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GateHouse adopts unified platform for producing, sharing content u BY TARA MCMEEKIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER Photos: Newscycle & GateHouse Newscycle Photos: GateHouse Media kicked off 2017 with a resolu- Security key tion to upgrade its Web CMS platform across more than Security for publishers has been a key factor to News- 400 websites serving some 35 million unique users. cycle as its products evolve. The move is based on a need to replace the “We are so conscious of the fact that news me- publisher’s legacy systems, which have been in place

Center for News & Design News Center for dia are a prime target for cyber attack, so we chose for many years and no longer represent the most ef- Drupal 8,” Pete Marsh, vice president of marketing ficient news publishing technology. for the vendor told N&T. “That coupled with our Web “We are on a dated system that does not hosting gives us what we think is best practice — provide an adequate mobile platform to publish and GateHouse shared that belief.” news,” Christopher Biondi, senior director of digital Newscycle’s Onset is designed to be simple to development for GateHouse told News & Tech. “The use and fully responsive. The vendor developed 100 interface is not user-friendly and the print workflow modules on top of the Drupal 8 core, specifically for is not as efficient as it could be for the newsrooms.” news media organizations. Onset will be hosted in Those inefficiencies prompted GateHouse’s search the Newscycle Cloud, which is based on Amazon for vendors that could provide systems that were ro- Web Services. bust in mobile and print offerings as well as in security. Newscycle said Onset will streamline content “We selected to upgrade to Newscycle’s new GateHouse Media will manage more than 400 of its publica- tions’ websites with Newscycle’s Onset digital CMS platform. creation and publishing processes for all of Gate- Drupal 8-based Onset platform, believing it will set us House’s Web, mobile and print channels. In addition on the best path to continue to operate at scale and be as to its robust security benefits, “Drupal 8 has the potential nimble as we can as we grow and the media environment changes,” Biondi said. to evolve digital storytelling in a significant way,” Bill Church, senior vice presi- GateHouse was previously using the Newscycle’s Web platform the vendor dent of news for GateHouse said. “We are as intrigued with the entrepreneurial acquired through its 2013 merger with Saxotech. Newscycle continued on page 17 Reportory personalizes email newsletters

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Here at News & Tech we’ve been creating and parent company Landmark communications started pushing our own email Dateline newsletter since the Push always shopping its newspaper properties and Clark was early part of this century. left feeling like there had to be a better way to keep The email newsletter platform, popular in the “works over pull newspapers relevant. 1990s, is having a major resurgence. In a recent “Paper and people are just too expensive,” the — Tracy Clark founder ” study by Pew Research Center, 15 percent of readers of Reportory publisher told her at the time. consistently consume news through emails. And “I started thinking about business plans of how to cut back on costs,” Clark told News & Tech. “I about half of those are very loyal to that pathway. of receiving online news. thought everything is so manual and why are we do- Indeed, most news consumers — 65 percent, ac- “Push always works over pull,” said Tracy Clark, ing one product for everyone when everyone wants cording to the Pew study, are loyal to a specific way Reynolds Journalism fellow and something different? It just seemed super wasteful.” founder of Reportory, a personal- With the Internet and mobile technology grow- ized email platform for newspapers. ing at a rapid pace, it seemed like an opportunity to “Anyway a publisher or company personalize and automate. can push without annoying the user Clark attended business school and kept rumi- Turn to draws in readership.” page 33 nating on the best way to help newspapers toward Reportory is born more personalization. In 2011, working with her former editor from for expanded Clark started thinking of drawing The Roanoke Times, she decided to try to build a in readers right out of journalism platform that could personalize content. industry school. She attended the University “Every other industry was personalizing con- coverage of North Carolina’s School of Media tent and media. Just not the journalism industry,” and Journalism and began working she said. at The Roanoke (Virginia) Times One main component was separating them- News & Tech shortly after graduation. In 2008, March/April 2017 u 1 Reportory continued on page 6 www.newsandtech.com KBA-Digital & Web Solutions

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Reportory from page 1 Open rate, clicks selves from an RSS feed, Clark said. The system is completely automated and only the “We wanted to create an entirely new experience reader sees the end product, Clark explained. and a whole new personalized product for readers All the newspaper’s content is pulled into a where all the content was in one place,” said Clark. database and an algorithm runs based on three In its first iteration, it was a web interface and factors — source, category and key word. For the mobile app with email for push. Statesman experiment, source could include the “We partnered with NewsCred and pulled in six newspaper, Associated Press or both. First the algo- different publishers, including CNN, AP, Forbes and rithm asks can we find a best match for all three? Dow Jones,” said Clark. “We wanted enough content The platform had to come up with ten articles in our database to build a personalization engine.” per day to match Midday Break and provide an even comparison. Pilot program The experiment lasted from April to Septem- The challenge came in trying to figure out how to ber and gathered quantitative data — likes and match up a person’s requests with the content on clicks — as well as qualitative. the back end, Clark said. “At the end, readers were asked to take a sur- The idea was to personalize content in three vey,” Clark said. “Questions were based on qualita- tive metrics like happiness, satisfaction and how ways: news source, category and key word. People the Austin-American Statesman. willing a reader was to share it with a friend.” could say they only want to receive news from The “We white-labeled the whole platform so that While an academic research assistant is still Wall Street Journal, or they want to read sports it looked just like the Statesman’s email platform,” working on the final results, Clark said the initial and entertainment, and include key words such as Clark said. findings are incredible. specific teams or athlete names. The experiment set out to do an apples-to- “On my platform the average open rate over Then Apple News and Flipboard came out and apples comparison of how a personalized email six months was 75 percent and theirs was 38 per- while the industry as a whole was figuring out that per- system works when compared with the traditional cent,” Clark said. “The click rate was 14.5 percent sonalization was essential, publishers were still lagging. editor-curated email. on Reportory and 5 percent on the traditional “Publishers are super weary of giving up con- Over the course of six months, 250 users Statesman email.” trol to these big tech giants,” Clark said. received a personalized email from the Reportory Clark is now waiting on the research paper to So she started working with Reynolds Journal- platform called “Austin American-Statesman News be released and is planning to take the platform to ism Institute to figure out a way to make this kind of for You.” The data collected was compared against conferences and preparing to show it to publishers. technology accessible and useable for publishers. an equal random selection of Austin’s existing “Mid- “We get that publishers might have a worry Clark built an in-house product for newspaper day Break” platform that has roughly 4,000 users. that they are giving up editorial control if you per- publishers to offer subscribers. At the end, qualitative data was also collected sonalize the news because people are just getting “We focused on the email platform because from 65 people from each platform in addition to their own little siloed version of the world,” Clark email is all the rage right now,” Clark said. the quantitative data collected through the indi- The Reportory platform was piloted through vidual platforms. said. “But in my opinion, that’s what they want.” p

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The Buffalo News invests in training u NEWS & TECH STAFF REPORT The Buffalo (New York) News made an “A couple of the BH Media Group papers investment in mailroom efficiencies in an effort had contracted with The Network and endorsed to create sustainable change and reduce operat- their capabilities and the results they had deliv- ing costs as the paper adjusts to diminishing ered,” said Carr. readers and insert customers. Several rounds of training covering day and “But its not all doom and gloom” Bryan night shifts ensure that everyone has the set-up Carr, vice president of production for The Buffalo and troubleshooting skills to be successful. The News, told News & Tech. “There are opportunities newspaper is looking for quicker change-overs for us; in fact, in September we began to double and faster running speeds — crucial improve- down on community newspapers and penny sav- ments as zoning gets more and more fine, down ers that are bringing additional customers and to the carrier level. revenue to us from places we hadn’t been willing “Making these investments in people and to look at before.” systems brings a much higher level of focus on Since 2009, when the company signed a what our core objectives are in the mailroom,” multi-year contract to be a print partner for the Bryan Carr, vice president of operations at The Buffalo said Carr. “We’ve identified several other areas New York Times, it has been busy adding other News shakes hands with Keith Hockenberry after signing in the mailroom that are prospects for creating regional publishers to the customer pool and the BURT agreement. baselines and key performance indicators with revenue base, Carr said. plans for continuous improvement. Progress “We’ve also been building out our capabili- “Bad habits form, the folks who received the along these lines allows our managers to be ties as a very competent commercial printer in training have retired and the knowledge transfer creative in managing and add some level of disci- order to compete with others in our market,” hasn’t been well maintained,” Carr explained pline to our best practices and procedures.” N&T according to Carr. to . “Before we invest in new equipment, it Further, The News placed an order with Carr and The Buffalo News contracted with was important for us to get out of old habits and BURT Technologies for package planning and BURT Technologies and The Network to improve learn how to perform change overs quicker and inventory management software that will replace its packaging process from preprint order entry develop our operators to address the challenges the paper’s homegrown, older preprint order to producing complete packages. of shorter machine runs and thinner, more entry/inventory system. The move will eliminate Initially, The News invested in operator diverse inserts our clients send us.” duplicate order processing in advertising and training. The 25-year-old inserters are still in Carr said that The Network was a highly circulation, saving labor and reducing errors. great shape, Carr said, but operators haven’t had qualified team that offered operator training, “We’re just getting BURT installed and any additional training in machine set up since consulting and used equipment for mailroom training starts in March,” Carr explained. “But I the equipment was installed. operations. The Buffalo News continued on page 11

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News & Tech March/April 2017 u 9 www.newsandtech.com Papers launch social media, travel outreach u BY CHRIS LYTIKAININ SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR Newspapers are constantly trying to find ways to better connect USA TODAY experimented with this type of community outreach with with readers. Whether it is more social media outreach, perks or subscrip- their Super Bowl Ad Meter, allowing fans to cast their vote for their favorite tions, there will always be a way to further connect. The Washington Post Super Bowl commercials with a panel that was hosted by Ron Burke and recently announced Lily, for instance. Lily is “an experimental, visually Laura Petrecca, with other guests coming through in a rotation. Though driven product designed for millennial women that will boldly reimagine it isn’t quite to the scale WaPo and NYT have done, it is still an interesting The Post’s award-winning journalism for distributed platforms,” WaPo said move towards outreach. in an announcement. Another way these companies are reaching out to audiences is through WaPo isn’t the only paper thinking about Travel expos. Traveling is high on most people’s lists of places where they ways to reach out to younger readers with are willing to spend extra money. A report from the Harris Group found new technology. The New York Times has re- that 72 percent of millennials prefer to spend money on experiences over cently launched a similar endeavor. Starting material things, and they are 23 percent more likely to travel abroad than this year, NYT will partner with the Snapchat older generations and will budget more for trips. The Huffington Post Discover platform to provide daily editions reported that millennials are on track to spend $1.4 trillion on travel each based on the paper’s Morning Briefing, allow- year by 2020. Not only do millennials see travel as a way to widen perspec- ing readers to prepare for their day from their tives, but also a way of making business connections. mobile devices. “We’re seeing enormous interest on the part of younger audiences for the sort of smart, visual digital journalism for which The Times has become known,” Kinsey Wilson, executive vice president of product and tech- nology, said in a press release. “Snapchat is an ideal place to reach that audience. At the end of the day, our goal is to make sure our journalism reaches the widest possible audi- ence and that we continue the rapid growth we’ve seen in our base of loyal subscribers — growth that comes in large part from reach- Photo: Washington Post ing new audiences on other platforms.”

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Publicationsatio realize this and have made an attempt to flesh out the The Buffalo News from page 8 travel material for readers. The (Minneapolis) Star Tribune recently an- nounced its first travel expo. They join the ranks of the LA Times, The New anticipate a much higher level of integration between order entry, packk- York Times and a few others striving for an increased connection with their age planning, machine controls and access to our NewsCycle circulation audience and banking on in-depth travel coverage to do so. This year’s NYT system.” Travel Show reported the highest attendance in its 13-year history. With The technology will eliminate duplication of work, make shorter plan around 30,000 participants, including some 9,200 travel trade experts and times, offer less make goods due to typos and errors from manual processes 21,000 consumer attendees at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New and improve communication between receiving and order entry, Carr said. York City, the show boasted 560 companies representing over 170 countries. These upgrades in training and technology keep The News on pace with the rest of the industry by being more efficient with scheduling and machine cycles. The paper will have the ability to offer inserting services to other publishers who would rather invest their payroll dollars on content to bring circulation, Carr explained. “In the short run, inserts will continue to disappear and the remaining work will continue to change dramatically in their page counts and paper specifications,” Carr said. “Our core of work, roughly 2/3 of our payroll in the mailroom is for inserting.” While the changes have their speed bumps, overall Carr thinks it’s im- portant for The News to stay close to technology providers and to invest Photo: NYT in capital that drives out The Star Tribune Vacation & Travel Experience is planned as a three- operating costs. day show for consumers and industry pros. The show will be held at the “That investment Minneapolis Convention Center October 27–29, 2017. The three days will creates challenges for the include travel seminars featuring Star Trib journalists and other travel ex- employee who must learn perts, live entertainment, culinary demonstrations, cultural presentations, new processes or learns children’s activities, trip giveaways and a craft-beer pavilion. that the new processes “More than 80 percent of Twin Cities residents have traveled within the may lead to fewer co- past 12 months,” said Steve Yeager, chief marketing officer for Star Trib. “We workers,” Carr said. “We believe our new event will capture the attention and interest of people who must all adapt to the new are planning personal and vacation travel for the coming year.” p reality of less print.” p

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In a bid to identify FIGURE 1 FIGURE 2 some 48.89% — viewed their where media companies attempts at increasing digi- will be focusing their at- tal audience as the most diff- tention this year, Pagesuite ficult challenge they faced recently released its 2017 in 2016. Increasing Digital Digital Publishing report. Ad Revenue was the second The report analyzes data highest at 45.56%. collected from 100 news- (See figure 2) paper executives in order The drive to grow in to explore challenges and the online sphere hasn’t trends impacting their digi- faltered, but it hasn’t exactly tal audiences. gone as predicted either. The growth of digital The popularity of readers publishing, at this point, accessing news on social is essential to the growth media had many predicting of newspapers. Publishers that it would be the future have definitely taken notice. of quickly digestible news. A majority of publishers But the field is complicated agree that the most impor- due to the rise of fake news tant thing to them in 2016 distributed through these was increasing their digital avenues. Facebook Instant audience. Articles and services like (See figure 1) Apple News, have shifted Simultaneously, a large away from becoming a pub- amount of executives — lisher’s priority.

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“We looked at how many FIGURE 3 FIGURE 4 FIGURE 5 publishers are embracing these channels and tak- ing advantage by displaying their content on these new social media platforms,” the report stated. “However, it is surprising to see the major- ity (67.82%) are not using any of the new rapidly growing platforms. Facebook Instant Articles seems to be the most adopted and effective.” (See figure 3 and 4) Even though these plat- forms are rapidly rising in pop- ularity and use, they still seem to be underused by newspaper companies. However, The New York Times and The Washing- ton Post have started to utilize Snapchat, something that these executives felt to be of little importance. WaPo’s new app Lily is also attempting to take advantage of the more One trend however that viewed video content as one ship and ad content. p mobile friendly social media does not seem to waiver is the of the most important invest- (See figure 5) aspects that can be used to need and importance of live ments they will make in 2017 The full report can be deliver news. video content. Over 62.35%, for increasing digital reader- found on www.pagesuite.com

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All of us want to build a sustainable digital business model for quality journalism. And we need the right people that have been empowered with the right knowledge to make that happen. As I work with news publishers, I hear that digital revenue growth continues to be uneven. And particularly in the American and European markets, the pace of growth has still not matched the decline of print. After helping and learning from hundreds of the best media companies around the world, my WAN-IFRA team has collected a considerable number of insights into the state of the art in digital media. And last year we asked ourselves which of these were truly transformative for companies. What ideas are so vital that digital success can't be sustained with out them? We have identified six key pillars that publishers have to get right to ensure a successful digital media operation. These six pillars are: strategically diversified digital revenue sources, reader revenue, active participation in ad marketplaces, an energetic approach to digital sales, a business focused data strategy, and a culture of innovation. Let’s take a look at why each one of these areas is key to your operation. (630) 739 9600 Strategically Diversified Revenue Sources Digital success is always based on executing a sound digital strategy In the last 10 years the only publishers who have been digitally success- ful have been the ones that developed a digital strategy and who have been committed to execute it. Why? Well, in digital we have a complex product with at least two USPs: Content and Technology. These must be strategized and developed together. And we are in a highly competitive market where the rules of the game are speed and innovation. If you do not have a strategy aligning all the interdependent capabilities of your operation like technology, culture, skills, content, product, etc. while each of those single capabilities are developed, they will never pay off into the competitive advantages that you have identified as necessities for growth. Reader Revenue Only very few newspapers that focus on quality journalism will be able to survive on advertising alone. Publishers must develop a substantial revenue stream from their readers in order to have a sustainable business model. The CEO of the New York Times, Mark Thompson said, “The plain truth is that advertising alone will not support quality journalism.” While national and some big regional newspapers are showing positive trends and quite good numbers it is clear that first movers tend to be mar- ket leaders and show good growth. However, many regional brands are still focused on transforming print subscribers to digital. For most local newspapers, however, the overall paid content perfor- mance is weak. There are many different reasons for this: they often started too late or have difficulties defining the content that really differentiate them in the competition. Local is a strength, but not a niche in itself. The most important question for any publications wanting to go into or relaunch paid content is to answer: AH Tensor International LLC what in your offer is really driving engagement in our local community? 10330 Argonne Woods Dr. We are living in times of growing streams of news and views of extremely var- Suite 200 ied quality, where fake news is just one problem. Combined with the growth of hate Woodridge, IL 60517 Phone: (630) 739 9600 speech and slander, many turn to more traditional and trusted brands for news. www.ustensor.com This trend shows that the core of our journalism – good and trustful storytelling, analysis, expert comments, insightful opinions, and exclusive

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MARC... MY WORDS Even Bullwinkle struggled with fake news u BY MARC WILSON COLUMNIST My firstt encounter with Bullwinkle an awkward-thinking moose. the AP story when it was published in Hollywood. what is now called “Fake News” oc- The “fake news” -- Bogus Boris -- story occurred The real voice was actor, impressionist, come- curred many years ago when I was in the early 1970s when a radio disc jockey in Tyler, dian and screenwriter Paul Frees, known widely as working for the Associated Press Texas, started doing impersonations of Boris, and the “man of a thousand voices.” in Texas, and we published a story other characters from the show on a local radio station. When unmasked, the Bogus Boris story caused about a bogus Boris Badenov. The DJ – whose name I can’t recall– started great consternation at the AP Dallas bureau. We ran For those of you too young claiming on the air that he was the original voice of a mandatory “kill” on the story. to remember, Boris Badenov was Boris Badenov. But then we decided the whole episode was the nemesis and foil on the hit Repeating such Boris best lines as: “You busy- really hilarious. cartoon Rocky and Bullwinkle bodies have busied your last body” he became a We ran a story about the story, and the lead ran Show, which ran on ABC and NBC from 1959 to 1965 celebrity in East Texas. something like this: (and remains in syndication today). An East Texas daily newspaper did a story pro- “DALLAS (AP) – Boris Badenov was bad Boris Badenov was a spy for the fictional nation filing the DJ, stating that he was the original voice of enough, but a Bogus Boris was too much.” of Pottsylvania who took orders from that nation’s Boris. The AP Dallas bureau picked up the story, and The follow-up story was published and pub- fearless leader, Mr. Big. it was distributed worldwide on the AP’s “A” wire. lished more prominently by more newspapers than Mr. Big weekly ordered Boris on missions ranging Mark Twain once famously said “There are only the original story. from trying to steal a secret rocket fuel formula to elimi- two forces that can carry light to all the corners of Occasionally, we ought not always take our- nating all television programming in the United States. the globe…the sun in the heavens and the Associ- selves too seriously. Boris was almost always accompanied by his ated Press down here.” As Bullwinkle once famously said: "Well, if you sidekick Natasha Fatale, who is the fictional only So, while it was safe for the DJ to claim he was can't believe what you read in a comic book, what child of Axis Sally and Count Dracula. She is a former Boris in Tyler, Texas (in the days before the World can you believe?" p Miss Transylvania who was expelled from college for Wide Web and I-Heart Radio), he couldn’t get away subversive activities at a local cemetery. with the claim when the claim was carried to all Marc Wilson is executive chairman of TownNews.com. Boris, Natasha and Mr. Big were almost always corners of the world by the AP.” He can be reached at [email protected]. thwarted, by the end of the show, by Rocky and The fake news – the Bogus Boris Badenov– was Bullwinkle. Rocky is a pretty-smart squirrel, and unmasked when the real original voice of Boris read

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Newscycle from page 1 “There will definitely be changes in how newsrooms flexibility as we are with the devel- produce and manage content, and opment opportunities.” in addition to the technological component, this will be a massive Targeted completion date training effort for us,” Biondi said. GateHouse set summer of 2018 as the target date for having all of Single interface its sites live, although a specific Many of GateHouse’s newspapers rollout schedule has not been final- use Newscycle’s current print and ized. Biondi said the publisher will digital CMS to push content to its likely mimic the rollout process it central design hub in Austin, Texas, implemented for its CMS global and to their own websites. template redesign in 2016. That Photos: Newscycle & GateHouse Center for News & Design “Ultimately, Onset will provide means it will begin with beta sites a single interface for sites for both print and digital workflow, and this will be a on Onset and build up to larger groups for weekly go lives over the course of nice improvement in efficiency,” Biondi said. several months. GateHouse’s Center for News & Design became operational in Fall 2014, Once the rollout is complete, Onset will be GateHouse’s primary Web- several months after shuttering two separate hubs in Rockford, Illinois and publishing platform. Framingham, Massachusetts in favor of the single location. “We do use Wordpress and other platforms for niche sites, but Onset will GateHouse newsrooms and CND staff have worked in the same CMS for be our primary CMS for print and digital,” Biondi said. “We innovate and sup- many years, enabling them to provide mutual tech support as needed. port hundreds of sites at scale, we operate on a single global template we have “With the introduction of Onset, newsrooms will be in one CMS and CND built on a system of design ‘blocks’ that can be inserted and deleted based on staff will be in another, so the shared experience will end, so to speak,” Tom Clif- newsroom size and needs.” ford, vice president of GateHouse’s CND explained. “CND will have to train to help Biondi said the publisher’s scale makes the project unique and, in some troubleshoot newsroom issues with Onset. We are examining different approaches ways, challenging. to ensure both newsrooms and CND staff can get the necessary technical backup.” “Our scale adds layers of complexity to many of our projects,” he added. In spite of the challenges associated with the rollout, the publisher is con- There are many moving parts GateHouse will need to manage throughout fident in its ability to execute on its forward-thinking strategy and transition to the project, including building out the sites in Drupal 8, and recreating many of a more effective Web-publishing platform that will ultimately streamline and its back-end functions and integrations for content and revenue. The publisher improve its ability to deliver news. also faces the challenge of rolling the platform out quickly, accurately and effi- “We have a built a great team that knows how to operate at scale — from ciently. To that end, adequate training will be paramount. GateHouse will work development and support, to product, data and site launches,” Biondi said. “It with Newscycle to perfect the print workflow within Onset and will train and is a big project for us, but I believe the digital redesign we rolled out last year roll the new platform out to more than 1,000 users across the country. was a good warm-up and sets us up nicely for success.” p

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New York Times named David Perpich president and uPeople general manager of its product recommendation site, Wirecutter. Perpich was previously senior vice president of Rebecca Blumenstein was named deputy managing product for The New York Times. editor of The New York Times. She was previously deputy editor of The Wall Street Journal. John Pourtless was named digital media sales manager for ProImage. Pourtless previously held positions as business de- Steve Kandell was named site director of Esquire.com. He velopment manager for Atex Media Command, as well as sales was previously executive editor of features for BuzzFeed. director for Baseview/MediaSpan (now Newscycle Solutions).

Eddie Tyner was named regional president of Gannett Co., Kenny Stocker will head up V Digital Services’ new Se- based in Cincinnati. He was previously senior vice president attle office. He was previously publisher of Seattle Weekly. of enterprise dealer partnerships with Cox Automotive. Clay Chandler was named executive editor international Peter Ligouri, president and CEO of Tribune Media Com- of Time Inc. Most recently, Chandler was director, senior pany, will step down from his position in March. Peter M. strategist at The Barrenrock Group, a Hong Kong-based Kern will serve as interim CEO. Kern is currently a Tri- consultancy group he founded in 2014. bune Media Company board member. Capital New York co-founders Josh Benson and Tom Mc- Phil Tilley was named sales manager for Harland Simon’s Geveran are leaving Politico. Benson and McGeveran sold U.S. team. He was previously with Goss International in a Capital New York to Politico in 2013. variety of senior engineering, customer service and sales management roles. Ajit Pai was named chairman of the Federal Communica- tion Commission. He was previously the senior Republican Catherine Porter was named Toronto bureau chief for on the commission nominated by Barrack Obama in 2012. The New York Times. She was previously a columnist for the Toronto Star. Dan Crockwell was named regional circulation director for Courier-Post newspapers in North Central Missouri. Tom Molamphy was named industrial ink business de- He was previously publisher of the Monroe County Appeal velopment manager for Agfa Graphics North America. He and The Ralls County Herald-Enterprise. was previously principal of Nuasell, a technical and mar- keting consultancy. Emily Dugan was named senior national reporter for BuzzFeed UK. She is currently chief reporter at The In- Craig Forman was named CEO of McClatchy Co. He was dependent. Meantime, Alex Spence was named senior previously an executive at Yahoo and EarthLink. political correspondent for the online media company. He was previously European correspondent for Politico. Peter Meyer, regional vice president for GateHouse Media and president and publisher of the company’s businesses James Wildman was named CEO and president of Hearst on Cape Cod and South Coast, Massachusetts will assume Magazines UK. He was previously chief revenue officer of additional leadership for GateHouse Media New England. Trinity Mirror.

Lucien De Schamphelaere died on January 20. He was Mike Distelhorst, GateHouse group publisher for Coastal 85. De Schamphelaere founded Xeikon in 1988 after 40 North Carolina, was named publisher of the StarNews in years with Agfa-Gevaert. Wilmington, North Carolina. He will continue to oversee the seven other newspapers and other publications in the group.

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generally expect to reduce debt with the proceeds of these transac- uNews you may have missed tions.” Report: Print ads still most trusted WaPo partners with Cox, creates An October 2016 survey by MarketingSherpa found that 82 per- new investigative team cent of U.S. internet users trust print ads when making a purchasing decision, reported Contently. The Washington Post will now be a national news provider for That number is higher than search ads, which are trusted by 61 the Cox Media Group, the paper announced. Subscribers to any of Cox percent of users and pop-up ads, trusted by 25 percent. Media Group’s properties now have access to the electronic version of While print continues to lose revenue due to the rise in digital WaPo’s National Weekly. media, traditional print ads continue to be more trusted than any- “We’re continuously looking at products that create added value thing online. for our readers and we think the addition of The Washington Post Na- Also interesting to note according to Contently is that consum- tional Weekly helps to increase our national coverage so we can focus ers continue to mistrust native advertising. A study done in partner- on what we do best: providing in-depth, local content for readers that ship with The Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism at they can’t find anywhere else,” said Mark Medici, vice president, multi- City University of New York found that 54 percent of respondents felt market audience for Cox Media Group. deceived by sponsored content in the past, and 43 percent lose trust Meantime, WaPo is creating a rapid-response investigative team in publishers that feature native advertising from an untrustworthy to work closely with all departments in the newsroom, the newspaper brand. reported. “The key is transparency through clear labeling and honest story- “They will be expected to move quickly, mine digital sources of telling,” Contently said. information, and dig deeply as breaking news provides targets of jour- For more on the study into consumer perceptions on native ad- nalistic opportunity,” the paper said. vertising and its impact on publisher trust. The team will be composed of eight journalists — five reporters, an assignment editor, a database reporter and a graphics reporter. They will be situated in WaPo’s Investigative Unit. Facebook launches Journalism “This team will be a powerful new asset for The Post, where Project, puts ads in video investigative reporting has long been a strength,” said Martin Baron, In a bid to establish stronger ties with the news industry, Face- executive editor of WaPo. “Over time its staff will work collaboratively book launched the Facebook Journalism Project. The program will with beat reporters throughout our newsroom.” work with publishers to develop news products including, new story- . telling formats, local news products, emerging business models and McClatchy sells two buildings, hackathons. Facebook is also pledging to meet regularly with media signs leasebacks and publishing partners and sponsoring journalism and publishing conferences. McClatchy Co. inked deals to sell the buildings that house The Facebook is also looking to open more training and tools for Sacramento (California) Bee and The State in Columbia, South Caro- journalists, including e-learning courses on Facebook products, tools lina. and services for journalists as well as continuing to travel to news- Shopoff Advisors LP purchased the headquarters of The Bee for rooms and hosting journalists at Facebook. The effort will also seek to $51 million. The company signed a 15-year leaseback for $4.6 million a promote news literacy. To read more on the effort, click here. year with Shopoff for the newspaper offices, McClatchy said in a state- Meantime, Facebook is testing ways to introduce ads in videos ment. hosted on the site, according to recode. Commercial real estate development and management firm The social media giant is testing a “mid-roll” ad format, Recode Twenty Lakes Holding paid $17 million for The State’s offices. Mc- reported. The feature will allow video publishers to insert ads into Clatchy will lease back the property for $1.6 million annually, the clips after people have watched for 20 seconds. company announced. Facebook will sell the ads and share the revenue with publishers, Both transactions are expected to close in the second quarter of Recode said. Revenue share will be 55 percent of sales, which is the this year. same offered by YouTube. “These sale-leaseback transactions are one more step in moving forward with our real estate monetization efforts to redeploy our capi- tal for better uses for the benefit of our shareholders and bondhold- ers,” said Elaine Lintecum, chief financial officer of McClatchy. “We News continued on page 36

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News from page 35 Most of the revenue was due to increased political spending, tele- vision stations and Hearst’s foray into healthcare, Hearst Health. However, newspaper revenues were up as well, according to the NYT rolls out HTTPS company. Hearst Newspapers acquired The Hour and Wilton Villager, The New York Times is working to enable HTTPS on NYTimes. both in Fairfield County, Connecticut, as well as Houston Community com. The move will help protect reader privacy and also works to en- Newspapers and The Pioneer Group in Michigan. sure the authenticity of content, NYT said. “A standout performance was delivered by the San Francisco The first areas of the site to be converted are the ones with the Chronicle under Publisher Jeff Johnson and Editor Audrey Cooper,” most traffic, including NYTimes.com homepage, articles published in wrote Steven Swartz, president and CEO of Hearst in a letter to em- 2014 and later, most section, column and topic pages, NYTimes.com ployees. “The Chronicle not only recorded another year of profit growth mobile site, most blog pages, Times Video and podcast pages. but also saw total revenue increase four percent, a feat not all that Not only does HTTPS encrypt data sent between reader computers common in the newspaper business today.” and NYT servers, but it also validates the communicating computer and ensures that any data received has not been modified in-transit. RedEye to restructure “We intend to bring the rest of our site under the HTTPS umbrel- Beginning in February, Chicago Tribune’s free daily commuter la,” NYT said. “There is still a significant amount of work remaining, but newspaper, RedEye, will be printed weekly and focus on food and we are committed to seeing it through.” entertainment. Dubbed a “weekend planning guide,” according to the Tribune, the Axel Springer gets ahead of weekly will be published on Thursdays and will feature its Eat. Drink. wear with PHS Do. section prominently. “When RedEye was created 15 years ago, it quickly established Axel Springer commissioned PrintHouse Service, a subsidiary itself as a must-have for commuters starting their workday across of KBA, to check, maintain and if necessary, replace the bearers and Chicago,” said Bruce Dold, publisher and editor-in-chief of the Chicago cylinder bearings on all 18 Colorman rotary presses at its Ahrensburg, Tribune. “Over the years, it has evolved to better serve our audience Berlin and Essen plants. and has become an essential tool that readers now depend on when Predictive maintenance is an evolution of traditional maintenance the workweek is over.” strategies and a vital element of KBA 4.0, the company said. The redesign will entail a restructure that will result in an undis- PHS will measure movement in the bearings to identify possible closed number of layoffs, according to Dana Meyer, spokesperson for damage to cylinder bearings so that signs of wear can be detected be- the Tribune. fore printing problems occur. PHS also performs checking and setting of the highly loaded bearers on the impression cylinders. Hearst acquires Michigan company Tennessee daily freezes Hearst Newspapers acquired The Pioneer Group from Jack and John Batdorff, fourth-generation family owners. freelance budget The Michigan-based newspaper group publishes daily papers The The Commercial Appeal in Memphis, Tennessee, will no longer Pioneer in Big Rapids and The Manistee News Advocate as well as utilize freelance writers. The move eliminates the Friday arts and en- three weekly papers and four local shopper publications. The company tertainment section written by Fredric Koeppel as well as performing also operates a digital marketing services business. arts reviews from Jon W. Sparks and music reviews from Mark Jordan. “We’re proud to follow four generations of Batdorff family leader- The news was delivered via email last week from Mark Richens, enter- ship in these central Michigan communities,” said Mark Aldam, presi- tainment team editor of the daily newspaper. dent of Hearst Newspapers. “This addition is an essential part of our “The Commercial Appeal has ordered that all freelance spend- desire to further serve readers in Michigan.” ing be suspended effective immediately,” wrote Richens. “Any invoices The Pioneer Publisher John Norton will continue in his role after already submitted will be paid, but nothing form here on out.” the acquisition. “Hearst has made a major investment in digital marketing so- lutions, which we can now roll out into our markets, adding more Hearst reports revenue gains in 2016 choices and value for our customers,” Norton said. “It’s going to be Hearst reported revenue growth in 2016 for the sixth year in a row, exciting for all of us to be a part of this growth step.” according to Hearst-owned Houston Chronicle. The company reported that revenue in 2016 was $10.8 billion, up a bit from $10.7 billion the year before.

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uIn brief For the second time in six months, The Atlantic produced a second run of an issue. The January/February PolitiFact launched a membership program and raised issue is being re-released due to rising demand. The issue $105,000 in 20 days. Perks to donate $50 and become features a cover story by Ta-Nehisi Coates entitled “My part of the Truth Squad include the opportunity to listen President Was Black.” in on the staff as they decide the Truth-O-Meter rating of a fact-checked claim, “virtual coffees,” and access to a U.K. weeklies the Walsall Advertiser and the Great closed Facebook group, according to Poynter. Barr Observer merged into a single newspaper. Each will retain separate editions for each region and have local- Muller Martini and Hunkeler are presenting new finish- ized front page and sports reporting. ing solutions at Hunkeler Innovation Days in Lucerne, Swit- zerland, from February 20–23. Muller Martini is enabling Iliffe Media purchased 13 weekly newspapers in East its data and process management system to be integrated Anglia, U.K., from Johnston Press for $21 million. Newspa- with a third-party supplier. pers included in the deal are the Bury Free Press, Bourne Local, Diss Express, Fenland Citizen, Lincolnshire Free Meredith Corp. cut 40 positions across the company Press, Grantham Journal, Haverhill Echo, Lynn News, as part of a larger reorganization. Almost half of the layoffs Newmarket Journal, Rutland Times, Suffolk Free Press, were in the New York office, the company said, with the Spalding Guardian and Stamford Mercury along with their rest spread across the other locations. companion websites. Iliffe Print Cambridge will print these titles starting January 23. The New York Times launched a program to enable subscribers to sponsor subscriptions for public The New Media Alliance launched the 2017 Futures of schools. The subscriptions include unlimited access to NY- News Video Contest to highlight university journalism stu- Times.com as well as NYT’s Learning Network. NYT plans dents. The videos will focus on why the future of media is to match all contributions. bright, and what inspired the students to pursue journalism. The contest is open to undergraduate journalism students The Washington Post partnered with Amtrak to be the attending colleges and universities in the U.S. For more exclusive news provider for the train company. Customers information click here. will have unlimited digital access to WaPo’s offerings while on board. As of the start of 2017, bwebsystems is the Gammerler representative in Italy. Trino Barnabo will lead a team of Conde Nast-owned Pitchfork launched a craft beer site. eight employees from Monza. The site is being created with advertising partner ZX Ven- tures, a venture capital fund owned by AB-InBev, parent of European publisher Megafin launched a new weekly Budweiser, Corona and other brands. dubbed Jornal Economico in Portugal using Protecmedia’s Millennium with a SaaS model. The paper was launched in In a five-year deal, Johnston Press will now print copies a two-week time period in September 2016. of the Daily Mail across the U.K.’s South West. Monday to Saturday issues of Daily Mail will be printed at JP’s plant German publisher Hubert Burda Media purchased UK in Portsmouth. magazine group Immediate Media. The group includes 70 magazine titles, including Radio Times. The Newseum laid off 26 employees, 10 percent of staff, in a bid to ease financial tensions.

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TOP CIRCULATION PAPERS

The only paper that currently has subscriptions. Circulation data was LLC (Sheldon Adelson) 232,372 18 a paid circulation model that works provided by the Alliance for Audited Philadelphia Inquirer Interstate extremely well is The New York Times, Media and is for the third quarter General Media 227,245 19 Fort Worth which had a recent surge in its total. of 2015. Circulation is the five-day Star-Telegram McClatchy Co. 215,476 At the end of the third quarter, New average for publications that are 20 The Denver Post / The Sunday York Times Co. (NYT) had 1,557,000 published Monday through Friday. Denver Post Daily First Media 196,286 digital-only subscribers. According to The list only compares newspapers 21 Arizona Republic Gannett Co. the company, it added 132,000 paid that report this five-day average. 188,467 22 Metro New York Seabay subscribers between the election and To be included in total circulation Media Holdings LLC 180,866 23 El Vo- the end of November. Presumably a figures, digital subscriptions must be cero De Puerto Rico Publi-Inversiones large portion of these were digital. restricted access and comply with 179,761 24 The Star-Ledger (Newark) Newspaper ownership among AAM standards. Circulation figures Advance Publications, Inc. 170,077 25 the largest properties falls primarily also include affiliate publications as San Francisco Chronicle Hearst Corp. into four categories. The first is those grouped by the AAM. 167,602 26 Columbus Dispatch New owned by the large public corpora- Rank Newspaper Owner Circu- Media Investment Group 164,995 27 tions. The second are those controlled lation 1 New York Times New York Tribune Review (Pittsburgh) Trib by private companies, the largest of Times Company 2,237,601 2 Long Total Media 161,665 28 The Palm which is the aforementioned Digital Island Newsday Patrick Dolan and Beach Post Cox Enterprises 160,299 First Media, owned by private equity Charles Dolan 512,118 3 Los Ange- 29 San Antonio Express-News Hearst firm Alden Capital, Hearst. Advance les Times tronc, Inc. 507,395 4 New Corp. 158,986 30 Milwaukee Journal Publications is another. It is con- York Post News Corp. 424,721 5 Dal- Sentinel Gannett Co. 154,763 31 El trolled by the Newhouse family. The las Morning News A. H. Belo Corp. Nuevo Dia GFR Media 153,957 32 The third model is papers owned by 410,587 6 Chicago Tribune tronc, Salt Lake Tribune / Deseret News extremely rich individuals. The most Inc. 384,962 7 Washington Post Nash Huntsman Family Investments / well-known of these is the Washing- Holdings, LLC 356,768 8 Daily News Deseret Management Corporation ton Post, controlled by Jeff Bezos, (New York) Mortimer Zuckerman 152,210 33 Express (Washington DC) the billionaire founder of Amazon. 299,538 9 Amnewyork Patrick Dolan Nash Holdings, LLC 148,928 34 Kan- com. Another is the struggling New and Charles Dolan 291,991 10 Star sas City Star McClatchy Co. 146,730 York Daily News, owned by real estate Tribune (Minneapolis) Glen Taylor 35 Chicago Sun-Times Wrapports, tycoon Mort Zuckerman. Hedge fund 285,129 11 Houston Chronicle Hearst LLC 146,539 36 The Virginian-Pilot manager executive John Henry is the Corp. 276,445 12 Austin American Landmark Media Enterprises 143,682 principal owner of the Boston Globe. Cox Enterprises 246,963 13 Tampa 37 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Block The final model is papers owned by Bay Times Poynter Institute 245,042 Communications 140,987 38 The nonprofit enterprises. These include 14 Honolulu Star-Advertiser Black Miami Herald / El Nuevo Herald Mc- the Tampa Bay Times and Philadel- Press Group Ltd. 243,376 15 The Clatchy Co. 139,735 39 South Florida phia Inquirer. Record (Woodland Park, NJ) Gannett Sun Sentinel tronc, Inc. 135,404 40 Below are the 100 largest news- Co. 242,567 16 Boston Globe John W. Arkansas Democrat Gazette WEHCO papers in the United States based Henry 232,546 17 Las Vegas Review- Media 130,552 41 Indianapolis Star on combined print and digital paid Journal News + Media Capital Group Gannett Co. 127,180 42 Advocate SPONSORED CONTENT

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(Baton Rouge) John Georges 126,976 Communications 76,642 69 Repub- Wayne, IN) The Journal Gazette Co. 43 St. Louis Post-Dispatch Lee Enter- lican (Springfield, MA) Advance / Ogden Newspapers, Inc. 48,199 93 prises, Inc. 124,712 44 The Baltimore Publications, Inc. 76,353 70 Primera Times Union (Albany) Hearst Corp. Sun tronc, Inc. 121,840 45 Buffalo Hora (San Juan) GFR Media 74,215 71 48,144 94 Lincoln Journal Star Lee News Berkshire Hathaway 121,413 46 Asbury Park Press (Neptune, NJ) Gan- Enterprises, Inc. 47,831 95 Sarasota Hartford Courant tronc, Inc. 114,227 nett Co. 73,194 72 Post And Courier Herald-Tribune New Media Invest- 47 Investor's Business Daily (Los (Charleston) Evening Post Publishing ment Group 47,400 96 Journal Star Angeles) . 113,038 48 Metro Puerto Co. 69,433 73 Metro Boston Seabay (Peoria, IL) New Media Investment Rico Llc Metro International 107,690 Media Holdings LLC 68,966 74 Wis- Group 46,947 97 Wichita Eagle Mc- 49 Charlotte Observer McClatchy consin State Journal Lee Enterprises, Clatchy Co. 46,709 98 South Bend Co. 107,321 50 Omaha World-Herald Inc. 67,965 75 Akron Beacon Journal, Tribune Shurz Communications / Sunday World-Herald Berkshire Sunday Akron Journal Black Press 44,951 99 Register-Guard (Eugene, Hathaway 104,958 51 Cincinnati Group Ltd. 65,783 76 Tulsa World OR) Guard Publishing Co. 44,697 100 Enquirer Gannett Co. 104,354 52 Berkshire Hathaway 61,817 77 Morn- Gazette (Colorado Springs) Clarity Telegram & Gazette / Sunday Tele- ing Call (Allentown) tronc, Inc. Media Group 44,072 Circulation Data gram New Media Investment Group 60,962 78 The News Journal Media Source: Alliance for Audited Media - 104,350 53 State (Columbia, SC) Mc- Group (New Castle, DE) Gannett Co. Q3 2015 Clatchy Co. 102,974 54 Courier-Jour- 60,620 79 Florida Times-Union Mor- nal (Louisville) Gannett Co. 102,895 ris Publishing Co. 60,399 80 Arizona 55 News & Observer (Raleigh) Mc- Daily Star Lee Enterprises 57,735 81 Clatchy Co. 98,158 56 Oklahoman The Roanoke Times Berkshire Hathaway Anschutz Corporation 96,885 57 La 54,293 82 Chattanooga Times Free Opinion (Los Angeles) Impremedia Press WEHCO Media, Inc. 53,552 92,365 58 Richmond Times-Dispatch 83 News Tribune (Tacoma, WA) Berkshire Hathaway 90,946 59 Albu- McClatchy Co. 53,510 84 Standard- querque Journal Journal Publishing Examiner (Ogden, UT) Sandusky Co. 89,635 60 Fresno Bee McClatchy Newspapers, Inc. 53,298 85 LNP / Co. 87,007 61 Tennessean Gannett Co. Sunday LNP (Lancaster, PA) LNP Me- 83,645 62 Democrat And Chronicle dia Group 52,976 86 Daytona Beach (Rochester, NY) Gannett Co. 82,510 News-Journal New Media Investment 63 Des Moines Register Gannett Co. Group 52,414 87 Press Democrat 82,371 64 Boston Herald, Boston (Santa Rosa) Sonoma Media Invest- Sunday Herald Herald Media Inc. ments LLC 51,710 88 Daily Gazette 81,933 65 Metro Philadelphia Seabay (Schenectady, NY) The Hume Family Media Holdings LLC 79,044 66 Daily 50,974 89 Journal News (White Plains, Herald, The Sunday Herald (Arling- NY) Gannett Co. 50,699 90 New Haven ton Heights, IL) Paddock Publica- Register Digital First Media 50,658 91 tions 78,878 67 Indice (San Juan) GFR Modesto Bee McClatchy Co. 49,406 92 Media 76,962 68 Blade (Toledo) Block Journal Gazette, News Sentinel (Fort SPONSORED CONTENT

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THEWhat NEWS GURU I learned in Ohio Visit with newspapers in Buckeye State cures my winter "funk"

uBY KEVIN SLIMP COLUMNIST

Convention season is an interesting time in the not the best. I reminded publishers to consider long-term effects of life of a speaker. Most years, I’ll travel directly from their decisions. Are we risking long-term success for the sake of short- one convention to the next between late January and term savings? June. Some years, the travel doesn’t slow until July or A new publisher asked advice about several areas, including the August. design of the paper itself. I suggested taking advantage of as much I’ve purposely cut my travel this year, to make reading, online training and local training opportunities as possible. time for a couple of new projects I’ve begun. That’s The publisher of a community newspaper wears many hats and it’s a primary reason I’m enjoying convention appear- easy to become overwhelmed by the sheer amount of added work ances so much this year. when the job title changes from editor, or ad manager, to publisher. I just returned from Columbus, Ohio, where I Several editors and publishers asked me to look over their papers spoke to the Ohio Newspaper Association. Actually, I believe they of- and make suggestions. I laughed when one said, “Wow! You’re really ficially changed their name a few minutes before I came to the stage. good at this.” Either way, they are still “ONA.” I told her it was like anything else. After you’ve done it a few thou- After more than 20 years of speaking, you would think I would sand times, you get pretty good at it. be past being suprised by audiences. It’s become the norm for groups What did I take away from my day in Columbus? to add seats at the last minute when I’m speaking about the state of Ohio is an interesting place to be in the newspaper business. newspapers, but it still surprises me for some reason. There are several big cities, meaning there are more metro papers than A steady stream of attendees lined up to ask for a few moments in most states. to visit following my speech. With five hours to kill before my flight Like most places I visit, large papers are trying to find new ways home, I offered to find a place near the registration table to meet with to attract advertising dollars and readers. When asked, my advice was folks for a few minutes each. to remember what readers want, because readers and advertisers go I attempted to spend as much time as possible answering the hand in hand. questions of each person, while cognizant others were waiting in line Smaller papers have their own set of issues. For the past century for their turns. or more, newspapers in smaller communities have dealt with many of I can’t tell you how much it pleases me to meet with publishers the same issues as their larger counterparts. In addition, competition and others who see a real future for their newspapers and attend con- from nearby metros looking for new readers is increasingly creating ferences, classes, read journals and even stand in line to gain insight more competition between metros and nearby community papers. into ways to improve their operations and products. I was glad to see fire in the belly of Ohio’s newspaper community. What was on the mind of Ohio’s newspaper leaders? The discus- I visited with reporters who are passionate about their calling, editors sions varied, but most centered around ways to improve their newspa- and ad managers serious about improving their products and service, pers and the methods used to get them out. and publishers who still feel confident about the future. “Should we outsource our ad design?” Convention season always seems to come at the right time. After This came up more than once. At one point, a group of us gath- spending a couple of months working from my office, convention sea- ered around a table and discussed options to get the best results for son reminds me our industry is alive and well, and will be for decades their small community papers. The possibility of a joint “co-op,” where to come. small newspapers in adjoining communities might work together, giv- That’s one reason I love my job so much. p ing them more control over the creative process while sharing in the expenses came up. Kevin Slimp is CEO of newspaperacademy.com and director of The Newspaper We discussed the best options for outsourcing, for papers who Institute. Contact Kevin at [email protected]. feel this is the best option for them. Should they use designers who are part of a huge national group, a company outside the country, or a smaller group who might offer more personalized attention? Should we keep everything “in house,” finding ways to combine different areas of pre-press production that benefit our papers? Like most important questions in life, the quickest answer is often

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PageSuite release findings from 2017 Digital Publishing Report PageSuite’s digital publishing report finds that 38.8% of publishers believe creating
engaging adverts will be a key strategy to increasing profitability in 2017  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 26.01.17: In December 2016 PageSuite surveyed over 100 publishing executives from across the globe in an attempt to find out more about the
various industry challenges they faced over the past 12 months. The Digital Publishing report explores how publishers are adapting to rapidly declining print circulations and the digital strategies which are being implemented to combat the downward momentum. The industry is ever evolving and changing, therefore it is in everyone’s interest to continuously monitor what strategies other
publishers are applying to grow and nurture their digital audiences. PageSuite found that driving engagement was understandably crucial for publishers. The Digital Publishing report confirmed this by establishing that driving engagement was the second most (30%) important element of the publisher’s digital strategy. However, publishers have been struggling with keeping readers engaged and 30% admit that a change in strategy is required. 38% of publishers are looking to put additional resource into creating engaging adverts and believe this
will be a key strategy to increasing profitability in 2017. A key theme throughout the findings was that video is going to be a huge growth area for publishers in 2017. This platform is an extremely effective way to boost engagement so it’s no surprise that 62% of respondents are planning to put resource
into developing video content within the next 12 months. The survey also discovered that 67% of publishers aren’t embracing and taking advantage of the newer integrated social media platforms. These platforms include Google AMP, Snapchat Discovery and Facebook Instant Articles, all of which have their advantages and disadvantages. Facebook Instant Articles seems to be the most adopted and effective for publishers in 2016 with Snapchat Discovery
proving to be the least useful. The report also shares an interesting selection of industry predictions for 2017 provided by publishing executives. Including the thought-provoking prediction; “Video will play a huge part as far as audience engagement. The challenge is to create an efficient workflow to produce the content.” This reinforces the statement that video will be key for engagement in 2017 but is bound to come
with its challenges integrating with traditionally content. If you would like to see a full breakdown of PageSuite’s 2017 Digital Publishing Report with more interesting findings of the ever-changing publishing landscape, you can find it in the news section of our website. http://www.pagesuite.com/ news/

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EAE Retrofit Specialist in retrofitting You have been using your press successfully for many years? And its mechanical condition does not justify a replacement? $Q($(3UHVV5HWUR¿WEULQJV\RXUROGSUHVVXSWRVWDQGDUGZLWKFXUUHQWSURGXFWLRQUHTXLUHPHQWVDQGDWWKHIUDFWLRQ RIWKHFRVWRIDQHZLQYHVWPHQW$IWHUD3UHVV5HWUR¿WE\($(\RXUSUHVVZLOOFDUU\WKH($(6HDORI4XDOLW\DQGZLOOEH ¿WIRUWKHIXWXUHDJDLQ,QPDQ\\HDUVRIH[SHULHQFH($(KDVEHHQWUXVWHGZLWKRYHULQVWDOODWLRQVLQWKHDUHDVRI HTXLSSLQJQHZSUHVVHVDQGQXPHURXVVXFFHVVIXO5HWUR¿WLQVWDOODWLRQV

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$ERXW($((QJLQHHULQJ$XWRPDWLRQ(OHFWURQLFV*PE+ The Ahrensburg-based company is active in graphic industries, automation solutions and automation technology. The company, founded in 1962 by Richard Ewert, is the leading supplier of controls, automation solutions and software for newspaper printers. EAE’s solutions are being used in all areas of a newspaper printing plant – from pre press to the mailroom. Worldwide more than 550 newspaper printing plants are using EAE’s control systems to produce more than 125 million newspapers each day.

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Shows Progress, Dedication

% Details the group’s strong sustainability performance over the last several years




% Includes comprehensive economic, social and environmental data

“Sustainability defines the way we conduct our business and interact with customers, colleagues, shareholders, sup- pliers and the communities where we operate,” says An- toine Fady, CEO Flint Group. “Our sustainable vision, strate- gic objectives and core values are integrated into all of our policies, procedures, processes and operations that make us the company we are today.”

He continues, “At Flint Group we believe that applying this commitment and approach to sustainability is simply smart business practice – a fundamental driver to long-term share- holder value and the delivery of a vibrant, successful busi- ness. As companies increasingly embed sustainable philos- ophies and practices into their businesses, they can rely on Jan Paul van der Velde, SVP Procurement, Sustainability, IT Flint Group to be a strong link in that sustainability chain.” and Regulatory comments, “I’m proud of the progress that we continue to make year on year. In publishing our 2015 Flint Group’s 2015 Sustainability Report report, Flint Group has been able to look deeper into our so- is available for all: cial and environmental activities enabling us to continue to raise the bar for sustainability within the industry. We have upgraded our compliance process and policies, improved our systems and tools and looked closer at the way we work with our suppliers.”

“The 2015 report,” Mr. van der Velde notes, “also highlights Flint Group teams and people who have really made a differ- ence in the world around us—from emergency help in the midst of crisis to long-term projects where the skills and expertise of our employees continue to make telling con- tributions to the communities where we live and work.” ‰ Inks, blankets, chemicals & more www.flintgrp.com | [email protected]| +1 734 781 4600

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Newspaper printers looking for sharper print, a cleaner press, and lower total cost to print may want to take a look at Flint Group’s Varn® Newsline 550 fountain solution. Launched earlier this year, Varn Newsline 550 raises the bar. Printers find that they come up to color faster with less fountain solution, less waste, and in less time.

Printers who want all that plus OEM approval are in luck. Varn Newsline 435NT, an upgrade of Newsline 435, brings two new benefits to printers’ pressrooms: OEM approval, plus powerful cleaning that matches the Newsline 550 product.

Consider pairing these powerful Newsline founts with other trusted Flint Group products, including Arrowlith™ news inks and dayGraphica blankets and sleeves. That’s the ultimate benefit: getting all the products and support you need from one dedicated supplier. ‰

Flint Group Flint Group is dedicated to serving the global printing and packaging industry. The company develops, manufactures and markets an extensive portfolio of printing consumables, including: a vast range of conventional and energy curable inks and coatings for most offset, flexographic and gravure applications; pressroom chemicals, printing blankets and sleeves for offset printing; photopolymer printing plates and sleeves, plate-making equipment and flexographic sleeve systems; pigments and additives for use in inks and other colorant applications. With a strong customer focus, unmatched service and support, and superior products, Flint Group strives to provide exceptional value, consistent quality and continuous innovation to customers around the world. Headquar- tered in Luxembourg, Flint Group employs some 6800 people. Revenues for 2014 were € 2.1 billion (US $2.8 billion). On a worldwide basis, the company is the number one or number two supplier in every major market segment it serves. For more information, please visit www.flintgrp.com.

Rely on Flint Group for all your pressroom needs.

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JOURNEYMAN PRESSMAN (Two Openings) PRESSROOM MANAGER – Maine Today Media, South – Maine Today Media, South Portland, Maine Portland, ME

The Job Duties of a Journeyman Pressman include all areas of the The Pressroom Manager supervises pressroom operations and Pressroom and Platemaking department. Cold offset pressman with platemaking operations to meet established quality, productivity and efficiency objectives. automated register and ink systems, spray bars, and flying pasters. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Assist the Operations Manager in the operation of the department in achieving both 1.Prepares and operates press equipment including but not limited to short and long term company goals. all equipment used to produce MTM products. Areas of competency Supervises the pressroom personnel; coordinate staf ng needs, keeping staff at levels include, but are not limited to: to meet customer demands and within budgets. Develops department schedule to ensure effective and ef cient workflow coverage; tracks Performing all function required to Prep rolls of paper for the night. and manages time for payroll, works with HR and Finance to resolve payroll matters. Performing all functions required in the operation of the pasters Works with VP of Operations and Operations Manager to develop annual expense Performing all functions to of setting all rollers in press. budget, and contributes to the overall process of achieving departmental expense Performing standard maintenance on all press equipment. goals and objectives. Performing all functions to work on the press, folders and press controls. Directs and assigns duties working with the Assistant Foreman. Has complete knowledge of the pressroom and platemaking equipment in the 2.Keeps pressroom and plate room areas clean and free of debris. operation. Is able to talk knowledgeably with Plant Maintenance regarding most 3.Keep equipment cleaned and well maintained to manufacturer’s speci ca- aspects of their assignments. tion; works closely with Plant Maintenance as necessary to achieve these goals. Establishes work procedures and quality standards of the department. 4.Complete work as prioritized to meet deadlines. Is responsible for working with Prepress in the layout of press runs, prepares press con- 5.Ensures all printed product meet quality standards for newspaper production. guration, lays out color placement print schedules Ensures all publications printed are printed on time and are of the highest quality. 6.Communicates with colleagues, customers and vendors in a courteous Has working knowledge of the Distribution and Maintenance department. and professional manner. Understands and promotes safety procedures including LOTO and Hazard Communication. 7.Understand and promotes safety procedures including LOTO and Haz- ard Communication. POSITION COMPETENCIES: 1.Technical skills including: Pro ciency with Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook. POSITION COMPETENCIES: Pro ciency with pressroom equipment and systems. 1.Technical skills including: 2.Takes initiative and is results driven Completion of apprenticeship overseen by the apprentice committee. 3.Team player and collaborator; able to lead a team to produce top quality work Completion of online correspondence course. and drive results Pro ciency with pressroom and plate room systems. 4.Responsive and follows tasks through to completion 5.Strong organizational and time management skills 2.Takes initiative. 6.Strong technical troubleshooting and problem solving skills 3.Responsive and follows tasks through to completion. 7.Strong written and verbal communication skills 4.Team player and collaborator. 5.Strong organizational and time management skills. EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE: 6.Strong technical troubleshooting and problem solving skills. High School diploma/GED required, with a strong mechanical background. Some management experience preferred. Experience in a union environment is desired. 7.Strong verbal communication skills. SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY: EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE: Sets performance expectations as part of the performance and goal setting High School diploma/GED required, with a strong mechanical background. process; provides clear, consistent feedback on employee performance, including To apply, visit (or copy and paste into your browser): conducing the mid-year and annual performance review; clearly de nes roles and responsibilities of the team members, coaches and leads the team to meet goals http://jobview.monster.com/v2/job/View?JobID=179728245&MESCOID=4 and deadlines, and drives results. 700799001001&jobPosition=1 PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. The position requires standing, For more walking, sitting, repetitive keyboard / mouse use and viewing a computer monitor for periods of time. 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