IF*""”““_—' I ark your THE KENTUCKY september’ 1998 I calendar Volume 69, Number 9 i ' I The Official Publication 1 » " «MM ‘ n of the Kent ck Pr *5 .j' KPA/KPSWOfDmW F (UK) LEX 405 U. y 885 f _ I WWKSWM CENTRAL SERIALS RECORDS SGW'CB . sud" y‘ MARGARETIKING LIBRARY , so“, 15 UNIVERSITY OF KY LIBRARIES meawmvmm LEXINGTON KY 40506 :I "861001“me _ . ,, . “a, I’luidayimflmm , _ , . ‘ '- : ' «s I. , 01m. 2142 i ~ If * .i'if ' .3" 5% 3% ‘, IMKPAWW ? - . 3* é . . ‘ . 3"? " . .v ' v: Gahflomeflastlmisvifle “t . ' ’ ’ O O C I I CNI-H s Whirlwmd growth includes KY .. Company now Owns well. almost. newspapersi to one of the largest ‘ ' And the buying spree isn't newspaper chains in America. .3 13 papers [[7 state over. The company plans to double To date, the company owns 128 its size by the new millennium. newspapers including some 23 £ 2‘ By LISA CARNAHAN Martin. a former executive publications Icounting shoppersi in KPA News Bureau with Thomson Newspapers. has Kt‘ntut'ky. Deals on another 30 3 Ralph Martin has spent the taken Community Newspaper PUl’llCilll‘”is ll) thi‘ South. last 17 months traveling the coun- Holdings Inc.. ICNHII from a little Si’llthP-‘t and “Kim‘s? “r“ PPHd' i , try doing what many newspaper known company of 13 dailies and ”1%- flf‘mldmg 1” Mi‘lrt‘m- B." 1h“ ‘ People only dream of —— if it was four weeklies in 1997 Ithat was "ml "1 1h” Wu}. to mid 99' Martin black and white and "read" all originally based out. of Kentucky “511mm“ ( NH] “'1“ “W“ m9” , :3 , df Ll,hb ht‘t...ltd'd't 'z'Krt k' . . a over an or sa 9 e oug l )u 1 n ow n in) ( n uc _\ See CNHI. page 7 Ralph Martin, preSIdent. CNHI. 3 o o o ' Nominations bein g accepted Commltment to newspaper ’ ' ° ° (1 ry w h f " ‘ for 1998, 99 Vice preSIdent In List ort y 0 recognition Nominations and letters oi~ Nominations must he M'lli to: comm/ttee to honor long-term serV/Ce i application are being accepted until David 'I‘ 'l‘hoinpsoii. ix'eiiiiicky ll , . £ ,3 I ., ,_ ”.1 , ,. ,. _ , _ H , ' ,. _ . _ . ’. ‘ .3 L .. .. 1 , £ _ 3 Stuart >1mpsun .I .~ .I.,.il mlIIH I\ win III III: ,.Iii;~ f. hept. la tor the ollice of Vice piesi- l iess .3\.\>Ut'l:llltlll. iii] ( niisiiinei Publisher , , . J Himnm‘u 1‘ ,,,H,M.HWM i.- dent of the Kentucky l’ress IIaIie. hranktort. Ky rititiiil. .‘ ‘ £ ‘ . . .. . ~, . 3 , .. g, ., ,. , , . ,. . homersetl’ulaski News-Journal ~ 3 1‘ I " ‘- 3‘s H ~\ “1' -"'II “MI ‘.\ssooiationtor1.999. .\II nominees eonseiiting‘ to the I \I ”MI“ W ,-_ 1. . , I‘m.“ ”Hm” Am , “H H. Hi mp WW“ Any KPA member may noini— nomination and agreeing to serw Ii | '1, _h :“l [if I, Ii; I“ ,9 i . ‘1 H1, £2”va I'I\ WW“ .1“. KM _ iiate any individual who meets the elected \\’lll be tiitei‘viewed by the l i H ‘ifl ”I: U. it“ "ll”. 1mm 1.“ MI. mm“ “m mp mm , criteria set forth in the KPA bylaws Nominating (‘oinmittee once it has I Emmi” ‘ "Tinmmfimn(""12“"(1‘ See COMMITTEE 3 e 9 / for that position. Additionally. indi- been determined that the nominee H ”n d ”I" h” 1“" mi“ ”"1" "”N' £ ' p g [I ; viduals interested in holding office meets bylaw requirements. Wfl" 1 in the Kentucky Press Association Following the interview . ' ' ~ . ‘ ~ ' if“; "E‘ 3“ v may submit a letter of application. process. the Nominating Committee ' " " j ' 3 ' - KPA bylaws state: "The only will recommend a candidate for vice . 3 3 g persons eligible for election to the president to the Kentucky Press _ . ' ' office of Vice President are those Association and Kentucky Press 5 j 'I.‘ :1 " who are currently serving as elected Service Board of Directors. '~ _ '- 33, 3.3:. .. . ‘ directors; those who have been Following action by the board, the .3 " K/ 11:31.11; " '3 elected to serve on the board, pro- individual will be recommended for ‘ ‘ ‘7 '3 . vided they have previously served approval to the full membership of “ff ". g ' . as either an elected to appointed the Kentucky Press Association SU?3§3 , director; or those persons who have during the business session of the _ , 3 ' i 1 served three consecutive years as 1999 Winter Convention in ' 5 '1‘ I an appointed director." Louisville. ' ' f _ g . : _ ' s‘\: .a‘ . 3 , i ‘9 iii all ~ I INSIDE , + . I -- V 'm My"! Can papers make vwhmam ff? we“! 5- : Ilnthom2 moneyonlino?...p¢.4 upanmmpgs . m Ins-don neod WorkplaoevtoloncaA Map-:Knowwhsn Slovakian journalists visited the KPA Central Office recently as part at 1 “WWW“!!! 3 mum-m ”Mt-mum- 13 a nationwide tour. See story on page 7