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5 09, 2023

Wick Communications to acquire Flagstaff’s Arizona Daily Sun

Wick Communications2023-09-07T13:02:17-07:00September 5th, 2023|Tags: Arizona Champion, arizona daily sun, Coconino Sun, Colleen Brady, flagstaff, Lee Enterprises, Northern Arizona, Pulitzer, Scripps League Newspapers, Since 1883, wick communications, wick newspapers|

Sierra Vista-based Wick Communications will acquire the Arizona Daily Sun in Flagstaff in a move that strengthens the company’s holdings in Arizona. The company is acquiring the Daily Sun from Davenport, Iowa-based Lee Enterprises, Inc. Wick Communications, a third-generation family-owned and operated media corporation, owns 21 newspaper titles throughout 10 Western states from Alaska to Louisiana. Wick owns seven newspapers in Arizona and holds half ownership in four others [...]

9 08, 2023

Matt Hickman named Herald/Review managing editor

Wick Communications2023-08-09T11:34:22-07:00August 9th, 2023|

Matt Hickman The Herald/Review has named Matt Hickman its new managing editor. Hickman, 48, previously worked for the paper from 1998-2015 as a sports reporter, sports editor and assistant managing editor, during which time he won more than 30 statewide awards, mostly for sports coverage and column writing. In 2015, Hickman left Cochise County to be the managing editor at another Wick Communications property, the Williston [...]

16 06, 2023

Frank Perea joins Williston and Sidney properties

Wick Communications2023-06-16T12:21:52-07:00June 16th, 2023|Tags: Frank Perea, journalism, Kellogg School, mullens newspaper, publisher, sidney, UNLV, wick newspapers, Williston|

Frank Perea Frank Perea will join the Williston Herald and Sidney Herald as publisher July 10. Perea brings a wealth of leadership experience with community newspaper groups throughout the Northwest, Plains states and Colorado with a focus on overall and digital revenue growth. He was formally the vice president of Mullen Newspaper Company and oversees several markets directly. Perea has served on the boards of several state newspaper associations [...]

15 06, 2023

McChesney joins Alaska properties as publisher

Wick Communications2023-06-15T16:32:27-07:00June 15th, 2023|Tags: 1up, Alaska, Anchorage, Anchorage Press, David McChesney, director of technology, Frontiersman, internet software, nixon newspaper group, Ohio University, photojournalism, publisher, Wasilla, wick newspapers|

McChesney, J. David David McChesney has joined Wick Communications as publisher of the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman in Wasilla, Alaska. His first day is June 19. McChesney brings a unique perspective to the role having worked on the newspaper side and on the vendor side focusing on digital tools for the industry. McChesney graduated with honors from Ohio University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Visual Communications (photojournalism), then worked [...]

13 06, 2023

Lara returns to Nogales International newsroom

Wick Communications2023-06-13T09:26:18-07:00June 13th, 2023|Tags: Genesis Lara, managing editor, Nogales International, wick communications, wick newspapers|

Former reporter Genesis Lara has returned to the Nogales International as the paper’s new managing editor. Lara is a Nogales native who graduated from Nogales High School in 2014. She then attended the University of Arizona, completed a semester abroad in Guadalajara, Mexico, and earned her journalism degree from the UA in 2018. Lara joined the NI as a reporting intern in May 2018, then transitioned to a [...]

8 06, 2023

Fanny Weiland has been named assistant controller for Wick Communications

Wick Communications2023-06-08T08:03:04-07:00June 8th, 2023|Tags: controller, fanny weiland, Sierra Vista, wick communications, wick newspapers|

Weiland has done two stints in the business office at the Sierra Vista Herald/Review Media, the most recent as business manager beginning in July 2021. She began her new position June 1. Weiland lives in Hereford and has an accounting degree from Southern New Hampshire University. “I am excited to continue my professional journey with Wick Communications. Growing through the ranks has provided me with a fundamental understanding [...]

9 05, 2023

Harty named publisher of The Daily Iberian

Wick Communications2023-05-09T09:11:34-07:00May 9th, 2023|Tags: Francis Wick, ken harty, la, lousiana, New Iberia, publisher, The Daily Iberian, wick, wick newspapers|

Wick Communications veteran Ken Harty has been named publisher of The Daily Iberian in New Iberia, Louisiana. He succeeds Michael Messerly. Harty, who has spent his career in the news industry, worked for The Daily Iberian from 2002 to 2006. He has also worked at the Wahpeton Daily News and Williston Herald in North Dakota, the Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald in North Carolina, and the Fergus Falls Daily [...]

9 05, 2023

Kirkwood named publisher of Graham and Greenlee county newspapers

Wick Communications2023-05-09T07:58:04-07:00May 9th, 2023|Tags: belinda mills, cooper era, digital solutions, ea lifestyle magazine, eacourier, eastern arizona courier, gila valley, graham county, greenlee county, ian kirkwood, publisher, safford, st. david|

Ian Kirkwood has been named publisher of the Eastern Arizona Courier and the Copper Era in Safford, succeeding Belinda Mills. Kirkwood, a 20-year veteran of the news industry, resides in St. David and is general manager of the Courier’s sister papers in Green Valley. He will join the staff on May 22. “I'm excited to join the Eastern Arizona Courier/Copper Era team! I can't wait to get involved with the community to [...]

15 02, 2023

D’Orlando Joins Wick Communications as COO

Wick Communications2023-06-15T15:45:15-07:00February 15th, 2023|Tags: Arizona Daily Star, COO, Florida Atlantic University, Francis Wick, John D'Orlando, leader, local community, media, newspapers, The Star, wick|

John D'Orlando has been named chief operating officer of Wick Communications. D’Orlando, 61, spent more than five years as president and publisher of the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson, and has served as vice president/advertising director of the Orlando Sentinel Media Group in Orlando, Florida. As COO he will be responsible for additional support and oversight to operations, transformative projects and financial execution. “I’m thrilled to have the [...]

30 01, 2023

Recognizing accomplishments: Daily Journal Media wins state-wide awards

Wick Communications2023-01-30T13:04:51-07:00January 30th, 2023|Tags: awards, Better Newspaper Contest Awards, Daily Journal Media, Minnesota Newspaper Association|

Daily Journal Media and staff were recognized for multiple accomplishments with 17 awards at the 2021-22 Minnesota Newspaper Association Better Newspaper Contest Awards, on Jan. 26, at the 2023 MNA Convention & Trade Show in Brooklyn Park.

9 01, 2023

Ellis named CFO for Wick Communications

Wick Communications2023-01-09T15:04:05-07:00January 9th, 2023|Tags: CFO, Chief Financial Officer, Finance|

Susan Ellis Susan Ellis has been named chief financial officer for Wick Communications, owner of the Green Valley News and Sahuarita Sun. Wick has media operations in 13 western states, and Ellis said addressing the challenges of community newspapers and how Wick has approached that is a big part of what drew her to the position. “It’s not a company that’s standing still,” Ellis said. “It’s [...]

22 09, 2022

River City Newspapers expands its market with new acquisitions

Wick Communications2022-09-22T10:03:16-07:00September 22nd, 2022|Tags: Arizona, brehm communications, community newspapers, family owned, havasu news, kingman miner, local news, mohava valley daily news, mohave county, northwestern arizona, river city newspapers, today's news herald, tri-state, wick communications, wickenburg|

Lake Havasu City-based River City Newspapers will acquire the Mohave Valley Daily News and the Kingman Miner in a move that strengthens the company’s holdings in Mohave County and Northwestern Arizona. The company is acquiring the Mohave Valley Daily News from San Diego, Calif.-based Brehm Communications. The deal with Brehm also includes three weekly newspapers, the Wickenburg Sun, Laughlin Times and Needles Desert Star along with a direct [...]

1 06, 2022

Daily News, News Monitor honored by NDNA

Wick Communications2022-06-01T10:18:19-07:00June 1st, 2022|Tags: awards, Better Newspaper Contest, daily news, NDNA, News Monitor, North Dakota Newspaper Association|

Daily News brought home 52 awards in news, photography and advertising categories this year at the North Dakota Newspaper Association’s Better Newspaper Contest.

18 01, 2022

Robert Wick filled multiple roles, touched many hearts

Wick Communications2022-01-18T11:50:39-07:00January 18th, 2022|

Bob Wick – father, husband, son, brother, artist, environmentalist, friend, newspaper publisher, teacher – died Jan. 13, 2022 after a fight with cancer and subsequent heart attack. Wick was co-owner with his older brother, Walter M. Wick, of Wick Communications, a three-generation multi-media company that has operations in 11 states. Wick and his spouse of 42 years, Estellean Wick, have lived in Sierra Vista, Ariz., since meeting in [...]

17 11, 2021

Capital Journal selected for Meta Reader Revenue Accelerator

Wick Communications2022-04-05T12:57:11-07:00November 17th, 2021|Tags: accelerator program, Capital Journal, facebook, membership, meta, pierre south dakota, Reader Revenue Accelerator, subscription, wick, wick newspapers|

The Meta Journalism Project announced Wednesday that The Capital Journal has been selected to participate in the 2021-22 U.S. Reader Revenue Accelerator program. The program offers publishers training opportunities, tools and a grant to grow their subscription or membership businesses. Meta, which is Facebook’s parent company, has trained over 100 U.S. publishers through the Accelerator program since its launch in 2018. The Capital Journal has been the paper [...]

16 11, 2021

Google announces funding for Wick, ASU’s Cronkite School research project

Wick Communications2022-01-17T13:39:04-07:00November 16th, 2021|Tags: arizona state university, asu, Battinto Batts, cronkite, dan shearer, Francis Wick, GNI, GNI innovation challenge, gnichallenge, google, google news initi, internship, Kristy Roschke, misinformation, NABUR, news co/lab, North American Innovation Challenge, parternship, Reilly Kneedler, research, sean fitzpatrick, walter cronkite of journalism and mass communication, wick|

Wick Communications is partnering with Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication on a project supported by Google to research strategies for facilitating healthy online discourse. The Voices Listening Project, one of 25 included in the Google News Initiative's third North America Innovation Challenge, was announced Tuesday. Over the next year, the two organizations will engage with local communities to understand their needs and [...]

5 11, 2021

Wick Communications names Scott Green as Production Manager

Wick Communications2021-11-05T16:18:15-07:00November 5th, 2021|

Francis Wick, CEO, announced on Wednesday that Scott Green has returned to Wick Communications as Wick Production Manager, effective November 1, 2021. Green will also serve as Lead Pressman at the Sierra Vista Herald. Green returns to Wick Communications from Swift Media Group, Gypsum Colorado where he implemented many new processes at Colorado Mountain News Media. Green has over 38 years of experience in the production environment beginning [...]

27 08, 2021

McCloud promoted to MyHeraldReview Multimedia Sales Manager

Wick Communications2021-08-27T14:17:58-07:00August 27th, 2021|

Herald/Review Media is pleased to announce the promotion of Alycia McCloud to Multimedia Sales Manager. McCloud replaces Kelsey Laggan who relocated to Clarksville, TN. Laggan has been crucial to the success of the Herald/Review multimedia specialist team for the past three years and worked closely with McCloud. McCloud began her career with Herald/Review Media in May of 2018 as the Digital Marketing Specialist and has become a digital [...]

18 05, 2021

Wick Communications’ NABUR project receives national recognition

Wick Communications2021-05-18T13:29:17-07:00May 18th, 2021|

NABUR, our innovative online forum, is seeing a lot of success and getting plenty of national recognition. It recently received two top honors from the Local Media Association. Best Social Media and Engagement Strategy Best Digital Audience Growth Strategy Read about them here; you’ll see that nobody in the industry is doing anything close to this. Congrats to Sean Fitzpatrick, Alessia Alaimo and Reilly Kneedler for their good [...]

17 05, 2021

Selby joins Wick Communications board

Wick Communications2021-05-17T13:19:01-07:00May 17th, 2021|Tags: Board of Directors, Jack Selby, news, newspaper, newspapers, wick|

John R. “Jack” Selby has joined the Board of Directors for Wick Communications, the parent company of the Sierra Vista Herald/Review. Selby is managing director at Thiel Capital in Los Angeles, and was an original employee with PayPal, where he eventually became a corporate officer/senior vice president overseeing the company’s international and corporate operations. Selby is involved with several companies, including SpaceX, Palantir, Affirm, Blend, Bird and Openspace, [...]

19 03, 2021

Wick Community Journalists Earn Perfect Score as Trusted News Sites

Wick Communications2021-04-28T15:56:40-07:00March 19th, 2021|Tags: browser plugin, cnn, court tv, credibility, daily kos, fox news, gordon crovitz, msnbc, newsguard, newsmax, nutrition labels, score, steven brill, the new york times, the wall street journal, transparency, trusted|

Nutrition Label for Wick Communications NewsGuard, a journalism and technology company that rates the credibility of news and information websites, has collectively awarded 22 Wick Communications websites and their associated newsrooms a perfect 100 out of 100 score for credibility and transparency. In stating that Wick Communications’ community news coverage “generally takes a neutral tone” and that sites clearly label opinion content, NewsGuard said, [...]

2 03, 2021

Daily Leader joins Wick Communications

Wick Communications2021-03-02T09:56:08-07:00March 2nd, 2021|Tags: daily leader, Francis Wick, lake county leader, madison, newspapers, wick communications|

The Madison Daily Leader, a business started in Lake County more than 140 years ago, will be joining Wick Communications, a family-owned newspaper group. FRANCIS WICK (left), president and CEO of Arizona-based Wick Communications, poses with Jon Hunter, publisher of The Madison Daily Leader and head of Leader Printing, next to the Madison newspaper's web press on Monday. Hunter announced that The Daily Leader is joining Wick [...]

14 10, 2020

The Argus welcomes new leader

Wick Communications2020-10-14T14:43:31-07:00October 14th, 2020|

WESTERN TREASURE VALLEY Brad Bailey is the new publisher of The Argus Observer in Ontario, and its sister publication, the Independent-Enterprise in Payette, which now prints inside the Argus. This month, he will celebrate 29 years in newspapering. Before taking the opportunity to come to Ontario, his most recent assignment was as general manager for three newspapers in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area. Prior to that, Bailey was publisher [...]

14 10, 2020

Sean Flaherty named publisher at The Wenatchee World

Wick Communications2020-10-14T12:28:37-07:00October 14th, 2020|

WENATCHEE — Sean Flaherty has been named publisher of The Wenatchee World. Flaherty, 56, has been serving as the paper’s general manager since June 2019. He joined the operation as advertising director in April 2018. The announcement of Flaherty’s new role was made Friday by Francis Wick, president and CEO of Arizona-based Wick Communications, which purchased the newspaper from the Woods family in 2018. The company owns 27 [...]

7 10, 2020

Local Media Association profiles Wick’s NABUR project.

Wick Communications2020-10-07T11:34:40-07:00October 7th, 2020|

With new hyperlocal platform, Wick Communications asks its readers: Won’t you be my NABUR? Local Media Association is profiling some of the first Google News Initiative Innovation Challenge winners in North America and how they’re putting funding to work developing sustainable business models, diversifying revenue streams, and increasing audience engagement. Read Full Article on LMA site Webinar from Sept. 29:

27 07, 2020

Romney named new chair of Wick Communications

Wick Communications2020-07-27T13:24:13-07:00July 27th, 2020|Tags: Board of Directors, featured, John Romney|

John Romney said what has worked for newspapers in the past will work for them in the future — connect with audiences and report relevant, engaging stories. Figuring out how to do it successfully on a rapidly evolving digital platform is an ongoing challenge but offers significant opportunities. Romney, who joined the Wick Communications Board of Directors in 2017, became chairman in March. He spent 35 years working [...]

13 03, 2020

What ‘death of the newspaper’ stories leave out

Wick Communications2020-03-13T11:17:08-07:00March 13th, 2020|

By Ryan Binkley and Francis Wick You may have recently learned—from a newspaper, perhaps—that McClatchy, one of the largest newspaper publishers in the country, filed for bankruptcy protection. For the sky-is-falling industry observers, it’s the latest sign that newspapers are joining the horse and buggy in the broom closet of nostalgia and obscurity. There is no room for the printed news, they would tell you. Not in a [...]

5 03, 2020

Kim Smith named editor of the Eastern Arizona Courier, The Copper Era and the Arizona Range News

Wick Communications2020-03-05T09:58:41-07:00March 5th, 2020|Tags: arizona range news, eastern arizona courier, editor, kim smith, safford, the copper era|

Kim Smith SAFFORD – Kim Smith has been named editor of the Eastern Arizona Courier in Safford, The Copper Era in Greenlee County and the Arizona Range News in Willcox. She begins her duties March 9. Smith, 53, graduated from the University of Arizona with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and has reported for newspapers in Arizona, Texas and Nevada. She has spent the last three years [...]

6 02, 2020

Reilly Kneedler Named Wick Digital Audience Editor

Wick Communications2020-02-06T10:55:57-07:00February 6th, 2020|Tags: audience editor, editor, kneedler, wick, wick digital|

Wenatchee World staff writer Reilly Kneedler has been named to the newly created role of Wick digital audience editor. While the position is new to Wick Communications, the role has been an integral part of the success that larger news organizations such as The Washington Post have had in growing their digital subscriptions to support the newsrooms that provide the essential service of local journalism to their communities. [...]

29 01, 2020

Keith named new publisher for Courier, Copper Era, Range News

Wick Communications2020-01-29T10:46:46-07:00January 29th, 2020|Tags: copper era, digital, green valley, manager, newspapers, publisher, range news, safford, sarah keith, wick, willcox|

Sarah Keith SAFFORD — The newspapers serving Graham and Greenlee counties, as well as Willcox, have new leadership. On Tuesday, Wick Communications announced that Sarah Keith would be assuming the duties as publisher of Eastern Arizona Courier, Copper Era, and Arizona Range News newspapers, effective immediately. “I am looking forward to becoming part of the community, learning more about the area and the wonderful people that make [...]