President of sales for the Great Lakes region for Gannett and the USA Today Network, left the Cincinna…
Quartz has appointed her to the role of chief revenue officer, responsible for the company’s advertisi…
Has been named publisher of The Natchez Democrat, Natchez the Magazine, Brookhaven Daily Leader, Brook…
Former Sentinel (Carlisle, Pennsylvania) publisher, has died at 83. Powell had been battling Alzheimer…
Rockford Register Star Editor Mark Baldwin announced his retirement effective the end of 2020.
Daily Tribune News (Cartersville, Georgia) and Chatsworth Times (Georgia) publisher, is retiring after…
In This Issue
Tribute
James E. Conley Jr., a true Renaissance Man, passed peacefully on March 20. A newspaperman, business leader, world traveler, philanthropist and art collector, he was born on August 31, 1943 in Madison, Wisconsin to James E. Conley, MD and Lillian Quirk Conley. Read more
Heinz took his first ride on a celestial "Moto Guzzi" at 6 PM on June 16, 2020, as he zoomed away from this earthly life on the most heavenly hairpin course. Read more
As the new year gets underway, a host of newspaper companies are moving to outsource their printing operations. A number of the papers making the change are owned by Gannett. These recent changes come on the heels of printing moves or planned moves at the Miami Herald, Philadelphia Inquirer,… Read more
As foreshadowed in its quarterly earnings report and call last week, Chicago-based Tribune Publishing has moved to shrink its real estate costs. Read more
Some content is now behind a paywall at the Detroit Free Press and the Detroit News. The paywall went up Aug. 12. Read more
Operational ideas in Crisis
Michigan-based NTVB Media is sharing its television expertise and content with newspapers for free from now until at least May 30, the company says. Read more
EFFECTS OF THE CORONAVIRUS ON THE INDUSTRY
• Google has launched the Journalism Emergency Relief Fund through the Google News Initiative to support small and medium-sized news organizations producing original news for local communities. The fund’s aim is to provide support in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, Google says. Operating …
HELENA — As the most consequential news story in a generation burns its way across Montana, newspapers large and small are feeling the coronavirus outbreak’s economic chill.
British Columbia’s newspaper industry has been dealt another major blow, with layoffs across the province and a much-loved local Vancouver paper halting both print and online publication indefinitely on Thursday.
he News Media Alliance and Digital Content Next call on digital advertisers and digital advertising companies to stop using keyword blocking practices that jeopardize the sustainability of high-quality journalism during this critical time. While many advertisers have decreased or ceased thei…
- Apple Plans Podcasting Subscription Service in Threat to Spotify
- More than eight-in-ten Americans get news from digital devices
- More than eight-in-ten Americans get news from digital devices
- Journalism, media, and technology trends and predictions 2021
- Google is giving $3 million to news orgs to fact-check vaccine misinformation
With all the doom and gloom these days of declining circulations, printing plant closures and presses going to the scrapyard, there are a few bright spots and success stories. One such example is Great West Newspapers of St Albert, Alberta-Canada. Being the last totally new Greenfield newspa… Read more
Even in this twilight period of newspaper production, opportunities still exist and there are some bright spots already to be noted in this new year of 2020. This past Sunday night, January 12 saw Great West Newspapers (GWN) of St Albert, Alberta begin new daily production of Postmedia’s tab… Read more
Video showing production process of the St Albert Gazette on new custom designed KBA Multi-Format Hybrid triple width press. Press design concept and Project management by Web Offset Services.
Great West Newspaper Multi-Format triple width KBA Hybrid press installation time lapse video by Web Offset Services
Custom integration of CTP with Multi-Format triple width printing press at Great West Newspapers. Press design concept and Project management by Web Offset Services
New Multi-Format triple width press installation at Great West Newspapers showing press quiet room and CTP integration into building and 6 section newspaper running at maximum 40,000 revolutions on custom designed Multi-Format KBA Hybrid press using 2 of 3 formers (running collect). Press ca…
New Multi-Format triple width press installation at Great West Newspapers showing press quiet room and CTP integration into building and 6 section newspaper running at maximum 40,000 revolutions on custom designed Multi-Format KBA Hybrid press using 3 formers (running collect). Press can run…
Custom designed operator control system featuring a catalog based production system with full workflow and pre-press integration by EAE & WOS for Multi-Format triple width Hybrid press at Great West Newspapers. Press design concept and Project management by Web Offset Services.
N&T: What technology trends are you watching for 2020?
The ING 2020 Leadership Networking Summit will be at LondonHouse Chicago hotel on the Chicago Riverfront Sept. 18–19. News & Tech is collaborating on a core component of ING program content, “All Things New.” Mary L. Van Meter, publisher of News & Tech, will cohost the inaugural “All…
N&T: What technology trends are you watching for 2020?
ING 2020 is the only gathering where “print-centric” leaders can meet, network and share best-in-class ideas, say organizers. It’s not a tradeshow; there are no booths to visit, but a leadership networking conference.
The core of the NYT will always be its newsWith the stated goal of reaching 10 million digital subscribers in the next few years, NYT has gotten a lot of buzz about its other subscription products, such as its standalone crossword app and an upcoming parenting product. Despite that, Thompson… Read more
The United States International Trade Commission will vote Aug. 28 whether to make the U.S. tariffs on Canadian paper imposed by the Trump's administration permanent. The rationale behind the decision will be made public Sept. 17. Read more
A slew of vendors showcased their products and services at the Key Executives Mega-Conference, which t… Read more
Bret Jacomet, digital director, M. Roberts Media.
Adrian Dawson-Becker, product owner, and Devlyn Brooks, president, Modulist.
Trent Covert, chief technology officer, Swift Communications.
Mike Phillips, vice president newspapers, Brent Murray, newspaper account manager, and Gil Green, regional sales manager, all from Agfa.
Don Bricker, chief operating officer, Shaw Media.
