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When Seattle Times Co. president Alan Fisco kicked off 2019 with an editorial reflection on the past year, he listed lessons the news organization had learned and how he planned to leverage those lessons in the New Year. Among those initiatives was …
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Gretchen A. Peck
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3/18/19
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The business of newspapers is no longer competitive. While most towns may still have a local community newspaper, very few have two. Now, the culture is more collaborative, with publishers willing to work together, and share both their challenges …
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Gretchen A. Peck
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3/11/19
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The Hershey Lodge and Convention Center will host this year’s America East. America East is set to return April 1-3 in Hershey, Pa. at the Hershey Lodge and Convention Center. Administered by the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association (PNA), more than …
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Nu Yang
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3/5/19
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[metaslider id="196179"] The stakes were high at this year’s Key Executives Mega-Conference in Las Vegas Feb. 25-27. More than 700 news industry leaders attended the show, hosted by the Inland Press Association, Local Media Association, Southern …
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Nu Yang
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3/4/19
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This year’s list of 10 Newspapers That Do It Right recognizes some of the most diverse ideas out there today. From an augmented reality app to a video studio, some of these publications are thinking outside the box, experimenting with strategies …
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Nu Yang and Evelyn Mateos
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3/4/19
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Depending on your perspective and where things have personally taken you, this past year has proven to be fairly eventful for our industry. Driven by the all too familiar newsroom layoffs, newspaper closings, cutbacks, broad range RIFs and …
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Jerry Simpkins
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2/19/19
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How Newspapers are Popping the Social Media Bubble to Filter Through Bots, Trolls and Misinformation
Ever since social media sites like Facebook and Twitter surpassed print newspapers as a main source of news for many Americans, editors have had to find new and creative ways of dealing with the digital elephant in the room. The issue has gained a …
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Natalie Hope McDonald
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2/18/19
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Nowadays, with so much technology available to us (and in the works), it seems like we are closer than ever to living the futuristic life the Jetsons once portrayed on TV—and this year will certainly follow suit as we see new technology trends …
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Evelyn Mateos
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2/11/19
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Cybercrime continues to be a major problem, but to most people it involves stolen data like credit card numbers. A growing problem has been ad fraud, which is less well-known. However, it has reached a point where law enforcement is taking it …
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Peter Suciu
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2/4/19
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The 2019 Mega-Conference will take place at the Paris Las Vegas. (Photo provided) This year’s Key Executives Mega-Conference will have plenty on its schedule, including new programming tracks, and more workshops and sessions built around the theme …
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Nu Yang
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2/1/19
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I’m not quite sure how far back the discussion (aka argument) goes regarding gray bars and achieving gray balance on press through their use in newspapers. Many articles I have read go back well into the 1980s and I’m fairly sure the debate went …
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Jerry Simpkins
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1/17/19
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For many of their users, mobile messaging apps are just expedient little tools for texting and sharing photos or videos with friends who use the same app. The fact that those messages and content are encrypted is just an added a perk. But for …
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Gretchen A. Peck
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1/14/19
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The reporter who won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for feature writing initially thought she was in Charleston, S.C. to chronicle the lives of nine church-goers who died in 2015 when a stranger with a Glock murdered them while they were praying. The …
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Angela Morris
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1/7/19
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When Dictionary.com announced its 2018 Word of the Year was misinformation, I’m sure many of us in the news industry were not surprised. Dictionary.com defines misinformation as “false information that is spread, regardless of whether there is …
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Nu Yang
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1/2/19
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It’s no surprise to any of us that circulation of our daily papers is being challenged daily. While I personally feel things are bottoming out and the freefall is slowing, we continue with a downward trend. I feel we’re zeroing in on a stable …
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Jerry Simpkins
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12/17/18
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When New York Times investigative reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, along with the New Yorker’s Ronan Farrow, told the world about Harvey Weinstein’s chronic sexual harassment history and abuses of power as a Hollywood producer, it ignited …
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Rachael Garcia
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12/10/18
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What’s harder than landing an advertising client? These days, it’s likely more challenging to find a salesperson with the right skill set and the necessary dedication. And once you do find them, how do you keep them in such a competitive market? …
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Sharon Knolle
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12/3/18
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Mark Twain has been credited with the quote “Never argue with a man who buys ink by the barrel.” Many other famous wordsmiths have been credited with this saying, including H.L. Mencken and Ben Franklin. The basic premise of the saying seems to …
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Jerry Simpkins
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11/19/18
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“Location, location, location,” a saying that has been around in the real estate world since the 1920s, couldn’t be truer today when it comes to mobile-based apps. Location could be a huge opportunity for publishers and advertisers alike—but …
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Peter Suciu
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11/13/18
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Businesses are rushing to register trademarks ahead of what one lawyer calls the biggest shakeup to the regime in decades. Controversial amendments to the Trade-marks Act, expected to take effect in 2019, will eliminate the requirement for …
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Michael McKiernan
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11/6/18
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