FAIRMONT, W.Va. — For 150 years, the Times West Virginian and its predecessors have been serving Fairmont and Marion County. Today we celebrate the anniversary of the launch of The Vedette, the weekly newspaper that started in 1866. That newspaper would two years later be renamed The West Virginian and[Read More…]
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Car crashes into Charleston Newspaper entrance
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Ogden Newspapers to buy Lawrence, Kan. paper
The Simons family announced today that it has entered into an agreement to sell theLawrence (Kan.) Journal-World to Ogden Newspapers. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Dirks, Van Essen & Murray, a merger and acquisition firm based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is representing the Simons family in the[Read More…]
The New York Times Is Preparing to Step Up Its War on Ad Blockers
Like most online publishers, the New York Times is fighting an ongoing guerrilla war against ad blocking, a phenomenon that a recent study said could lead to more than $35 billion in losses for media companies by 2020. NYT chief executive Mark Thompson now says he is even considering what[Read More…]
WVU student newspaper to stop printing daily
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Adell Crowe is on a mission. She spent most of Wednesday driving from West Virginia University to Wheeling to shake hands and network with newspaper editors there. This was just the first of many trips she hopes to take this summer to introduce herself and tell folks[Read More…]
Dominion Post editor announces retirement
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Dominion Post Editor Geri Ferrara has announced her retirement. David A. Raese, publisher and co-owner of the multimedia company, assumes the role of editor and publisher, effective immediately. “I think it is time for me to spend more time with my family,” Ferrara said. “My three grandsons and daughters live in northern California and my son in New York. I[Read More…]
Russian journalist arrives to work with Gazette-Mail
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Hi, my name is Yana Goncharova, and I’m a journalist from Russia. Since my arrival in Charleston on Saturday, I’m strongly considering making a nameplate that says “Russian Girl,” so everyone can understand why they haven’t seen me around town and why my language is so slow and[Read More…]
Why one local paper launched an online section for older readers
Figuring out how to reach younger readers online is one of theperpetual concerns of the newspaper business. But a new effort from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette this spring is a little unusual: It’s aimed directly at older audiences. In April, the paper launched Aging Edge, a section of its website dedicated[Read More…]
New reporter named for Williamson, Gilbert papers
GILBERT, W.Va. – Local Civitas Media Managing Editor Kyle Lovern announced today that Kendra Mahon has joined the Mountain District Group as a reporter. Mahon will be working for the Gilbert Times and the Williamson Daily News. Mahon lives in Pike County, Ky. and has lived in the Tug Valley[Read More…]
Longtime Daily Mail photographer dead at 86
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Chester Franklin Hawes, photographer for more than four decades for the Charleston Daily Mail, has died at age 86. Hawes passed 6 a.m. Saturday at the Hospice facility located at Thomas Memorial Hospital after a long battle with cancer, said his son, Charles Hawes, of St. Albans. Known[Read More…]
