Bill Parsons, publisher of the Porterville (California) Recorder, has announced plans to retire.  His last day with the Recorder will be in August. more

The agreement filed by McClatchy with the US. Bankruptcy Court outlines that the entirety of the 30 McClatchy news organizations will move seamlessly to the new ownership structure. All employees will be offered their current job with new McClatchy, with equivalent compensation, benefits and full credit for service years.

As part of the transition, Chairman Kevin McClatchy, President and CEO Craig Forman and fellow board directors announced plans to depart from the company when the transaction closes by the end of the third quarter. more

Effective next week, the Times Observer of Warren, Pennsylvania, and The Minot Daily News in North Dakota will have new publishers. Both newspapers are published by Ogden Newspapers. more

Granite Publications has announced the passing of Jim Chionsini, president and founder of Granite Publications. more

America's Newspapers' Dean Ridings joined Borrell Associates this week for a podcast discussion about how the industry will generate enough funds to sustain its biggest competitive advantage: well-staff newsrooms. Listen to the podcast. more

J. Louis Mullen has purchased the Emmons County Record in Linton, North Dakota, and the Prairie Pioneer in Pollock, South Dakota, from long-time owners Allan and Leah Burke. more

Early findings from a research study conducted by the Tennessee Press Service and Coda Ventures shows that more than 8 out of 10 adults in Tennessee are depending on newspapers to provide accurate and trustworthy information in this time of COVID-19. more

The New York Times Company has announced that its chief operating officer, Meredith Kopit Levien, will succeed Mark Thompson as president and chief executive officer, effective Sept. 8.  Kopit Levien, 49, will join The Times Company’s board and Thompson will step down as an officer and director of The Times Company. more

Pulse is launching a new survey to help determine the impact of COVID-19 on local shopping intentions. more

Shannon J. Allen has been named the publisher of The Sand Mountain Reporter in Albertville, Alabama. more

Leona Allen, a Dallas native and longtime editor at The Dallas Morning News, is being elevated to a new position of deputy publisher responsible for diversity and inclusion across the company. more

Times-Journal Inc., parent company of the Rome (Georgia) News-Tribune, will begin printing six other Georgia newspapers at the company’s press facilities in Rome. more

Employees of The Dallas (Texas) Morning News and its sister publication Al Día have asked A.H. Belo Co. to recognize the Dallas News Guild as a unit of The NewsGuild-Communications Workers of America. The guild would cover more than 100 journalists across all departments of the newsroom. more

After changing its usage rules last month to capitalize the word “Black” when used in the context of race and culture, The Associated Press on Monday said it would not do the same for “white.” more

Multimedia journalists can’t stay outside the fray if they want to tell stories that are impactful and visually appealing. That was certainly true for The Atlanta (Georgia) Journal-Constitution’s Alyssa Pointer, who found herself at the center of the action (and not for the first time) when covering protests over racial injustice and police brutality in Atlanta. For her work, she was presented this week with the highest honor for a Cox Enterprises employee, the Governor James M. Cox Award. more

Arkansas Life, a quarterly lifestyle and culture magazine published by WEHCO Media, owner of the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, has halted publication, citing financial fallout from the pandemic. more

If ever there was a time to figure out the role of local media in building more equitable, resilient economies — and the role of local economies in building more equitable and resilient local media — this is it. more

Gabe Whisnant, who joined the Spartanburg (South Carolina) Herald-Journal three years ago as assistant managing editor/digital editor, has been named news director. more

As The Post and Courier Myrtle Beach announces new hires for its Myrtle Beach operation, Publisher P.J. Browning and Chief Revenue/Marketing Officer Chris Zoeller talk with E&P's Mike Blinder about the paper's plans to expand.  View podcast. more

Newsrooms are looking for leadership. Here are five time-tested leadership tactics and how to best apply them in this period of uncertainty. One tactic is to communicate clearly and often. more