By Perry Stein and Jeremy Roebuck, washingtonpost.com, 1-14-26 The FBI executed a search warrant Wednesday morning, Jan. 14, at a Washington Post reporter’s home as part of an investigation into a government contractor accused of illegally retaining classified government materials. The reporter, Hannah Natanson, was at her home in Virginia at the time of the [...]
FOR RELEASE: January 7, 2026 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-506-8986 Vienna, Va., Jan. 7, 2026 – Richard E. Wiley, who has chaired The Media Institute’s Board of Trustees with distinction for more than 30 years, will step down from that position on Jan. 31, 2026. The Media Institute’s Board of Trustees has [...]
CPB Press Release, 1-5-26 The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the private, nonprofit corporation created by Congress to steward the federal government’s investment in public broadcasting, announced today (Jan. 5) that its Board of Directors has voted to dissolve the organization after 58 years of service to the American public. The decision follows Congress’s rescission [...]
By Joey Cappelletti and Matt Sedensky, APnews.com, 12-17-25 Democratic senators on Dec. 17 hammered the Federal Communications Commission’s leader for pressuring broadcasters to take ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel off the air, suggesting that Brendan Carr was politicizing an independent agency and trampling the First Amendment. The FCC chairman refused to disown his comments about [...]
FOR RELEASE: December 15, 2025 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-506-8030 Vienna, Va., December 15, 2025 – A new book by Stuart N. Brotman examines the unprecedented threats facing the First Amendment today and demonstrates that even in highly polarized times, common ground is still possible when we return to America’s core [...]
FOR RELEASE: December 10, 2025 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-506-8986 Vienna, Va., Dec. 10, 2025 – Richard T. Kaplar, who joined The Media Institute in 1981 and rose to become only the third President and CEO in its history, has announced he will step down on Jan. 31, 2026. The Institute’s [...]
FOR RELEASE: December 5, 2025 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-506-8030 Vienna, Va., Dec. 5, 2025 – Two distinguished leaders in the media industry, Kathleen Kirby of Wiley Rein LLP and Heidi Raphael of Beasley Media Group, have been elected to the Board of Trustees of The Media Institute. Kathleen Kirby has been a [...]
By Scott Nover, washingtonpost.com, 12-4-25 The New York Times sued the Defense Department over its press policy prohibiting journalists from soliciting any information not explicitly authorized for release by the government. In a complaint filed Thursday morning (Dec. 4) in federal district court in Washington, the Times alleged that the press rules violated the [...]
By Dominic Patten, Deadline.com, 11-28-25 The White House has taken its displeasure with the media online, launching a new page on its website Nov. 28 that features the “Media Offender of the Week.” Promising to chronicle a “record of the media’s false and misleading stories flagged by The White House,” the page also offers [...]
By Naomi Nix, washingtonpost.com, 11-18-25 A federal judge has rejected the Federal Trade Commission’s effort to force Meta to divest its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp, saying the government hadn’t made its case that the Facebook owner is an illegal monopoly. In his ruling Nov. 18, U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg in D.C. [...]