Seyfarth Shaw LLP has published a "Return to Business and Post-Pandemic Planning Checklist" to help companies prepare for the  business impacts arising from COVID-19 and as business begins to reopen. Read more and download the checklist more

Axios, which qualified for a federal Paycheck Protection Program loan to avoid layoffs, is returning the money, after nearing a deal for an alternative source of capital, Jim VandeHei, co-founder and CEO has announced. more

America's Newspapers is putting together a collection of welcome letters used by members to send to new subscribers. Send a copy of yours to cdurham@newspapers.org and we'll share the full collection with you. more

This stubborn fact faces the growing movement to save local journalism: the majority of grants and other aid may need to flow to newspapers, rather than other news media, because they deliver the majority of the news in local information ecosystems. For a 2018 report, Duke University researchers set out to document how local original news is generated and were startled to discover that while newspapers were just 25% of local news outlets, they produced more original local civic content than radio, TV and online newsrooms combined. more

Newsroom employment in the United States dropped by 23% between 2008 and 2019, according to one of 10 charts released today by the Pew Research Center on the state of newsroom employment in the United States. The information was based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Census Bureau and other sources. more

Audrey Harvin, managing editor of the Burlington County Times in Willingboro, New Jersey, has been named executive editor of the paper, as well as the Courier Post in Cherry Hill and the Daily Journal in Vineland. more

Veteran journalist Sherry Jones has been named executive editor for Gannett’s eastern region of North Carolina, overseeing the Wilmington StarNews, the Fayetteville Observer, the Jacksonville Daily News, the New Bern Sun Journal and the Kinston Free Press. more

The top editor for the Telegram & Gazette in Worcester, Massachusetts, has been promoted to also oversee the newspaper's sister outlets in Framingham, Milford and Gardner. more

Greetings from my home office in Lakewood, Colorado.   Like many of you, I am working from home during the coronavirus pandemic.  With 25 years of sales leadership experience in the media industry, I understand trying to keep as much revenue as possible right now is the most important thing to you.  I want to share some innovative ways to generate revenue to share with your advertisers during a time where most have been doing a dead-stop on all advertising. more

Cox Enterprises recently donated 6,000 disposable coveralls to Piedmont and Emory Healthcare. Six pallets of Cox Automotive coveralls typically used by workers at its auctions and by RideKleen were delivered to the hospitals.   more

In a rare production move in an industry that long ago switched massively to morning publication, the Montrose (Colorado) Daily Press is converting to an afternoon newspaper beginning May 5. more

The New York News Publishers Association is making its Law Day 2020 materials available — at no cost — to newspapers and educators across the country. The 15-part series is based on the Law Day theme: Your Vote, Your Voice, Our Democracy: The 19th Amendment at 100. It commemorates the centennial of the transformative constitutional amendment that guaranteed the right of citizens to vote would not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of sex. more

A food delivery service launched by the Silver City (New Mexico) Daily Press and Independent is helping to bring in some extra revenue for the newspaper and its drivers, while assisting local restaurants that are no longer able to serve dine-in customers. more

America's Newspapers is honored to welcome three new members: CodaVentures, Media Staffing Network and Modulist. more

NTVB Media will provide a weekly roundup of television viewing recommendations to newspapers at no charge until at least May 31.

Newspapers can access What to Watch at content.ntvbmedia.com, and each weekly edition will be available for download on the previous Friday. In addition, NTVB Media partnered with Lee Enterprises, which is providing daily versions of What to Watch that are camera-ready for newspapers. more

Special thanks to Seyfarth Shaw for providing general information for members of America's Newspapers about COVID-19, including how it is transmitted and how you can prevent infection. more

Sure, the economy is “shut down,” but … Second Street is encountering a surprising number of advertisers that are in growth mode now — because they know they will be well-positioned to take greater market share when this crisis is at last over. more

Mario Garcia said it: “You have an opportunity to be essential, and stay essential, to your audience. People will remember what you did during this (pandemic), and they will stay with you — even those who didn’t subscribe.” more

The Longmont Leader, a new digital-only news outlet serving the residents of Longmont, Colorado, will launch later this spring. The announcement was made today by Mandy Jenkins, general manager of The Compass Experiment, a local news laboratory founded by McClatchy, the second largest local news organization in the U.S., and funded by Google News Initiative's Local Experiments Project. more

The local marketing grant program launched by Lee Enterprises will be available to locally owned and operated businesses impacted by COVID-19 and will provide matching advertising credits for use in Lee print and digital publications. more