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Robert Choate Shepherd

Robert Choate Shepherd
Robert Choate Shepherd

Robert Choate Shepherd, 81, of Brunswick, Maine, and Prouts Neck in Scarborough, Maine, died July 11 in Maine Medical Center in Portland.

After graduating from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Shepherd was a journalist for the Guy Gannett Communications’ newspapers in Portland, which then included the Portland Press Herald, the Evening Express and their sister Sunday newspaper, the Sunday Telegram.

From 1964 to 1971, he was press secretary in Washington, D.C., for U.S. Sen. Edmund Muskie, a Maine Democrat, before returning to Maine.

He then served in Maine Gov. Ken Curtis’ administration.

He spent 12 years, the last three as chairman, on the Brunswick Town Council.

Shepherd leaves his wife, Joan; a son, Jonathan; three daughters, Rebecca, Anne and Catherine; 11 grandchildren.

The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondent Nimra Aziz, an undergraduate student in the Northeastern University School of Journalism.

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David Skok / Anthony Bonfiglio

David Skok
Anthony Bonfiglio
Eleanor Cleverly
Linda Pizzuti Henry

David Skok is leaving as managing editor and vice president, digital, at The Boston Globe by the end of this year. In that job, he oversees all digital business and editorial groups. Anthony Bonfiglio, executive director of engineering, will now oversee all digital operations, including engineering and development, product, and design for all of the properties of Boston Globe Media Partners, parent company of the Globe.Eleanor Cleverly, general manager of Boston.com, will continue to have day-to-day responsibilities for Boston.com, but now will report to Linda Pizzuti Henry, wife of John Henry and managing director of Boston Globe Media Partners. Skok joined the Globe two and a half years ago. Skok’s next job might lead him back to Canada. Before joining the Globe, he was director of digital at Global News, based in Toronto, one of Canada’s largest broadcast news companies. Skok is co-founder of Globalnews.ca, a national network, based in Toronto, of news websites that reports online on many large local, national and international stories and is Canada’s fastest growing news and information site. He was also senior producer of online content at Canwest Broadcasting, based in Toronto. There he oversaw development of 14 local news websites in the Global News Network. Skok began his career at ABC’s “Nightline,” then anchored by Ted Koppel in Washington, D.C. Bonfiglio joined the company two years ago. He had been vice president of engineering for Visible Measures, based in Boston and a provider of internet video audience measurement software and services.

The Transitions were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondent Nimra Aziz, an undergraduate student in the Northeastern University School of Journalism.

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Florence Mildred Pallotto

Florence Mildred Pallotto
Florence Mildred Pallotto

Florence Mildred Pallotto, 90, of Milford, Conn., died June 26 in her home.

She was a librarian and proofreader at the then-Cape Cod Standard-Times of Hyannis, Mass. She also had been a proofreader at the former Waterbury (Conn.) Democrat.

Pallotto leaves three daughters, Patricia, Carol and Nicola; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren.

The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondent Nimra Aziz, an undergraduate student in the Northeastern University School of Journalism.

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Theresa M. Hamed

Theresa Hamed
Theresa Hamed

Theresa M. Hamed, 85, died June 25 in Danbury (Conn.) Hospital.

Hamed was employed at The News-Times of Danbury, Conn., for more than 35 years.

She leaves six sons, Richard, Thomas, James, Andy, Roger and Dale; 19 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren.

The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondent Nimra Aziz, an undergraduate student in the Northeastern University School of Journalism.

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Catherine M. Morris

Catherine Morris
Catherine Morris

Catherine M. Morris, 87, of Homosassa, Fla., died June 20 in Hospice of Citrus Country in Lecanto, Fla.

Morris was a freelance photojournalist for daily and weekly newspapers in Northwest Connecticut. From 1959 to 1963, she was a correspondent at the New Milford Times; from 1963 to 1975 at The News-Times of Danbury; from 1973 to 1979 at The Newtown Bee; and from 1968 to 1978 at the then-Waterbury Republican, all in Connecticut. She continued to work for the Waterbury Republican in 1979 on special assignments.

As a correspondent, Morris covered municipal government and education beats.

She leaves her husband, Robert; two sons, Robert and John; two daughters, Alicia and Nancy; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren.

The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondent Nimra Aziz, an undergraduate student in the Northeastern University School of Journalism.

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Terrence T. Heffron

Terrence Heffron
Terrence Heffron

Terrence T. Heffron, 80, formerly of Glen Ellyn, Ill., died July 7 in Glen Ellyn.

Heffron was employed in the advertising departments of the Holyoke (Mass.) Transcript Telegram and The Catholic Newspaper of Rockford, Ill.

Heffron leaves his wife, Janet; a daughter, Gayle; two sons, Marty and Terry; six grandchildren; a great-granddaughter.

The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondent Nimra Aziz, an undergraduate student in the Northeastern University School of Journalism.

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Velma A. Blanchard

Velma Blanchard

The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondent Nimra Aziz, an undergraduate student in the Northeastern University School of Journalism.

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Edward Woods / Martin Langeveld

Edward L. Woods
Martin Langeveld

Edward L. Woods resigned July 5 after 11 years as chief executive officer and regional publisher of New England Newspapers Inc., based in Pittsfield, to undertake other opportunities. New England Newspapers publishes The Berkshire Eagle of Pittsfield and three Vermont newspapers, the Bennington Banner, Brattleboro Reformer and the weekly Manchester Journal. Woods resigned after four local investors recently purchased New England Newspapers. Martin Langeveld, who is on the board of New England Newspapers and a former publisher of the Berkshire Eagle, has been named acting publisher. Woods was an advertising director from 1995 to 2004 for Gannett Co. Inc., based in McLean, Va. In 2005, Woods joined New England Newspapers as publisher of the Bennington Banner and Manchester Journal. He was promoted to publisher of the company’s Vermont Group in 2008 when he took on additional responsibilities for the Brattleboro Reformer. In 2013, he became regional vice president, overseeing all advertising for the New England Newspapers publications. He became their chief executive officer and regional publisher in 2014. Langeveld joined the Berkshire Eagle in 1978 as marketing director of UpCountry, a monthly supplement published by the Eagle Publishing Group in Pittsfield. He later was named general manager for The Eagle Publishing Co. In 1995, he became publisher after the four newspapers — the Bennington Banner, Berkshire Eagle, Manchester Journal, and Brattleboro Reformer — were sold to MediaNews Group, based in Denver. He was publisher of the former North Adams Transcript from 2000 to 2006. Since 2008, Langeveld has been a marketing consultant in Brattleboro and a media consultant, analyst and blogger. He helped the new owners of New England Newspapers during the purchase process and became a member of the board of directors May 1, the time of the purchase.

The Transitions were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondent Nimra Aziz, an undergraduate student in the Northeastern University School of Journalism.

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Industry News – July 2016

Newspaper-industry-news

Briefs

Awards and Honors

Advertising News

Advice

Mobile/Online News

Social Media News

Legal Briefs

Industry News

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Stephen Mindich

Stephen Mindich

Boston Phoenix

For the better part of half a century, Stephen Mindich shaped the course of New England media, culture, politics, and civic life as the owner and publisher of the Boston Phoenix, Providence Phoenix, Portland Phoenix and Worcester Phoenix, as well as the owner/operator of several commercial radio stations, magazines, and new media companies. Over the course of 45 years, Mindich has been a journalistic pioneer, a business strategist, an editorial opinion leader, and a contributor to the cultural and charitable institutions of New England. Among its many contributions to New England’s newspaper legacy, Mindich’s Phoenix became the training ground for generations of the nation’s finest journalists, artists and photographers. The Phoenix awards included a 1994 Pulitzer Prize for criticism, several Deems Taylor awards, the Arthur Rowse Award from the National Press Club (for media criticism), and dozens of top honors with the New England Press Association and the Association for Alternative Newsweeklies.

New England Newspaper Hall of Fame Members

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