Five news outlets file lawsuit to open executions to press
Indiana is one of only two states with a death penalty law that doesn’t provide for media witnesses.
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How journalists and the court are navigating media coverage of the Delphi trial
In this case, even the use of cameras outside the courthouse has caused a stir.
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Nate Feltman becomes sole owner of IBJ Media
IBJ Media CEO and Publisher Nate Feltman purchased the shares of Indianapolis businessmen Mickey Maurer and Bob Schloss this month.
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Building a brand: Faegre Drinker expanding T-CAM team as IP demand grows
An interest in intellectual property law and her experience in advertising and marketing law has led Olivia Clavio to a new job at a firm with a growing IP team.
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Web Exclusive: Cameras in court: The people behind new order allowing cameras at judge’s discretion
After decades of pilot projects and repeated denials, a rule change effective May 1 will enable requests to become reality: cameras in Indiana trial courtrooms.
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Indiana Lawyer wins 4 honors, IBJ earns 9 at Indiana journalism event
Combined, the publications won eight first-place awards Friday night at the Best of Indiana event in Carmel.
Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR as he alleged “bias” in the broadcasters’ reporting.
Appeals court hears streaming services case where Legislature intervened
At question was whether lawmakers unconstitutionally intervened in 2023 to nullify a lawsuit filed by four Indiana cities seeking to recoup franchise fees from some streaming service providers.
Judge orders Trump administration to restore $12 million for pro-democracy Radio Free Europe
U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth also tucked a lesson on the three branches of government inside his ruling, cautioning that the American system of checks and balances must remain intact if the nation is going to continue to thrive.
Public Broadcasting sues Trump after attempted board firings
Since taking office for his second term, Trump has targeted National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service, two broadcasters that receive a portion of their funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, as appropriated by Congress.
White House is starting new media policy that restricts wire services’ access to the president
The policy comes after a judge ruled the White House had violated the AP’s free speech by banning it because the Trump administration disagreed with the outlet’s decision not to rename the Gulf of Mexico.
Despite a court order, White House bars AP from Oval Office event
Last week’s federal court decision forbidding the Trump administration from punishing the AP for refusing to rename the Gulf of Mexico was to take effect Monday.
Retrial opens for Sarah Palin’s libel suit against The New York Times
The onetime Republican vice presidential candidate and ex-governor of Alaska gets another chance to prove to a federal jury that the newspaper defamed her with the 2017 editorial.
Trump administration appeals court decision ordering AP journalists back into White House events
President Donald Trump has dismissed the AP, which was established in 1846, as a group of “radical left lunatics” and said that “we’re going to keep them out until such time as they agree it’s the Gulf of America.”
Indiana Senate committee advances marijuana billboard advertising ban
Lawmakers said they’d be open to expanding the prohibition to other forms of advertising, too.
The White House says it ‘will determine’ which news outlets cover Trump
The move is a sharp break from a century of tradition in which a pool of independently chosen news organizations go where the chief executive does.
Judge rejects immediately restoring AP’s access to White House
U.S. District Judge Trevor N. McFadden’s decision was only for the moment, however. He told attorneys that the issue required more exploration before ruling.
Weaver: Fix for Indiana’s police buffer law needs clearer standards
The need to protect an officer’s safety should be balanced against the rights of citizens and the media to document police work and bring attention to police abuses when they occur.
CNN defamation trial comes at a rough time for legacy media — and for the struggling network
The news outlet is on trial in Florida this week, accused of defaming a Navy veteran involved in rescuing endangered Afghans from that country when the U.S. ended its involvement there in 2021.
Alex Jones keeps Infowars for now after judge rejects The Onion’s winning auction bid
A federal judge in Texas rejected the auction sale of Alex Jones’ Infowars to The Onion satirical news outlet, criticizing the bidding for the conspiracy theory platform as flawed as well as how much money families of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary shooting stood to receive.
Auctioneer defends The Onion’s bid for Infowars as Alex Jones tries stopping sale
Jeff Tanenbaum, president of ThreeSixty Asset Advisors, was grilled by lawyers for Jones and the company in a Houston courtroom over how The Onion’s bid came to be valued at $7 million and why a live auction was not held.
The Onion’s bid for Alex Jones’ Infowars hangs in the balance as judge orders new hearing
Jones alleges fraud and collusion marred the bankruptcy auction that resulted in The Onion being named the winning bidder over a company affiliated with him. A trustee overseeing the auction denies the allegations.
Trump expected to try to halt TikTok ban, allies say
The video-sharing app faces a January deadline to find a new owner not based in China or lose access to U.S. users, under a law passed in April with bipartisan support.
Attorney general, adult websites clash in age verification lawsuit
Eleven adult content companies and a trade organization say the state of Indiana’s discovery requests in an age verification lawsuit are “invasive” and “harassing”—prompting Attorney General Todd Rokita’s office to dismiss the allegations of overreach as “outlandish.”