - A.G. Sulzberger at the WAN-IFRA World News Media Congress on June 1 (The New York Times)

New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger warns A.I. companies are violating settled law and urges news organizations to stand up for their rights to ensure a sustainable future for reporting.

05/27/2026

Job Alert! The American Press Institute is hiring a senior staff accountant who is responsible for supporting the financial operations of the American Press Institute, a 501(c)(3) foundation, that supports the News/Media Alliance association, a 501(c)(6).

Working closely with the chief financial officer, the senior staff accountant is responsible for maintenance of accurate financial records, supporting grant and fund accounting and ensuring compliance with federal and state regulations governing nonprofit organizations.

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Summary The senior staff accountant is responsible for supporting the financial operations of the American Press Institute, a 501(c)(3) foundation, that supports the News/Media Alliance association, a 501(c)(6). This role manages day-to-day accounting functions, ensures compliance with nonprofit acc...

05/26/2026

Last week, The American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) announced the winners of the National Magazine Awards during their National Magazine Awards at ASME Editorial Conference. Congratulations to our members who took home prizes! See the list here:

On May 19, The American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) announced the winners of the National Magazine Awards during their National Magazine Awards at AS ...

05/19/2026

Make your voice heard! Join your peers in Washington, D.C. this September for the Support Journalism Awards Dinner and Fly-in where you will meet with Members of Congress and their staff to reinforce the need for legislation to protect and support quality journalism to ensure a thriving future for our important industry. This event is invitation-only and advanced registration is required.

We are excited to be combining this year's Support Journalism Awards Dinner and Fly-In with America's Newspapers Senior Leadership Conference and Family Owners Conference. This collaboration will offer an enhanced, integrated experience to members of both organizations. Attendees will continue to have access to the core elements of both events, with additional opportunities for networking and joint discussions.

Learn more and register to join us this Fall!
https://www.newsmediaalliance.org/2026-support-journalism-awards-dinner-and-fly-in/

05/18/2026

Join the News/Media Alliance and the Center for Media and Digital Governance at Open Markets Institute for a conversation about the past, present, and future of AI content licensing. Armed with breaking analysis from two freshly released CMDG reports on the AI content marketplace, experts from these two organizations will lay out the state of the market today and how it can, and must, evolve to serve publishers of all sizes. Register to attend this Wednesday, May 20 at 2:00pm ET.

May 20, 2026, 2:00 PM - Join the News/Media Alliance and the Center for Media and Digital Governance at Open Markets Institute for a conversation about the ...