Beginning next week, the Clinton (Iowa) Herald will publish printed editions three days a week – on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The first Wednesday without a print edition will be May 13; the first Friday without will be May 15. more

Americans support directing federal money to local news organizations as part of coronavirus relief efforts, according to the results of an April 14-20 Gallup/Knight Foundation survey focused on the coronavirus situation, part of Knight Foundation’s Trust, Media and Democracy initiative. Sixty-five percent are in favor of including money to help local news organizations in coronavirus relief aid, while 34% are opposed. Eighty-seven percent of Democrats, 60% of independents and 43% of Republicans favor federal assistance to local news organizations. more

Every industry is now being disrupted. A first step is to replace the prevailing models that lead to complacency and slow deterioration of business. A first question to ask yourself: What makes us unique? A first route to the answer: Ask outside people, outside your industry, outside your usual audience and outside your generation. more

Google, Facebook and Amazon: Compete or collaborate? In a word, both. With many newspapers offering digital advertising agencies, they must partner with Big Tech since they use their platforms. But they also compete, largely from the news side, as they want to drive traffic back from search or social media platforms to their own sites. Newspapers are also competing for advertising revenue. more

Rick Armon has been named editor of The Canton (Ohio) Repository. He most recently served as editor of two other Ohio newspapers: The Daily Record in Wooster and the  Ashland Times-Gazette. more

The Tampa Bay Times has named Graham Brink as its next editor of editorials, succeeding Tim Nickens who had previously announced plans to retire at the end of May. more

Jimmy Ruff, long-time production manager of The Clanton (Alabama) Advertiser, has retired. His last day was April 30. more

H. Brandt "Brandy" Ayers, the small-town publisher who turned The Anniston Star into a voice for integration in the 1960s, died Sunday, May 3, friends and family members say. He was 85.  more

WEHCO Media, Inc. has been approved for $12.3 million in Paycheck Protection Program loans through the U.S. Small Business Administration. more

The Daily Clintonian, which ceased publication on April 10, 2020, has been purchased with the intent to restart the newspaper, according to John Thomas Cribb of Cribb, Greene & Cope who represented the Carey family in the sale to Don L. Hurd, president of Hoosier Media Group, Hometown Media and Heartland Media Group.  more

Congratulations to the 2020 Pulitzer Prize winners!  We are so proud to see so many of our members on this list. more

Mike Gebhart, who has served as COO and executive vice president of Southern Community Newspapers Inc. since November 2007, has purchased a majority share in the company's properties.  This includes the Albany (Ga.) Herald, plus Gwinnett, Conyers, Newton, Clayton, Henry, and Butts County newspapers and multiple digital sites that currently make up the Southern Community Newspapers family of publications. more

"We thank you," the ad read, "for your dedication to providing our community, local businesses and charities with up-to-date news and resources as we strive to support one another during this challenging time.  Let's stay together and stay strong!" more

Publication of the News-Sentinel page for Fort Wayne, Indiana, has been suspended by Fort Wayne Newspapers, a move it said was necessitated by the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic. more

Lee Walls, president and CEO of Walls Newspapers and owner of The Bolivar Commercial, said: “It is a sad thing to have to announce, and it is something I’ve spent years and a great deal of money, trying to avoid.” more

The coronavirus pandemic has uprooted all of us, forcing businesses to close and hundreds of layoffs. In the first week of April, more than 6 million Americans filed for unemployment, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Nu Yang, editor-in-chief of Editor & Publisher, spoke with several news leaders about this fallout. This is what they shared. more

McClatchy has launched a text-to-speech audio feature that will offer readers the option to listen to news content produced by its 30 newsrooms across the country. This is part of McClatchy's strategy in the audio space, which includes initiatives in smart speakers, audio search and podcasts. McClatchy is the first local news media company with a national reach to launch text-to-speech technology.  more

In remarks delivered yesterday during a Kindred livestream panel, McClatchy CEO Craig Forman talked about the advantages of advertisers using local news brands to promote their products and messages.  "News isn't monolithic," he said. "We have to dispel the notion that news is this vast bucket and it's all the same … We have a powerful platform that allows national advertisers to connect with local audiences." more

All newspapers are invited to download and publish this editorial cartoon, created by Rob Tornoe for America's Newspapers, in honor of World Press Freedom Day. more

America's Newspapers appreciates the efforts extended by members to reach out to their congressional leaders to encourage the expansion of the Payroll Protection Program to include local news sources and to re-direct dollars for advertising spends to local news providers.  Your voices are being heard!

A letter signed by 124 Democrats and Republicans advocating for new federal funding to support local news was sent April 29 to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. It pushes to protect local news publishers and broadcasters in the next COVID-19 relief package. more