Column, the public notice software company used by hundreds of news organizations and thousands of government agencies and legal professionals, has announced a strategic leadership transition designed to position the company for its next chapter of growth and product innovation. more

Kolby Jensen has been named director of circulation and Ryan Jerman was appointed digital marketing product manager of The Spokesman-Review. more

Hearst has announced that Uvie Bikomo, formerly audience development editor at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, has been named editor of the Beaumont (Texas) Enterprise. Bikomo will lead the editorial side of the newspaper and its digital products. more

Scott Adams, whose popular comic strip “Dilbert” captured the frustration of beleaguered, white-collar cubicle workers and satirized the ridiculousness of modern office culture until he was abruptly dropped from syndication in 2023 for racist remarks, has died. He was 68. more

Neice Bell’s more than 45 years in newspapers — which began in a Kerrville closet as a typesetter in 1979 — will wrap at the end of May as she finishes her second tenure as publisher of the New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung. more

Chad Day is AP’s new director of elections operations. Currently AP’s chief elections analyst and a decision editor, he will move into this new role overseeing the collection, editing and publication of the core data products that make up the AP Elections business. more

Starting on Jan. 15, Maggie Hyde will take over as global planning director for The Associated Press, reporting to Vice President of News Gathering Paul Haven. more

Cox Enterprises appointed Barry Ohlson as senior vice president of Public Policy and Government Affairs, effective Jan. 1. In this role, Ohlson leads Cox’s public policy office, representing the company’s voice in government and policy matters. more

Gabriela Sá Pessoa, who has covered a wide range of stories for AP since early 2024, is joining AP’s climate team as an Amazon correspondent. more

Wick Communications is pleased to announce the appointment of Heather Mayer as the new publisher of the Nogales International, effective Feb. 1. In her new capacity, Mayer will also assume oversight of the Daily Territorial in Tucson. more

David O. Williams, a journalist in the Eagle River Valley since 1991, has returned to the Vail (Colorado) Daily in the role of business editor. more

Hugh Osteen (Hubert Graham Osteen III) has served as Osteen Media Group’s chief operating officer since 2021. Effective Jan. 1, he has been named chief executive officer. more

In a memo to staff, it was announced that Steven Sloan has rejoined the Washington bureau, where he will report and write about the nexus between politics, the White House, Congress and policy. Sloan returns to the bureau after a year-long assignment as AP’s director of news strategy, where he led work on grant-funded journalism initiatives. more

After seven years leading the Vail Daily’s newsroom and nearly four years serving as the director of audience growth and content for Swift Communications’ 11 mountain resort publications, Nate Peterson is logging off.  more

Steve Jameson has accepted the position of Illinois Press Association president and CEO, replacing Don Craven who resigned in October. He will start the position on Jan. 5. more

The Villages Daily Sun, the tenth-largest daily printed newspaper in America, has named Dan Sprung as publisher. Sprung, who has served as the newspaper’s general manager since 2020, succeeds Philip J. Markward, who is assuming an executive consultant role after 29 years at the newspaper’s helm. more

The Houston Chronicle has named Edward McGee as its new director of video and visual storytelling, a role that will guide how the newsroom uses video and visual reporting to tell Houston’s stories in deeper, more engaging ways. more

The Villages Daily Sun, the tenth-largest daily printed newspaper in America, has named Dan Sprung as publisher. Sprung, who has served as the newspaper’s general manager since 2020, succeeds Philip J. Markward, who is assuming an executive consultant role after 29 years at the newspaper’s helm. more

Peter Baniak, a veteran journalist and news executive with more than 30 years of experience in Kentucky, will join the University of Kentucky School of Journalism and Media Jan. 1 as the School’s inaugural Al Cross Faculty Fellow and Visiting Professional.   more

The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University has named longtime media innovator Andy Pergam as the new executive director of the Knight Center for the Future of News. more