![]() Under this arrangement, the subsidiary will pay for and collect advertising revenue, receive all pre-paid subscriptions and honor all existing subscriptions.Ī Gannett spokesperson declined to provided additional information on the transaction. According to a WEHCO release, the Commercial will be owned by Pine Bluff Commercial Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of WEHCO Newspapers Inc. ![]() Arkansas Money & Politics reached out to Gannett for more information. The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. The Pine Bluff Commercial has historically been a newspaper that prides itself on having high journalistic standards and providing readers with first-class local news product – emphasis on local,” Tate said. “Our goal is to give you something real and truthful, something that holds up to scrutiny. According to Hussman, this staff could be increased if subscriber numbers rise in the future. Tate will be leading a team of four reporters focusing on local news and content. With more than 30 years of journalism experience, he has also served as executive editor of the Southwest Times-Record in Fort Smith and as the president of the Arkansas Press Association’s board of directors. Previously he served as the editor and publisher for the Commercial from 2010 to 2016. “This is going to show a model, a path forward for other newspapers to be sustainable and survivable,” he said.īyron Tate will be taking over as the editor for the newspaper. According to Hussman, the Commercial has lost more subscribers in the past five years than it current has and has lost advertising revenue. Transitioning the Pine Bluff Commercial into the digital replica model is meant to increase the newspaper’s sustainability. The Commercial will be included in the Democrat-Gazette’s Sunday issue. That’s because it’s going to take us six to eight weeks to finally sit down and meet with every single subscriber,” he said.Īfter this six to eight week interim period, the print issues will cease, with the exception of the Sunday issue. “What we’re going to do for the next six to eight weeks is we’re actually going to print a copy of the Democrat-Gazette with the Pine Bluff Commercial in it, and we’re going to deliver it to those subscribers. This will be a temporary arrangement to allow all Pine Bluff subscribers to receive free iPads and training for the digital replica. For the immediate future, there will be print copies of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and Pine Bluff Commercial for Commercial subscribers.
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