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PNNA membership campaign launching
Nov 04, 2011
Following the PNNA Press Summit in Tacoma, board members
discussed several ideas it believed might grow membership in the PNNA
organization. Directors also discussed how to increase participation in the
annual PNNA Press Summit. President Pat Doyle explains.
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PNNA Legal Helpline up and running
Nov 04, 2011
PNNA publishers and their key staff can now get quick legal help by calling the PNNA Legal Helpline.
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PNNA spearheads governmental affairs group
Nov 04, 2011
A group of western state
newspaper association managers is forming a regional governmental
affairs committee to discuss common issues that lobbyists in each state
are likely to encounter in upcoming legislative sessions.
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PNNA Foundation revisits college support
Nov 04, 2011
At the request of the PNNA Board of Directors, staff is revisiting the
Foundation's outreach to Pacific Northwest journalism schools. This project will strive to determine greatest needs for connecting
campus to industry and how the PNNA Foundation might fill that gap.
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Save the date: Portland to host next Summit
Nov 04, 2011
Mark your calendars for Sept. 12-14, 2012, the confirmed dates for the
PNNA Press Summit at the Embassy Suites Portland Downtown.
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Upcoming webinars: Sales, news, video
Nov 04, 2011
Be aware of several upcoming Online Media Campus webinars. Your staff can participate for $35 per connection.
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McConnell to publisher at Tri-City Herald
Oct 06, 2011
Gregg McConnell, publisher of newspapers in Chico, Oroville and
Paradise, Calif., will begin Oct. 24 as president and publisher of the
Tri-City Herald in Kennewick, Wash., The Herald reports.
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Ideas -- and other prizes -- at Summit in Tacoma
Sep 21, 2011
Business was done, stories were told, awards were given, innovation was
witnessed and plenty of new revenue ideas were carted home by those who attended the 91st
annual PNNA Summit in Tacoma.
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2011 C. B. Blethen Awards Announced
Sep 16, 2011
The 2011 C.B. Blethen Memorial Awards for Distinguished Newspaper Reporting were presented on Thursday, September 15 to writers from 12 daily newspapers in the region. The awards were established in 1977 in honor of C.B. Blethen, publisher of The Seattle Times for 26 years, from 1915 to 1941. Frank Blethen, Publisher and Chief Executive Officer at The Seattle Times presented this year’s awards at the annual meeting of the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Association (PNNA) in Tacoma, Washington. The first- and second-place winners in each category received plaques provided by The Seattle Times.
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PARADE is Summit sponsor
Aug 29, 2011
PARADE Publications, Luci Scott, senior director of project development,
is a sponsor of the upcoming PNNA/PNNAEA Summit in Tacoma.
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Davis Wright Tremaine is Summit sponsor
Aug 29, 2011
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Marshall Nelson, partner, is a sponsor of the upcoming PNNA/PNNAEA Summit in Tacoma.
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Forkfly is Summit sponsor
Aug 24, 2011
Forkfly, Paul Wagner, CEO, is a sponsor of the upcoming PNNA/PNNAEA Press Summit.
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Brainworks is Summit sponsor
Aug 10, 2011
Brainworks Software,
Rick Sanders, director of Sales, is a sponsor of the upcoming PNNA/PNNAEA Press Summit.
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Advantage Newspaper Consultants sponsors Summit
Aug 01, 2011
Advantage Newspaper Consultants, Tim Dellinger, president, is a sponsor of the 91st Annual PNNA/PNNAEA Summit in Tacoma.
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TownNews.com is PNNA Summit sponsor
Jul 11, 2011
TownNews.com, Linda Rowlee, regional sales manager, is a sponsor of the 91st Annual PNNA/PNNAEA Summit in Tacoma.
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Schedule for PNNA/PNNAEA Summit
Jul 06, 2011
The PNNA/PNNAEA 91st Annual Summit is Sept. 14-16 at the Hotel Murano in Tacoma, Washington. View the schedule and get registration form.
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Doyle succeeds Parrish as PNNA president
Jul 06, 2011
With the departure for Kansas City
of Mi-Ai Parrish, current PNNA president and publisher at the Idaho
Statesman in Boise, Pat Doyle becomes PNNA's president.
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Hernandez to publisher at Skagit Valley Herald
Jul 06, 2011
Heather Hernandez becomes publisher at the Skagit Valley Herald in Mount Vernon, Wash., The Herald reports.
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NIE staffers talk shop in Tacoma
Jun 30, 2011
NIE staff from eight daily newspapers in the state of Washington met for
a two-day conference in Tacoma and hosted at The News
Tribune.
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Why outfit a newsroom with smartphones
May 20, 2011
Producing and editing more content in a more timely manner is among the reasons to provide smartphones to your staff, says Sonya Quick of The Orange County Register in Santa Ana, Calif.
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Change in Operations VPs at McClatchy
May 20, 2011
Mark Zieman becomes a vice president of Operations at The
McClatchy Co., succeeding Frank Whittaker. Robert Weil now oversees McClatchy properties in Washington and Alaska.
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Fossett to publisher at Centralia
May 20, 2011
Christine Fossett becomes publisher of The Chronicle in Centralia, Wa.
She succeeds Dennis R. Waller.
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Swanson to VP/Sales at Oregonian
May 20, 2011
Barbara Swanson becomes vice president of advertising and marketing at
The Oregonian.
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ASNE editors honor Publisher Blethen
Apr 01, 2011
The American Society of News Editors will honor Frank A. Blethen,
publisher and CEO of The Seattle Times, as the recipient of the ASNE
Award for News Leadership, The Times reports.
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Idaho newspaper associations merge
Mar 28, 2011
After more than two decades of separation, Idaho’s daily and weekly
newspapers have formed the Newspaper Association of Idaho with 39
charter members from all corners of the state.
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Seattle Times to relocate
Feb 07, 2011
Following the sale of an office building to a California company, the
Seattle Times plans to relocate as the prime tenant of the building at
1000 Denny Way in Seattle.
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DealDIGGER launches in Seattle
Feb 07, 2011
The Seattle Times announces its new deal-of-the-day site, DealDIGGER,
which connects local businesses' 50 percent to 80 percent off deals to
consumers.
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Free stuff: Promotional ideas, videos
Feb 07, 2011
The Newspaper Association
of America has included several testimonial videos from newspaper
consumers in its new NewspaperMedia.com collection.
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Starn to publisher in Logan, Utah
Feb 07, 2011
Mike Starn is now publisher of The Herald Journal in Logan, Utah. He succeeds Bruce Smith.
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Moses to M.E. in Juneau
Feb 07, 2011
John R. Moses becomes managing editor of the Juneau Empire. He succeeds Charles L. Westmoreland.
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Sanborn to circulation chief in Spokane
Dec 28, 2010
Tina Sanborn in January will become director of distribution and
audience development at the Spokesman-Review in Spokane.
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Miller to publisher at Ellensburg's Daily Record
Nov 23, 2010
Tyler Miller is now publisher of the Daily Record in Ellensburg, Wash. He succeeds Matt Davison.
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Johnson to Spokane sales director
Nov 01, 2010
Daniel M. Johnson in January will become sales and marketing director at
the Spokesman-Review in Spokane. He will succeed Shaun O’L. Higgins,
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In Memoriam: John McClelland, 95
Nov 01, 2010
John Morris McClelland Jr., former editor and publisher of The Daily
News in Longview, Wash., died Oct. 30, 2010, in Mercer Island, the
newspaper reports. He was 95.
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Marcum to ad manager at East Oregonian
Nov 01, 2010
Bill Marcum is now advertising manager at the East Oregonian in Pendleton, the newspaper reports. He succeeded Wendy Dalpez.
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Prill to publisher in Yakima
Oct 28, 2010
Sharon Prill in November will become publisher of the Yakima
Herald-Republic. She had been at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's JSOnline.com.
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In Memoriam: Tom Koenninger, 78
Oct 01, 2010
Tom Koenninger, 78, editor emeritus of The Columbian in Vancouver, Wash.,
died Sept. 30, 2010, in hospice.
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Twin Falls publisher retiring
Sep 30, 2010
Brad Hurd will retire as publisher/editor of the Twin Falls (Idaho) Times-News at year-end. He has been publisher there since 2004.
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View photos from PNNA Annual Meeting
Sep 27, 2010
Four photo galleries from PNNA's Sept. 15-17 annual meeting are up for viewing.
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Owings to publisher at Bellingham Herald
Sep 23, 2010
Mark Owings moves from finance director to publisher in Bellingham. He succeeds Glen Nardi.
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2010 C.B. Blethen Memorial Awards Presented
Sep 16, 2010
The 2010 C.B. Blethen Memorial
Awards for Distinguished Newspaper Reporting were presented Sept. 16 to writers
from eight daily newspapers in the region. The first- and
second-place winners in each category receive plaques.
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Davison to publisher in Nampa
Sep 13, 2010
Matt Davison is now president and publisher of the Idaho Press-Tribune
in Nampa, the newspaper reports. He succeeds Rick Weaver,
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In Memoriam: Tom Jaques, 82
Sep 13, 2010
Tom Jaques, a former editor of The Register-Guard in Eugene, Ore., died Sept. 10, 2010, after a battle with Parkinson's Disease. He was 82.
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Revenue? Make sure your whole site is performing
Aug 09, 2010
Robert Niles at the Online
Journalism Review has advice
on how to assess all
pages of your website to ensure that all components are doing their
part.
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Design by algorithm is certain, Yelvington says
Aug 09, 2010
When computer code determines how content and advertising are displayed on various delivery devices, visual journalists will grumble, Steve Yelvington says. Both are inevitable.
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Free stuff: In-depth news for smart phones
Aug 09, 2010
With the results of a University of Colorado study
on
smart-phone usage among college students come 15 recommended next steps
with mobile.
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2010 PNNA Summit Program
Jul 13, 2010
The full Summit program is now available to view and make your plans to attend. PNNA 2010 Press Summit begins September 15, 2010.
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2010 C.B. Blethen Awards Online
Jun 25, 2010
The 2010 Blethen Awards are ready for online entry. This year, the Blethen Awards entries will be done online and judged online.
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New ad campaign promotes First Amendment
Jun 03, 2010
Promotional ads from the First Amendment Center are available for use
in newspapers, broadcasting, public service announcements or on
websites.
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Three promoted at Seattle Times Co.
Apr 23, 2010
Newly named senior vice presidents at the Seattle Times Co. are David Boardman, Alan Fisco and Michael Shepard.
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Weaver to publisher at Montana daily
Mar 22, 2010
Rick Weaver, president and publisher of the Idaho Press-Tribune in Nampa, in May will become publisher of the Daily Inter Lake in his hometown of Kalispell, Mont., The Press-Tribune reports.
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Duvall to head of Seattle Times advertising
Mar 22, 2010
Jeannine Duvall is now executive director of advertising at The Seattle Times Co., the company said in a news release.
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Robinson to ME at Idaho Post-Register
Mar 22, 2010
Jeff Robinson will become managing editor of the Post-Register in Idaho Falls, reports the Daily Record in Ellensburg, Wash.
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Daily World to drop Mondays
Mar 17, 2010
The Daily World in Aberdeen will cut its Monday print edition in May, the newspaper reports.
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2009 Dolly Connelly winner announced
Mar 09, 2010
"Hidden Wells, Dirty Water," a three-day series in the Yakima Herald-Republic, is winner of the 2009 Dolly Connelly Excellence-in-Environmental-Journalism Award, presented annually by PNNA..
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Mobile, e-readers focus of new AP unit
Mar 09, 2010
With its new AP Gateway business unit, the Associated Press, a PNNA Allied member, aims to help its members to sell their products in the growing mobile and e-reader markets, said Tom Curley, the AP's chief executive.
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2009 Print Quality Award winners named
Jan 25, 2010
PNNA is pleased to announce the winners of the PNNA 2009 Print Quality Awards. The contest originated in 1992 as a competition among members and subsequently was expanded to include non-members.
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FOI fund fills in gaps
Jan 07, 2010
A Knight Foundation grant will provide state open-government groups
with the up-front costs of litigation in freedom of information cases, the National Freedom of Information Coalition reports.
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Oregonian's Patrick Stickel retires
Jan 07, 2010
Patrick Stickel, president of The Oregonian, retired Dec. 30, 2009. He had been interim publisher since his father, Fred, retired in September.
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In Memoriam: Jack Mullowney, 91
Jan 07, 2010
Jack Mullowney, a 1960s publisher of the Times-News in Twin Falls, Idaho, died Dec. 29, 2009, at home of natural causes, The Times-News reports. He was 91.
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Dadisman to GM in Everett
Dec 18, 2009
David Dadisman has been named general manager of the Daily Herald in Everett, WA.
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Selling into new display network pays off
Dec 16, 2009
PNNA's 2x2 display network is working for its member newspapers. One newspaper earned $300 commission on ad sold into the network.
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Back in time: 1999 Internet guide
Dec 16, 2009
A guide to the Internet published 10 years ago shows us that we've come a long way since.
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Lutz heads online at Wenatchee World
Dec 16, 2009
Genie Lutz is the new director of online media and strategic marketing
at The Wenatchee World. She
had been with Price Waterhouse
Coopers.
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Bhatia to editor at Oregonian
Dec 08, 2009
Peter Bhatia becomes editor of The Oregonian in Portland, the newspaper reports. He succeeds Sandra Mims Rowe.
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Web five years out: 15 predictions
Nov 13, 2009
In five years, web consumers will utilize plenty more micropayments, they'll view horizontally scrolling content on wider screens, and online content will be a lot more interactive.
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Your one-stop guide to publishing online
Nov 13, 2009
To start your own online news empire, Robert Niles says at the Online Journalism Review, you need a brand, a blog, a promotional plan, a tracking tool ... and a revenue stream.
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Anderson named publisher of Oregonian
Oct 26, 2009
N. Christian Anderson III becomes publisher of The Oregonian in Portland, the newspaper reported. He succeeds Fred Stickel, who retired in September.
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Bryan named publisher in Juneau
Oct 23, 2009
Mark Bryan is the new publisher of the Juneau Empire. He had been publisher of the Newport (Ore.) News-Times.
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Share your Summit comments with us
Sep 25, 2009
Members who attended the 2009 Summit are asked to complete an evaluation form.
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Presenters share files from Summit
Sep 25, 2009
Thanks to our Summit presenters, PNNA is able to share these presentation files and links from the Sept. 17-18 PNNA Summit.
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Board accelerates on ad networks
Sep 25, 2009
At the annual meeting of the members of PNNA, held Sept. 18 in Seattle, several motions were approved. First was a decision to mitigate dues for any PNNA-member newspaper that agrees to become a partner in the two networks being offered by the association.
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Blethen Award winners announced
Sep 18, 2009
The 2009 C. B. Blethen Memorial award winners were announced Thursday, Sept. 17 at the
89th Pacific Northwest Press Summit in Seattle.
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Parrish named publisher in Longview
Sep 15, 2009
Rick Parrish is now publisher of The Daily News in Longview, Wash., that newspaper reported. He had been publisher in Racine, Wisc., and succeeds Linda Lindus.
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Stickel retires at Oregonian
Sep 09, 2009
Fred Stickel has announced his retirement from The Oregonian after 35 years as publisher, The Oregonian reports.
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The Wenatchee World names Janine Bakken as Director of Finance
Jul 14, 2009
WENATCHEE, WA — The Wenatchee World is pleased to announce the hiring
of Janine Bakken as its Director of Finance. In that capacity, she
will oversee all financial affairs for the 23,000 circulation,
family-owned daily newspaper in North Central Washington.
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Horton named Kitsap Sun publisher
Jul 09, 2009
Charles Horton has been named President and Publisher of the Kitsap Sun.
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Reuters Handbook of Journalism goes online
Jul 09, 2009
The handbook is "the guidance Reuters journalists live by," and until now, it hasn't been freely available to the public.
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Newspapers As Supermarket Loss Leaders?
Jul 09, 2009
Apart from hotels and the like giving away newspapers very seldom does one find the newsstand price discounted.
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Single copy's a buck in outlying areas
Jul 02, 2009
In Spokane, the Spokesman-Review is raising single-copy prices for its Monday-through-Saturday editions to $1 per copy in zones outside its core distribution area, the paper reported.
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What great-great-granddad said
Jun 11, 2009
Ryan Blethen, who has succeeded Jim Veseley as opinion editor at The Seattle Times, is the great-great-grandson of Alden J. Blethen, who bought The Seattle Times in 1896. He predicts any change in the editorial pages to be subtle, with a feisty edge.
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It was one fine building, Bellingham
Jun 11, 2009
The Bellingham Herald building, which recently sold for $2.3 million, cost $325,000 to complete in 1926.
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Start charging online, document urges
Jun 11, 2009
Talking point No. 1 of the API Newspaper Economic Action Plan, presented recently at a Chicago gathering of newspaper corporate executives: "True Value. Establish that news content online has value by charging for it. Begin 'massive experimentation with several of the most promising options.'"
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In Memoriam: Stan Strick, 68
Jun 11, 2009
Stanley Richard Strick, retired executive editor of The Daily Herald in Everett, Wash., died June 4, 2009, from complications related to cancer treatment. He was 68.
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PNNA to launch 2x2 ad network
Jun 11, 2009
At its May meeting, the directors of PNNA agreed that in these difficult times for newspapers, it was necessary to develop a way to mitigate dues. After discussing alternative revenue-producing strategies it was decided that a 2x2 ad program, in addition to the existing classified program, offered the best solution.
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Twitter: It's the new duct tape
May 11, 2009
Think of Twitter as modern-day duct tape, says Steve Mullen, editor of The Commercial Dispatch in Mississippi.
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We forgot the comics; yeah, it's a big deal
May 11, 2009
Leaving out the comics was a darn-fool blunder, a community newspaper editor says, taking it on the chin. But it happens.
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Media freight train slow to change course
May 11, 2009
Jack Myers, who gave the keynote speaker at the America East Newspaper Conference in Hershey, Penn., says the economic path for media executives is leveling a little, though there's still some trudging to do.
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'We missed the story,' business press admits
May 11, 2009
Panelists at the Society of American Business Editors and Writers conference concurred that the business press missed the mark in covering the money meltdown in a way that media consumers could understand.
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Best of the West winners posted
May 11, 2009
The Best of the West journalism contest, open to newspapers and their websites in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming, has announced the 2009 winners.
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Battle of the e-readers will pay off
May 11, 2009
The post-Kindle scramble to create a market-leading digital news-reader will sort itself out in time, says an Ars Technica overview piece.
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Warning: Kindle users trend older
May 11, 2009
Seventy percent of the users of Amazon's Kindle device who were tabulated in an unscientific poll are over 40. More than half are over age 50.
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Le Masurier named Olympian publisher
Mar 23, 2009
George Le Masurier is the new publisher of The Olympian in Olympia, Wash. He had been publisher of The Peninsula Gateway in Gig Harbor and The Herald in Puyallup.
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Ellensburg publisher will miss press rumble
Mar 17, 2009
The rumble of the press will be missing at The Daily Record in Ellensburg, which has moved its printing to the Yakima Herald.
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Stick up for your product, editor says
Mar 17, 2009
TV stations have a long-lived habit of ripping and reading from newspapers. Karen Peterson, executive editor of the News Tribune
in Tacoma, wrote in February that she tracks down this uncredited
borrowing, courteously, of course, and asks that the station include
the newspaper's name with the item.
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Salute to The Post-Intelligencer
Mar 17, 2009
On the occasion of its final print edition, fellow PNNA members acknowledge the Seattle Post-Intelligencer on their opinion pages.
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PNNA 2008 Print Quality Winners
Jan 07, 2009
PNNA has announced the winners of the
2008 PNNA Print Quality Contest Awards. Judging was done by California
Polytechnic State University's Graphic Communications Department in San
Luis Obispo, headed by Harvey Levenson, Ph.D.
Awards are given in first and second place in two circulation categories, under 25,000 and over 25,000.
- First Place Circulation 25,000 and over:The Bulletin, Bend, Ore.
- Second Place Circulation 25,000 and over: Yakima Herald-Republic, Yakima, Wash.
- First Place Circulation under 25,000: The Chronicle, Centralia, Wash.
- Second Place Circulation under 25,000: The Grants Pass Daily Courier, Grants Pass, Ore.
IAB focuses on efficient online ads
Dec 18, 2008
The Internet Advertising Bureau has released new guidelines to streamline online media buying and ad-serving.
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Olympian printed in Tacoma
Dec 18, 2008
The News Tribune in Tacoma has begun printing newspapers for The Olympian. The move follows similar changes at McClatchy Co. papers in Boise, Idaho, and Bellingham, Wash., and in Sacramento and Modesto, Calif.
Skagit Valley goes to 75 cents
Dec 18, 2008
The Skagit Valley Herald in October raised its single-copy price to 75 cents and Sunday price to $1.50. Home delivery prices were not changed. It was the first single-copy increase in nearly a decade, the Mount Vernon paper reported, attributing increases to the higher costs of fuel, newsprint and ink.
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