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As Expected, Hussman Names Daughter Eliza Gaines as D-G Publisher
The first woman to lead the newsroom, Gaines will now be the first to oversee daily operations. read more >
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Hussman Reflects After 48 Years at Democrat-Gazette
Walter Hussman Jr., 75, is ending 48 years as publisher of the Democrat-Gazette at the end of this year, with news of his successor expected soon. 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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Dem-Gaz Digital Edition Returns After Cyberattack Against Distributor
Hundreds of publications distributed by PressReader were affected by the outage. 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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124K Readers for Democrat-Gazette, Not Subscribers
Independent audits of newspaper circulation are, like the papers themselves, increasingly a thing of the past. read more >
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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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 >
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Hussman and Tate’s Plan to Save Pine Bluff’s Paper
Byron Tate has a simple reason to be back as editor of the Pine Bluff Commercial, where he has worked three times before. read more >
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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 >
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Hussman Cites Profit as Best Incentive in Publishing
Wehco Media Inc. Chairman Walter Hussman Jr. listens to National Public Radio almost every day and pulls for nonprofit journalism, but the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette publisher says profit is the best motive for keeping any enterprise going. read more >
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 >
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Arkansas Life, 12, Dies Amid Pandemic
After 18 months of heroic measures, death came last week for Arkansas Life. read more >
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El Dorado Paper Going Digital
The printing press will soon be getting less work at the El Dorado News-Times. read more >
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Wehco and Payroll
Walter Hussman Jr., the Democrat-Gazette publisher and chairman of Wehco Inc., the chain that owns the paper, shared details last week after obtaining federal coronavirus relief loans through Simmons Bank of Pine Bluff. read more >
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Wehco Holds Off Newspaper Cuts After Landing Payroll Protection Loans
Wehco Media Inc. of Little Rock receives a federal Paycheck Protection Program loan, allowing it to stave off voluntary furloughs, salary cuts and reductions in hours, not to mention possible layoffs. read more >
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El Dorado News-Times Goes Local with Managing Editor
The El Dorado News-Times has promoted Caitlan Butler to managing editor. Just eight years ago, Butler, 26, was busy graduating from El Dorado High School. read more >
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Brainstorming to Save Local News in Crisis
The financial damage from the pandemic is amplified because ad spending tends to decrease faster than overall business spending in a recession, and job losses from COVID are unprecedented. read more >
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Papers in Peril, Part II: ‘Got to Reduce Our Costs’
Cutbacks at American dailies have been coming, well, daily, and Democrat-Gazette President and General Manager Lynn Hamilton put out a call last Monday for all employees to consider voluntary furloughs or perhaps working four rather than five days a week, at commensurate pay. read more >
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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 >
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