By the end of 2021, the Kansas City Star will move from its downtown building. The McClatchy paper recently sold the  building to Ambassador Hospitality, LLC and has entered into a lease-back agreement, while it looks for new, smaller office space. more

The interim role that Paul Pham was appointed to with the South Florida Sun Sentinel and Orlando Sentinel after Publisher Nancy Meyer left the papers last month has now become permanent. more

Chris Stegman has been named chief revenue officer of The Salt Lake Tribune, with responsibility for The Tribune’s subscription, advertising and marketing efforts — online and in print. more

“There was a time when newspapers put their content online for free, but that is no longer a viable business model,” said Missy Feiler, general manager of the Adams Publishing Group that includes the Daily Union, Watertown Daily Times and Hometown News Group. more

Next week's move to the Salina Board of Trade Building will help the Salina Journal keep building maintenance costs down and enable the staff to better serve the community. more

Ricki Pryor, who has spearheaded efforts to strengthen the Richmond Register's digital footprint and visual storytelling through the use of video, has been promoted to editor. more

Seyfarth Shaw's post-election report focuses on some scenarios that may be relevant to employers in a Biden administration, with some discussion of what the Trump administration has done, or would likely do, in the somewhat unlikely case that he prevails. more

The Courier & Press of Evansville, Indiana, has named its first female executive editor in the 175-year history of the paper. more

Carlton Charles, who currently serves as vice president and treasurer at Hearst, has been named senior vice president, treasury and risk management. more

Paul Farrell has been named group publisher of Lee Enterprises' 13 Virginia markets. He will retain his role as president and publisher of the Richmond Times-Dispatch. more

Lee Enterprises has named Michael Distelhorst president and director of local advertising sales for the Daily Journal in Park Hills, Missouri. He succeeds General Manager Melissa Bellew, who has left the company. more

Dan Adams has been appointed president and director of local sales and marketing for the Central Illinois Publishing Group of Lee Enterprises, which includes The Pantagraph in Bloomington, the Herald & Review in Decatur and the Journal-Gazette & Times-Courier in Charleston-Mattoon. more

The Fort Worth NewsGuild will be a unit of The NewsGuild-Communications Workers of America. more

Marc Wilson, chairman emeritus of TownNews, the digital services company he co-founded more than 30 years ago, has been elected  president of the Inland Press Foundation. Joyce McCullough, former president of Miller Media Group in LaSalle, Illinois, was elected vice president of the foundation. more

Publisher Vince Johnson said Kareem Wilson's new position as multimedia reporter and audience development manager will make The Sumter Item's coverage "more valuable to our subscribers, advertisers and community partners." more

Hub Brown has been named dean of the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, effective July 1. He will succeed Diane McFarlin, who will retire at the end of this year after having served eight years in that role. more

"If I were still a publisher," Tom Silvestri, former publisher of the Richmond Times-Dispatch writes in this column for The Relevance Project, " I’d consider reprinting (Senator Maria Cantwell's recent report on local journalism) as a series, with local sidebars about my market." more

“It is with mixed feelings that we sold this group of newspapers which our company has owned for many years,” said Michael Abernathy, president of Landmark Community Newspapers. “In today’s challenging times, we came to the decision that the communities we serve and our employees in the Denver area would be better served being part of a larger Denver-based newspaper group." more

Steven Stiefel was named publisher of The Times-Journal in Fort Payne, Alabama, this week to succeed Tricia Clinton-Dunne, who stepped down to become city treasurer at Fort Payne City Hall. more

"Newspapers are truly an indispensable part of every healthy community," Dean Ridings, CEO of America's Newspapers said in response to the report issued by Senator Maria Cantwell, ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. Her report calls local journalism "essential for healthy communities, competitive marketplaces and a thriving democracy." more