Georges Media Group, parent company of The Times-Picayune | NOLA.com, The Advocate, The Acadiana Advocate and Gambit is announcing a new division of the company focused on providing sports and sports betting content for both emerging and existing publishers nationwide.

Also: Join the team at Home Field Sports and America’s Newspapers to learn more about how newspapers of any size can get involved in the emerging sports betting and sports betting content market. An informative webinar on Aug. 24 will give you an overview of the process and how your organization could benefit from this lucrative business segment.

Join the leaders in the news industry Oct. 16-18 in New Orleans. The Senior Leadership Conference will be held at the iconic Roosevelt Hotel, a Waldorf Astoria Hotel, and include some uniquely New Orleans experiences.

The two-day meeting will focus on developing solutions to continue the evolutions of local newspapers. The meeting is perfect for publishers, owners, corporate leaders and other senior-level executives.

The opening reception will be Sunday evening, Oct. 16, and the meeting will conclude late Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 18. This meeting has a special BONUS SESSION Tuesday afternoon at the offices of The Advocate/Times-Picayune. Judi Terzotis, president and publisher, and her team will go through a number of their successful initiatives, followed by a reception at their office.

iPublish Media Solutions is the newest Solutions Partner with America's Newspapers.

iPublish Media Solutions is the industry leader in self-serve advertising, working with hundreds of publishers every day to process thousands of multichannel advertising campaigns. Its self-serve advertising platform is easy to use and provides the performance and versatility to create and sell any print, digital or social advertising campaign, for any product or platform, 24/7/365.

With over 15 years of delivering outstanding return on investment for its partners, iPublish Media works with publishers — international to local — implementing the best solutions for their specific vertical needs. For more information, please visit ipublishmedia.com.

Kim Safran is vice president of sales and can be reached at kim@ipublishmedia.com.

Vice President and Head of Global News Gathering Paul Haven announced on Monday that Eduardo Castillo is now the news director for Latin America and the Caribbean.

Volunteers are needed to help judge the entries for this year's Carmage Walls Commentary Prize.

This award recognizes outstanding commentary on local issues.

If you volunteer, you will be asked to review six to nine entry packets. Each entry packet contains one to six editorials. This means you will be reviewing between 33 and 40 editorials in total with a month to look through the entries.

Read some outstanding work by members of America's Newspapers and help us recognize excellence in editorial writing!

To volunteer, CLICK HERE or on the VOLUNTEER button.