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www.newspaperconsultants.com | 910-323-0349 | info@newspaperconsultants.com More than just TV... ...It's Entertainment! Let ANC show you how to change your market's perspective about the weekly TV listings guide. according to Louise D. "Lou" Phelps, CEO of KPC Media Group, Inc., publisher of the newspaper and digital news platform. An award-winning journalist with an established track record of reporting on business, community and political news in the Fort Wayne area, Ms. Long takes over the helm of the news operation from former Editor Gwen Clayton who has stepped down to focus on her health. "Lisa is a tenacious and talented hard-news journalist and editorial leader who will continue the tradition of quality business news coverage our readers have come to expect from KPC Media," said Phelps, in making the announcement. — Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly News in Brief Lisa Long appointed as new editor of the Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly, the region's leading source of business news and information, has named Lisa E. Long as its new Editor, Long ProPublica accepting Local Reporting Network program applications through Sept. 27 ProPublica's Local Reporting Network produces impactful stories that wouldn't be done otherwise. The group is looking for seven partners to work with in 2020. ProPublica has opened a new round of applications for its Local Reporting Network, with a focus on accountability projects involving state government or state politics. ProPublica will pay the salary, plus a benefits allowance, for reporters at partner news organizations who will each spend one year tackling an investigative project in their states. Reporters will collaborate with a ProPublica senior editor, and they can receive assistance with data analysis, research, design, audience development and engagement. The South Bend Tribune was selected for the program in 2018. The Tribune's Christian Sheckler and ProPublica's two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Ken Armstrong partnered on a series of stories examining Elkhart's criminal justice system. Applications for these slots are due Sept. 27. Details for those interested in applying are available at http://bit.ly/2kVwY98. The new group of reporters will begin their work on Jan. 2. — ProPublica Have any updates at your newspaper? New hires or projects? Email information to news@hspa.com. The Tribune-Star, headquartered in downtown Terre Haute, will be changing locations in a few months. The move will take the newspaper to new offices in The Meadows on 25th Street between Ohio Boulevard and Poplar Street. A move from the current location at 222 S. Seventh St. has been in the planning stages for a while. No move-in date has been set. A major renovation is underway to prepare the space. A formal announcement about the location change will be made when a moving date is finalized, most likely late this year or in early 2020. The newspaper's production facility will remain in operation at its Margaret Avenue location — Tribune-Star (Terre Haute). Tribune-Star plans move to The Meadows September 2019 Page 9 CHAMPAIGN — At an all-staff meeting Aug. 30, News-Gazette Media CEO John Reed announced to employees that an agreement has been signed to sell substantially all of its assets to the family-owned Champaign Multime- dia Group LLC, an affiliate company of Community Media Group. The sale is expected to close in early November. CMG, headquartered in downstate West Frankfort, owns and operates community newspapers with websites in several Midwestern states, including Illinois, Indiana and Iowa, as well as newspapers in Michigan, Pennsylvania and New York. The acquisition of News-Gazette Media will include three radio stations: WDWS, WHMS and WKIO, serving the Champaign-Urbana, Danville and East Central Illinois areas, Reed said. The acquisition will also include weekly newspapers, free-distribution shoppers and websites serving Mahomet, Rantoul, Ford County, Piatt County and Vermilion County. Indiana newspapers owned by News-Gazette Media include The Rensselaer Republican, Kankakee Valley Post-News, Herald Journal (Monticello) Lafayette Leader, The News-Gazette (Winchester) and more — News-Gazette Media Illinois-based News-Gazette Media to be sold to Community Media Group

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