As many as 844 Michigan employees of the Journal Register Co. could lose their jobs if the media company successfully sells most of its assets. In a filing with the state, Journal Register, whose newspapers include the Macomb Daily, Oakland Press, Mount Pleasant Morning Star and downriver News Herald, said it plans to lay off 844 workers in mid-April after it sells most of its assets to 21st CMH Acquisition Co. 

The Canadian Media Guild is reaching out to freelancers to help them organize in the face of demands from Transcontinental Media, publisher of magazines that include Elle Canada and The Hockey News, as well as dozens of community newspapers. The company essentially wants freelancers to hand over all rights to their work product, as full-time employees and highly paid contractors do. But the catch is that freelancers would still be paid much lower rates.

Ruling against New York City officials, who wanted access to unreleased footage from "Central Park Five," a U.S. District Court judge has upheld the filmmakers' argument that the movie was constructed as independent, investigative journalism. "“It’s a marvelous decision for documentary filmmakers and point-of-view journalists,” said Ken Burns’ lawyer, John Siegal. “And it’s an important victory for the media industry generally.”