Executive Development participants hold first meeting and attend Mega-Conference |
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Pictured left to right — Front row: Britni Tomcho, Todd Tanaka, Nicole Miller, Aaron Rother, Chantel Soranaka and Heather Kantrud. Back row: Nate Peterson, Ben Childers, Jeremy Cooley, Chris Brumfield, Hugh Osteen and Alycia McCloud. (Photo by scottcornelius.com) |
The kickoff session for the 2023 Executive Development Program hosted by America's Newspapers, and funded in part by the Inland Press Foundation, was held Sunday, April 2, with participants staying over in Dallas to take part in the Mega-Conference.
They will meet several additional times over Zoom in the coming months before holding another in-person meeting at the Senior Leadership Conference in October.
Each session will be led by industry veterans who will provide an overview of the business of newspapers and a roadmap for the skills needed to be successful. From revenue development, content, digital, finance and more, Executive Development participants will learn from the best the industry has to offer.
This year's participants are:
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Chris Brumfield
Business Operations Manager
Denton Record-Chronicle
Denton, TX
Ben Childers
Regional Digital Director
APG Media of Southern Wisconsin
Janesville, WI
Jeremy Cooley
General Manager - Utah
APG Utah
Logan, UT
Heather Kantrud
General Manager
Fergus Falls Daily Journal / Wick Communications
Fergus Falls, MN
Alycia McCloud
Marketing Team Manager
Sierra Vista Herald / Wick Communications
Sierra Vista, AZ
Nicole Miller
Publisher
Summit Daily News
Frisco, CO
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Hugh Osteen
COO / VP
Osteen Media Group
Fleming Island, FL
Nate Peterson
Director of Content and Audience Growth
Vail Daily / Swift Communications
Vail, CO
Aaron Rother
Regional Digital Sales Director
APG Media of East Central Minnesota
Apple Valley, MN
Chantel Soranaka
Senior Sales & Marketing Manager
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Honolulu, HI
Todd Tanaka
Director, Consumer Revenue
Oahu Publications, Inc.
Honolulu, HI
Britni Tomcho
Director, Subscriber Products & Experience
WEHCO Media
Little Rock, AR
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Mega-Conference: Connections, transformation and embracing opportunities |
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As Grant Moise, CEO of the Dallas News Corporation and publisher of The Dallas Morning News, noted in a welcome address to the more than 350 attendees at this week's Mega-Conference, "this industry matters." During times when business models are in a state of transition, he said "learning from one another is the most valuable."
He encouraged conference attendees to focus on the opportunities, not the hurdles. "When we think optimistically, great things happen," he said. "When we focus on the hurdles, nothing happens."
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Snapshots from the conference
A photo gallery will be posted next week (Photos by scottcornelius.com)
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Oahu Publications / Honolulu Star-Advertiser honored with Mega-Innovation Award |
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On Tuesday morning at the Mega-Conference, the 2023 Mega-Innovation Award was presented to Oahu Publications and the Honolulu Star-Advertiser for a program that completely eliminated credit card interchange fees in a recurring fashion.
The program delivered $1.3 million in annualized recurring savings to the bottom-line last year and enabled the enterprise to continue its mission of diversification, transformation and financial growth.
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Family and independent owners to hold summer meeting this July in Pittsburgh |
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The Family and Independent Owners Meeting is designed for the senior executives, owners and family members who are directly involved in their company’s operations. The meeting provides these executives the opportunity to network and share successful strategies to move their business forward. From issues related to basic operations, business structures or familial transitions, the Family and Independent Owners Meeting fosters a spirit of partnership and innovation.
The 2023 Summer Meeting will be held at the PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania — home of the Pittsburgh Pirates! Sessions will begin Tuesday, July 18, at 2 p.m. EDT, followed by a reception and Pirates baseball game that evening. On Wednesday, July 19, sessions will run from 9 a.m to 12:30 p.m., followed by an optional Pirates game that afternoon.
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