Citizens Help Newspapers Dodge Legislative Threats
Many are relieved by the failure of bills that took aim at Arkansas’ strong Freedom of Information Act and current law that requires public notices to be published in newspapers. read more >
Many are relieved by the failure of bills that took aim at Arkansas’ strong Freedom of Information Act and current law that requires public notices to be published in newspapers. read more >
She was a champion of transparency in government and a staunch defender of Arkansas’ Freedom of Information Act. read more >
Tom White, publisher of the Advance Monticellonian and owner of Advance Publishing of Monticello, struck a deal to buy the weekly Eagle Democrat in his old hometown, Warren, 16 miles to the west. read more >
The Arkansas Press Association helped broker the agreement for the Warren Eagle Democrat. read more >
A roundup of industry news from Arkansas Business Assistant Editor Kyle Massey. read more >
He's a former journalist and communications specialist who has served five state attorneys general. read more >
Arkansas’ newest newspaper chain owner is now one of its largest, thanks to a five-newspaper deal with Rust Communications of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. read more >
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Managing Editor Eliza Gaines is scrambling after losing three award-winning projects team reporters to the four winds — Ginny Monk, Kat Stromquist and now Eric Besson. read more >
Arkansas’ newest newspaper chain owner thinks technology has been the enemy of print news for too long. read more >
Retired Dumas Clarion editor/owner Charlotte Schexnayder died Dec. 11 at just shy of 97 years. Dennis Schick, former APA executive director, died Dec. 15. read more >
Andrew Levenson has been promoted to director of growth at MHP/Team SI in Little Rock. read more >
UA Little Rock Professor Sonny Rhodes won the 2020 Arkansas Press Association Journalism Educator of the Year award last month. read more >
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 >
Some, like the hospitality industry, are bracing for a long, slow return to pre-COVID vitality. Others, like the energy sector, see a quicker recovery after the early swoon. Some trends seem baked into expectations, like reliance on home-based employees and the technology they use. read more >
Longtime Arkansas publisher and former Clinton Chamber of Commerce President Jay W. Jackson died March 6 in Rogers. He was 94. read more >
In the run-up to a $1.4 billion merger with Gannett that would create the nation's biggest newspaper chain, GateHouse Media Inc. is closing two Arkansas papers, the Stuttgart Daily Leader and the semi-weekly Helena World. read more >
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Publisher Walter Hussman Jr. talks about replacing newspapers with iPads, why he's not selling his flagship and who his real competitors are. read more >
Last month, folks at the Atkins Chronicle felt the latest blow in a couple of hard-knock years when the small newspaper’s retail boxes were robbed. read more >
Two years after the Arkansas Legislature scaled back the state's decades-old law protecting public access to government records, lawmakers are considering making even more information secret. read more >
Candlewood Suites in El Dorado is the city's top hotel by gross receipts, according to a list released by the El Dorado Advertising & Promotion Commission. read more >
