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Issue: #353                                                                
November 13, 2015
Classic Comic Strips Will Return to Newspapers in Special Insert
From New York Times                       
Next Sunday, hundreds of newspapers around the country will give their comics readers a special treat: a colorful 16-page insert of classic newspaper strips.

The insert is a celebration of the 100th anniversary of King Features Syndicate, a company that syndicates long-running features like Blondie, which started in 1930, and Beetle Bailey, which started in 1950 - and relatively new strips like Mutts, 1994, and Zits, 1997.

Brendan Burford, the comics editor at King Features, is one of the chief architects of the insert, as well as of the hefty hardcover "King of the Comics: 100 Years of King Features." His hope is that both projects will highlight the "amazing impact on a century of pop culture" that King and its comic strips have had.

Newspaper strips are having a cultural moment - even if the attention is not coming from work printed on broadsheets. In July, Bloom County, by the cartoonist Berkeley Breathed, returned when Mr. Breathed started posting new installments on Facebook. More
Rhymes with Orange_ by Hilary Price
An insider's view: The wall between student activists and student journalists
From Poynter     
Tension over who should tell student activists' stories led to a physical and emotional clash that changed the movement's story into a new one that no one wanted to tell. Student activists and media clash
 The human wall fought back. It thrust its hands in the air to block the camera's view, and they pushed the circle out, attempting to take ESPN freelancer and journalism student Tim Tai with it. Storm Ervin, one of the 11 original protesters, told Tai to step back. 

"There's not a law for that," Tai said.

"Not a law? How about humanity? How about respect?" Ervin replied.

"How about documenting this for all posterity?" Tai responded.

"We don't want you to tell our story," Ervin said. "Not if you're going to act like this."

The filmed interaction added a new layer to the day's stories, of which there were already plenty: minority students taking down the university president and campus chancellor and the end of grad student Jonathan Butler's hunger strike. This time though, the story was about the media, something that neither camp expected nor wanted. More 
GateHouse Media Names New Regional Vice Presidents to Central and Eastern U.S. Publishing Divisions  
GateHouse Media, LLC recently announced a realignment of properties into Central and Eastern U.S. Divisions, completing an organizational restructuring that began with the creation of the Western U.S. Division in June of this year. The moves integrate previously independent legacy operations to recognize synergies, increase engagement, improve communication and create new revenue opportunities. As part of these organizational changes, GateHouse Media executives were named to new regional vice president roles, effective immediately.

Rick Martin, central region publisher for the Company's properties in Florida, Alabama and Louisiana, has been named regional vice president of the GateHouse Media Central U.S. Division and will oversee properties in Illinois, Ohio, New York and Michigan. Martin will report to Brad Harmon, President and Publisher of The Columbus Dispatch.

Prior to Halifax Media operations being acquired by GateHouse Media, Martin served as the COO of Halifax Media. He has been in the industry for over 20 years, including management roles with Media General, Thompson Newspapers, and Freedom Communications. Martin graduated from Auburn University with a degree in Marketing. "Rick brings great depth of experience in all aspects of the industry and has an extremely collaborative style. He will take this group to new heights and be a great partner as we evolve the Central U.S. Division," said Harmon. More 
Teens Spend Avg 9 Hours a Day with Media    
From NetNewsCheck                     
Common Sense Media has released survey results showing that teenagers spend close to nine hours a day on media, with music and TV remaining their favorites. David Bauder reports that 58% report watching TV every day, compared with 45% using social media daily.

Half of the teenagers said they watch TV or use social media either "a lot" or "sometimes" while doing homework, and 76 percent said they listen to music while working. Half of the teens say that listening to music actually helps their work, while only 6 percent said they thought it hurt.

"As a parent and educator, there's clearly more work to be done around the issue of multi-tasking," said James Steyer, founder and CEO of Common Sense Media, an organization that monitors youthful media use and gives recommendations to parents. "Nearly two-thirds of teens today tell us they don't think watching TV or texting while doing homework makes any difference to their ability to study and learn, even though there's more and more research to the contrary."

More kids said their parents have talked to them about the content of what they watch or listen to rather than the time spent on media, the study said.

Poor children have less access to computers, tablets and smartphones than wealthier kids, but spend more time on devices when they have one, the study said. More
An Industry in Transition 
From Editor&Publisher                     
 David Chavern As the new president and chief executive officer of the Newspaper Association of America, David Chavern is on a mission to tell the story of newspapers. Chavern, who started his position last month, succeeds Caroline Little, who led the association for four years (see below).

Chavern spent the last 30 years in executive strategic and operational roles, and most recently completed a decade-long tenure at the United States Chamber of Commerce. From 2014 to 2015, he served as the president of the Center for Advanced Technology & Innovation at the Chamber. Prior to that, Chavern was the Chamber's executive vice president and chief operating officer. In that role, he was responsible for the day-to-day operations and long-term planning for the 500-person advocacy organization.

Now, he is the head of a trade association representing 2,000 newspapers in the U.S. and Canada.

As an industry outsider, Chavern said his first steps are to "learn the people" and to "learn the technology behind the papers" including their advertising networks. More
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Mary Miller
Education Services Director
New York News Publishers Association
Also In This Issue
Wall Between Student Activists and Student Journalists
GateHouse Media Names New Regional VPs
Teens Spend Avg 9 Hours a Day with Media
New NAA President Talks about Industry in Transition
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