Feb. 2, 2021 - The House Government and Regulatory Reform Committee in Indiana voted 10-3 to eliminate mandatory newspaper publication of all public notices in favor of requiring localities to post notices on their website or their county's website. more

Feb. 1, 2021 - The North Dakota House of Representatives rejected a bill on Monday, Feb. 1, that would have eliminated the requirement for county or city governments to publish their bills and payments in local newspapers. more

Gannett and McClatchy have announced a new offering that will give national brands the ability to connect seamlessly and more meaningfully with local audiences across a vast multi-channel network.  more

Newspapers are often called “the first rough draft of history,” and for a century and a quarter, Wilson Times journalists have documented the community’s triumphs and tragedies, marked milestones and helped Wilsonians make informed decisions as they participate in civic life. more

In a new four-part series coming this Thursday from NPR, Embedded listeners will get to know the surviving staff of The Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland. A gunman murdered five people there in June 2018. NPR Producer Chris Benderev spent more than two years following them through trauma and triumphs. more

RJI's new director of innovation says her position "lets me help journalists create the space, provide the resources and carve out the time to address their challenges. Whether it’s revenue generation, management culture, community engagement, tool building ... I love that I get to say 'Yes!' to help journalists tackle a project or a goal or a strategy they’ve wanted to try for a while." more

“Justin’s proven ability to manage complex data-driven projects and turn editorial ambition into technical and journalistic achievement is what AP needs to push its data journalism forward,” says Troy Thibodeaux, the AP’s data science and news applications editor. more

With this new appointment, Daisy Veerasingham will have responsibility for all AP departments. This includes the company’s news, business and technology operations, all of which will report jointly to her and President and CEO Gary Pruitt. more

Bryan Stevens, a seasoned journalist and East Tennessee State University adjunct instructor with long family roots in Unicoi County, has been named managing editor of The Erwin Record in Tennessee. more

Lineup Systems' highly-anticipated subscriptions platform, “Amplio,” is now available to the media market. The platform promises to grow subscription revenue immediately by eliminating common frustrations with market competitors such as high cost and disparate data. more

Pugpig has created a comprehensive industry report covering the state of digital publishing. "The thing is," says CEO and Founder Jonny Kaldor, "while there's plenty of data flying around, we don't see many reports compiled from conversations with our industry leaders and that's where you can get real insight.  Our report aims to give an insider view into where the industry is going rather than just the data on where it currently is." more

Learn how a smart, dynamic meter helped one local media company convert casual browsers into paying subscribers and beat their new digital subscriber goal by over 500% in just 30 days. more

The latest trends and tactics in digital subscriptions are helping many publishers grow their subscriptions through increased acquisitions and lower churn rates. Analytics to identify subscription propensity, churn risk and price elasticity can help optimize these tactics. Testing of price points, offer design and targeting can further improve performance. This is a summary of the latest trends and tactics in digital subscriptions Mather Economics is observing in the market. more

Modulist team members have been providing solutions to its Forum Communications newspapers throughout North Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota and Wisconsin for more than 10 years. Through this team’s expertise and recent innovations in software development, Modulist team leaders were able to create a platform that offers a multi-prong approach to streamline the community content process. more

Adpay, owned by Ancestry.com, has been making it easier for newspapers, funeral homes and families to publish obituaries anywhere in the country through its Memoriams platform. Funeral directors have access to the nation’s only placement network of more than 3,300 publications. This full suite is free for newspapers and funeral homes. more

 After acquiring three new publications in 2018, Kansas Publishing Ventures experienced growing pains with processing public notices in a standardized way. Before KPV switched to Column, Technical Director Tommy Hornbeck described their public notice operation as "a pretty clunky, hands-on process ... with a lot of different hands."  That has all changed now! more

In her new role at USA TODAY, Kristen Go will supervise teams covering consumer news and technology, life and entertainment, travel, education and enterprise reporting focused on equity issues such as race, identity and social justice. more

Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications recently welcomed Penelope “Penny” Muse Abernathy as a visiting professor. Abernathy recently retired from the University of North Carolina Hussman School of Journalism and Media, where she served as the Knight Chair in Journalism and Digital Media Economics. more

“We believe newspapers are important to communities and the Plain Dealer & Sun has been an integral part of the North Vernon community,” said Mike Weafer, group publisher for Paxton Media Group. “We are excited and honored to have the opportunity continue publishing the Plain Dealer & Sun.” more

While newspaper deal activity slowed in 2020, quelled by the COVID-19 pandemic, 81 daily or thrice-weekly newspapers still changed hands in 19 separate transactions. Deal volume totaled $460 million. more