Headliners
- Globe shifts focus to digital readers and subscribers
- Maine solons KO gov’s veto of law on legal ads posting
- Vt. shield law for journalists headed for enactment
- Maine considers requiring prepaid records requests
- Ruling requires immediate notice of Vermont lawsuits
- N.H. daily part of Local News Innovation Project
- Stat section added to Sunday Globe
- Conn. town’s police keep secret a file on teen party injury
- R.I. ACLU backs release of Schilling grand jury files
- Ex-Globe exec Skok explains next era for digital news
- BU study on native ads warns publishers: Be wary
- Yankee Quill Award nominations open until June 5
Obituaries
- William G. “Bill” Coulter, former co-publisher of The Item of Clinton, Mass.
- H. Roderick Nordell
- Jane C. (Phillips) Lopes
- Christopher George Shott
- John Laszlo Vezendy Jr.
- Carolyn Mildred (Phipps) Guptill
- Carl George Schmittlein
- Harriet Hapke Kenney
- Catherine A. Rice ‘Cay’ Gallant
- Margaret Strong
- Roger J. Cygan
- Fred W. Tenney Sr.
- William Kenney
Briefs
Awards and Honors
Advertising News
Advice
Mobile/Online News
- Research: Mobile ads superior to other digital ads
- Ex-Globe exec Skok explains next era for digital news
- Publishers warming to Apple News as platform publisher
- Small publishers affected most by loss of net neutrality
- Wikipedia-like news site WikiTribune is in the works
- PolitiFact offers listing of fake news sites
- Does Yahoo’s demise spell doom for digital outfits?
- Free tool Signal helps secure communications
- Report explores future of virtual reality for newsrooms
- Journalists need to counter loosening of browser privacy
Social Media News
- Globe, others see dip in Facebook News Feed posts
- Facebook to pay publishers for video on demand
- Report: New Facebook exec to develop news products
- Concern over Instant Articles persists; solutions offered
- Murder resurrects issue of Facebook as news medium
- Augmented reality seen as a key in Facebook’s future
Legal Briefs
- Vt. shield law for journalists headed for enactment
- Vermont Press Ass’n praises shield law’s success
- Vt. court ruling for loophole in records law is appealed
- Vt. AG uses attorney-client excuse to duck disclosure
- Maine proposal would require prepaid records requests
- Ruling requiring quick notice of Vt. lawsuits applauded
- Conn. town’s police deny public record on teen injury
- Gov’t challenges in dealing with social media in Mass.
- NEFAC, Vt. Press Ass’n testify for pro-student law
- R.I. ACLU backs release of files in Schilling probe
- Trump to keep White House visitor logs secret
- Move afoot in D.C. to keep bank complaints from public
- IRS sued over emails related to targeting Obama foes
- EPA reported use of hidden messages challenged
- Report: Trump Justice Dept. intent on charging Assange
- Newseum experts’ inaugural 1st Amendment grade: C+
- Author-teacher decries liberals’ squelching free speech
- Ex-Vt. Gov. Dean gets it wrong: Hate speech protected
Industry News
- Globe shifts emphasis toward digital readers
- Maine solons KO gov’s veto of legal ads posting law
- Stat section added to Sunday Globe, maybe others later
- Gannett suffers Q1 loss on lower print ad, circulation $$
- AP’s revenue, earnings drop sharply in 2016
- Strength seen in print for longer-shelf-life news products
- Parental leave policies at Northeast, other newsrooms