The newspaper seller position is still a strong career choice, according to the results of the 2021 Newspaper Sales Compensation Study. The survey shows that more newspapers are utilizing separate sales staffs for digital and the average size of sales teams remained relatively constant. more

Lincoln (Nebraska) Journal Star President and Publisher Ava Thomas will succeed Julie Bechtel as president and publisher of the Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald, effective Nov. 1. Thomas also was named group publisher for Lee properties in Nebraska and Iowa, and she’ll remain president and publisher in Lincoln. more

Nov. 11, 2021 - The Local Journalism Sustainability Act carries the opportunity to significantly impact even the smallest communities across the United States. Three industry executives — Michael Gebhart, Matt McMillan and Leonard Woolsey — shared their thoughts with America’s Newspapers about the industry’s need for the temporary tax credit that the LJSA would offer.  more

Google is struggling to persuade some of America’s largest publishers to sign up to its News Showcase aggregation scheme, an investigation by Press Gazette has found. more

A shortage of truckers and blockade bottlenecks have put a crimp on newsprint deliveries to the nation’s newspapers. more

Mark Millsap will oversee the daily operations of the Jefferson City News Tribune, Fulton Sun, California Democrat and HER Magazine, along with CMNI's commercial printing facility. more

Alec Etheredge has been named interim general manager of Shelby County Newspapers, Inc. (SCNI). more

Ron Nixon has been promoted to a new leadership role with The Associated Press: vice president for news, investigative, enterprise and grants and partnerships. more

Women journalists and journalists of color are particularly vulnerable to online harassment, research shows. Many advocates and researchers have called on news organizations to protect journalists when they're attacked on social media. more

"Thousands of journalists and media outlets use TikTok to share news stories. Millions of Americans use it to consume news. And who knows how many sources find reporters through using the app." — Seth Stern, Freedom of the Press Foundation more

Belinda Mills has been named southwest regional group publisher for the Osteen Media Group. She will oversee all aspects of OMG’s New Mexico holdings, including the Bulletin and Desert Exposure, as well as future expansion efforts. more

A small central Kansas police department is facing a torrent of criticism for raiding a local newspaper’s office and the home of its owner and publisher, seizing computers and cellphones, and, in the publisher’s view, stressing his 98-year-old mother enough to cause her weekend death. more

Here are four actionable insights for publishers feeling spread thin and struggling to create a more manageable workload. more

A long-time journalist with strong ties to central Ohio has been picked to be the new leader of The Columbus Dispatch. more

How much do your journalists know about your newspaper’s digital business? In this piece, The Lenfest Institute’s Matt Skibinski answers: Not much. So he goes about explaining the key digital metrics every journalists should understand such as Customer Lifetime Value, RPM, marginal ad revenue and subscription influence ratings. more

“Just the FAQs LIVE: Conversations about Coronavirus” is hosted by Megan Finnerty, founder and director of the Storytellers Project and Storytellers Brand Studio at Gannett. The live episodes will run roughly 30 minutes and will include a round-robin report bringing together local Gannett journalists to share what is happening in their communities and an established thought leader or expert to share insights on COVID-19. more

The University of North Carolina Hussman School of Journalism and Media has established a new executive-in-residence program to honor Carolina alumnus Frank A. Daniels Jr. ‘53, the legendary president and publisher of The News & Observer in Raleigh, North Carolina. more

Paul Provost previously served as publisher and president of the Telegram & Gazette in Worcester, Massachusetts, when it was owned by GateHouse Media Inc. more

When the pandemic first hit, The Associated Press was in a unique position to help its members — and their readers — understand all the different metrics and data points that quickly became part of the global vernacular. Here's a look at how AP’s data team — in collaboration with local reporters and the health and science beat team — approached this in two ways. more

Paige Masten, a 2021 graduate of UNC and the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media, wrote a column published Monday (in The Charlotte Observer) about objectivity, Nikole Hannah-Jones and the journalism principles championed by Walter Hussman Jr., a prominent UNC donor. Hussman replied with this letter to Masten, which was published in The Charlotte Observer with his permission. more