Matt McMillan, CEO of Press Publications, Northstar Media, Kanabec Publication, Sentinel Publications, is the newly-elected chairperson of America’s Newspapers board. A story about the election appeared in the Nov. 12, 2025 issue of The Sun in Osceola.
America’s Newspapers is an industry trade group with 1,700 members including many independent and family-owned local newspapers. Its members attend conferences twice each year including the fall Senior Leadership Conference, which recently met in Colorado Springs, Colo., and spring Mega-Conference, which meets in Austin, Texas on March 30, 2026.
McMillan succeeds Leonard Woosely, president of Southern Newspapers and publisher of the Galveston Daily News. Pat Dorsey from the Sante Fe New Mexican is the new vice chair. Jeremy Gulban from Cherry Road Media is the new treasurer.
As chair, McMillan will lead its board of directors pursuing the Association’s goal to support, advocate and be the “voice of America’s Newspapers.”
McMillan is past president of the Minnesota Newspaper Association and served as America’s Newspapers treasurer and vice chair before becoming its chairperson.
McMillan is the CEO of Sentinel Publications, which owns The Sun newspaper in Osceola.
