xt7xwd3pzv23 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7xwd3pzv23/data/mets.xml Kentucky Kentucky Press Association Kentucky Press Service University of Kentucky. School of Journalism 1995 Call Number: PN4700.K37 Issues not published 1935 Aug - 1937 Oct, 1937 Jul - 1937 Aug, 1939 Oct - Dec, 1940 Jan - Mar, 1951 Aug - 1956 Sep. Includes Supplementary Material:  2005/2006, Kentucky High School Journalism Association contest 2004-2005, Advertising excellence in Kentucky newspapers 2003-2005, Excellence in Kentucky newspapers newsletters  English Lexington, KY.: School of Journalism, University of Kentucky Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. The Kentucky Press Press -- Kentucky -- Periodicals The Kentucky Press, January 1995 Vol.66 No.1 text The Kentucky Press, January 1995 Vol.66 No.1 1995 2019 true xt7xwd3pzv23 section xt7xwd3pzv23 . r i I}! - r ' v
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- 1. 5 f 0°“ ‘ , f {‘35 ,. '7' on the backburner . = 3 don't want to advertise in the paper."
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j 1 g - - _ t. ‘V ' . ,e’ ‘ ,1. D o r o t h y people at KPA—member papers about .
' 1 _ = -111... VA" A; __ ,3» A y. Abernathy said. “‘11; ‘ . recent trends and regulations regard-
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« ' N. ' Q 7 _ Oldham Era in LaGrange and the they'refromalargedaily,someor’them _
.. = r“ . ‘ r;, . . Trimble Banner-Democratin Bedford, don't know what postal regulations ‘
_ ‘- -. ”’ ,ﬁ - ‘ ’ said re-establishing KPA'S Circulation are," she said. "We've got Max Heath, ~
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‘ . . k A i ’ ' . KPA's Winter Convention, Jan. 26-27. Circulation executives across the '
' ' ' -..:- “im’n ' 2-, - - I . _ Q» .. . "We've kind of pushed circulation state need training in zoning _
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33%;: ofanynewspaperyou pick up.Chances where they stand in regard to other . 1 -
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1} '53.. The“! W held ‘ “My mm: ‘1” Wk Put in the “55"" If you live in Kentucky, chances one-year subscription in-county, and - _
33"“: . 0P" m f“ a“ mm” 0" ties. are thatpricewillbefrom25centst050 what they charge for single copies. ' ~ ’ ' ﬂ
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Louise B. Hatmaker, edi— The new owners of lnter— Liray said he is pleased
tor and publisher of The mountain are Iames F. Nolan with the .ioiiiisition.
IANI IARY Beatt} \‘illeEnterpriseand The Jr, lF. Nolan lll and Glenn ‘.7\~ publisher, I want to
Jackson Times for almost 30 Gray, also a member of the continue the fine tradition
years and a member of the KPA Board of Directors. Cray Loiiiseantl her statfhax'e built
Kentucky Press Association is publisher of the group's six (wt-r the years, and I look it”.
BoardofDirectors,announced newspapers owned by ward to meeting people and
in late November that she had Manchester Enterprises lnc. serving both counties,” Gray
26-27 ICPA WINTER sold all the stock in her com- "lt'sinterestingtonotethat said.
CONVENTION pany, lntermountain Publish- when I received my firstnews— Hatmakersaid she \x'illstill
H tb H ’t 1 ing Co. Inc. to a Manchester paper experience atThe Haz- be around to help with the
“rs ourne 0 e I group thatowns and operates ard Herald, it was owned by papers. ,
Loulsvﬂle a central printing plant for six James Nolan's uncle, the late "We have no employment '
newspapers ofits ownand five Pearl Nolan, and his wife, contract,justahandshake,"she
, _ others east of Kentucky. Martha," Hatmaker said. said.
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t0 80 now! 1994 KPA Ofﬁcers and Board of Directors 1
President on ‘ (4 District l4
Why not plan someCOUPON DAYS ads? You mm [way any}: Ponmann Sum, WW"
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Jerry Lyles Merv Auhespin Guy Hatfield
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DAY by checking With local restaurants, florists John new“, Ed Mm“ Rm RM." l
and jewelry Stores to see if they want to go to- The Daily Independent Owenlon News-Herald Axhlamllhulv Imiepmilrnl i
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QSted In a speClal DINING 0 page. Board of Directors D?s(ﬁ¢:‘1’;)?llt“f " on Advcnising Division
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But some member newspapers last out on revenue from list of ads that did not run
For thefirsttimeinitshe Kentucky with 1993 beingtheonlyyeartheorga— Prior to 1994, the Sththltl mark had shv of $1 5 million '
Press Advertising Placement Service nizatiori did not hit 5] million. In that been reachedonlytvvice,t>ctotwr1991 ' KI‘S would ha\e reached the $3 .7 ‘ .
sold more than $2 million in ads for year, KPS fell slitllt‘i short. and October 1992. million mark on record, except far (/1
member newspapers across the state Ofthe$2 million sold in lel,about - Uf the seven highest ad sales $11,995 sold in advertising that news-
in 1994. $1.8 million was paid to neWspapers months in Kl‘S history, five were in papers did not run as scheduled. !
Actually, the final record for 199-1 for advertisements they ran that were 1904. " There werezwaac that the m.“ c. ‘
shows $1.99 million because $1 1,995 in sold by KPS. papers left out, misplaced or did not \ M /'
advertising sold was left outofnews— To recount advertising sales for "Of course, 1995 (HUM dlw bt’ d receiveon time,’ Davis said. \‘\\«
papers, said KPS Advertising Director 199-1: banner year for the KPS Advertising ’f\\
Gloria Davis. 0 KPS had nine straight mttnths" Office,‘ said Kl’A/KPS Executive [)i— Nmycpdper,thatcwihmrhm-tqpft \
The previous record year for ad— March through November—«if more rector David T. Thompson. 'lt'sa state- out an ad scheduled to run should call '
vertising sold by KPS was 1991, with than $1tlt),tltltl sold in adv ertising \vide election year, and the last time KI‘S imn‘iediatelv. Sometimes ads can /
$1.49 million Five of the last six years 0 Five of those monthse-lune there were statevvide elections (1991), be rescheduled to run in another issue,
KPShas surpassed the $1 million mark, through 0ctoberusiirpassed iltttulttt. KPS' total advertising placed was iust Davis added
9 GI Cl I 5 survey 0 e NretiseO
Since 1987, the Kentucky Press takes place in 19%. Though the 19‘); siirvev has fevver in- ./
Association, through The Preston Early in the year, lhe Preston terviews and questions, doing the sur- 1995 brings with it a new policy
Group of Lexington, has done exten- ('lroiipﬂiwarded thecontractafter bids rev ewrv vear will give nevv spapers concerning advertising placed 3
5i“: retail marketing habit surveys on were submitted by eight companies, more current information about their through theKentuckyPress Service.
an everonther-year basis. ivillcompletettotlinterviews statewide. readers and their shopping habits. In past years, KPS has used na-
‘ Although statewide survey infor— Each surveyvvill It‘t\‘t\l\’t‘dl’tt)llt33'qut‘s— The results of the bet; siirvev vvill tional and local open rates to accom- —
' mationofthe magnitudedonebyKPA {inns()ndch't’rlislng smurc’efv,shopping be presented during the KPA Spring modate the needsofadvertisersBut
hasa shelf-life of about24 months, the habits and demographic information. AdVertismg Seminar, scheduled for when clients asked about discount .
I KPA Board ofDirectors recently voted PrevioLis siirvev s involved 2,(ltt(l April 27‘3"4 M lht‘ Marriott Hotel In or eamed rates, KPS' response W65, ‘
I toconductannualsun'eys.Thecliange interviews With about 70 questions l-Ulli-‘W'lllv- "We 0‘“th that-H '
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l l I retreat, the Board approved a new
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It you havent received a request want with it novv that our diret torv is lt‘\\l~ said ltie same papei also did k c i a L t t‘ lﬁu m _ b l
. . . _ , , . , , , retail accounts, A five percent com—
for information forthe Kentut k} I re“ finished, lo\\ ls said ”at 1.4 :ie rat k wipe [a up , ode missi m will be h" 'e lt ithenews-
SL’TVICPIS new marketing (ldtdl‘dv‘, After reteu 11H: sﬂntt' Ml tlit' lliittt All tit that inttirnmtiiin has to l‘t’ H l ,, L ( l" k l V
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MaxTrax,don t panic mation sneets. she tll\t|‘\t‘lt‘tl a lit‘\\ t‘\.l\[l\ right or the intormation iii the .. A . .
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lhe requests are being sent out to problem Somepapeisaieseiidintztlicir media kits u ill be \\ iong, levv is said 7 , t - '
i . ., , , , , i \ H ' _ states not offering a volume earned
newspapers -5 at a time, in alphabeti- information sheets oat k \\ ith eitla i She added that \las l iax l‘lt‘dks .A _ _ K i ..
. . . _ _ . discountratestructuretoitstlients,
cal order, said Reba Lewrs, KPSadv er~ inmmplete or \s. iong information. Ht‘\\ spapers t lrt iilation doiv n b\ /ip .
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‘ tising assistant u ho is in charge of ( irciilation figures need tobees— iode to let advertisers target spet lllc
l Maxl‘rax act,” leivis said ”It's \erv important area‘
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turned their information sheets, lievvis For example, one newspaper sent media kit tone“ spapers freeot \ barge \
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A trip on or bulletin board NNA calls
By Mike Banks fering computer hackers the chance to loprcs ranged from Seinfeld to why on b0 n ks
Union County Advocate sample the online seryrce for ill free people watch b’arney .
—_—_—— hours. :\s l was logging oft, a hacker
I‘ye quietly become a cruiser on After choosing my user identrfrt a named ( hr'rskoasked, ls there rntellr-r to p u bl lSh
that wide strip of computer technol- tion and logging on my password, I gent life on here'.’ i ,.
ogy known simplyasthelnternethigh- wasopened up toa whole new world lt was a logical question as it ape Says banks ShOUld 1
way. One area offered the latest up to peared there w ere a good number of . . 1
Lately I had my first chance to go the minute news around the world. ill'fsl'tliht’ users on the Internet. pUbllSh commuﬂﬂ’y :
"online" with the rest of America and, There were news items on everything l‘iarlier this summer, Advocate re— 1‘
let me tell you, it's all pretty amazing. from President Clinton's latest news porter Linda Robinson did a story on developmeﬂl
Hereat The Advocate we recently conference to charges against a Robby Iapp, a local college student GCllVllleS 05 we”
purchased a modem, which would al— Franklin, Ky race track owner. In ad— who is study ing to be a computer pro—
low me to connect my Apple Macin- dition to the hard news items, there grammer. lapp was looking forothers
tosh Classic computer with the bulle- were the latest sports, entertainment, who were interested in starting a local lht’ National NPWW‘JPVI' r‘AW‘
tin board system at the Kentucky Press business, political and state news re— bulletin board, ciatron announced that ( origress
Association's office in Frankfort. ports. lhe local bulletin board would he should not only require tederalh
The CommonNet bulletin board But perhaps the most fascinating a good economical idea,as I had to use chartered brink-*1“Tt’xlllrlrlyplll‘ll‘h
system whichthe KPAoffersproyides item of all was Talk America, which a bulletin board number out of 1‘ quarterly statement ”l- financial
member newspapers with a wealth of allows the user to communicate with Owensboro to log on to America WWllllUn, but db” rt’tilllrt‘ Pul‘llk‘d-
information and news sources. It's all people from all over the country sim- Unlrne And while you're online, the “U” “l. d statement “l7 ”W” li‘tdl klt"
very new, but becoming increasingly ply by typing in their commentson the charge is the same as talking long disv “’l"Pmt’lllilfthlllP‘ Ullklt‘rtl‘t'( Hm
popular. computer keyboard. tantetoUwensboro.5orfyou'reonlirw munrty RUIHVWUW‘M r‘Hl l‘s “3V
Now, instead of haying towaiton After clicking on to the Talk for 3H minutes. it's the same as a le~ \NA ( hairman \lltllm‘l l‘arta
anews releasecomingthroughthemail America section, I found myself in a minute longalrstance call. wild the association's tall came lor
or having to read through countless "room" with 23other people. lhe user publnatiiinofbanks'commrrnrtx do
press releases,lcan scan througha list identification names ranged from lt‘t hnology scares some and he \‘t’lUPmenl actiyities as a result of
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5 1' . ‘ EEierrhnated by the student \ hapter of Hl I at “\ P l"”l m local (IN eloprrient \M.
‘ ‘ . ' ” ha\e ionsrilted a number of total
.. ‘ bankers, who tell us the\ tail to re
: Joel Pett, oditoriolcertooni-t for The Lexington Herald-Leader, demon- lltnhprhim “fr ”Ni:((‘m'wmml to: “Di" H'IH' rlue  : lhomas liarr knov.sjusth dnd reporting \\\ ‘1
paperwhich WAS owned bV her former \’ltluill salary. miistiifthtl newspaper \(lt’sl‘jﬂ isdonp against ll'le( olirlt'r-ltiurnilp \f‘\
competitor, Homer Marcum. . on the computers, he said. he on er liullitt County better I \\
KPA members may remember .. Most teachers didn't like it much, So how do two newspapers stir» than dmom' else. Barr, publisher» of ,
Marc um from "l’ripergate," the war Siscosaid.Butthepaperbelieyedprint— rice in a county that has little retail lhe l’ioneer \eu s, said with a smile.
between the two Pam,“ in Inez to 9V ing the salaries was rele\ ant because business? lhat s the sec ret, lt you re looking
tablish which was the legal ne\\'>Pdher the “High?“ \\'eredem.inding heltypay Y‘ ‘1 i"“"“ ll!" “V“ ‘ and M“ l“ V m
in the county. raises. So the paper \x'eathererl the t. .ra\ son said thereis rot El‘ tort‘oth \lit’j‘l‘:<'rils\ ille. \ou ll lia\ e to pick up
Marconi decided one day to start blows and \xent on. . papers because \lartiii t iiillli‘. does at l ‘icii min t lil'lil it in the l’ioneer
hH 0“.” newspaper, H“; Martin lrom the history oi neu spapers iii iiot ha\e a limit radio wr' tvlw'. isii ‘il \i'K'v
Countian. ltcompeted with theMartin this colortul county, controH-i'sy u'ill station. \ 'n top ot that. ill! t‘tiilh‘lll‘. liltt it \c-ii 'wailt news about “what
County Mercury, owned by a jjjmj at- aluay s be a part of journalism in \lan sees 9s,“ million ill tihll nl«‘l1t'\‘.. 5i.) 1W” iltl w‘lH‘M ll of count: tit“ em»
torney. ' tintounty. million ii‘. sei\ice industries and fl: mtHthasilonewruhenthatnee. road
i (itnedayatewyeai'sback,Marcum millioniiistateai‘idtetli.*i‘aiaitlthinks m i‘struition i\ill i‘t‘llltlsllt‘tl,}i‘tl‘l\lll
E bought the Martin County Mercury, Martin COUMY Sun I“ )0“ really want t“ “Mir my mm H m ”N ”Hm.” \UW‘ . - .
i and then sold both newspapers to'a mum}? \ou ad\ ertise in both Papers, lhe mtiim )does not ha\ e a iot ot / ~'
newspaper group. The group com- Mark (Irayson is a teacher at a hpm'd‘ (..(tlltll1ut‘d on I age 16
hined the two papers, hoping that school fordeyeliipmentally slow chil- . _———___——— _
would eliminatecompetition in Mar» dren in Martin (ounty--but he has The People Behlnd the Papers.“ l
tin County. never lost his bug for newspapers.
Wrong. He has worked at several newspa— _
pers, including the Martin County . ‘
The very day the group came out Mercury, the newspaperthatcompetecl 4 . 23’" " " «@s .
with the first issue of its paper, an fiercelyforyearswith HomerMarcum's a I ‘ l {”3 n {if‘i‘ . 2
alternative paper hit the stands also. Martin Couritian. ’ .. 4., w ‘s ‘
50 goes journalism in Martin He was editor there. He remem- ’. :I .~ " . 30%;; ," j ., ‘ '
County.Indeed,lnezmustbethesmall- bers; working with Lisa Stayton,owner ' . .' ~,= "“ ‘» 3i» “it ”t t’
i town journalism feud capital of the of the Mountain Citizen and his cur- ‘ .' 5;, % « y, m‘ j 3
1 state. rent competitor. IV ' __.’_ ﬂ ’” ; ‘~ .‘ Wm 3
j The Mountain Citizen never takes He said he wasn'tlookingtostarta T. ‘ . I "-- , -' "f i. j
i sides on issues, and never publicly at- competing paper, but there just hap- , a " .» 1 . ﬂ
tacks the other paper in town, The pened tobea tabloid paperinthetown ' " ‘ ' ‘ '“i ' - '7. f i
’ Martin County Sun, Stayton said. for sale--so he bought it. . . K. L . e, j
"Weabsolutelyalways stand inthe "This isa freecountryand the way " ’ ’7?" 77*“
3 middle," she said. I look at it, anybody has a right to put a. i . i
‘ Why? Because in a town as small out a newspaper," (Irayson said. "I i ' " . f ‘ ‘ . f
i as lnez,it's awfuleasy forpeople torun haven‘t tried to be the official paper. ‘ .. A’-.-‘:- w
7’ to the competition. l'\ e just tried to sell papers and uplift , .. ‘ '. .. '
i On the bright side, if it can be con~ the community." 3% aka
,’ sidered such, Martin County has very " ' ‘ n”
3‘ little retail business. Most people jour- l le added he thinks weekly papers Above, the staff of the Inez Mountain Citizen got together during in Christ-
ney toamall in WestVirginia,a stone's are not really ”newspapers" because "183 PBNV 0" December 23- ~
throw away, to shopﬁtayton said. they can't report on breaking news
quick enough to meet their deadlines. ‘
Politics run rampant in the small lhus,weeklies have tobe different ‘ -»
town, said Michael Sisco, the fromdailies, he said Histacticistouse .. 7 . O . _ ‘ {a
newspaper's editor. Witha staff of 12 more features, including spotlights on g} j , y . r.“ > - F " ‘ ‘
people, mostofwhich drt‘tllll‘tllht‘, the local people such as teachers. Q ' ‘ " f \ ' . _
j paper doesn't sweat about covering Now he concentrates on movmg ~ .. ‘ '
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i l Population .................12,400 Population .----------------50.100 , “4 ‘
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i No. Households ..........4,300 No. Households ........16,800 .. k 33%}; i
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Retail Sales.......$65,253,000 Retail Sales.....$127,479,000 3,} ' Q l... ‘ '._.: 1‘2
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EBI per EBI per 1“,. * g; * .. 53 j
. Household ...............$24,703 Household ...............$36,607 ‘54 . ‘ . India
i Pictured above is the staff ot the Shepherdsville Pioneer News.
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