March 2018 Inlander

In this issue

• Breaking out the breakouts

  This year’s Mega-Conference offers an unprecedented number of options for executives who make their way to San Diego—48 separate sessions including the Solutions Stage …

• 2018 Mega-Conference epitomizes Inland’s collaborative spirit

  I’ve told you much over my last several columns about the strong program lineup for this year’s Key Executives Mega-Conference. But, do you know why I’ve mentioned it so much? It’s because …

• Paxton Media adds to North Carolina portfolio with purchase of Roanoke Rapids paper

  Paxton Media Group has bought The Daily Herald of Roanoke Rapids, N.C., from Wick Communications. Dirks, Van Essen & Murray, a media merger and acquisition firm based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, …

• Champion Media expands cluster with purchase of Lee Enterprises’ Maysville Kentucky daily

  Lee Enterprises has sold its newspaper and digital media operations in Maysville, Kentucky to Champion Media LLC, including The Ledger Independent and maysville-online.com. Randy Cope of Cribb, …

• CNHI adopts regional editor system for its 100-plus newspapers

  After experimenting with the structure in the Midwest and South, Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. is going all-in on a system of regional editors. CNHI announced the expanded news leadership …

• THE opportunity to grow revenue

  The agenda for THE Revenue Conference in Chicago April 11-12 is shaping up—and as promised has a laser focus on growing newspaper revenue. Here are just some of the speakers and …

• A few minutes with… Francis Wick

  So what is it you do, Francis Wick? I’m the president and CEO of Wick Communications, named in February 2016, and I’ve been a board member since 2007. Tell us about the Wick family …

• Three of four Mega-Innovation finalists are Inlanders

  Here are the finalists in alphabetical order with the judges’ descriptions of the work that got them to the finals: Block Communications—including the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and The Blade …

• Executive Voices: Continuing the conversation from Chicago

  By any measure, the first-ever Executive Voices, held in Chicago on Dec. 7, was a success, attracting standing-room-only attendance by top media executives who engaged in a lively discussion of …

• ‘Best of Best’ ballot, event initiative yields best results for Register

  Here’s the bottom line on the top line results for a “best of” initiative by the Rockford (Ill.) Register Star in 2017: $230,000. “If you do it right, if you follow the plan, you can get …

• Schurz Communications enters cloud computing market by acquiring Michigan company

  SOUTH BEND — Schurz Communications, which owns the South Bend Tribune, has acquired Michigan-based Online Tech, entering into the rapidly growing cloud computing market as it continues to evolve …

• The Support Real News campaign ad proclaims ‘We Are Real News’

  The Campaign to Support Real News, begun in March 2017 with Inland as a partner, launched a new ad in February intended to be an “exclamation point” on its fight against fake news. It makes …

• A program created by family owners for family owners

  It’s the first of Inland’s gatherings exclusively for family owners after a couple of big developments in the last six months: The end of the cross-ownership ban, and the continuing high …