- Nonprofit Newsroom Is Launched In Akron, Ohio
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Signal Akron will feature news from its reporting staff and coverage ...
- Union Blasts Pending Sale Of Newspaper by Lee Enterprises
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, November 21, 2023
Paxton Media has told employees of 'The Southern Illinoisian' to clear o ...
- 'The Winsted Citizen' Is Being Shuttered: Report
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, November 20, 2023
Small-town Connecticut paper falls victim to financial pressures. ...
- Digital Revenue Profitability Confusing For Local Media Companies
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, November 17, 2023
A survey of financial execs shows the greatest challenge lies in accura ...
- Fox Television Stations Starting Political Advertising Unit
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, November 7, 2023
Fox Television Stations is starting up a new political ad unit ...
- Alden's At It Again: Hedge Fund Trims Staff At San Diego Union Tribune, Critic Charges
Publishing Insider, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, November 1, 2023
Staggered buyouts fuel staff exodus barely four months after Alden bought t ...
- Northern Rhode Island Dailies Merge Into One
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, October 31, 2023
"The Call of Woonsocket" and "The Times of Pawtucket" will now ...
- Hearst Set To Buy 'San Antonio' Magazine: Report
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, October 26, 2023
Magazine was recently closed, but San Antonio's 'Current' says it has se ...
- Mississippi Rising: How Residents Of The River Basin Feel About Climate And The Media
Publishing Insider, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, October 25, 2023
Urban residents in a 10 state area are more likely to tru ...
- Local U.S. Ad Forecast: +8.6% With Political, +2.2% Without
MediaDailyNews, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, October 23, 2023
Digital media will lose one share point, dropping to 48% of loc ...
- Mark Russell Named As Gannett Region Editor For The South
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Sunday, October 22, 2023
Russell will also continue as executive of 'The Commercial Appeal.' ...
- Local U.S. Advertising To Grow 9% To $175.6B, Political Ads Sharply Higher
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, October 23, 2023
U.S. local advertising is projected to climb 8.6% to $175.6 billion ne ...
- Vermont Paper Uses AI To Cover Town Meetings
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, October 19, 2023
Publisher says ChatGPT-driven transcript 'wasn't awful.' ...
- Microsoft Provides Added Funding To Northeast Wisconsin News Lab
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Sunday, October 15, 2023
Microsoft has provided $900,000 to the initiative since its launch in 2 ...
- John Derr Leaves 'Chestnut Hill Local' To Join Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Sunday, October 15, 2023
Derr is credit with keeping the 'Local' alive during the pandemic a ...
- Indiana Local News Initiative Names Bro Krift As Its First CEO
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, October 11, 2023
Krift was executive editor of The Indianapolis Star. ...
- Scripps Expects 15% Growth In 2023 TV Station, Local Media Distribution Revenue
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, October 11, 2023
Overall, Scripps expects a 40% increase in net distribution revenues from renewa ...
- Gannett To Send Three South Carolina Papers Via USPS
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, October 6, 2023
Post claims this will improve delivery in the face of economic a ...
- 'Buffalo News' Printing Moves To Cleveland, Layoffs Ensue
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Sunday, October 1, 2023
Move announced earlier this year is denounced by the Buffalo Newspaper Gu ...
- Multi Media Channels Buys the 'Peshtigo Times'
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, September 25, 2023
Wisconsin paper joins 33 weekly and four monthly print publications. ...
- Local TV To Grow 11% To $23.8B In 2024: BIA Forecast
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, September 22, 2023
Local broadcast TV will see a modest 11% increase in 2024 ...
- Local Ad Spending Forecast To Expand 4.4% To $157B In 2024
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, September 14, 2023
U.S. local advertising is forecast to grow 4.4% to $157.1 billion ...
- Local TV Study: Two-Thirds Of Younger Viewers Stream News
MediaDailyNews, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, September 14, 2023
Even more surprising, 35% of 25- to-34-year-olds watch local broadcast TV dai ...
- Knight Foundation To Contribute $150 Million To Press Forward Initiative
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, September 11, 2023
Effort headed by the MacArthur Foundation will grant $500 million to loc ...
- Country Media, Inc. Buys Three Newspapers From News Media Corp.
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Saturday, September 9, 2023
News Media Corp. sought a buyer with ties to the West Co ...
- The MacArthur Foundation Announces Half-Billion Dollar Fund For Local Newsrooms
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, September 7, 2023
The foundation argues that every issue depends on the public's understanding ...
- Times Media Group Acquires Acorn Newspapers in Southern California
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, September 7, 2023
Company now has over 40 publications in Arizona and California. ...
- 'San Antonio' Magazine To Shutter After 18 Years
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, September 5, 2023
EIC Kathleen Petty announces the closure in a Tuesday email. ...
- Alden Global Capital's MediaNews Acquires Times-Shamrock Communications
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, August 31, 2023
The deal includes four dailies and several weeklies. ...
- In A Streaming TV World, Whither U.S. TV Station Syndication?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 25, 2023
U.S. syndication programming and advertising continues to show weakness. So where do ...