Rex Smith: Our birthday brings pride and dreams
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My guess is that on this day 160 years ago, there were three men strutting around downtown Albany, feeling pretty good. I think I know a bit about what was going through their minds.
They were the founders of this newspaper - Alfred Stone, David M. Barnes and Edward H. Boyd - and they had three issues under their belts by this day in 1856. They had chosen a challenging task in a crowded marketplace, but their mission was clear: to publish an independent local newspaper in a viciously partisan age.
A new political party, calling itself Republican, was arising from the wreckage of the Whigs and the alienation of the Free Soil Democrats. The dozen newspapers already published in Albany were overtly partisan, but the new newspaper's motto, published in Vol. 1, No. 1, was clear: "Independence now, independence forever."
Maybe it was that charter, embraced by generations of editors, that enabled the paper to thrive and to emerge as the region's dominant news source, now both in print and digitally. Perhaps it was the focus, then as now, on local news, although the new paper bragged that it had a telegraph machine to bring up-to-date news of the world to Albany.
Or maybe it was just smart management, which since 1924 has come at the hands of people chosen by a company bearing the name Hearst. (Indeed, we are the only newspaper acquired by William Randolph Hearst that is still published by the company; our publisher is the founder's great-great grandson.) More
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2016 conference registration & hotel deadline approaching
Take advantage of registration specials and hotel block by May 6!
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The 2016 conference registration specials offering discounted registration rates for members of NYNAME and NYSCMA, Inc. will soon expire.
Each group's special, which allows members of that organization to register their first attendee at a rate of $175 and additional attendees at $125 each, is set to expire on Friday, May 6. After this date, all attendees will have to register at the regular rate of $175 per person.
The 2016 conference's block of hotel rooms at the Gideon Putnam in Saratoga Springs, offered at the reduced rate of $129 per night during the conference, will be released to the general public after May 6, as well.
Hotel reservations can be made by calling the Gideon Putnam's reservations line at (866) 746-1077. Please mention the group code "9N75M8" to get the conference's group rate.
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Gannett's Offer Tests Tribune's New Leadership
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Since Gannett made its bid public on Monday, frustrated at Tribune's lack of response, the situation has turned messy and bitter. The Gannett "bear hug" has added to a trial-by-fire for Mr. Ferro and the management team he installed when he took effective control of Tribune in early February with a $44 million investment, assuming the title of nonexecutive chairman and removing the management team. After his initial exchange with Mr. Dickey, Mr. Ferro asked for more time to enlist bankers and prepare for a earnings report on May 4, but Gannett felt he was stalling.  "We are looking for them to sit down and have a very serious discussion with us, but that has not happened," Mr. Dickey said in an interview.
On Tuesday, Tribune Chief Executive Justin Dearborn accused Gannett of "playing games" and calling its approach "aggressive and hostile" in a letter made public in a regulatory filing. "I don't know why they are in such a hurry," Mr. Ferro said in the interview. "I haven't seen any financing. I haven't seen any terms." He said he remains open to a deal.
Tribune has fielded offers to sell the Los Angeles Times on its own. Over the past year, Tribune has fielded offers to sell the Los Angeles Times on its own, but Mr. Ferro said the company wouldn't consider the possibility of selling any of its 11 titles individually. More
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E&P's 25 Under 35 2016 Recognizes Three with Ties to NYNPA Member Newspapers
From editorandpublisher.com
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Christine Gritmon, 35
Engagement editor, events and branding, lohud and The Journal News,
Christine Gritmon started at the lohud and The Journal News as a freelancer covering real estate trends in 2013 and became a full-time reporter in 2015, but quickly found herself in a role focused on driving the newsroom's community outreach strategy.
"Christine has worked on projects to promote newsroom personalities through a host of community events including community-wide panels, coffee chats, couponing classes and wine and food tastings," said consumer experience director Ed Forbes. ____________________________________
Advertising director, Times Herald-Record, Middletown, N.Y.
When Anthony McFarlane was promoted to advertising director in 2015, Times Herald-Record associate publisher Brad Bailey said he "immediately recognized him as someone who represented the future of (their) business."
Working his way through the ranks of ad assistant to the top revenue position, McFarlane led his team to more than 1 million dollars in digital revenue last year "in a challenging market that has both major metro influences and an intense rural community focus," said Bailey.
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Scott Gee, 34
Production manager, Warren Tribune Chronicle, Warren, Ohio
Newspapers have always been in Scott Gee's life. His father works as circulation manager for the Jamestown (N.Y.) Post-Journal and his mother serves as special promotions coordinator at the Dunkirk (N.Y.) Observer.
In his position, Gee is in charge of supervising all phases of production from pre-press, press and the mailroom for the Warren Tribune Chronicle. Known for being "hands-on," Gee often offers suggestions and looks for innovative ways to make the production and mailroom stages work more in sync and efficient and is always willing to help in other departments as well. For more than a year, he had a successful string of on-time press times with no late papers. For more of each of these profiles and the complete list of 25, click here.
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The New York Times will send Google Cardboard to 300,000 subscribers
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In May, The New York Times will send Google Cardboard viewers to 300,000 digital-only subscribers who were chosen "based on the duration of their subscriptions," according to a press release. The distribution is timed with the release of "Seeking Pluto's Frigid Heart." 
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This six-part series of features (2 col. x 10") will dig deeper into the background, meaning, Constitutional principles, rights and protections associated with this year's Law Day theme, Miranda: More than Words.
Contact Mary Miller at mmiller@nynpa.com with any questions.
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