How to Successfully Go Beyond Print: Strategies, challenges and success stories

As print revenue declines and digital-first models become essential for sustainability, news organizations must rethink their strategies. This session at the Mega-Conference will explore how newspapers can successfully transition beyond print, balancing audience engagement, revenue diversification and operational challenges.

America's Newspapers welcomes WeLevel into membership

WeLevel is an all-in-one marketing platform designed to help small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) grow by solving common challenges like high client churn, fragmented tools and high conversion costs.

Enter your best, most courageous work for this year's Carmage Walls Commentary Prize

Awards for excellence in editorial writing (representing the view of the newspaper) and awards for excellence in column writing (columns written by one or more individuals) will be presented this November in Colorado Springs, at the America's Newspapers Senior Leadership Conference. Win cash prizes and recognition! LEARN MORE and SUBMIT YOUR ENTRIES

March 25 webinar: Dramatically amplify your traffic monetization and net profits

Join Wade Bradley, CEO of Make It Free, for an insightful webinar where he will dive deep into the consumer traffic waterfall and explain how integrating both front-end and back-end paywall solutions can significantly enhance publishers' net revenue.

Are tariffs coming?

America’s Newspapers encourages its members to contact their legislators and to ask for an exemption to tariffs on newsprint. 

Legislation reaffirms commitment to local journalism and small businesses

In a strong show of support for hometown newspapers and the small businesses that rely on them, Representatives Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) and Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.) have reintroduced the Community News & Small Business Support Act in the 119th Congress. This bipartisan legislation is designed to help locally owned and independent newspapers continue to serve their readers — whether through print, digital or other emerging platforms — by providing much-needed financial support for both publishers and advertisers. The national media is excluded from support in this bill.

Invest in your sales leaders with the America’s Newspapers Sales Management Academy at the Mega-Conference

Strong leadership drives strong sales. That’s why America’s Newspapers is launching the Sales Management Academy, a must-attend program designed to equip sales managers and leaders in small to mid-sized markets with the skills and strategies to accelerate revenue growth.

Kicking off with an intensive half-day of programming at the 2025 Mega-Conference in Orlando, the Sales Academy will feature expert-led sessions focused on management fundamentals, revenue development strategies and navigating the evolving media landscape.

Activist David Hoffmann proposes purchase of Lee Enterprises

Hoffmann says conversations between the companies have been ongoing since October; he declined to comment on an offer price.

The family-owned Cortland Standard (Cortland, New York) has ceased publication, a casualty of declining readership and increasing costs, including an expected 25% tariff on newsprint. It was the second-oldest family-owned newspaper in New York, but one of the five oldest family-owned newspapers in America.

Paxton Media Group has acquired two newspapers in middle Tennessee, the Southern Standard in McMinnville and the Smithville Review in Smithville.  The operations had been owned by Morris Multimedia, Inc.

Trisha Gosser appointed Gannett chief financial officer

Trisha Gosser has assumed the role of chief financial officer of Gannett Co., Inc. In her role, Gosser will lead the company’s finance functions including investor relations, financial planning and analysis as well as audit and compliance reporting to Gannett Chief Executive Officer Michael Reed.

Carrie Radcliff, a Snohomish County native and current advertising director for The Daily Herald (Everett, Washington), has been named the newspaper’s newest publisher.

Hollis R. Towns has announced he’s stepping down as vice president of content and editor in chief of Alabama Media Group.