Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Wehco Unites Little Rock and Fayetteville Newsrooms Under New Executive Editor
Wolverton will lead the newsrooms in Little Rock and Fayetteville in a newly created position designed to focus on long-term strategy while managing editors handle daily operations. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Fundraising Project Surpasses $300K, Expands Statewide
The project is launching funds for five more Wehco-owned papers. read more >
A Life Well Lived (Editorial)
In demonstrating the power of collaboration, Uvalde Lindsey helped remake northwest Arkansas. read more >
Hoge Looks Back, NWA Editor Leaves
Alyson Hoge, top editor of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, looks back on 46 years with the organization. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Looking at the Paper: Democrat-Gazette’s Circulation Trends
“It’s a long ways from the days back in the 1970s when the Arkansas Gazette’s circulation was well over 200,000 on Sundays,” a retired Gazette veteran said. read more >
Brenda Blagg, Storied NWA Journalist, Dies at 75
She was a champion of transparency in government and a staunch defender of Arkansas’ Freedom of Information Act. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Extra! Extra! The Paper’s Hiring
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette is looking to fill positions in news, business and sports as it tries to keep up in a hot job market. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Will 70,000 Subscribers Make a Rabbit Climb?
Let's consider whether Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Publisher Walter Hussman Jr. has pulled a tree-climbing rabbit out of his hat. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Texarkana Gazette Latest to Go Digital With iPads
Wehco Media boss Walter Hussman Jr. is bringing his 21st century digital revolution to his grandfather C.E. Palmer’s first paper, the Texarkana Gazette. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Democrat-Gazette Acquires Pine Bluff Commercial, Plans Digital Replica
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Publisher Walter Hussman extends his new business model for newspapering to Pine Bluff, announcing that his Wehco Media Inc. of Little Rock is acquiring the once-storied Pine Bluff Commercial from Gannett. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
E&P Boss Catches Up With Hussman, Remotely
Walter Hussman knows that the days of big daily newspaper profits are gone. Now it takes continual innovation just to keep a shingle up. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Hussman Heir Taking Reins of Democrat-Gazette Newsroom
Eliza Gaines gets ready to take over for retiring Managing Editor David Bailey and seizing the reins as the paper plots a quick return to profitability. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Democrat-Gazette’s Walter Hussman Feels Burn on ‘Churn’
While he's encouraged by a 79% conversion rate of Arkansas Democrat-Gazette subscribers switching from print to iPads, Walter Hussman says he’d overlooked subscriber attrition, known in the industry as “churn.” read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Fighting to Survive, Democrat-Gazette Sues Alleged Turncoat
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette says a former employee of its digital marketing subsidiary, Flypaper, stole company secrets and violated a noncompetition agreement. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Walter Hussman Boasts of Sentinel-Record’s Profit
While Wehco Media Owner Walter Hussman cuts back on the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's daily print delivery, he's also proud of the financial success of the Sentinel-Record in Hot Springs read more >
Democrat-Gazette Says Ink Hasn’t Run Dry
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette has been steadily shrinking its print delivery zone and promoting digital subscriptions for a couple of years, but it isn’t ready to get rid of ink and paper just yet. read more >
Number of 7-Day Newspapers Drops to 8 in Arkansas
With the Pine Bluff Commercial consolidating its Sunday print operation into a weekend edition to be published on Saturday, the count of seven-day-a-week papers remaining in the state shrank once again. read more >
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s Circulation Corrected, But Still Down
Questions about declining circulation numbers printed last month in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette sent executives at the daily paper scrambling to grab a pencil and recalculate. read more >
In Print, Grim Numbers But Some Successes
Numbers in the new Arkansas Media Directory from the Arkansas Press Association offer a wealth of detail on the state’s 82 weekly, nine semiweekly and 21 daily newspapers. But for fans of the inky publishing industry, they make for pretty grim reading. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Gavel-to-Gavel Obsession (Gwen Moritz Editor’s Note)
The public corruption being described in fascinating, horrifying detail in a federal courtroom in Fayetteville illustrates how public officials counted on public money and conspired to get it. read more >
by Gwen Moritz -
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