Tag: Media & Marketing

Media on the Stand?

Ex-Razorbacks basketball coach Nolan Richardson complained for years about the media and its coverage of him and his hoops program.

Springdale Eyes Minor League Baseball Team

Springdale is close to landing a minor league baseball franchise and new stadium.

Adversity Made Area?s Centennial Club Stronger in Toughest Times

Twenty-six for-profit companies in Northwest Arkansas have had continuous operations for at least 100 years.

NBC 24/51 Lays Off Six in Fort Smith Newsroom

Nexstar Broadcasting Group of Irving, Texas, laid off six of the 40 employees at NBC 24/51?s newsroom in Fort Smith

D-G Testimonials Lack Verve (Outtakes Opinion)

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette testimonials are underwhelming.

Morning News: I?ll Take a Bible and Box of Bullets (Outtakes Opinion)

Coupons offer everything from Cokes to Bibles to bullets.

Mobile Graphics Promote Business

Eye-catching vehicle graphics can generate more than 600 impressions for each mile the vehicle is driven, according to information provided by Fastsigns, a sign and graphics company with franchises nationwide.

Not-So-Real TV Includes Bogus Dairy Job

So much for reality TV, as “Simple Life” producers turn down a winery for a bogus milk-bottling operation.

Morning News Still Absent on Story (Outtakes Opinion)

The Morning News is igrnoring a story, but its readers deserved to be informed.

Internet at Work (Jeff Hankins Publisher’s Note)

Don?t let the failed business models of the late ?90s fool you into ignoring the commercial promise of the Internet.

Stephens Media Buys Missouri Weeklies

Stephens Media Group buys McDonald County Press Inc. of Pineville, Mo., which publishes six weekly newspapers in that county.

Ogden Sells Interest in Celebrate Magazine

Gregg Ogden, president of Athletic World Advertising Inc. in Fayetteville, said on Jan. 30 that he had sold his 50 percent interest in Celebrate Northwest Arkansas to Mari See, the publication?s other owner.

Morning News Sued for Libel

Bruce Mulkey of Rogers filed a libel suit on Jan. 16 against Stephens Media Group ?of Little Rock? on behalf of his client, Jodi Gilpatrick, 26, of Rogers.

Morning News: Thanks for the Graphics (Outtakes Opinion)

Kudos to The Morning News for finally using helpful graphics.

NBC: Don?t Risk It, Stay in the Newsroom (Outtakes Opinion)

It was barely raining on the night of Feb. 4 when television station NBC 24/51 ran a scroll across the bottom of the screen during its primetime broadcasts saying ?If you leave the safety of being indoors, you are putting your life at risk.?

Logoworks Offers Marketing Products

Logoworks co-owner Michael Shassere says his firm will ?print on anything but paper.?

Robinson Drops Suit Against Publishing Firm

Mel Robinson, a plaintiff in a libel lawsuit filed last Feb. 25 against Arkansas Business Publishing Group, one of its publications and three employees, has voluntarily dismissed his suit.

Russell Named GM As Darnell Leaves 24/51

Blake Russell took over on Jan. 26 as vice president and general manager of NBC 24/51, KPOM/KFAA-TV, the NBC affiliates based in Fayetteville that also serve the Fort Smith market.

Cox $105M Revamp Nears Completion

Cox Communications Inc. plans to have the $104.7 million renovation of its 4,000-mile cable system in Northwest Arkansas completed before the end of the year.

Morning News Changes Flag ? Again

The Morning News has changed its Page 1 flag again, this time to prominently display the newspaper’s name instead of the city for which the edition is zoned.

Then and Now: Cooperative business model a good fit for Mitchell Johnson

Dope Medicinal Wellness opens Fayetteville clinic

Fort Smith metro job numbers up less than 1% in September report

Opinions differ on use of former ACME Brick property