CEO Statement: Merger of GateHouse Media and Gannett
After much anticipation, the two largest news publishers in the country have announced that they will merge.
After much anticipation, the two largest news publishers in the country have announced that they will merge.
Data gathered by Medill Local News Initiative at Northwestern University shows that the most important factor that news platforms need to be monitoring is the driver for regularity and loyalty, rather than more subscribers or page views.
Mark Hannallah sees the forest instead of the trees. It’s what makes him a successful product manager at USA TODAY Network. “For me, the ‘why’ is about the forest, and that’s the first step in which other things are built from,” Mark says.
Earlier this week, the News Media Alliance hosted its inaugural trustXchange event, bringing together journalists, academics and media experts to discuss how the news media industry can work together to regain reader trust.
This week, media executives from around the world converged on Washington, D.C., for the International News Media Association’s (INMA’s) World Congress, where they learned new business and editorial practices to help their businesses thrive and grow. Those lessons came during a two-day study tour of D.C.-area newsrooms, as well as a three-day conference featuring presenters from news organizations around the world. While INMA18 gave us a lot to absorb, we’ve boiled the conference down to six key takeaways that we think all media outlets can benefit from.