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Today is your last chance to secure the lowest registration rates for Mega-Conference 2025! Prices go up Tuesday, so now is the time to lock in your spot and be part of the most important gathering of newspaper executives and industry innovators.

America’s Newspapers launches Sales Management Academy

America’s Newspapers, the leading advocate for local newspapers, announced the launch of the America’s Newspapers Sales Management Academy, a new year-long program designed to equip sales leaders in family-owned small to midsize newspapers with the skills and strategies necessary to drive revenue growth across both print and digital platforms.
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Covering contentious topics, such as protests or social justice issues, can be challenging for news outlets. In the face of this, it’s important to seek out journalistic practices that are seen as credible by people across the political spectrum.
Senate Bill 227 specifies what city councils, quorum courts, and school boards can discuss outside of a public meeting. It also allows courts to nullify decisions made by a public body if those decisions violate open meetings laws. 
A federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, ruled that Google’s advertising technology unit is an illegal monopoly, in the second of two Justice Department antitrust cases against the tech giant.
Cowles Company — the multi-generational owner of The Spokesman-Review newspaper — will explore turning the newspaper into a nonprofit that partners with local school districts, regional universities and other nonprofit-based news organizations to advance the cause of local journalism, the company announced today. 
Kevin Hall, publisher of Georges Media Group, and Lori Catron, vice president, data strategy with Gannett Co., Inc., were elected yesterday by the America's Newspapers board of directors to fill two open seats on the board.
Oregon’s faltering journalism landscape could receive a significant boost if lawmakers approve a bill to require Big Tech companies including Google and Meta to pay money to local newsrooms and journalists.
After 50 years serving its members and the newspaper industry, the Inland Press Foundation, is concluding its operations and will close later this spring.
Despite a court order, a reporter and photographer from The Associated Press were barred from an Oval Office news conference on Monday with President Donald Trump and his counterpart from El Salvador, Nayib Bukele.
America’s largest newspaper chain, Gannett, will no longer publish demographic and diversity data about its workforce, and has revamped its corporate site to remove mentions of diversity.
The 2025 Mega-Conference starts next week, but there’s still time to register! This is the go-to meeting for newspaper leaders who are shaping the future of local newspapers.
The Tampa Bay Times announced on Saturday the launch of its Environment Hub, underscoring the major news source's commitment to environmental journalism across Tampa Bay and Florida. 
NTVB Media, publisher of TV Guide Magazine and TV Weekly, has worked with hundreds of newspapers for the past 40 years to provide content solutions and revenue sources.
Beyond Private Label (BPL) is a U.S.-based organization that enables companies to seamlessly and profitably offer and sell themed and custom, responsive websites to their clients and prospects in a private label manner.
One of the most valuable elements of the Mega-Conference is the depth and breadth of expertise available through our sponsors. These are more than logos on signage — they’re the people and companies helping newspapers navigate change, seize new opportunities and build for the future.
Offering diverse multilingual content types, including breaking news, indepth reports, multimedia and verified content, Reuters utilizes advanced technology to ensure fast, seamless access and distribution, simplifying the publishing process for media organizations.
Every single newsroom needs to adopt an ethics policy to guide the use of generative artificial intelligence. Why? Because the only way to create ethical standards in an unlicensed profession is to do it shop by shop.
The public and experts are far apart in their enthusiasm and predictions for AI. But they share similar views in wanting more personal control and worrying regulation will fall short.
The 92 community newspapers Jeremy Gulban owns across the U.S. bear a plea on their websites: “Don’t let our newspaper die! Subscribe today.”  Many are losing money. Lately, even paying for the paper they are printed on is a burden as a result of looming tariffs.

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