California daily uses infographic layouts and a digital directory pairing to expand audience reach, entice advertisers and build on the popularity of its annual print medical guide. Here’s how the paper did it:  more

Maria Ravera is senior director of subscription strategy — mobile, direct marketing and digital migration for McClatchy and president of the Audience Development Media Alliance. Here she shares insights from her career, including advice for those new to the industry, how McClatchy accelerated its digital transformation and what news media means to the communities they serve. more

A survey of publishers by the Alliance for Audited Media showed that 2022, for all its discouraging headlines and disconcerting headaches, wasn’t completely void of positive news and (hopefully) heartening trends. more

With its more recent feature release, CitySpark continues its focus on providing publishers with features to generate increased digital revenue from local events.  Event promoters can now purchase promotions for their event on any or all of a publisher’s sites at the same time in a single check-out. more

Aptitude, formerly MPP Global, has been supporting publishers for over 20 years with innovative ideas to identify, engage and monetize audiences. In this article, we give our insights into what we believe will impact media businesses in 2023 and how organizations can use them to their advantage.  more

It’s fair to say that 2022 was a momentous year for news media. This post reviews our articles published in 2022 and provides an opportunity to reflect on lessons learned and discuss expectations for the year. more

Column recently launched Notice by Mail, a new service that publishers can offer their government customers to mail letters — as part of their notice process — through Column. more

In 2021, McClatchy identified gaps in its reporting — topics that would drive new audiences that the publisher didn't have the reporter power to cover. Robots were deployed for some of the bulk routine reporting of community information topics like high school sports and real estate sales. more

The speed of the high-performance KODAK MAGNUS Q800 Platesetter has been increased once again with T-speed Plus, offering a throughput of up to 84 B1 or 8-up plates per hour (pph). This marks Kodak's third speed upgrade for the MAGNUS Q800 in four years. more

Plus: What people expect from podcasts as a form of journalism, improving reporting on suicide saves lives, and the important role of Google Knowledge Panels in cueing confidence in news organizations. more

Twitter is planning to run content sponsorship deals with more than three dozen news outlets, media companies and sports leagues in the first half of this year, according to a schedule of events shared with ad partners and seen by Axios. more

Happy anniversary! more

Peter Baumann, who has served as editor of the Post Independent since late August 2019, was named publisher in December.  more

One of Oregon’s oldest operating newspapers shut down at the end of last week. more

America's Newspapers is honored to welcome a new Solutions Partner: Adroitsquare. more

CherryRoad Media has announced the promotion of industry veteran Lee Bachlet to the role of chief operating officer. more

Joel Simon, who has worked tirelessly as a champion of press freedom around the world, will join the Newmark J-School on Feb. 1 as the founding director of the Journalism Protection Initiative. more

As the Herald and News bid 2022 farewell and greeted the new year, the staff met its new publisher and said goodbye to the long-standing head of the newspaper. more

As a photojournalist in Texas for the past 18 years, Lisa Krantz has photographed the aftermath of five mass shootings, including the one at First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, where 26 were killed, including several children, in a tiny, wooden church near San Antonio.  more

What would greater access provide the American public? The answer depends on who you ask. more