The Hot Springs Sentinel-Record will be going almost completely digital soon. According to the publication, publisher Walter Hussman Jr. will be replacing home delivery print subscriptions with a digital replica. This conversion is expected to take place by May 2021.…
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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Purchases Pine Bluff Commercial
by Tyler Haleby Tyler HaleGannett has sold the Pine Bluff Commercial to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, making it part of the WEHCO Newspapers Inc. empire. The Pine Bluff Commercial’s final day as a Gannett property will be Monday, Aug. 31, with the Democrat-Gazette publishing the…
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Arkansas Life Closes Doors Due to Economic Crisis
by Tyler Haleby Tyler HaleArkansas Life will be closing its doors due to economic factors. The monthly print and digital magazine, published by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, announced that Monday, July 13 that it will be its final day of operation. Via social media platforms,…
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Democrat-Gazette Looking to Furlough Employees as Cost-Cutting Measure
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe Arkansas Democrat-Gazette has asked full-time employees to volunteer for furloughs as it looks for ways to cut costs in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The paper on Monday issued a memo from WEHCO Media Publisher Walter Hussman and…
Several years ago when business owners applied for a state permit to operate a commercial hog farm in the Buffalo River watershed, Arkansas’s environmental regulatory agency buried public notice of the permit somewhere within the bureaucracy’s vast labyrinth of files…
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Eliza Hussman Gaines Named Managing Editor for Democrat-Gazette
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe Arkansas Democrat-Gazette has named its new managing editor. Eliza Hussman Gaines, the daughter of Democrat-Gazette publisher Walter Hussman Jr., has been named to the role. Gaines will replace David Bailey, who is set to retire on March 16. According…
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Hussman Family Makes $25 Million Donation to UNC Journalism School
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s journalism school has a new name after a significant donation from a noted Arkansas media figure. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette owner and publisher Walter Hussman Jr. and his family have donated $25 million to…
by Kyle Massey (Arkansas Business) Arkansas Life has reached the brink of death. The free monthly magazine, published by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, will fold if readers do not become $20-a-year subscribers in sufficient numbers, Publisher Walter Hussman Jr. said in a…