Due to the evolving situation regarding the COVID-19 virus, Our Hometown feels it is important to remind its customers of the “Breaking News” features supported on its websites so they are able to quickly relay important information to readers as needed. more

Many publications are experiencing reduced circulation due to the impacts of the coronavirus. To provide greater transparency to buyers, the Alliance for Audited Media says publishers may explain how the pandemic impacted their circulation in the applicable publisher’s statements and quarterly data reports. more

In this legal update, William Eck of Seyfarth Shaw outlines the parameters of the eligibility for a low interest loan for small businesses, small agricultural and most nonprofits under the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act. more

To assist businesses hurt by the new coronavirus, some Gannett papers are offering free multimedia advertising packages and discounted marketing programs to help those businesses extend their advertising message. more

Gannett's new platform enables local communities to provide their favorite businesses with much needed resources. more

Publisher Terri Leifeste has left the Columbia (Missouri) Daily Tribune to lead a group of privately owned newspapers. She has been succeeded by Joseph Leong. more

McClatchy is publishing a daily electronic Coronavirus Guide in each of its markets to help keep readers knowledgeable about the disease and how best to protect themselves and those they care about. McClatchy plans to continue publishing this resource in its eEditions for as long as it’s needed. more

At the bottom of every story related to the coronavirus, The Dallas Morning News attaches a widget that directs users to people and organizations in their community who can provide needed assistance. This widget also is being made available to other newspapers. more

America’s Newspapers and Editor & Publisher have launched Media Virus Watch as an online source for the latest COVID-19 information. Send contributions for the site to cdurham@newspapers.org more

A new "What's open?" app from Creative Circle Media Solutions is a self-service module allowing businesses, schools and government agencies to indicate whether they are open or closed using a simple form that then displays that information on websites using widgets. Newspaper staffs can also create or edit listings through the back end of the app. more

In this edition of “Herald Headlines,” Executive Editor Phillip O’Connor talks about The Daily Herald’s commitment to covering the coronavirus crisis and urges residents to support the work of the newspaper's dedicated journalists. more

Crystal Childers, veteran advertising executive, has been promoted to general manager of the Duncan (Oklahoma) Banner. Her appointment is effective immediately.  more

The wave of self-isolation has changed the Daily Journal lifestyle sections dramatically. While much of the coverage until literally two or three weeks ago centered around events in Kankakee and its surrounding, those events have gone away — for the moment at least. more

Kudos to the Silver City Daily Press in New Mexico, which announced this week that it will not stop delivery for customers who find themselves temporarily unable to pay their subscriptions during this COVID-19 health crisis. more

The Madison (Indiana) Courier, which was acquired in February by Paxton Media Group, has appointed a new editor and advertising manager. more

Day in and day out, newspapers bind communities together, enhancing civic life and informing, entertaining and educating their local audiences. But it is during crises that newspapers prove their mettle. Newspapers are especially essential in this COVID-19 public health crisis. more

The Daily News (Jacksonville, North Carolina) has announced that publisher Mike Distelhorst will be leaving the company April 3. Marsha Brown, an HR business partner, is assuming leadership of The Daily News. more

Publisher Jim Porter has told his staff his last day in that role will be April 17, while Executive Editor Rich Desrosiers has submitted his resignation, effective March 27. more

The Oak Ridger in Tennessee has announced that Publisher Darrell Richardson, an Anderson County native, will be leaving the company no later than Friday, April 3. The publisher’s position at Oak Ridge, and in other selected Gannett markets, has been eliminated. more

Employees of Osteen Publishing Company were given links to the America's Newspapers coronavirus page and to the CDC website as sites that are "pertinent to our industry's situation, so please refer to them regularly for updates in the coming days." more