"E & P Reports" from Editor & Publisher Magazine hosted by Mike Blinder

Juneteenth is widely considered the final "nail in the coffin" of slavery in the U.S. The New York Times reported that the first written reference of the term occurred in the Galveston (Texas) Daily News . Owned by Southern Newspapers, the masthead proudly states it is the oldest newspaper in Texas, published since 1842. Even the original announcement of General Granger's words freeing the slaves...

According to Google, the word "unpublish" is defined as a verb that means "to make content that has previously been published online unavailable to the public. As in 'The magazine first amended and then unpublished the article." Years ago, publishers did not face problems of information permanence when a daily printed product was quickly discarded the next day. But more and more news publishers to...

Please Follow this Podcast Series What do two millennial media execs from New York City do when they move to Texas? They buy a small market weekly newspaper and transform it into the center of the community. And how do they do this? By purchasing and renovating a building to house not only the newspaper's office but a restaurant/ bar/ coffee shop and banquet center called The Sentinel. In this seg...

Please Follow this Podcast Series For 15 years, Ken Doctor has been preaching innovative news publishing business models through  Newsonomics , his own company and website. Six months ago, he started his experiment Lookout Local , which launched with Lookout Santa Cruz , the company's first site based in Santa Cruz County, Calif. Doctor's intention with the site is to show the industry his vision...

Please Follow this Podcast Series In the June 2021 Editor and Publisher cover story, editor-in-chief Nu Yang takes an in-depth look at how a number of Minneapolis journalists covered the events from George Floyd's death to the conviction of the police officer deemed responsible. In this edition of E&P's Vodcast series "E&P Reports," publisher Mike Blinder has a frank discussion with the Minneapoli...

For years, many media companies used remnant inventory as reciprocal trade in order to receive in-kind goods and services, such as prizes or meals. But what if there were new start-up companies willing to give you equity in their business in exchange for being able to market to your readers and viewers? That opportunity is now available from a new venture capital firm called Arrandale Ventures. Fo...

Please Follow this Podcast Series Raymond Alcide Joseph is arguably one of the most remarkable news publishers in our industry today. In 1971, while working as a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, he founded, with his brother Léo, the Haiti Observateur, a weekly newspaper and 24/7 website that publishes in four languages (Haitian Creole, French, and English). Today, it remains the free voice of...

Alec Johnson is the fourth generation to manage Johnson Newspaper Corporation, owners of the Watertown Daily Times, a newspaper serving New York's North Country region since 1861. Today the Johnson family's media company has five daily publications, several weeklies, and magazines. They have a solid commitment to multimedia with a company-wide website, NNY360.com, that serves the entire region wit...

In 2018, ten former employees of The Denver Post started The Colorado Sun in response to multiple layoffs after the Post's acquisition by the private equity firm Alden Global Capital. Initially started with a combination of financial and technical support from Civil, a blockchain platform for news organization and from a Kickstarter campaign, The Sun was able to hire the staff and build the busine...

Dr. Iris Chyi  is an associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin, specializing in media economics, and well-known for benchmarking reader demand for the print and digital content provided by major market newspapers. A few years ago, she caused a stir in the industry by describing through data that the digital content that the top 50 newspapers provide was being perceived as an "inferi...

In his byline, Lansing's City Pulse Managing Editor Kyle Kaminski proudly states he is "a cannabis enthusiast who has been smoking marijuana just about every day for the last decade." So, it is no wonder that this alternative weekly in Michigan's state capitol has become, arguably, the state's authority on everything you need to know about cannabis. The April 14 issue features images of pot on the...

Paul Glader is an award-winning journalist, who spent 10 years as a staff writer for The Wall Street Journal with bylines for numerous publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post, TheNewYorker.com, The Indianapolis Star , The Associated Press, Der Spiegel Online, FastCompany.com, USA Today and ESPN.com. Today, Glader is an associate professor at The King's College in New York Ci...

With a world permanently changed from a global pandemic, what is in store for the news publishers, and how should we best meet the challenges ahead. E&P assembled four industry leaders to offer their thoughts on: The value of media companies today and what will we be worth as we put COVID-19 behind us Are Philanthropic revenue opportunities or non-profit models a realistic way to help offset conte...

Shaw Media claims to be   "the third oldest, continuously owned and operated family newspaper in the nation." Today, Shaw Media has more than 300 employees working at 53 newspapers and magazines across Illinois and Iowa.   Tom Shaw, who has worked at various levels within the company, currently holds the position of vice president and chief product officer. He recently led the launch of a news con...

Talking Glass Media (TGM) recently celebrated 6 million page views on its flagship "good news" website SignalsAZ.com , launched in March 2018 by Brad Fain, CEO of its parent company: Fain Signature Group , a multi-generational land holdings and real estate group based in Prescott Valley, Ariz.  Today, TGM publishes two regional magazines, the area's premiere recreational guide, broadcasts podcasts...

It's true that over the years we have seen the Borrell Associates' Advertiser Research Studies show a downward trend in local advertiser spending for printed newspapers. But today, Borrell Associates CEO Gordon Borrell feels that those same newspaper companies are now in the right position to gain larger shares of local digital dollars as those advertisers look to shift their expenditures to those...

Damian Radcliffe is the Carolyn S. Chambers Professor in Journalism at University of Oregon and also a fellow of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University. However, most of us know Professor Radcliffe as the author of numerous studies that provide insight into the global journalism ecosystem. His latest study on the impact of COVID-19 on journalism was just released in conjuncti...

Many know newspaper industry veteran John Kelly, who has spent over 30-years in sales leadership positions for Cox, Gannett and others. John is still consulting today and publishing a daily newsletter as well as speaking his mind when it comes to the state of the industry today and what he sees as our biggest challenges when it comes to ad sales. Mike Blinder, Publisher of E&P Magazine has known J...

With help from the Local Media Association (LMA), three Ohio News Publishers are uniting together in a new initiative called "Amplify Ohio" with a goal of publishing stories together that focuses on health disparities impacting the local Ohio Black and LGBTQ communities they serve. Their collaborative storytelling will use available tools such as podcasts, videos, explainers and more. On the busin...

There was a lot of industry buzz last month when it was announced that Editor and Publisher Magazine was supplying more than a hundred years of editions digitally for free via a partnership with The Internet Archive, one of the largest libraries in the world. Founded by Brewster Kale, a passionate advocate for public internet access and a successful entrepreneur, Kahle has spent his career intent...

For more than 66 years, the Parker family has owned the 14 weekly newspapers of the New Jersey Hills Media Group, which serves 50 communities in north central New Jersey. With a combined circulation of just under 100,000, it is the largest weekly newspaper group in the state. When the current owners, Liz and Steve Parker, reached out to Grimes, McGovern & Associates to explore the possibility of s...

HD Media, the West Virginia-based publisher of the Pulitzer Prize-winning  Charleston Gazette-Mail  and the  Herald-Dispatch, is making its own news with the recent announcement that they have filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against Google and Facebook. The purpose is to hopefully help the entire industry receive some form of compensation from the 70%+ of local advertising revenue these tech gia...

It wasn't too long ago that the family-owned Silver City (N.M.) Daily Press Publishing Co. announced  that it would print its final edition. But, 24 hours later, it was still printing under new, local ownership. It was then-general manager Nickolas Siebel (now publisher) who quickly reached out to local civic leaders for help in putting together a loan to allow him to keep this hometown paper aliv...

Printing 300,000+ dailies, 160,000+ weeklies and 180,000+ shoppers, Trib Total Media (TTM) still has a strong commitment to print. But their focus on digital is just as impressive with more than 40 people employed by 535 Media, their full-service agency that works with some of Western Pennsylvania's most prestigious businesses. And even in a COVID-19 impacted marketplace, TTM achieved close to 90...

The Webster-Kirkwood (Mo.) Times is back in print following their shutdown in March due to Covid-19. The comeback is due to donations from loyal readers and the focus and energy of managers who worked with the local business community to craft a deal to keep this paper printing. Today, the newspaper prints more than 35,000 full color copies each week to two suburban communities just southwest of S...