Tag: Media & Marketing

The Year’s Biggest Deals

Two deals by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville top the list of the regions’ biggest deals in 2005.

National Ag Law Center Helps Decipher Code

The National Agricultural Law Center at the University of Arkansas? law school launched the world?s only student-produced food-law journal in July, containing essays, articles on food labeling in the U.S. and abroad, and food liability.

Democrat-Gazette to Launch Hispanic Paper

With Northwest Arkansas? Hispanic population hitting 50,000, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette will launch a Spanish-language newspaper there this spring.

KFSM Leads DMA in November Nielsens

KFSM, Channel 5, led the 11-county dominant market area during all three weekday evening newscasts in the November household ratings from Nielsen Media Research.

Nielsen Becomes Herald-Leader Editor

Lucas Roebuck left the Siloam Springs Herald-Leader in December, and Hannah Nielsen took over as managing editor of the newspaper, which is owned by Wehco Media Group of Little Rock.

Live Light Media Produces Documentary

Barry Cobbs, president of Live Light Media Inc. of Rogers, said the company is in the process of editing almost 100 hours of raw footage from an ABC ?Extreme Makeover: Home Edition? project in Purdy, Mo., last summer.

Paint Can Logo Resembles Bank?s

Valspar Corp.?s Signature Colors paint uses a similar ?S? logo to that of Signature Bank of Arkansas, which is based in Fayetteville.

Jones TV May Produce Holocaust Documentary

Jones Television, a nonprofit station in Springdale supported by the Harvey and Bernice Jones Foundation, is in the works to obtain national funding to produce a documentary on Betty Schimmel of Scottsdale, Ariz., a Holocaust survivor.

UA May Add Equestrian or Lacrosse as Women?s Sport

The University of Arkansas? Women?s Athletic Department may add equestrian or lacrosse as a sport to make sure it meets the standards of the proportionate male-to-female ratio in athletics based on the student body ratio.

Coughlin Fan Club Still Believes in Big Tom (Commentary)

Tom Coughlin, the former Wal-Mart executive expected to plead guilty to charges of wire fraud and tax evasion, still has supporters in Northwest Arkansas. But how well do we really know people we meet in social situations?

Courser Says Wal-Mart Debate Nothing New

A study released by the conservative, business-backed Competitive Enterprise Institute says Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville is good for American consumers and the U.S. economy.

Stars Touch Down At UA Track Center

The Arkansas Stars, a National Indoor Football League team, will be playing at the Randall Tyson Indoor Track Center on the University of Arkansas campus.

Premier Advertising Named Small Business of the Year

The Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce selected Premier Advertising Specialties as the 2005 Small Business of the Year.

When a Bono isn?t a Bono

Fayetteville?s KFSM, Channel 5 confuses Bono for Bono.

CPI, Gray Matters Partner in Tulsa

Community Publishers Inc. of Bentonville hired Gray Matters LLC, parent company of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal, to manage and operate three of its recently acquired publications in Tulsa beginning Jan. 1.

Razorbacks Go Regional On Cox Sports Television

Cox Sports Television will televise at least seven Razorback sporting events, produce a new monthly news magazine, called ?Hog Tales? and rebroadcast three weekly and monthly coach?s shows.

Meteorite Magazine Lands in Fayetteville

A quarterly journal dedicated to meteorites will be published from the University of Arkansas? Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary Sciences beginning in February.

Maloney Marketing Makes Move to ?Green? Workweek

In an effort to conserve natural resources, Maloney Marketing Group of Cave Springs is allowing its employees to work four 10-hour days.

Beasley, West Leave KHOG

Meteorologist Derek Beasley and sports reporter Randy West leave KHBS/KHOG, Channels 40/29, to take jobs at other television stations.

KNWA Hires Weekend Anchor

KNWA hires Alexa Hamblin to be weekend anchor/reporter.

Fort Smith Metro News Briefs: ACME input now online, UAFS students receive SURF grants

Arkansas to lead National Advanced Manufacturing Apprenticeship expansion

The Supply Side: Boomer generation concedes spending power to young consumers

2nd cohort of new lithium accelerator shows innovations in Bentonville