April 2018

In this issue

• After Mega-Conference, mega-growth for Inland

  I’m pleased to report that the just-completed Key Executives 2018 Mega-Conference was a huge success!

• Facebook to newspapers: Please like us

  Facebook mega april 2018 April 2018 Inlander [FRONT PAGE] [DECK] 2018 Key Executives Mega-Conference

• GateHouse Media parent acquires Austin American-Statesman from Cox Media Group In $47.5 million deal

  New Media Investment Group Inc., the parent of …

• Jason Taylor joins Inland Press Association board

  Jason Taylor is joining Inland Press Association’s board of directors as GateHouse Media brings its more than 300 newspaper titles to Inland. Taylor has multiple important responsibilities at …

• CNHI promotes Mienk to publisher of two of its East Texas newspapers

  Jake Mienk, publisher of the Palestine Herald-Press and …

• Larry Hensley returns to Schurz as GM of Hoosier Times Group

  Larry Hensley is the new general manager of Schurz Communications Inc.’s Hoosier Times Group, marking a return to the family-owned diversified media company he first joined in 2007.

• Ogden Newspapers buys Byrd family’s cluster of Virginia papers

  The Nutting family-owned Ogden Newspapers has acquired the publications, including two Virginia dailies, of family-owned Byrd Newspapers.

• Shaw Media buys Small Newspaper Group’s The Times of Ottawa, Illinois

  Shaw Media is acquiring The Times of Ottawa, Illinois, and related assets from Small Newspaper Group, the family-owned publishers announced in late March.

• W.B. Grimes & Co., oldest family-owned media brokerage firm in North America, sold to former associate

  W.B. Grimes & Company, a mergers and acquisitions firm serving newspapers and other media, entertainment and professional sports industries, sold its Global Media, Events & Information Services Group, and its Newspapers Group to John J. McGovern, a former senior associate with the firm.

• Southern Newspapers expands into Oklahoma with purchase of Lawton Constitution

  Bill Burgess, Jr. and Brad Burgess announced March 7 that they have entered into an agreement to sell the 16,000-circulation daily

• In Dallas, Campbell named M.E., Stockdale digital strategy director

  The Dallas Morning News promoted two newsroom veterans to new positions.

• Palm Beach Post, ‘Shiny Sheet’ sold to GateHouse Media parent

  Palm beach sale may 2018 April/May Inlander

• Another family-to-family sale: Woods' Wenatchee World to Wick Communications

  The Wenatchee (Wash.) World, which has been published by the Woods family for 111 years, has been sold to Wick Communications, a third-generation family owned and operated media corporation, of Sierra Vista, Ariz.

• DOJ to announce criminal enforcement actions for ‘no-poach’ agreements

  Criminal prosecution of “no-poaching/no-hire” agreements appears imminent.  Employers should investigate their hiring and compensation practices to ensure compliance with recent antitrust pronouncements.

• From Facebook to circulation basics, Mega-Conference tackled industry's mega-issues

  Mega-Conference recap

• The ‘right to be forgotten’? Forget about it, but nicely

   Pumarlo internet to forget April 2018 April 2018 Inlander

• Days after it was revealed that Cambridge Analytica used massive amounts of data scooped up from Facebook, The Taos News reminded readers that print newspapers remain a source of …

• A few minutes with….Emily Walsh

  I’m the publisher of four of our (Sarasota, Fla.-based Observer Media Group) weekly community newspapers, and two of our quarterly magazines.

• Core Principles in Establishing a Harassment-Free Workplace

  There were over 100 news reports of sexual harassment allegations involving celebrities, public figures, politicians, senior corporate executives—and prominent media figures, including Charlie Rose of CBS News, Glenn Thrush of

• HOW TO: Make real revenue from Facebook this Year

  A big turning point came—and publishers cheered—in 2015 when Facebook drove more traffic to news publishers content than Google.

• Using all your sales tools: Selling effective multi-channel campaigns

  Swanson sales tools takeaways march 21 2018 April 2018 Inlander