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Cal Western Circulation Managers Association (CWCMA), Northwest International Circulation Executives (NICE) and Texas Circulation Management (TCMA), three longstanding organizations with members in media companies in 12 western states and Canada, are excited to announce the date of their annual audience summit. Click to view ad Scheduled for June 19-21 in Las Vegas, the Great Western…

Over the past five years, community newspapers from across the country have joined the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Faces Project. VVMF is the organization that built and maintains the Vietnam Veterans WALL in Washington D.C. Several years ago, the VVFM started a project known as the “FACES PROJECT.” VVVFM is attempting to obtain a photo…

The Local Media Association has launched Accelerate Local, which aims to discover, develop and implement transformative business models that ensure a thriving future for local news. Peter Newton, former chief operating officer of GateHouse Media, will be managing director of Accelerate Local.

The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a judging body composed of over 2,000 industry experts and technology innovators, has announced the winners of the 23rd Annual Webby Awards. Established in 1996, the Webby Awards honor excellence in seven major media types: Websites, Video, Advertising, Media & PR, Social, Apps, Mobile, & Voice, Games,…

The Los Angeles Times won a Pulitzer Prize on Monday for three reporters’ investigation of Dr. George Tyndall, the former USC gynecologist accused of sexually abusing hundreds of students during three decades at a campus clinic. It is the 45th Pulitzer Prize won by The Times since 1942. “The award recognizes an extraordinary piece of…

What strategies are newspapers employing to survive the digital age, and which ones are working? A Master’s student asks California newspaper people to take part in a survey for his MBA degree dissertation by spending 4 minutes answering questions like: Has your newspaper launched a Mobile App in the last 5 years? “If you complete…

Century Group Media on Friday, March 29 launched the Redlands Community News, an all-local weekly community newspaper similar to other weeklies published by the group. The company, owned by Jerry Bean, 2006 CNPA president, publishes five other voluntary-pay community weekly newspapers and one semi-monthly in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties with a total circulation of…

The late Richard P. McKee will be inducted into the National Freedom of Information Coalition’s Open Government Hall of Fame on April 13 in Dallas, the NFIC reports. McKee was past president of the California First Amendment Coalition and co-founder of Californians Aware (CalAware). He was a chemistry professor at Pasadena City College, not a…

The Inland Press Association has streamlined its Newspaper Industry Compensation Survey to eliminate newspaper industry job titles that are no longer relevant, making for a more user-friendly survey. NICS’ primary mission is to illuminate how a newspaper’s compensation compares with peers along a range of industry-specific positions. It is recognized as the most complete and…

Know a high school journalist seeking a summer workshop? The Asian American Journalists Association’s expenses-paid camp is open to all high school journalists. JCamp, July 27-Aug. 1 in Atlanta, is a six-day intensive, multicultural journalism training program for high school students. Students learn from professional journalists and get hands-on training in writing, reporting, photography, television…