Hearst Newspapers announced today that Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Mike Leary has been named editor of the San Antonio Express-News. The announcement was made by Hearst Newspapers President Mark Aldam and Express-News President and Publisher John C. McKeon.
USA TODAY, a multi-platform news and information media company, announced today that David Callaway has been named editor-in-chief of USA TODAY. Callaway will assume his new position effective later this month. Callaway is currently the editor-in-chief of MarketWatch, a financial news website owned by Dow Jones. In his new role, Callaway will further the digital transformation of the USA TODAY newsroom. He will oversee the overall content strategy of the news organization with an emphasis on providing high-quality and engaging content across all platforms. The announcement was made today by Larry Kramer, president and publisher of USA TODAY.
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Postmedia Network, Canada’s largest publisher of paid English language daily newspapers and Workopolis, Canada’s largest and most trafficked job board, today announced that the career channels for all 10 Postmedia daily newspaper websites will be powered by Workopolis. The co-branded career channels are scheduled to launch in the fall.
With its relatively young populations and growing literacy, it is no surprise that Asia is leading the way on strategies to attract young people to newspapers, on all platforms.
Lidl has today been unveiled as the new sponsor of the highly prestigious Daily Mirror’s Pride of Britain Awards, the biggest national TV awards show of its kind*.
The World Editors Forum has drawn together the leading arguments for open journalism — supplementing original reporting with the vast resources of the web — and collected key examples in a new report that offers an overview of a wide variety of approaches for newsrooms everywhere.
