Media General, Inc. has named Allan D. (Dan) Cates vice president and general manager of WJHL-TV, Media General’s CBS affiliate in Johnson City, Tenn., effective Sept. 3.
Thompson to Focus on Growing Business, Digital Innovation and International Expansion; He will be Appointed to the Times Company Board
Pricing strategies are increasingly taking centre stage for newspaper publishers as they seek to maximise revenues in challenging times. The upcoming World Newspaper Congress will offer new concepts and expert guidance on setting the right price in print and online.
Two student teams working with La Nacion of Argentina have won WAN-IFRA’s first My Dream Interview contest, in which students get to interview the people they would most like to meet.
Journal Communications, Inc. (NYSE:JRN), a diversified media company, has acquired all 3,264,000 outstanding shares of its Class C common stock (4,451,998 shares on a Class A-equivalent basis), all of which were owned by members and successors of the Grant Family. In this repurchase, the company paid $6,245,536 in cash and issued unsecured subordinated promissory notes with an aggregate principal amount of $25,598,989 as the purchase price for the Class C shares. The cash payment equaled the amount of the minimum unpaid and undeclared dividend on the Class C shares.
Ten news media and advertising experts have been appointed to the jury of the 2012 XMA Cross Media Awards, the annual competition from the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), which this year will honour social media success stories from newspapers around the world.
The Dallas Morning News has named Dan Phelan to the newly created position of Chief Revenue Officer, reporting to Jim Moroney, publisher and CEO of The Dallas Morning News.
