Patrick Wood, Multi Media Channels

Multi Media Channels purchases Seymour newspaper

Multi Media Channels has purchased the Advertiser Community News & Times-Press, a Seymour-based free community newspaper.

The publication recently reverted from the Times-Press — a paid subscription newspaper — back to the Advertiser Community News-Times Press — a free community newspaper. The publication will continue printing under MMC as the Seymour Advertiser.

John Foust, government, your right to know,

Keeping an eye on government from home

In a positive step for government transparency, Wisconsinites can now watch the live-streamed workings of government on our phones, tablets and computers.

John Foust, advertising, ad-libs

9 things to keep in your ‘go-bag’ for ad presentations

In order to be prepared for anything you might need in an ad presentation, be sure to pack a “go-bag,” writes veteran sales trainer John Foust in his latest installment of “Ad-Libs.”

In his column, Foust highlights nine key basics to make sure to include.

Peter Kwong

It’s better to be frugal than cheap

I will always watch my pennies, but I am going to be frugal from now on. I will be resourceful and find ways to save money, but I will not be cheap.

leader telegram

Leader-Telegram partners with New York Times on pandemic joblessness project

The Leader-Telegram last week announced it is partnering with The New York Times to tell the stories of Americans who lost their jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Eau Claire newspaper is one of several across the country teaming up with the Times for the project, in which the newspapers will publish stories and periodic updates as they follow local jobless residents for several months.

Donna Frake

Longtime Oconomowoc reporter Donna Frake dies at 65

Donna Frake, a former reporter who covered the Oconomowoc area for more than two decades, died Friday, May 22, after a long battle with cancer. She was 65.

Frake predominantly wrote for the Oconomowoc Focus, a Lake Country Publications newspaper that later became a part of Lake Country Now.

News414 service launched to connect Milwaukee residents with reporters

Three nonprofit newsrooms have launched News414, a project that delivers news by text message and connects Milwaukee residents directly to reporters.

The project, which is funded with support from the Google News Initiative, is a collaboration between Wisconsin Watch, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service and Outlier Media. In its announcement of the project, Wisconsin Watch said it uses “innovative technology and research techniques to deliver crucial information to residents, investigate neighborhoods’ most pressing issues and deliver accountability journalism to Milwaukee and the broader public.”

Wisconsin Newspaper Association