Shirley Calkins Ellis, a second-generation co-owner and vice president of Calkins Media, has died. She was 82.
The company said she died of natural causes at her home in Riverton, N.J., on Nov. …
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12/30/16
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With the acquisition of Calkins Media’s over-the-top (OTT) and mobile app technology, TownNews.com now offers the video technology that enables newspapers and other media to provide branded …
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12/29/17
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Martha Arnold Susong (Arne) Jones—a co-owner of The Greeneville (Tenn.) Sun who wrote a popular column for the paper for more than three decades until retiring it at age 92—died Dec. 16 …
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12/30/16
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Gloria Fletcher, former Sound Publishing president, named president and publisher of the Tulsa World
Gloria Fletcher is the new president and publisher of the Tulsa World.
Fletcher was also named a vice president of BH Media Group, the newspaper’s parent company. She will oversee BH Media …
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6/1/18
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The lede for this month’s report is about, well, The Lede—Inland’s newly launched digital newsletter coming to your email in-box every Friday.
In The Lede, you’ll find news of your …
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2/1/19
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In combing through the feedback from this year’s exhaustive Inland member survey, I was struck by this suggestion:
“Feature what successful operations have done to make their …
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10/20/16
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A comprehensive analysis of consumers who visit the websites of Local Media Consortium (LMC) member organizations finds they are much more likely to respond to marketing by some big advertising …
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12/30/16
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Josh O’Connor has been named president and publisher of Sound Publishing. The appointment was announced by Rick O’Connor, president and CEO of Sound Publishing’s parent, Black Press Group Ltd. …
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6/1/18
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When Amy Gilligan officially becomes executive editor on January 1, she’ll mark two new firsts at the Telegraph Herald: the first woman ever to hold the top editor position, and the first top …
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12/30/16
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Paddock Publications, the parent company of the Daily Herald in suburban Chicago, has acquired Pana News, which publishes three weeklies in central Illinois.
The papers in the sale, which was to …
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12/29/17
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GateHouse Media is buying The Pueblo Chieftain, the oldest daily newspaper in Colorado, from the Rawlings family-owned The Star-Journal Publishing Corp.
The sale was expected to close in …
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6/1/18
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A Star Tribune-branded magazine is coming back to the newspaper in April. This won’t be the sort of Sunday magazine most metros abandoned years ago because of cost and advertiser …
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12/30/16
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Participants have long described the Family Owners and Next Generation Leadership conference as valuable. At next month’s meeting in San Diego, family owners will focus on values as well.
The …
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12/29/17
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It’s finally summer, and summertime is a busy one for the Inland Press Association, staff and boards!
As you read the June edition of The Inlander, the boards of Inland Association and …
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6/1/18
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Argent Arkansas News Media, an affiliate of Marion, Ill.-based Horizon Publications, has purchased two Arkansas dailies, the Forrest City Times-Herald and the Marianna Courier-Index, from Weston and …
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12/30/16
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Cedar Rapids Media Company, publisher of the The Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has bought the assets of three Iowa daily newspapers from the Murray family.
Included in the deal were The …
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12/30/16
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When last writing my monthly column, we were anxiously anticipating Inland’s first-annual Executive Voices program. I can happily report that the program was a SMASH HIT and one we hope to …
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Tom Yunt
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12/29/17
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Since the dawn of the internet, at least a few lawmakers in nearly every state have sought to eliminate the requirement that public notices be published in generally circulating print publications. …
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12/30/16
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Executive Voices attracted a standing-room-only crowd of top media executives for this first-ever event Dec. 7 in Chicago.
The discussions were interactive with a capital I. Best practices, …
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By Mark Fitzgerald
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12/29/17
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For a 2,700-circulation weekly serving Yellowstone and two other Montana counties, The Laurel Outlook has a robust digital presence.
The paper’s special sections and niche publications such …
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By Mark Fitzgerald
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12/30/16
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Adams Publishing Group, which has grown rapidly in the past few years by snapping up newspapers near its markets, is expanding in eastern Idaho by creating a new daily.
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2/7/19
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Todd A. Nelson, president of the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, and Sandy Thompson, the WEHCO Media daily’s finance director, announced their retirements.
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2/7/19
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CNHI LLC, the publisher of more than 100 community newspapers in 22 states, said it is exploring the sale of its newspaper properties.
News of the possible sale of the Montgomery, …
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6/25/18
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6/29/18
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Doug Franklin is the new CEO of The Boston Globe.
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1/12/17
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