Tag: Media & Marketing

Business Journal Hires Assistant Editor

Lori Harrison-Stone, most recently the city reporter for The Morning News? Rogers edition, joins the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal as an assistant editor.

Dateline: Journalism School (Outtakes Opinion)

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette continues to misuse datelines in its news sections.

Morning News Does the Ostrich Dance

The Morning News? coverage of the apparent stock fraud violations of Springdale?s Golf Entertainment Inc. is at best laughable and, at worst, a disservice to the Springdale publication?s readers.

Virtual Satellite Becoming Reality

Bob Friedman, chairman and CEO of Virtual Satellite Corp., says he will travel to London, England, in September to meet with satellite broadcasting providers about a future deal with his Fayetteville company.

Golf Entertainment Is Mum to Investors on ASD Probe

The Arkansas Securities Department apparently moves a lot faster than Golf Entertainment Inc. of Springdale.

Connect Causes 501 Blues for SW Bell

Ted ?Dub? Snider Jr. marketed his company, Connect Communications Corp. of Little Rock, as ?a radically innovative telecom service provider.?

Connect?s Minutes Billed Raised Suspicions

Prior to June 2000, Connect Communications Corp. never billed Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. for more than 3.5 million minutes a month.

Golf Story is Intriguing (Jeff Hankins Publishers Note)

Golf Entertainment Inc. of Springdale first appeared on my radar screen early this year, and today it?s more than a little blip.

Get A Move on Education (Editorial)

One area in which Arkansas isn?t lacking is education plans.

Law Enforcement Yet to Move on Golf

Since the compilation of an Aug. 19 expos? on Golf Entertainment Inc., two executives associated with the broadcasting company have resigned.

Hammons Looks for Team to Play in New Stadium

Hotel mogul John Q. Hammons is building a $20 million baseball stadium in Springfield, Mo., with hopes of landing a minor league Double-A affiliate in that city.

KHOG takes 10, NBC up in Nielsen

KHBS/KHOG, Channels 40/29, took the lead in the 10 p.m. news time slot from KFSM, Channel 5, in the 10-county dominant market area in Nielsen Media Research?s household ratings for May.

Morning News Completes Expansion

The Morning News recently completed a $13 million expansion that included adding two 18-unit Dauphin Graphics M850 press lines, one of which went online in December and the other in May.

Right There in Smith and White

In a front-page story in its Aug. 19 issue, the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal referred to Kevin Smith as Kevin White.

First Federal Bancshares Will Pay Dividend

Harrison-based First Federal Bancshares of Arkansas Inc. declared Aug. 23 that it will pay a 14 cent cash dividend on common stock of the corporation payable on Sept. 25.

Talk Is Cheap at $300 per Head

They?re vivacious and vociferous, blatant and boisterous, articulate and … well, audible. Very audible.

From an Icy Will to a Fiery King, No Wonking Allowed

The founders of Executive Communications Consultants LLC teach that there are three different styles of speakers: icy, fiery and hazy.

Building on to Baum?

The University of Arkansas? Baum Stadium, ranked in 1998 as the best collegiate baseball facility by Baseball America, may soon be getting a facelift.

Philpot Fills Void

By now everyone has probably heard that Beall Barclay & Co. PLC, the Fort Smith accounting firm with 3,800 customers and $5 million in annual billings, has launched a financial services and planning division.

Jumbo Advertising is Big Business

One of the most effective and popular new medians to advertise in around the Northwest Arkansas market is with the UA?s state-of-the-art Smartvision LED at Reynolds Razorback Stadium.

St. Bernards to expand Maternal Life360 HOME program into Greene County

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