Tag: Media & Marketing

G.I. Joe Meets Geranimo

Mike Gauldin, former head of PR for Gov. Bill Clinton and Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt, has started his own company.

No Depression for Lucinda

Former Fayetteville resident Lucinda Williams will grace the cover of the May-June issue of No Depression, an alternative country magazine in Nashville, Tenn.

Blackwood Martin/CJRW Wins District ADDY

Blackwood Martin/CJRW of Fayetteville is the only local advertising agency to win a district ADDY Award from the American Advertising Federation.

Elkins Heads SPJ Effort

Don Elkins, anchor for television station KPOM, NBC 24/51, is spearheading the effort to establish a Northwest Arkansas chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

Fayetteville Makes Best of South Issue

A special spring issue of Southern Living magazine contains an article about Fayetteville being one of the best small towns in the south.

Hatchet Man Chops Own Credibility

We acknowledge that newspapers should be the last line of defense for free speech.

Shupe, Shupe: What?s the Difference?

The Benton County Daily Record reported on April 4 that ?Commissioner Andy Shupe? had participated in a meeting of the Rogers Planning Commission.

Multicom Starts Spanish TV Station

Multicom Media Group Inc. of Rogers has a lease-management agreement and plans to buy television station K20CT from Christians Incorporated for Christ Inc. of Branson, Mo.

Bauder Named President of KHBS/KHOG-TV

Hearst-Argyle Television of New York has named Ken Bauder president and general manager of KHBS-TV/KHOG-TV, the ABC affiliates serving Fort Smith and Fayetteville.

There have been several letters to the editor of the Northwest Arkansas Times from readers who aren?t happy with the newspaper?s ?alliance? with the Arkansas Democrat Gazette, but this one on March 20 caught our attention.

Going Under?

A telemarketer for the Northwest Arkansas Times cold called our office on the evening of March 13 and shared some interesting information.

Bauder Named President, GM of KHBS-TV/KHOG-TV

Hearst-Argyle Television of New York names Ken Bauder president and general manager of KHBS-TV/KHOG-TV, the ABC affiliates serving Ft. Smith/Fayetteville.

Masterson Joins D-G staff as Columnist

Mike Masterson, former executive editor of the Northwest Arkansas Times, will begin writing an opinion column three times a week for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in April.

No Hard Feelings, by George

Former Northwest Arkansas Times publisher George Smith was among the 1,000 employees of Alltel Corp. nationwide who recently lost their jobs because of layoffs, attrition or early retirement.

No Sources, Please: Is This a Trend?

On March 4, The Sunday Times of London published an article quoting an unnamed source with Amazon.com saying the troubled e-tailer was in talks with bricks-and-mortar monolith Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and an ?alliance? was to be announced within six weeks.

Oklahoma court ruling threatens poultry industry in Arkansas

GDP up 4.3% in the third quarter, consumer confidence declines

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

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