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MOREMorris Publishing Group acquires Trend Publications
Morris Publishing Group, LLC has acquired Trend Publications, LLC, which includes the state-wide monthly business publication, Georgia Trend, several annual publications, georgiatrend.com and other print, digital and event assets. Trend Publications will join the newly formed Morris Business Media, LLC, that is a subsidiary of Morris Publishing Group, LLC.
MORECan small community newspapers successfully launch digital ad agencies?
What is the future of newspaper advertising departments in small, low-growth communities? Can the print sales reps at these newspapers become digital advertising experts? JoAnn Sciarrino, Knight Chair in Digital Advertising and Marketing at the University of North Carolina, explores these questions in a case study on The Whiteville News Reporter, a Pulitzer-Prize-Winning, twice-weekly paper with a print circulation of 10,000.
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NEWSCYCLE Solutions announces that NEWSCYCLE Mobile will be featured in the new Amazon Alexa agencies and developer tools page. The Amazon web page highlights agencies, developers and tool builders that work directly with clients to deliver content on Amazon Alexa devices. The page also serves as a reference guide for companies looking for assistance in building Alexa skills.
MOREMorris Newspapers buys Monroe Publishing
Morris Newspaper Corporation has purchased the assets of Monroe Publishing from Bliss Communications. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The acquisition included The Monroe Times, serving Wisconsin's Green and Lafayette counties, as well as two free weekly papers: the Monroe (Wis.) Shopping News and the Freeport (Ill.) Shopping News.
MOREDix Communications sells to GateHouse Media
The Dix family, owner of Dix Communications, has sold their five daily newspapers, 18 weekly publications and related websites in northeastern and east-central Ohio to GateHouse Media, according to John Cribb, Cribb, Greene & Cope who represented the Dix family in the transaction.
MOREPF Media Technologies rebrands as News Hub Media
On Feb. 1, PF Media Technologies announced a full company rebrand as News Hub Media (NHM). The new NHM brand reflects an expanded software portfolio that addresses media client needs throughout the whole creative and production process.
MOREWhy are Mississippi's small-town newspapers thriving?
Deer Creek Pilot Editor and Publisher Ray Mosby talks about the ups and downs of owning and operating a weekly newspaper in a small community. Justin Sellers/The Clarion-Ledger
MOREFinalists selected for Mega-Innovation Award
Learn from these innovative companies at the Key Executives Mega-Conference. Register today.
MOREVoice Media Group offers LA Weekly for sale
The Voice Media Group has announced that as part of the ongoing diversification of its portfolio it is putting the storied LA Weekly up for sale.
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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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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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