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Gracia Martore named Gannett's President and Chief Operating Officer
From Gannett Company

Gracia C. Martore has been named president and chief operating officer of Gannett Co, Inc. Craig A. Dubow, chairman and chief executive officer, announced Monday.

Martore, who was most recently Gannett's executive vice president and chief financial officer, will continue to serve as CFO until a new CFO is appointed. She will continue to report to Dubow.

"Gracia is an outstanding leader and business executive," Dubow said. "She has made enormous contributions to Gannett during her many years here and most recently as our CFO and executive vice president. She has tremendous financial skills and extensive knowledge of our business operations. She's earned this opportunity and I couldn't be more pleased that she will serve as our president and COO." More

Registration begins for Circulation & Advertising conference
NYNAME and NYSCMA, Inc. team up again to offer annual conference

Registration is now open for the Third Annual Sales & Marketing Joint Conference of NYNAME and NYSCMA, Inc., scheduled for May 16-18 at The Gideon Putnam Resort in Saratoga Springs.

Registration documents for NYNAME members are now available for download at www.nyname.org, and NYSCMA, Inc. members can download their materials at www.nyscma.com. Once again, the conference agenda is packed with informative speakers and valuable breakout sessions sure to inspire revenue-generating ideas attendees can take back to their newspapers.

This year NYNAME and NYSCMA, Inc. have slashed the registration price again, bringing the cost of a single attendee down to just $100 for the entire conference. Additionally, both groups are proud to offer separate registration specials, allowing newspapers to send additional representatives for just $75 each (see registration documents for details).

Please visit www.nyname.org and www.nyscma.com regularly for conference agenda updates and newly-announced speakers as they become available.

Yahoo keeps AP in its content corner with new deal
AP, remain on same Web page with new licensing deal; talks with Google, Microsoft loom

The Associated Press has signed a licensing deal with Yahoo Inc. that gives the news cooperative a steady stream of revenue at a time less money is flowing in from newspapers and broadcasters.

The announcement by both companies Monday didn't disclose the financial terms of the agreement, which allows Yahoo to continue posting AP content on its site.

The AP says it is still negotiating to renew its online licensing agreements with two other companies with far deeper pockets, Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. Google stopped posting fresh AP content on its Web site in late December.

Stung by the AP's first downturn in revenue in years, AP's management has said the cooperative needs to make more money from the online rights to its stories, photographs and video as more people flock to the Web for information and entertainment.

It's unclear whether the AP achieved its financial objectives in the Yahoo deal. More

NYNAME accepting entries for 2010 Advertising Competition
Annual contest open to all NYNPA members

Each year, NYNAME recognizes newspapers and their advertising staff for their hard work and talents in newspaper advertising with an awards competition.

These awards are presented at an awards banquet, held in conjunction with the Annual Sales & Marketing Joint Conference. The banquet celebrating 2010 winners will be held Monday, May 17th at the Gideon Putnam Resort in Saratoga Springs.

This year contest entries will once again be collected online, and as always there is NO ENTRY FEE! To start submitting download the Call for Entries Information Packet, or visit the Ad Contest section of www.nyname.org. But hurry! The deadline to submit entries is Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Submit your entries today!

Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association re-structures ad placement service
MDDC hands display sales and back shop services to PA's Newspaper Association

The Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press has re-structured its ad placement service. Executive Director John J. Murphy announced that the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association's MANSI Media has taken over sales and back shop services for its display network, effective February 1st.

Requests for quotes, ad placements and other assistance for placing ads in Maryland, Delaware and DC newspapers should go to MANSI Media. The primary contact at MANSI is Carin Hoover, who can be reached at 717-703-3027 or carinh@mansimedia.com.

Murphy reiterated that this change only involves MDDC's display network, the Newspaper Impact Network, noting his organization will continue to handle its own CAN and 2x2 networks in house.

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