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The Daily Dispatch, Henderson, has welcomed two new faces to its team. Caitlin Penna is fresh from Randolph Community College and an internship with The Herald-Sun in Durham. Penna is photographer …
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1/25/17
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The Standard Media Index estimates that US ad spending in December 2016 was virtually flat, with less than a percentage point increase over December 2015. However, for the year as a whole, ad …
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1/25/17
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Nine major newspaper publishers including McClatchy, Gatehouse and BH Media Group -- have bought into Chicago-based content aggregator Aggrego. Under Aggrego, they have formed Headlines Network, a …
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Ken Doctor
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1/23/17
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The Times-News, Burlington, has announced plans to move its press operations to Fayetteville as parent company GateHouse Media consolidates printing for its North Carolina newspapers. Beginning …
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1/20/17
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With digital advertising on track to comprise the lion’s share of advertising dollars, programmatic advertising will continue to gain prominence in the digital media-buying space. Here are six …
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Rusty Coates, MediaPost News
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1/19/17
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Winston-Salem Journal reporter Jenny Drabble did what most reporters do recently. She covered and event and wrote an article. However, what happened next was unexpected.
The article she wrote …
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1/18/17
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Carl E. Esposito has been named president of Adams Publishing Group – Tennessee/North Carolina (formerly Jones Media), adding to his responsibilities as publisher of The Daily Times in …
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1/18/17
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Contrast helps to create focal points on a page and a hierarchy for what readers will see first. Here are several ways to create contrast in your design. Contrast of Size. The largest headline on a …
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Vickie Krueger, Poynter
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1/18/17
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Lynnie D. Guzman has been named advertising director at The Fayetteville Observer, GateHouse's largest North Carolina publication. Guzman was previously advertising sales director for the …
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1/17/17
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Award winning writer/photographer Drew Wilson has joined the staff of The Wilson Times as a reporter covering the education and agriculture beats.
Wilson was most recently bureau chief for the …
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1/17/17
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Reservations and ads for the 2016 contest award tabs are due Jan. 31. The tabs - one of the more popular Winter Institute take-aways - will be distributed following the March 9, 2017 …
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1/16/17
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The Asheville Citizen-Times has a new sales director who will lead the advertising department. Vivian Murciano joins the team, coming from iHeart Media in South Florida.
Murciano has managed …
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1/13/17
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Coliln Campbell of the News & Oberver in Raleigh reports that reporterers for the conservative Carolina Journal (an NCPA member) said they've been prevented from covering Gov. Roy Cooper's …
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Colin Campbell, News & Observer
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1/13/17
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Jennifer Cannon was hired as the online content editor for the Kinston Free Press. Previously she worked as a multimedia journalist for sister paper the New Bern Sun Journal covering education, …
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1/13/17
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The Greensboro News & Record will be moving its press operations to Winston-Salem later this year. The move comes as BH Media Group, the newspapers' parent company, seeks to consolidate …
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1/12/17
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It's that time again already. The General Assembly opened its biennial "long session" on January 11.
A few, new lieutenants in the leadership ranks remind us that some of the old guard …
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John Bussian
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1/12/17
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Looking for a sample letter asking for camera access to court hearings? Look no further. NCPA General Counsel Amanda Martin of SMVT has prepared the following letter for members to …
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Amanda Martin
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1/12/17
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Mike Distelhorst has been named publisher of the StarNews of Wilmington. Distelhorst, 56, is currently the publisher of three other GateHouse Media newspapers in eastern North Carolina, the …
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1/10/17
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A reader emailed to mention that I’d recently written a column listing New Century Schoolbook (among others) as a typeface to toss, but that I hadn’t suggested a text face that might be …
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Ed Henninger
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1/9/17
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When you peel back the layers of advertising philosophy and technique, it all comes down to one thing: Motivation. People buy things because they are motivated. And the most effective ads are …
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John Foust
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1/9/17
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