The New York News Publishers Association is making its Law Day 2020 materials available — at no cost — to newspapers and educators across the country. The 15-part series is based on the Law Day theme: Your Vote, Your Voice, Our Democracy: The 19th Amendment at 100. It commemorates the centennial of the transformative constitutional amendment that guaranteed the right of citizens to vote would not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of sex. more

A food delivery service launched by the Silver City (New Mexico) Daily Press and Independent is helping to bring in some extra revenue for the newspaper and its drivers, while assisting local restaurants that are no longer able to serve dine-in customers. more

America's Newspapers is honored to welcome three new members: CodaVentures, Media Staffing Network and Modulist. more

NTVB Media will provide a weekly roundup of television viewing recommendations to newspapers at no charge until at least May 31.

Newspapers can access What to Watch at content.ntvbmedia.com, and each weekly edition will be available for download on the previous Friday. In addition, NTVB Media partnered with Lee Enterprises, which is providing daily versions of What to Watch that are camera-ready for newspapers. more

Special thanks to Seyfarth Shaw for providing general information for members of America's Newspapers about COVID-19, including how it is transmitted and how you can prevent infection. more

Sure, the economy is “shut down,” but … Second Street is encountering a surprising number of advertisers that are in growth mode now — because they know they will be well-positioned to take greater market share when this crisis is at last over. more

Mario Garcia said it: “You have an opportunity to be essential, and stay essential, to your audience. People will remember what you did during this (pandemic), and they will stay with you — even those who didn’t subscribe.” more

The Longmont Leader, a new digital-only news outlet serving the residents of Longmont, Colorado, will launch later this spring. The announcement was made today by Mandy Jenkins, general manager of The Compass Experiment, a local news laboratory founded by McClatchy, the second largest local news organization in the U.S., and funded by Google News Initiative's Local Experiments Project. more

The local marketing grant program launched by Lee Enterprises will be available to locally owned and operated businesses impacted by COVID-19 and will provide matching advertising credits for use in Lee print and digital publications. more

The Brechner Center for Freedom of Information has announced the launch of Brechner Reporting Fellows, 10 fellowships for professional journalists experiencing financial hardship due to COVID-19. Fellows will be granted $2,500 to create narrative projects that address, and identify solutions to, persistent problems that interfere with the public’s ability to get information about the workings of government. more

Over the past few weeks of March and April, as cases of COVID-19 began to peak and communities across the U.S. began grappling with the question of how and when to reopen schools and business, many media outlets are looking back at their community's experience from the pandemic of 1918 and drawing their own lessons. more

Facebook and Google will be forced to share advertising revenue with Australian media companies after Australia's treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, instructed the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to develop a mandatory code of conduct for the digital giants amid a steep decline in advertising brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. more

As the Senate considers additional measures to support small businesses around the country struggling with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA), John Kennedy (R-LA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and John Boozman (R-AR) sent a letter to Senate leadership urging them to ensure any future legislation makes thousands of local newspapers, TV and radio stations around the country eligible for small business assistance under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). more

Many government entities in states across the country are using the COVID-19 public health crisis as an all-purpose excuse to tighten access or even close meetings that should be open to all, and dragging their feet or simply ignoring requests for records that belong to the public. more

The key is getting consumers to identify themselves. You want to essentially bribe people into taking interest in what the advertiser is selling. For instance, at Bob McGinnis’ website, an ebook on sales training is free, but anyone who wants it must first fill out a form asking for email, publication, job title and a “how can I help you?” question, which turns out to be incredibly helpful in turning users into buyers. more

Honor the graduating students in your community and drive advertising dollars with an easy, compelling special section. more

More than 20,000 responses have been received so far to the Pulse Research COVID-19 Impact Shopping Survey, and additional participation is being sought. This nationwide research effort captures the household shopping plans over the next three months. With this timely and unique intelligence, newspaper sales executives can act as true consultants to help local businesses, plus differentiate themselves as the only source of these customer-centric findings. more

McClatchy has received a proposal from holders of most of its senior secured debt for the acquisition of the company, consistent with its continued restructuring process. Under terms of the proposed credit bid, McClatchy would remain one company, which will emerge from Chapter 11 having resolved its legacy debt and pension obligations. more

This webinar was presented by John Kimball of The John Kimball Group View webinar resources. more

During the coronavirus pandemic, Brainworks is helping its customers work through several time-sensitive technical issues, including: changing print publications to digital, removal of publication days altogether, advice on how to track COVID-19 related ad cancellations and how to implement advertising discount promotions in an effort to keep bringing in revenue.  Here are some tips from Mark Bogner of Brainworks that will help your support teams assist your customers during this time. more