http://www.vpa.net/index.php/site/index/ News about Virginia newspapers en scottb@vpa.net Copyright 2010 2010-07-28T17:43:28+00:00 http://www.vpa.net/index.php/association/article/naa_opposes_change_to_.jobs_charter/ http://www.vpa.net/index.php/association/article/naa_opposes_change_to_.jobs_charter/#When:16:43:28Z The 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. 2010-07-28T16:43:28+00:00 http://www.vpa.net/index.php/association/article/dealer_board_asks_for_media_help/ http://www.vpa.net/index.php/association/article/dealer_board_asks_for_media_help/#When:16:23:25Z The 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. 2010-07-28T16:23:25+00:00 http://www.vpa.net/index.php/association/article/wrong_on_the_law_wrong_on_the_policy_wrong_on_the_economy_wrong_on_the_jobs/ http://www.vpa.net/index.php/association/article/wrong_on_the_law_wrong_on_the_policy_wrong_on_the_economy_wrong_on_the_jobs/#When:12:48:15Z 2010-07-27T12:48:15+00:00 http://www.vpa.net/index.php/association/article/vpa_vpa_board_of_directors_minutes_-_board_meeting_july_9_2010/ http://www.vpa.net/index.php/association/article/vpa_vpa_board_of_directors_minutes_-_board_meeting_july_9_2010/#When:15:46:19Z 2010-07-26T15:46:19+00:00 http://www.vpa.net/index.php/association/article/star-exponent_hires_new_general_manager/ http://www.vpa.net/index.php/association/article/star-exponent_hires_new_general_manager/#When:13:16:55Z The Culpeper Star-Exponent has hired Thomas E. Spargur as its new general manager. He will begin working there July 26. 2010-07-23T13:16:55+00:00 http://www.vpa.net/index.php/association/article/media_general_reports_improved_results/ http://www.vpa.net/index.php/association/article/media_general_reports_improved_results/#When:12:18:30Z Media 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. 2010-07-22T12:18:30+00:00 http://www.vpa.net/index.php/association/article/gannett_co._inc._reports_second_quarter_results/ http://www.vpa.net/index.php/association/article/gannett_co._inc._reports_second_quarter_results/#When:14:00:35Z Gannett 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. 2010-07-16T14:00:35+00:00 http://www.vpa.net/index.php/association/article/olivia_hartman_110th_vpa_president/ http://www.vpa.net/index.php/association/article/olivia_hartman_110th_vpa_president/#When:18:54:06Z Olivia 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. News 2010-07-14T18:54:06+00:00 http://www.vpa.net/index.php/association/article/bristol_editor_foster_leaving_for_chattanooga/ http://www.vpa.net/index.php/association/article/bristol_editor_foster_leaving_for_chattanooga/#When:11:59:34Z J. Todd Foster will leave the Bristol Herald Courier to become executive editor of the newspaper where he got his start in journalism. 2010-07-02T11:59:34+00:00 http://www.vpa.net/index.php/association/article/judge_orders_police_records_released_in_killing_of_u-va._student_yeardley_l/ http://www.vpa.net/index.php/association/article/judge_orders_police_records_released_in_killing_of_u-va._student_yeardley_l/#When:11:48:21Z The records could be released July 8, barring appeals. News 2010-07-02T11:48:21+00:00 http://www.vpa.net/index.php/association/article/national_newspaper_association_eyes_major_change_in_focus_hq/ http://www.vpa.net/index.php/association/article/national_newspaper_association_eyes_major_change_in_focus_hq/#When:13:18:03Z The National Newspaper Association, housed at the University of Missouri, is seeking a new location and planning a major shift in focus. 2010-07-01T13:18:03+00:00 http://www.vpa.net/index.php/association/article/epress_for_july_1_2010/ http://www.vpa.net/index.php/association/article/epress_for_july_1_2010/#When:12:00:29Z New FOIA goes into effect today; upcoming events, including our Aug. 19 workshop, Photography for Non-Photographers. News 2010-07-01T12:00:29+00:00 http://www.vpa.net/index.php/association/article/epress_for_june_23_2010/ http://www.vpa.net/index.php/association/article/epress_for_june_23_2010/#When:18:37:41Z Upcoming events, plus NNA's opposition to the Postal Service's proposal to eliminate Saturday mail delivery. News 2010-06-23T18:37:41+00:00 http://www.vpa.net/index.php/association/article/vcus_school_of_mass_communications_director_to_step_down/ http://www.vpa.net/index.php/association/article/vcus_school_of_mass_communications_director_to_step_down/#When:18:19:33Z Judy VanSlyke Turk, director of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Mass Communications, will step down July 1 but remain on the faculty as a tenured professor. News 2010-06-18T18:19:33+00:00 http://www.vpa.net/index.php/association/article/rtd_editor_to_lead_media_general_consolidated_desk/ http://www.vpa.net/index.php/association/article/rtd_editor_to_lead_media_general_consolidated_desk/#When:17:17:45Z Peggy Bellows, managing editor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, has been named managing editor of parent company Media General Inc.’s consolidated editing center that will serve its three biggest newspapers. News 2010-06-18T17:17:45+00:00 http://www.vpa.net/index.php/association/article/loudoun_times-mirror_and_loudoun_independent_newspapers_to_merge/ http://www.vpa.net/index.php/association/article/loudoun_times-mirror_and_loudoun_independent_newspapers_to_merge/#When:16:04:07Z Nicholas Graham was named executive editor. News 2010-06-17T16:04:07+00:00 http://www.vpa.net/index.php/association/article/epress_for_june_16_2010/ http://www.vpa.net/index.php/association/article/epress_for_june_16_2010/#When:17:12:35Z Photography for non-photographers workshop Aug. 19, Inside Business joins the VPA public notice project, George Mason Award winner and more. 2010-06-16T17:12:35+00:00 http://www.vpa.net/index.php/association/article/inside_business_joins_public_notice_project/ http://www.vpa.net/index.php/association/article/inside_business_joins_public_notice_project/#When:12:36:24Z Inside Business, the Hampton Roads Business Journal, has joined the public notice project of the Virginia Press Association. 2010-06-16T12:36:24+00:00 http://www.vpa.net/index.php/association/article/virginias_press_summer_2010/ http://www.vpa.net/index.php/association/article/virginias_press_summer_2010/#When:13:04:49Z Click Virginia's Press Summer Issue to see a PDF version of the VPA's quarterly newsletter. 2010-06-15T13:04:49+00:00 http://www.vpa.net/index.php/association/article/richmond_times-dispatch_columnist_receives_spj_george_mason_honor/ http://www.vpa.net/index.php/association/article/richmond_times-dispatch_columnist_receives_spj_george_mason_honor/#When:11:49:18Z Michael Paul Williams, Richmond Times-Dispatch columnist and reporter, has been selected the winner of the 2010 George Mason Award, given annually by the statewide chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists for significant, lasting contributions to Virginia journalism. 2010-06-11T11:49:18+00:00