Arkansas Democrat
Arkansas Sportswriter Bob Holt Dies at 65 After Postgame Collapse
Holt covered the Razorbacks for 43 years. Known for his dedication and passion, he was an esteemed figure in SEC sports journalism. read more >
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Through The Years: The ’90s (40 Years of Arkansas Business)
See highlights from Arkansas Business from 1990-1999. read more >
40 Great Whispers (40 Years of Arkansas Business)
Whispers, the chatty space devoted to juicy news and informed speculation, has been the most popular feature in Arkansas Business right from the beginning. Here we summarize some of the best. read more >
Little Rock Lawyer Philip Anderson Dies at 88
One of just three Arkansans to lead the American Bar Association, Anderson was a member of the board of Wehco Media of Little Rock, parent company of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, and a trustee of the Central Arkansas Library system. read more >
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Meredith Oakley, Little Rock Newspaper Warrior, Dies at 72
Oakley made a name for herself as a tough critic of the Arkansas Legislature and of Bill Clinton. read more >
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President of Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Lynn Hamilton Retires After 48 Years
Lynn Hamilton joined the Arkansas Democrat age 26 in 1974 and is retiring this month from a lifetime career at Wehco Media. read more >
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Meet New Boss of Newsroom, Alyson Hoge
If Alyson Hoge was biding her time to become managing editor of the only paper she ever worked for, she sure did a lot of biding. Forty-three years’ worth. read more >
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Recalling Jerry McConnell, Golden Age Journalist
Jerry McConnell, who helped legendary Arkansas Gazette Sports Editor Orville Henry shield the besieged paper financially when it stood up for Little Rock school integration in the 1950s, died June 25 at home in Greenwood. read more >
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Phyllis Brandon, Pioneering High Profile Editor, Dies at 84
Phyllis Brandon, a pioneering newswoman who made the High Profile section an enduring Sunday read, died Saturday at her home in Little Rock. She was 84. read more >
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Clinton, Parade of Journalists Celebrate Arkansas Gazette’s 200th
Bill Clinton and a parade of venerable newspaper folks throw a 200th birthday party for a state treasure, the old Arkansas Gazette. read more >
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Hussman Values Chiseled In Stone at Chapel Hill
The core values Walter Hussman has been printing in Wehco’s 10 daily papers for two years will be chiseled in granite in Carroll Hall at the University of North Carolina, home of the Hussman School of Journalism & Media. read more >
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Better Read Than Dead (Gwen Moritz Editor’s Note)
Newspapers are in a death spiral: More people are getting their news online, which would be fine if online advertising had similar value to print advertising. But it doesn’t, not even close. read more >
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Walter Hussman Bets Big on a Digital Democrat-Gazette
Soon, readers won't get a newspaper outside central Arkansas and the northwest. Operations will be mostly digital, and a Sunday-only print edition is conceivable, Publisher Walter Hussman says. read more >
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Arkansas Times to Go Monthly, Revamp Website
Arkansas Times, the Little Rock weekly newspaper founded in 1974, is returning to a monthly format after more than a quarter-century, Editor Lindsey Millar announced. read more >
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Thoughts on Sinclair, After Working for John Robert Starr
No, local news folks shouldn’t be pledging their bosses’ allegiance to Trump in the media wars. But they are at financial gunpoint. read more >
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David McCollum Looks Back on 50 Years of Sports, and the Wider World
Memories came rushing back last week as David McCollum reviewed a half-century of writing sports, including a stint at the Arkansas Democrat and then 35 years at the Log Cabin Democrat in Conway. read more >
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A Reporter Is Beaten; Arkansans Can Relate
Arkansas Democrat photographer Will Counts captured the beating of newspaper reporter L. Alex Wilson outside Central High School in 1957, and his images stunned viewers then and have embarrassed Arkansas for 60 years. read more >
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The Final Days at the Gazette: Anger, Fear And Frustration
The Arkansas Gazette, an institution Arkansans took for granted for more than a century, would close. read more >
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Hussman Won With Mix of Shrewd Moves, Gazette Stumbles
It was a strange moment for two papers that had coexisted peacefully for most of a century. read more >
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25 Years After the Arkansas Gazette’s Closing, Veterans Consider Consequences
The last shot between the Arkansas Gazette and the Arkansas Democrat was fired nearly 25 years ago when the Gazette, the oldest business in the state, was shut down after 172 years and its assets were sold to its rival. read more >
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