McClatchy acquires The (Durham, NC) Herald-Sun from Paxton Media Group
McClatchy has acquired the assets and operations of The Herald-Sun in Durham, N.C., including related digital assets, from the Paducah, Kentucky-based Paxton Media Group, which has owned the publication since 2004. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
MOREWhat's your idea? Apply now for 2017-2018 RJI Fellowships
The Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute invites proposals from people and institutions to collaborate with it on innovative ideas and projects to improve the practice or understanding of journalism. Special consideration is being given this year to ideas and projects focused on solving problems created by filter bubbles, fake news and mistrust of the news media; however, they also invite submission of other ideas and projects that could strengthen democracy through better journalism.
MOREPublic notice bill stalls in New Jersey
NJ.com reported Monday, Dec. 19, that a vote has been postponed on a bill to end the state's requirement that businesses and local governments place legal ads in newspapers and allow them to post the notices online.
MORENEWSCYCLE Solutions launches new mobile flash briefings for Amazon Echo, Tap and Dot
NEWSCYCLE Solutions announces the release of a new mobile software platform that allows media companies to produce flash briefings on Amazon Alexa-powered smart speaker devices. Flash briefings are quick overviews of news updates, breaking stories and other customizable content that Amazon Alexa can read to users.
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Update on overtime rule
The Department of Labor has appealed the nationwide preliminary injunction that halted the planned Dec. 1 implementation date of the overtime rule. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit will hear the appeal on an expedited basis. Briefing of the issue will be complete by Jan. 31 – 11 days after the inauguration of President Donald Trump.
MORENew Media completes the acquisition of Harris Enterprises
New Media Investment Group Inc. has completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Harris Enterprises Inc.
Dirks, Van Essen & Murray, a merger and acquisition firm based in Santa Fe, N.M., represented Harris Enterprises in the sale.
MOREThree Iowa daily newspapers sell to Cedar Rapids Media Company
Cedar Rapids Media Company has purchased the assets of three Iowa daily newspapers including The Fairfield Ledger, Mount Pleasant News and Washington Evening Journal from the Murray family, according to Managing Director John Cribb of Cribb, Greene & Cope who represented the Murray family in the transaction.
MORETwo Arkansas newspapers sold
Argent Arkansas News Media has purchased the Forrest City Times-Herald and the Marianna Courier-Index from Weston and Kevin Lewey, according to Randy Cope of Cribb, Greene & Cope, who represented Times-Herald Publishing Company, Inc. in the transaction.
MORENEWSCYCLE Solutions delivers new content targeting module in ONSET 2016-4
Latest ONSET release adds new functionality for personalized content recommendations, audience analytics, ad serving and messaging.
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New York newspapers have major legislative success
After a more than two-year battle, the New York News Publishers Association (NYNPA) and its members have succeeded in passing legislation to make it much easier to prove the independent contractor status of newspaper carriers under the state's unemployment, workers' compensation, and wage and hour laws.
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We have a new website:
www.newspapers.org
America's Newspapers – the association formed from the merger of the Inland Press Association and Southern Newspaper Publishers Association – was ceremonially launched October 6 at its inaugural annual meeting in Chicago.
Dean Ridings will be its chief executive officer, effective Nov. 11.
America's Newspapers unites two of the oldest press associations to form one of the industry's largest advocates for newspapers and the many benefits to their communities, civil life, freedom of expression and democracy.
"Newspaper journalism provides a voice for the voiceless, challenges elected officials, shines a light on government, calls for change when change is needed, and exposes corruption and injustice," said Chris Reen, the president and publisher of The Gazette in Colorado Springs who will serve as the first president of America's Newspapers.
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New association launches today;
SNPA-Inland merger is complete
A new association formed by the consolidation of SNPA and the Inland Press Association was officially launched today. The name of the new association will be announced on Oct. 6 at the association's first annual meeting in Chicago.
Edward VanHorn, SNPA's executive director, said that the merger unites two of the country's oldest press associations into a progressive new organization that will use its bigger and more powerful voice to be an unapologetic advocate for newspapers.
MoreSNPA's staunchest advocate honored for 43 years of service
Edward VanHorn, who went to work for SNPA 43 years ago straight out of the University of North Carolina, will be honored at next week's SNPA-Inland Annual Meeting as this year's recipient of the Frank W. Mayborn Leadership Award. The award is named for the Texas newspaperman who helped shape SNPA in the early 1950s and served as president from 1961 to 1962.
"He's been that silent leader behind the newspaper industry and SNPA," said SNPA President PJ Browning, president and publisher of The Post and Courier in Charleston, S.C. "We're honored to have the opportunity to give him this award as he's retiring. We thought it was very fitting."
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