Dean Ridings, CEO of America's Newspapers:

"The raid on The Marion County Record goes directly against the First Amendment rights that our country holds in esteem. Newspapers must be able to do their jobs without fear of reprisal or interference. We stand in support of the Marion County Record."

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Kansas police and a small newspaper are at the center of a 1st Amendment fight after a newsroom raid

Helping Your Sales Teams Become True Marketing Consultants

Thursday, August 17

2-3 p.m. EDT | 1-2 p.m. CDT |

Noon-1 p.m. MDT | 11 a.m.-Noon PDT

Selling digital has never been an easy feat whether you've done it for days, months or years! Join this webinar with AdCellerant's VP of Business Development, Ben Bouslog, and The Advocate's Senior Digital Sales Director, Michael Chauvin, to learn best practices about how to make it happen. Walk away with different ideas on why packages work, how to enable your team, staffing models that work, and leaning into your partners to unlock success. 

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$5MM in Second Street Success Stories

Thursday, August 24

1-2 p.m. EDT | Noon-1 p.m. CDT |

11 a.m.-Noon MDT | 10-11 a.m. PDT

Are you looking for revenue-generating case studies and promotion examples that will work in YOUR market? Julie Foley and Liz Huff from Second Street are here to deliver! Hang on tight, because they have $5MM in Success Stories! Join us as we take a deep dive into a variety of case studies that will give you actionable and replicable ideas to drive BIG revenue for your media organization. Everything from sweepstakes to brackets to national campaigns and your best of ballots — they’re not leaving anything out of this webinar — so you don’t want to miss it!

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Registration has begun for the 2023 Senior Leadership Conference — our first, as America's Newspapers — in Chicago. Please plan to join us Oct. 8-10 at The Westin Michigan Avenue Chicago.

Register by the end of this month and save $100. Rates through the end of this month — for newspaper executives — are just $595 for members; non-member rates are $795.

Registration also has begun for our Solutions Partners.

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Alex Mena named Miami Herald’s executive editor

Newsroom leader Alex Mena, who rose from answering phones as a teenager at the Miami Herald to become managing editor of the storied newsroom, on Monday was named executive editor of the Miami Herald and el Nuevo Herald.

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Peyton Manning joins College of Communication and Information faculty at UT-Knoxville

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of Communication and Information (CCI) has appointed Peyton Manning (’97) as a professor of practice starting in the fall 2023 term.

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Daily Standard in Celina, Ohio, achieves milestone

Surviving armed opposition, a devastating fire and bankruptcy, along with the everyday exertion that running a business requires, The Daily Standard celebrated its 175th anniversary on Aug. 4. On the same date in 1848, the predecessor of today’s Daily Standard, The Western Standard, was first set and printed by hand.

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Ward Media, LLC acquires 5 newspapers in North Central Washington from NCW Media, Inc.

Ward Media, LLC has acquired four weekly publications and a monthly business journal in North Central Washington from NCW Media, Inc,. The newspapers involved in this transaction are the Leavenworth Echo, Cashmere Valley Record, Lake Chelan Mirror, Quad City Herald, and the Wenatchee Business Journal — all of which have been serving the vibrant communities in the heart of Washington State.

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