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Bonus Sessions
Creating a Unique Value Story to Reach Local Advertisers
- Kevin Rehberg, vice president of client development, Alliance for Audited Media; Aisha Burgos, senior vice president, sales/marketing, Digo Hispanic Media; and Augusto Romano, CEO, Digo Hispanic Media — download
Insights About Digital Subscriptions from Around the World
- Matt Lindsay, president, Mather Economics — download
Creating a Complete Growth Engine: 6 Best Practices to Master
- Sara Droke, director of business development, AffinityX — download
2020 Digital Advertising Trends: Predictions for Publishers
- Markus Feldenkirchen, president/sales, North America, Lineup Systems, and Sarah Hartland, global inbound marketing manager, Lineup Systems — download
General Sessions
Revenue Strategies and Diversification
- Howard Griffin, senior vice president, national retail sales, Gannett-USA TODAY NETWORK — download
- Liz White, publisher and executive vice president, Record-Journal Media Group — download
How Women Leaders are Transforming Newspapers
- Mi-Ai Parrish (moderator), Sue Clark-Johnson Professor in Media Innovation and Leadership, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Media Communication, Arizona State University; PJ Browning, president, Newspaper Division, Evening Post Publishing, and president and publisher, The Post and Courier, Charleston; and Julia Wallace, Frank Russell Chair in the Business of Journalism, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Media Communication, Arizona State University — download
Funding Outside the Box: Alternative Sources for Sustainable News Operations
- Jennifer Preston (moderator), vice president, journalism, Knight Foundation; Annie Madonia, chief advancement officer, The Lenfest Institute for Journalism; Fraser Nelson, vice president of business innovation, The Salt Lake Tribune; and Tom Ritchey, president and publsher, The Fresno Bee — download
20 for '20: Revenue Ideas that are Working Right Now
- Ryan Dohrn, founder, Brain Swell Media — download
How Hanging onto Digital Readers Can Keep Local News Hanging On
- Tim Franklin (moderator), senior associate dean and leader of the Local News Initiative, Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communication, Northwestern University; Edward C. Malthouse, Erastus Otis Haven Professor and research fellow, Northwestern's Media Management Center, and research director, Medill IMC Spiegel Research Center; Amalie Nash, vice president for local news, USA TODAY Network/Gannett; and Christine Taylor, managing editor, audience, Chicago Tribune — download
All Rise! An Update on the Legal Issues Affecting Essentially all Aspects of the Industry
- Richard Lapp, partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP; Camille Olson, partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP; and Michael Rybicki, partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP — download
Breakout Sessions
Branded Content: The Business of Storytelling (Part 1)
- Julia Campbell (moderator), branded content manager, The Branded Content Project; Josh Mabry (moderator), Local News Partnerships Team, Facebook; Amber Aldrich, senior director of advertising, The Seattle Times; Samantha Johnston, general manager, Colorado Mountain News Media West (Swift Communications), and publisher, The Aspen Times; Jared Merves, Denver Post Content Studio, Wundervue — download
Branded Content: The Business of Storytelling (Part 2)
- Julia Campbell (moderator), branded content manager, The Branded Content Project; Eric Brander, general manager, Creative Lab at McClatchy; Robin Gruen, vice president, creative and strategy, Tribune Publishing; Kurt Knapek, vice president/operations and digital media, The Post and Courier, Charleston; Michelle Vielma, vice president of digital advertising, Skyline Studio, SCNG Media — download
Clear Paths to Profitability in an Unclear Media Environment
- Leonard Woolsey, publisher and president, The Daily News, Galveston, and president, Southern Newspapers — download
Value Proposition: Spread the Word About Your Newspaper's Worth to Your Community
- Jessica Baldwin, director of brand marketing, The Dallas Morning News — download
- Alan Fisco, president and chief financial officer, The Seattle Times — download
Digital Subscriptions and Consumer Revenue (Part 1)
- Jed Williams (moderator), chief strategy officer, Local Media Association; Pete Doucette, managing director, FTI Consulting; and Ben Monnie, director of global partnerships solutions, news, Google — download
Digital Subscriptions and Consumer Revenue (Part 2)
- Pete Doucette (moderator), managing director, FTI Consulting; Brian Connolly, vice president for business development and innovation, The Buffalo News; Matt Fulton, vice president of digital products, MaineToday, Media; and Lucas Presson, assistant publisher, Southeast Missourian — download
Making News Deserts Bloom Again
- Eric Barnes, CEO, The Daily Memphian — download
- Mandy Jenkins, general manager, The Compass Experiment, McClatchy — download
Local News: Under-the-Radar Innovations at and for Community Papers
- Jake Seaton, founder and CEO, e-notice — download
- Jim Stevenson, owner and publisher, Spinal Column Newsweekly Media — download
Solutions Stage
Regain Control of Your Video Data and Revenue Earnings
Mapping the Bond Between Ad Viewability and Revenue
- Rafael Guerrero, principal solutions architect, Marfeel — download
Showcase Premium Video Content on Your Website — and Monetize it!
- Sal Cacciato, managing director, North America, video intelligence — download
Using Mobile and GPS Data to Drive Sales on the Print Side
- Jonathan Muzio, chief business development officer, AdCellerant — download
Grow Your Recruitment Advertising: Complement Your Sales Efforts and be a One-Stop Shop for Employers
- Roberto Angulo, CEO, Recruitology; and Terry Hall, director of revenue transformation, BH Media — download
THE Local Events Strategy
- Richard Green, CEO and founder, Evvnt — download
Strategies for Driving Significant Real Estate Revenue: Both Digital and Print
- Eric Bloom, advertising director, Bay Area News Group, LeadHax, and Brian Gorman, executive vice president, iPublish Media Solutions — download
Branded Content: Increase Your Revenue, Improve Your Margins and Generate Results for Advertisers
- Apryl Pilolli, head of innovation, Social News Desk — download
The Age of Video: Trends, Insights and the Journey to Revenue Success
- Jason Whitney, director of sales, Tubular Labs — download
Addressing North America's Digital News Deserts
- Bill Ostendorf, president and founder, Creative Circle Media Solutions — download
From Single-Site Publishing to Enterprise-Wide Success
- Steffan Landsberg, senior sales manager, ppi Media US — download
Converting Casual Digital Visitors into Highly-Engaged Members or Subscribers
- Joe Hansen, senior product manager, TownNews, and Tim Turner, director of content and data services, TownNews — download
The Key to Audience Engagement: Maximizing What Readers Want
- Adam Shapiro, co-founder, AlertMe — download
Strengthening Hyperlocal Journalism with New Technology and Platforms
- Morten Holst, strategy director, Innocode — download
Implementing Reader Revenue Strategies to Grow Your Business
- Vineet Panjabi, vice president of sales, Quintype — download