The first time I heard about newsprint tariffs was in early December of last year when Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer Josh Sharp and I were in Washington for a meeting of Newspaper Association Managers. We came back to Illinois thinking, “How can we influence or weigh in on a federal issue that would have a devastating effect on our member newspapers?”Granted, we’re no stranger to the legislative dealings in Springfield and are effective at marshaling ou...

Take a look at your paper’s most recent edition. What do you see?I’m guessing there are stories about: Events going on in your readership area. Issues under discussion by the powers that be. Stories about the special people who make up your community.Real news.Real news that readers aren’t likely to find anywhere else, especially with the depth of coverage that we typically provide in our publications.Somewhere between the news that "newspapers are dead" and that we a...

Illinois newspapers joined an effort across the nation on Aug. 16 to editorialize on Trump's assault on the free press. Below are some of the editorials. Did you write an editorial that is not linked below? Email the link to Kate Richardson and she will add to the post. Our View: We are not the enemy of the people – The State Journal-Register, SpringfieldEditorial: In midst of assaults, we must defend principles of First Amendment – Daily Herald, Arlington HeightsEDITORIAL: ...

The Department of Commerce released its final determination on newsprint tariffs yesterday. Unfortunately, we didn’t get the relief on these tariffs that we had all hoped. There was a decrease for some of the mills that had the largest tariffs; however, Resolute saw their tariff more than double.Only Catalyst was found to have dumped paper at less than fair value (AD duties), all other Canadian producers were found to not have dumped newsprint.When it comes to the duties that were determin...