Newspaper Industry News

What 2025 signals for valuations, seller timing and 2026 buyer behavior

Feb 1, 2026

In 2025, Dirks, Van Essen & April facilitated a broad range of media transactions involving dozens of publications across nine states. These transactions spanned daily and weekly newspapers, regional ...

Close the loop on local government budgets, tax levies

Dec 1, 2025

Local governments are putting the finishing touches on 2026 operations as this year nears a close. Budgets and tax levies have been presented to citizens, debated and adopted.

Stevenson family sells 4 Wyoming/Nebraska newspapers to Adelman family

Dec 1, 2025

The Stevenson family, owners of Sidney (Nebraska) Sun Telegraph, The Saratoga (Wyoming) Sun, Pine Bluffs (Wyoming) Post and Western Nebraska Observer in Kimball, Nebraska, have sold the newspapers to the ...

More photos from the 2025 annual convention

Nov 19, 2025

See photos from the events of the NNA Foundation's 139th Annual Convention & Trade Show, held at the Hilton Minneapolis.

Winners of the 2025 Better Newspaper Contest

Nov 13, 2025

View the entries of the 2025 Better Newspaper Contest.

Don’t leave meetings until last person exits

Nov 1, 2025

In the midst of a fractured media landscape, community newspapers can play a big role — can stake a claim — to delivering substantive coverage of local public affairs by adhering to some basic ...

Strategies for organizing all the new ideas from the NNAF Annual Convention & Trade Show

Nov 1, 2025

The National Newspaper Association conventions always leave me buzzing with ideas, inspiration and sometimes a little exhaustion. After you get home, what is the next step?