Navigating freedom of information changes in the age of social media
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I Just Wasn't Made for These Times
That iconic Beach Boys song from the '60s came to mind when I looked into proposed legislation...
Updated Marcom notes: Cape Gazette’s in-house agency; refreshed logos for Bancroft, DNREC; PRSA brainstorming...
The Cape Gazette has formed an in-house marketing communications agency - High Five Creative.
Their elevator pitch that describes High Five as "a concierge full-service...
Technically acquires news site in tech-rich Pittsburgh
Technically Media, the company that operates the Technical.ly Delaware site has acquired StartNow Pittsburgh, a news site focused on covering Pittsburgh’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.
The acquisition...
Media update: Southern Delaware Covid coverage internships; Independent Newsmedia’s website
The Delaware Community Foundation is rolling out the DCF Journalism Internship Program to increase media coverage of Covid-19's impact on communities of color in...
Citizens for a Pro-Business Delaware pushes for a person of color as chancellor
Citizens for a Pro-Business Delaware launched a six-figure campaign calling for Gov. John Carney to appoint a person of color to replace retiring Chancellor...
Covid-19, politics dominate list of most-read stories
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The election and Covid-19 topped the list of top story topics in October.
No. 1 on the list was a story on a political...
Media Update: DelawareLive’s sporty acquisition; New anti-Carney campaign ad; Citywide marketing effort...
Delaware Live is still snapping up most of the state's mom and pops online media sites. The online venture, launched earlier this year, recently acquired...
Media update: WSTW sees dip in spring radio ratings; Osborne out at Business...
The spring radio ratings are out and it appears upstate Pennsylvania-based Forever Media slipped a bit when it came to the battle for the...
News Journal/Delaware Online union gains certification
News Journal/Delaware Online.com employees have gained the right to bargain with the Gannett newspaper/website.
The effort was first announced in early March.
According to their website, two/thirds...
Remembering Allan Loudell
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Last night, memories of the life and career of Allan Loudell began to stream in via Facebook. Allen would have been amused or perhaps...
Media update: Shoprite exec Kenny snaps up TownSquare Delaware; Pro-Business Delaware group buys...
Supermarket executive Chris Kenny has acquired the TownSquare Delaware website.
Kenny, DuPont Country Club co-owner Ben duPont and state legislator Bryan Shupe earlier launched DelawareLive,...
Shupe, DuPont and Kenny roll out website designed to combat a ‘national takeover of...
A state legislator and publisher has joined with DuPont Country Club co-owner Ben duPont and grocery store executive Chris Kenny to form a statewide...
Sussex County funds TV ad spots promoting local businesses
Sussex County has launched an advertising campaign that encourages residents to spend their money at locally owned businesses.
Beginning May 28, three 30 second television...
Media update: Price out at News Journal; State News gets $75,000 grant; Fowser another...
Betsy Price is out at the News Journal.
Price had the title of content coach but did a fair amount of features and even hard...
Newark Post owner slashes pay and hourly schedules for employees
Newark Post owner Adams Publishing Group has slashed work hours and wages, citing an advertising downturn stemming from coronavirus.
The company, according to a memo,...
Chicago firm acquires Wilmington marketing communications company Archer
uiresBounteous, a digital experience agency, announced it has acquired The Archer Group, a digital strategy, design, research, technology, and media firm.
Terms of the transaction...
Frontier stories led to record traffic for DBN website
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If interest in Frontier Airlines flying from Wilmington-New Castle to Orlando translates into ticket revenue, the airline will find that things are sweeter...
Media update: State News to add paywall; New regional editor for Whig, Post
The Delaware State News has joined the parade of newspapers setting up “paywalls” that limit the number of stories that can be read each...
Gannett-Gatehouse merger news produces yawns
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The long-rumored announcement that newspaper giants Gatehouse and Gannett will merge drew yawns and shrugs.
At our website, the merger announcement garnered far fewer page...
Media update: One story and two different lead paragraphs
Rebel HQ blew into Sussex County last week and drew the attention of the two Gannett newspaper/websites in the region – Delaware Online(News Journal)and...
