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Alyson Hoge Retiring After 46 Years at Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Starting as a clerk and rising to managing editor, she has shaped almost every aspect of the paper’s coverage. read more >
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Major Donors Back $36M Artspace Windgate Campus in Downtown Little Rock
The project is envisioned as a 94,000-SF, four-story building with 60 residential units for artists and their families in Little Rock's East Village. read more >
Arkansas Times & Democrat-Gazette Embrace Donations to Support Local Journalism
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and Arkansas Times raised funds through the Arkansas Community Foundation to support local journalism and grow their newsrooms. read more >
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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 >
Paper Money: For-Profit Arkansas Times Increasingly Relies On Donors
Arkansas Times Publisher Alan Leveritt and Director of Development Wythe Walker have hit upon a new business model for profit-making news outlets: tak read more >
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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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1619 Is Streaming; Dilbert Is Stricken
The once-celebrated Dilbert comic strip no longer appears in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, one of hundreds of newspapers that dropped the strip. read more >
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‘Running Through Cash Like Crazy’: Best Quotes of 2022
They said it, we only quoted them. Here are some of the best things said in 2022. read more >
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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Newshound Max Brantley Nears the End of His Trail
Meanwhile, the Arkansas Times has announced two new hires, including veteran reporter Debra Hale-Shelton. read more >
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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 >
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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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43-Year Veteran Alyson Hoge Named Democrat-Gazette Managing Editor
She started as an obituaries clerk and rose through almost all significant positions in the newsroom. read more >
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Wehco CEO Nat Lea Elected President of America’s Newspapers
He succeeds Alan Fisco, president and chief financial officer of the Seattle Times. read more >
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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 >
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Jonesboro Sun Building’s Sale Reflects New Economy of News
The paper is among many that have sought savings in a deeply besieged industry where readers, advertisers and revenue have been fleeing to the web. read more >
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Pulse Taken for Democrat-Gazette Sunday Circulation
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette President Lynn Hamilton says that current Sunday print circulation is roughly 62,000, including home delivery and single-copy sales. read more >
Hannah-Jones Chooses Howard After N. Carolina Tenure Fight
A Black journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize says she will not join the University of North Carolina following an extended tenure fight that involved Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Publisher Walter Hussman. read more >
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A White Donor’s Campaign Against a Black Journalist
Walter Hussman Jr., generally thoughtful and shrewd, is taking a public blistering over emails he thought were private. read more >
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Democrat-Gazette Bets on a Dollar
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette offers six months of digital-only access to certain non-subscribers for one dollar. read more >
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