AL.com’s Cindy Martin on Changes to Birmingham News
al.com’s President on Changes at Birmingham News
Come this fall, Birmingham will not have a daily print newspaper. Publisher Advance Publications has announced it’s scaling back to three-day-a-week print papers for the Birmingham News, the Huntsville Times, and Mobile Press Register. Moving forward, one new company will handle all human resources, finance, printing and distribution for the newspapers and another new company, Alabama Media Group, will focus on content, marketing and serving advertisers. Their focus will be digital. WBHM’s Tanya Ott talks with the woman tapped to lead that new company: al.com President and CEO Cindy Martin.
Q&A: Bobby Carter on leading Tiny Desk, his time at Jackson State, early career advice
Carter, a Jackson State alumnus, took over as the new series host and producer for NPR’s “Tiny Desk Concerts” series in April.
Alabama to begin working with a consulting company that’s under criminal investigation
McKinsey & Company, an international consulting business, will help the state of Alabama develop a new strategic economic growth plan. The company is undertaking that project, while also dealing with a probe into whether it engaged in a criminal conspiracy.
‘Stupidity of politics’: Medicaid expansion effort dies in Mississippi
Mississippi lawmakers couldn’t come together to pass a bill that could have expanded Medicaid for thousands of residents.
This spiky-stemmed invasive grass is taking over Alabama
Classified as one of the worst weeds in the world, cogongrass aggressively crowds out native species and costs Alabama landowners tens of millions of dollars in lost revenue.
Gambling bill in doubt with three days left in the legislative session
Alabama lawmakers are coming down to the finish line for this year’s legislative session. Many bills await passage, but perhaps the biggest one up in the air is a lottery and gambling bill.
Pro-Palestinian demonstration draws counter-protest at University of Alabama
Students gathered demanding the school call for a permanent and immediate ceasefire and to push the school to sever ties with defense contractor Lockheed Martin.
