Linnie Pride is taking on the role of distribution and audience development director for the Ohio Division of Adams Publishing Group. more

Charlie Callari has been named general manager of Bainbridge Newsmedia, LLC, publisher of The Post-Searchlight (Bainbridge, Georgia), Bainbridge Living, and its affiliated publications and websites. He succeeds Mark Pope, who remains at his request in his former position of managing printing and production for The Post-Searchlight, and the affiliated and non-affiliated publications the newspaper prints. more

Presteligence has announced that Signature Offset will deploy NewsXtreme Cloud services for its print production. More than 14,000 plates per month will be produced through the workflow as part of a Southern Lithoplate plate deal. more

The Post and Courier (Charleston, South Carolina) has launched a video series called "We the Women," with accompanying podcasts to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment. more

Over the next three months, Lee Enterprises will make up to $5 million in advertising credits available to locally owned and operated businesses to help them communicate with their customers. Monthly grants to local businesses will range from $250 to $15,000. more

Adams Publishing Group, which already relied upon Memoriams for a number of its western region properties, reports that it has experienced double-digit increases on local orders and an over 25% increase in out-of-area obituaries since switching to Memoriams for obituary self-serve across all of its properties. more

The editorial board of The Tribune in San Luis Obispo, California, is calling on its readers to ask California legislators to act before the end of the year to prevent an only-in-California problem that could leave community newspapers facing a crushing financial blow. more

Brendan J. Lyons, a veteran journalist whose stories have ranged from police misconduct to ethical misdeeds at the state Capitol, has been named managing editor for enterprise and investigations at the Times Union in Albany, New York. more

The Detroit (Michigan) News reports that it will begin offering a digital subscription next week when it launches a redesigned detroitnews.com for readers who seek full access to all digital content. It's the first time in the 25-year history of the newspaper's website that it will charge for coverage. more

Anthony McCartney, The Associated Press’ West Coast entertainment editor who as a reporter covered the legal aftermath of Michael Jackson’s death and many celebrity trials, has been appointed the news cooperative’s global entertainment and lifestyles editor. more

In this piece, RJI Fellow Clayton Aldern lays out the five main steps it takes to assemble a visualization bot — all via open-source tools any newsroom can leverage for free. He won’t be covering the ins and outs of computer-science best practices; the priority here is getting a viable tool as quickly as possible. more

Chatham Asset Management, LLC has announced that Tony Hunter will become chief executive officer of McClatchy Company, following the local news company's emergence from Chapter 11 and the completion of its court-approved sale to Chatham, in September. more

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York approved the sale of McClatchy to Chatham Asset Management this week. McClatchy expects to complete the transaction in September. more

Although Americans have high aspirations for the news media, a new Gallup/Knight study shows that the gap is growing between what Americans expect from the news and what they think they are getting. more

Ten young journalists have won Hearst Journalism Fellowships and will begin their two-year appointments in Hearst newsrooms around the country on Aug. 17, Hearst President and CEO Steven R. Swartz and Hearst Newspapers President Jeff Johnson announced today. more

The Indiana Gazette in Pennsylvania has been acquired by Sample News Group, according to Randy Cope of Cribb, Greene & Cope, who represented the Donnelly family in the sale. more

Those who rely on social media for news are less likely to get the facts right about the new coronavirus and politics and more likely to hear some unproven claims, a new study from the Pew Research Center shows. more

A free mobile-microlearning course — The 5 C’s of Writing News for Mobile Audiences — has launched on a mobile learning app, EdApp. Think Babbel or Duolingo for digital journalism. more

The Post and Courier's Hurricane Wire newsletter (Charleston, South Carolina) is keeping coastal residents up-to-date with the latest storm coverage throughout hurricane season — assessing not only the risk posed, but the science behind it. more

David Lauderdale, who has been a Lowcountry journalist for more than 40 years, is retiring as senior editor of The Island Packet, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. more