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Business/Industry
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1st: The Advertiser-Tribune, Tiffin, Ohio, "Consumer How-to Guide."
Judges' Comments: A twist on "story for an ad" formula offers useful information on each type of business facing full page ads - not about …
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8/12/07
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Inland invites participation in its five newsroom contests: Editorial Excellence, Local News Writing, News Picture, Front Page and Community Leadership. All contests share the same deadline, Sept. 10. Winning entries will be on display at Inland's …
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8/12/07
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Few would find parallels between what is happening with newspapers and what has happened to the beer industry. But business consultant Doug Hall sees the parallels clearly.Hall, founder of Eureka! Ranch based in suburban Cincinnati, said brewers …
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By Randy Craig | Publications Editor
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8/12/07
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Oct. 21 - 23, 2007
Chicago, Ill.
Training for newspaper leaders in new revenue initiatives, innovations, process improvements and planning for the future.
[REGISTER] [GET BROCHURE]
Annual Meeting Benefits
Training provides a broad …
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7/29/07
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The following "Rules of Thumb" are benchmarks developed over many years and commonly accepted as the industry standard. What the Inland/INFE Cost and Revenue Study can do is test the validity of those standards and show what the "real" rule of thumb …
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7/25/07
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Newspaper publishers today are increasingly dependent on new products to shore up a softening core business. Too bad newspapers have a horrible track record developing new products."Newspaper leaders are not well positioned to lead new product …
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By Jeremy Weber | Associate Editor
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7/11/07
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Chris Krug knows many midsized and smaller newspapers have endured tough times lately. But he believes such papers are in good positions for future growth because they remain the key community-builders in their markets.
Newspapers have long …
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By Jeremy Weber | Associate Editor
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7/11/07
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Good design principles apply to the Web just as easily as they do to print, contends Bill Ostendorf.Ostendorf, founder and president of Creative Circle Media Consulting, told Interactive Media Workshop attendees that most design work-in print or …
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By Randy Craig | Publications Editor
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7/11/07
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The Inland Press Association Research Department has developed a new, unique management tool specifically designed for newspaper groups. The Monthly Margin Report, which was proposed to Inland by several newspaper groups, measures 27 data points …
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7/8/07
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6/28/07
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In the great state of Texas, where big is often thought to mean better, Roy Robinson, publisher of the Graham (Texas) Leader, is a man of few words. Every year, when it came time to assign a topic for the five papers' special sections, he simply …
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By Genise Caruso
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6/28/07
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6/28/07
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Even as newspapers evolve and change, beat reporting still forms an essential element of newspapers' coverage.
Still, at many newspapers, beats are the realm of new reporters, fresh from a college paper, and are likely unfamiliar with the …
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By Randy Craig | Editor
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6/28/07
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Sometimes Rich Klicki feels like the Henry Kissinger of his newsroom.Klicki is charged with getting the print and interactive components of The Daily Herald, Arlington Heights, Ill., to work together. He said this can often be as challenging as …
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By Jeremy Weber | Associate Editor
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6/11/07
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A sports editor, a sports copy editor and two Web producers in Newport News, Va., found a way to tap into a local passion and create the unexpected."I am not sure any of us, when it started, had any expectations," said Lynn Burke, senior sports copy …
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By J.J. Babb | Special to The Inlander
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6/11/07
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Highlights from an idea exchange held by top editors at Inland's recent Editorial Management workshop, moderated by Dave Zeeck, executive editor of The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.:
Push lower-order newsroom tasks onto readers. Hire a young …
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By Jeremy Weber | Associate Editor
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6/11/07
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Bill Ostendorf believes that newspapers have room to grow their single copy sales. But first they must change much more than their front pages.
"Our biggest barrier to success is us," said Ostendorf, president of Creative Circle Media Consulting. …
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By Jeremy Weber | Associate Editor
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6/10/07
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Managing editor Dennis Anderson knows what the "24-hour newsroom" of the future might look like. He currently runs one.Advances in technology have launched Anderson's newspaper - the 20,000-circulation Lawrence (Kan.) Journal-World - back into the …
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By Jeremy Weber | Associate Editor
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6/10/07
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May 14, 2008
Site to be determined
Training in how to effectively apply compensation plans that manage and reward sales performance at newspapers.
Sales Compensation Benefits
Training addresses strategies for utilizing sales …
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5/31/07
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