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Submit Your News to the VPAYou can submit news announcements about your paper and distribute them to the entire membership of the Virginia Press Association on VPA.net and in E-Press. Click here to submit your release.Media NewsNAA Opposes Change to .jobs CharterThe Society for Human Resource Management and Employ Media, which are exclusively licensed to administer the .jobs domain, are proposing to revise their original charter to let them launch free location job sites such as richmond.jobs.Dealer Board Asks for Media HelpThe Virginia Motor Vehicle Dealer Board, the state agency charged with licensing and regulating new and used motor vehicle dealers, is asking for media help with dealer compliance on advertising laws and regulations.Star-Exponent hires new general managerThe Culpeper Star-Exponent has hired Thomas E. Spargur as its new general manager. He will begin working there July 26.Media General Reports Improved ResultsMedia General's second quarter operating income increased 19 percent versus a year ago, but it also reported a net loss at the corporate level because of interest expenses, the company announced Wednesday.Gannett Co., Inc. Reports Second Quarter ResultsGannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) reported today that 2010 second quarter earnings per diluted share were $0.81 including a net gain from discontinued operations of $0.08 per share.Olivia Hartman 110th VPA PresidentOlivia Hartman takes over as president of the Virginia Press Association at the height of a distinguished newspaper career. She has been in newspaper advertising sales for 18 years, most recently directing a dozen reps who sell The Virginia Gazette and Williamsburg Magazine. Their sales work for vagazette.com has put the website third in the state among non-daily newspapers in terms of unique visitors, 34,000 monthly.Bristol editor Foster leaving for ChattanoogaJ. Todd Foster will leave the Bristol Herald Courier to become executive editor of the newspaper where he got his start in journalism.Judge orders police records released in killing of U-Va. student Yeardley LoveThe records could be released July 8, barring appeals. |