>>> WELCOME TO "AT ISSUE."

I'M H. WAYNE WILSON.

THANK YOU AS ALWAYS FOR JO US ON THE PROGRAM.

NEWSPAPERS HAVE CONSOLIDAT OVER THE CENTURIES.

IT STARTED WITH THE JOURNAR BACK IN 1855 WHEN IT WAS K AS THE TRANSCRIPT.

CONSOLIDATIONS OCCURRED DU THE ENSUING YEARS WITH A F LOCAL MERGER IN 1954 OF TH JOURNAL TRANSCRIPT AND THE FORMING THE JOURNAL STAR.

THEN CORPORATE CONSOLIDATID MERGERS OCCURRED, THEN COP BOUGHT THE NEWSPAPER, AND GATEHOUSE.

MOST RECENTLY GATEHOUSE AN GWINNETT FORMED FOR THE LA NEWSPAPER COMPANY IN THE COUNTRY.

WE'RE HERE WITH THE EXECUT EDITOR OF THE JOURNAL STAR ROMANDO DIXSON TO DISCUSS SITUATION.

THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH U SECOND TIME.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> THIS IS NOT A GOOD TIMEE IN THE NEWSPAPER BUSINESS.

IT'S GOT TO BE DIFFICULT WD REVENUE DOWN.

WITH SHRINKING STAFF, WHAT YOUR OVER ALL VIEW OF THE H OF THE JOURNAL STAR.

>> I THINK THE JOURNAL STA IN A GOOD POSITION OVERALL.

THIS IS A TEMPORARY THING THE UNDERSTAFFING.

AND I ALSO THINK THAT WE D WITH THE SAME THINGS THAT OF BUSINESSES DEAL WITH.

YOUR LOCAL RESTAURANTS AND ANYTHING ELSE.

AND SO YOU HAVE KIND OF UP DOWNS.

SOME OF IT HAPPENED DURING PANZEMIC, SOME OF IT HAS HAPPENED A LITTLE BIT BECAF THE INFLATION AND RISING G PRICES OR THINGS LIKE THAT.

WHEN YOU LOOK AROUND YOU, BUSINESS HAS TO ADAPT TO T CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE ECONO LOCAL MARKET.

>> YOU MENTIONED UNDERSTAF.

HOW MANY FULL TIME REPORTE YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW?

>> RIGHT NOW THAT ARE WORK.

WE HAVE TWO FOUR-TIME NEWS REPORTERS, AND THEN WE HAV FULL TIME SPORTS REPORTERS WE HAVE A HYBRID COPY EDITOR/REPORTER, AND WE HA THREE OPEN POSITIONS THAT PLAN TO FILL.

>> SO YOU HAVE LESLIE AND ON THE NEWS SIDE.

AND ADAM AND DAVID -- AND IS THE HYBRID?

>> YES, SIR.

>> AND THEN YOU HAVE THREE OPENINGS?

>> YES, SIR.

>> THAT ARE AUTHORIZED?

>> YES.

>> WHAT'S THE PROGRESS IN FILLING THOSE POSITIONS?

>> I THINK WE'RE REALLY CLN TWO OF THEM.

WE'RE REALLY CLOSE ON -- O THEM IS, STARTING NEXT MON THEN I THINK WE'RE CLOSE O SECOND ONE, AND WE'RE STIL LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT PERS FILL THE THIRD POSITION, WE ONE OPENING ON OUR MANAGEM STAFF AS WELL.

>> ARE YOU STILL USING CONTRACTUAL EMPLOYEES LIKE SMITH IN THE NORTHN COUNTI THINGS OF THAT NATURE?

>> OCCASIONALLY.

THEY'RE NOT CONTRACT EMPLO THEY'RE MORE LIKE CORRESPOE OR FREELANCERS WILL USE TH FROM TIME TO TIME, TO SUPPT THE WORK OF OUR FULL TIME EMPLOYEES.

>> LET ME TURN TOP THE CIRCULATION OF THE JOURNAL.

IN 2002 IT WAS 77,000, DOW 55,000 NOW IT'S LESS TN 200 SUBSCRIPTIONS TODAY.

DO YOU SEE THAT CHANGING?

OR DO YOU SEE PRINT AND DI MAINTAINING THE JOURNAL ST HEALTH?

>> WHAT YOU SEE IS SOMETHI THAT HAPPENS WITH PAPERS STATEWIDE AND NATIONWIDE, CIRCULATION HAS BEEN STEAD DECLINING FOR DECADES NOW.

THAT HAPPENS WITH LOCAL NEWSPAPERS EVERYWHERE.

THERE ARE MULTIPLE REASONS THAT, CERTAINLY THE DIGITA OPERATION IS PART OF OUR F. DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS.

CERTAINLY, WE STILL WANT P TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEWSPA THAT'S STILL SOMETHING THA VALUABLE TO US, AND WE WAN KEEP GOING.

IN TIMES -- WHEN TIMES AREH WHEN THERE'S A PANDEMIC OR THERE'S A RECESSION LIKE T WAS A DECADE OR SO AGO, IT MAKE PEOPLE WONDER WHAT IS FUTURE OF A NUMBER OR A BUSINESS.

BUT I THINK THE JOURNAL ST WILL BE HERE FOR A LONG TI.

>> LET ME REFLECT ON A USA TODAY/CNN/GALLOP POLL.

36% OF AMERICANS BELIEVE N ORGANIZATIONS GET THE FACT RIGHT, THAT'S DOWN FROM 54 YEARS AGO.

IF PEOPLE FEEL THAT WAY, D THINK THAT'S A PROPER REFLN ON NEWSPAPERS?

OR DO YOU THINK THERE ARE INFLUENCES THAT ARE -- THA DISTORTING THAT FACT?

>> I THINK THERE ARE OTHER INFLUENCES DISTORTING THAT.

CERTAINLY NATIONAL MEDIA.

TV MEDIA HAS A BIG IMPACT.

IT'S MUCH MORE OPINIONATED A LOCAL NEWSPAPER, WHETHER YOU'RE TALKING A LOCAL NEWR IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN, OR AL NEWSPAPER IN 350E OTHER YA ILLINOIS.

I THINK OUR -- WE GET THE RIGHT, CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW TIME TO TIME, WE WILL GET S WRONG, BUT THAT'S HAPPENED THE BEGINNING OF TIME, THE CORRECTIONS HAVE HAPPENED.

WE TRY TO KEEP THOSE TO A LOW AMOUNT.

I THINK WHEN PEOPLE TALK A FACTS, I THINK THE OTHER T THAT GETS IN THERE IS BIAS.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN PE HAVE -- WHAT IS IT, DISSATISFACTION WITH NEWS , THEY TALK ABOUT BIAS.

WHEN YOU TURN ON THE TV, EVERYTHING IS SO OPINIONAT.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE JL STAR OR A LOT OF LOCAL NEWSPAPERS, THEY DON'T HAV THOSE OPINIONATED TAKES AS IN THEIR DAY TO DAY NEWS COVEGE.

>> I WANT TO GO BACK TO TH NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES.

YOU'RE OPERATING WITH TWO TIMERS.

AND YOU CAN'T COVER WHAT Y WANT TO COVER.

THAT'S BECOME KNOWN IN THE INDUSTRY AS A GHOST NEWSPA.

FEWER REPORTERS THAN YOU N. WHAT IS THE FRUSTRATION, F YOUR PERSPECTIVE IN NOT BE ABLE -- WHAT ARE YOU NOT COVERING THAT YOU REALLY WO COVER?

WHERE IS THE SHORTFALL?

>> I THINK THERE'S A LOT O THINGS GOING ON IN THE COMY ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S ONE .

IN THE TYPES OF STORIES YO DO, YOU CAN'T DO A BIGGER SERIES, YOU CAN'T DO AS MA DEPTH STORIES, WHEN YOU HA FEWER STAFF BECAUSE YOU'RE TRYING TO GET TO SO MANY T WITH THE STAFF YOU HAVE.

THAT'S THE BIGGEST FRUSTRA.

EVERY TIME THERE'S A CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN PEORIA,E GOING TO BE THERE, AND WE' COVER THAT.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TOR THAT, EVEN IF IT WE HAVE O EMPLOYEE.

THERE'S SO MUCH MORE GOINGN THE CITY THAN WHAT'S HAPPE AT CITY COUNCIL.

>> YOU'RE NOT COVERING PEO COUNTY?

>> CORRECT.

>> YOU'RE NOT COVERING CATERPILLAR.

WHEN YOU HAVE STORIES ABOU EAST SIDE OF THE ILLINOIS , IT'S USUALLY COVERED BY TH PECAN DAILY TIMES.

ARE THOSE THINGS YOU WOULD TO COVER AND MIGHT YOU COV THEM WHEN YOU ADD THESE TH ADDITIONAL REPORTERS?

>> CERTAINLY WE'LL COVER M THINGS.

THINGS CHANGE.

CATERPILLAR, THAT IS THEIR PART OF THIS WORK INDUSTRY THIS COMMUNITY.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU'RE TO OPEN UP THE JOURNAL STA SEE A STORY EVERY DAY ABOU THAT IS -- BUT YES, WE WOU LIKE TO COVER CATERPILLAR THE OPPORTUNITY ARISES AND THERE'S SOMETHING NEWSWORT THAT'S HAPPENED.

>> THE LAST TIME YOU WERE ISSUE, IT WAS OCTOBER 2020.

YOU HAD BEEN ON THE JOB FO SHORT OF THREE MONTHS.

AND I WANT TO REFLECT BACK COUPLE THINGS WE TALKED AB THEN.

YOU SAID YOU WOULD LIKE TO MORE INDEPTH STORIES.

YOU REFERRED TO INDEPTH ST. MAY WE SEE MORE WHEN YOU G FIVE FULL TIME REPORTERS?

>> CERTAINLY.

THE SUNDAY NEWSPAPER AND IH JOURNALISM IS WHAT WE WANTE KNOWN FOR.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE STAFF AND TO HAVE TIME TO DO THOSE STORIES.

WE CERTAINLY -- WE -- TRUS WE HAV PLENTY OF IDEAS AND PROJECTS AND SERIES THAT A OUR NOTEBOOK OR IN A PLANN DOCUMENT SOMEWHERE, AND WE TO GET TO THEM BY THE END E YEAR, ONCE WE BRING THE NE STAFF UP TO SPEED.

>> YOU ALSO SAID YOU WANTE STORIES TO BE OF BROAD INT.

LET ME LIST SOME OF THE ST THAT WERE ON 1A.

ON THE 11th, MORTON U-HAUL GOING TO TAKE OVER THE EMP K-MART BUILDING.

ON THE 15th THE FRIENDLY V TAP IS GOING TO BE RENOVATD HAVE MUSIC.

ON THE 16th, LA BAKERY WILN ITS CAFE AT THE METRO CENT.

THE EAST PEORIA BOUTIQUE O 18th AND ON THE 19th, THE MOST EXPENSIVE HOMES IN PE COUNTY.

WHY ARE YOU DOING THOSE TYF STORIES?

ARE THOSE THE BROAD INTERE STORS YOU WERE REFERRING T BACK IN 2020?

>> I WOULD SAY FIRST OF AL FRONT PAGE HAS MULTIPLE ST ON THEM, THERE'S ALWAYS KI A DIVERSE MIX WE LIKE TO S FORE.

IN TERMS OF THE STORIES YO MENTIONED, I THINK THOSE AE TYPES OF STORIES I WOULD LO SEE ON THE FRONT PAGE.

ESPECIALLY THE ONES ABOUT BUSINESSES.

WE LIKE TO WRITE ABOUT BUSINESSES AND A SENSE OF NOSTALGIA IN THE COMMUNITY.

CERTAINLY IN THAT INTEREW M 2020.

TO BE HONEST, I DON'T KNOW WAS IN MY HEAD WHEN I SAID.

BUT -- >> YOU WERE NEW IN TOWN?

>> RIGHT.

BUT DEFINITELY, WE LOVE COG THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE BEHIND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

AND WE'VE GOTTEN POSITIVE FEEDBACK ABOUT STORIES LIK THAT.

>> ALSO, IN OCTOBER OF 202.

YOU SAID YOU LIKE TO GET M LETTERS TO THE EDITOR IN T NEWSPAPER.

MAY I REFLECT BACK ON MAY TIS YEAR.

BY THE WAY, FOR THE AUDIEN BENEFIT, IT'S SUNDAYS AND THURSDAYS WHEN THE EDITORI PAGE OCCURS ON 4-A.

SUNDAY MAY 8th AND MAY 15t LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, LOC LETTERS.

ON THE 22nd ONE.

ON THURSDAYS, MAY 5th, 12t 19th, ZERO LOCAL LETTERS T EDITOR.

WHY ARE WE NOT SEEING MORE THIS PRINTED?

>> I THINK FIRST OF ALL, LS TO THE EDITOR COME IN WAVE DEPENDING ON THE NEWS CYCL.

WHEN WE WERE WRITING ABOUT SPIRIT OF PEORIA, WE'RE GE A LOT MORE LETTERS ABOUT T NEWS.

WHEN WE'RE WRITING ABOUT R WE'RE GETTING A LOT MORE LETTERS, PART OF IT IS CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, FEWER LETTERS ARE COMING IN, THE THINK THE OTHER PART OF IT WHEN YOU HAVE AN ELECTION G UP, THE LETTERS PROBABLY W INCREASE IN JUNE.

>> BECAUSE OF THE JUNE 28t PRIMARY?

> CORRECT.

>> ONE OTHER ISSUE FROM TH TIME FRAME.

YOU WANTED TO SEE MORE DIVY AT THE JOURNAL STAR?

WITH SO FEW STAFF, HOW ARE DOING?

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE STILL WORK ON.

I THINK WHEN I PUBLISH AN ARTICLE BACK IN 2020.

I MENTIONED HOW THE GOAL W GET IT TO BE REFLECTIVE.

OUR NEW ROOM TO BE REFLECTF THE COMMUNITY BY 2025, SO STILL HAVE SOME TIME THERE.

AND ONCE YOU'RE HERE, YOU RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE CHALS THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT.

BUT IT'S STILL SOMETHING T THINK ABOUT.

>> I MEAN, IT'S NO SECRET THERE'S A CHANGING LANDSCA THE NEWSPAPER INDUSTRY.

IN FACT, IN TELEVISION, RA NEWS HOW DO YOU CHARACTERIE CHANGING LANDSCAPE.

AND HOW CAN YOU HAVE AN IM ON MOLDING THE LANDSCAPE F PEORIA.

>> I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT MEAN.

>> FEWER REPORTERS, AD REVS DOWN.

BUT YOU ARE TO QUOTE, I'M A NUMBER GUY, I'M JUST A NEWR GUY.

BUT YOU ARE THE EXECUTIVE EDITOR.

WHAT CAN YOU DO TO IMPROVE LANDSCAPE OF THE NEWSPAPER?

>> I MEAN, THE MAIN THING , WE HAVE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE E NEWSROOM, AND AT THE JOURN STAR IN GENERAL, WHO ARE WG HARD.

YOU OFTEN TALK ABOUT WHAT' THE NEWSROOM AND JT THE REPORTERS, THERE ARE EDITO BEHIND THE SCENES WORKING THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE PRESSROOM WORKING HARD, WE CONTINUE TO DO AS BEST WE BECAUSE WE'RE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY AND WE, YOU KNOW LIVE HERE, GROCERY SHOP HEO TO RESTAURANTS HERE.

WE'LL JUST CONTINUE TO WORD AND TELL THE STORIES OF TH COMMUNITY AS BEST YOU CAN.

THERE'S NOT A LOT WE CAN DH OUTSIDE FACTORS.

>> YOU MENTIONED THE PRESS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY NEWSS YOU PRODUCE IN YOUR PRESSR.

IT'S PROBABLY PROFITABLE.

DOES THAT AFFECT WHEN THE JOURNAL STAR IS PRINTED ANS THAT AFFECT THE TIMELINESS THE STORIES YOU MAY BE COV FOR CITY COUNCIL TUESDAY EG IN TERMS OF GETTING INTO T NEXT DAY'S PAPER?

>> WE PRINT ABOUT 20 NEWSP AT THE JOURNAL STAR.

JUST THIS MONTH, WE ADDED MILWAUKEE NEWSPAPERS.

WE PRINT OTHER NEWSPAPERS N THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.

OUR DEADLINES HAVE ALWAYS SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE BEEN RELATIVELY EARLY.

IT'S BEEN KIND OF A PAIN P. WITH US PRINTING THE AMOUN PAPERS WE DO, THAT DOESN'T CHANGE OUR DEADLINES.

EVEN BRINGING IN THE NEW P, WE'RE CLOSE TO HOPE.

THE PAPERS WHO ARE PRINTED DELIVERED IN -- OUT OF STA FURTHER AWAY, THEY HAVE TH EARLIER DEADLINES THAN WE HAVE, THERE'S ALWAYS GOINGE THAT PAIN POINT WHERE THE E OF OUR BUSINESS, IF BIG NE HAPPENS, WE'RE ONE DAY OLD.

NOTHING HAS CHANGED THERE RECENTLY.

>> THAT AFFECTS SPORTS AS ?

>> OH, DEFINITELY.

>> THE CUBS AND CARDINALS NIGHT GAMES.

I ALSO NOTICE THE SCOREBOA DOESN'T RLLY HAVE THE STANDINGS OF SOME LEAGUES.

FOR INSTANCE, THE HOCKEY.

THE SPHL, THE STANDINGS WE IN THE SCOREBOARD.

IS THERE A REASON OR IS TH JUST THE TIMELINESS OF IT.

>> I THINK IT'S THE TIMELI FACTOR.

CERTAINLY SPORTS, THAT'S T TOUGHEST THING THAT WE DO TERMS OF DEADLINES.

MOST OF THOSE THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN THE EVENING.

AND THE STANDINGS ARE NOT TO BE UP TO DATE WHEN YOU THEM WHEN THEY GET IN.

IT'S DEPRIORITIZED, I WOUL.

>> GWINNETT ARE THE LARGES NEWSPAPER ORGANIZATION.

I THINK THEY SOLD OFF 23 P TO LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AFTE MERGER WITH GATEHOUSE.

DO THEY DICTATE TO ANY DEG HOW YOU OPERATE HERE LOCAL?

DO THEY HAVE CERTAIN STAND OR GUIDELINES THAT SAY THA ROMANDO, YOU HAVE TO DO TH THAT AT THE JOURNAL STAR?

>> WE HAVE FULL CONTROL OVE NEWS CONTENT AT THE JOURNA STAR.

I NEVER THINK ABOUT WHAT CORPORATE WANTS OR ANYTHINE THAT, WHEN IT COMES TO DAY DAY NEWS COVERAGE OR WHAT STORIES WE WRITE AND THINGE THAT.

>> YOU HAVE FULL CONTROL O THE TYPES OF STORIES, KNOW THE LIMITATION WITH THE NU OF REPORTERS YOU CHOOSE TO?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> YOU ALSO MENTIONED THE SIZE.

IT'S JUST NOT TWO REPORTER TWO SPORTS REPORTERS, THER OTHER PEOPLE IN THE NEWSRO?

>> SURE.

>> FOR INSTANCE, AND WHAT pTHEIR JOBS.

HOW DO THEY CONTRIBUTE TO OPERATION?

>> I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO HAV EDITORS WHO EDIT THE STORID THINGS LIKE THAT.

ADAM GARRETT HAS BEEN HERE 20 YEARS, HE'S BEHIND THE SCENES.

I MENTIONED DEAN, YOU SEE N THE NEWSPAPER A LOT MORE.

BECAUSE OF -- HE'S HAD MOR OPPORTUNITY NOW.

YOU HAVE SOMEONE LIKE JOSHY WHO HANDLES THE OBITS AND ARE WELL READ IN OUR PAPER THOSE DON'T APPEAR -- THAT JOUSH DOING WORK, TAKING T EVERY DAY.

JAN ADLER WORKS IN THE NEW.

SHE'S PRACTICALLY BORN IN NEWSROOM, HAS WORKED THERE 30 PLUS YEARS.

THERE'S PEOPLE ALL BEHIND SCENES TRYING TO DO WHATEV TAKES TO GET THE PAPER OUT COVER THIS COMMUNITY.

IT'S HARD WORK AIR DAY.

JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T SEE NAME IN THE PAPER, DOESN'T THERE'SOT SOMEBODY THERE WORKING IN THE PRESSROOM O ADVERTISING.

>> ANOTHER POSITION YOU'RE TRYING TO FILL IS THAT OF KIRGUARD WHO LEFT THE PAPE RECENTLY.

HOW IS THAT GOING?

>> IT'S PART OF OUR ON GOI SEARCH.

WHEN WE FIND THE RIGHT PER WE'LL BRING THAT PERSON AB.

>> TAKING A LOOK AT IMMEDI FUTURE OF THE JOURNAL STAR.

I MEAN THE NEXT YEAR OR TW.

WHAT'S ROMANDO'S VISION FO WHERE YOU MIGHT BE TWO YEA FROM NOW?

>> YOU KNOW, I'M NOT THINK LOT ABOUT THAT TO BE HONES.

THE MAIN THING I DO IS, I UP AND THINK ABOUT HOW WE' GOING TO FILL THESE POSITI WHO'S GOING TO BE IN THOSE POSITIONS.

WHAT'S THE BEST FIT FOR TH POSITIONS, THE HIRING PROCS NOT A WEEK LONG THING.

THE HIRING PROCESS IS WEEK LONG.

OR EVEN MONTHS LONG.

AND SO SIFTING THROUGH RES INTERVIEWS, WRITING CLIPS.

ALL THOSE THINGS IN ADDITI DAY TO DAY DUTIES, IT'S A MARATHON, IT'S A CHORE.

YOU CAN TALK TO ANY BUSINE PERSON RIGHT NOW AND ASK T WHAT HIRING IS LIKE, THEY SAY THEY HAVE SOME CHALLEN WE'RE NOT IMMUNE TO THAT.

>> YOU'RE NOT LOOKING TOO INTO THE FUTURE.

YU'RE TRYING TO GET THIS W AND THIS MONTH DONE.

>> I'M TRYING TO GET A PAPT ON A DAILY BASIS, TRYING T ORIES ONLINE.

AND, OF COURSE, TRYING TO THOSE POSITIONS WITH THE R PEOPLE.

>> HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR TO GET OUT IN THE COMMUNIT BE THE FACE OF THE JOURNAL?

>> IT'S SOMETHING I'M GROW INTO AND GETTING A LITTLE R AT.

THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO B DONE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE PANDEMIC, IT SLOWED DOWN O PROGRESS ON A LOT OF FRONT THERE.

I THINK THE ADVERTISING REN I FIRST GOT HERE, TOLD ME E TO G OUT AND SHAKE HANDS A KISS BABIES.

I'LL SHAKE HANDS.

I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE WAN KISSING THEIR BABIES, THOU.

>> YOU MENTIONED THE NEWSR PRINTS MORE THAN 20 NEWSPA.

THAT INCLUDES GALESBURG.

WE HAVE SEEN ARTICLES FROM VARIOUS NEWSPAPERS.

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SPRINGFIELD, WHICH WOULD B STATE ORIENTED.

THOSE AREN'T NECESSARILY L STORIES, DOES THAT CONCERN THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THO STORIES FROM ROCKFORD TO F SPACE?

OR IS THERE A REASON BEHIN THAT?

>> I GUESS IT DEPENDS ON T STORY.

SPRINGFIELD, THEY'RE SIT SS THEY APPLY TO EVERYONE.

WE STILL DELIVER PAPERS TO GALESBURG AND COMMUNITIES OUTSIDE OF PEORIA.

FULTON COUNTY, AND SO WHEN SEE SOMETHING FROM GALESBU THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY NOTL OR JUST TO FILL SPACE.

IT'S BECAUSE THERE'S AN INT IN SOME OF THE THINGS HAPP IN GALESBURG, NOT EVERYTHI.

WE DELIVER NEWSPAPERS TO P OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTYP.

>> THE PRINT ADDITION IS M PROFITABLE AND MAYBE PROFI COMPED TO THE DIGITAL NOT BEING PROFITABLE?

REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE DIGITAL IS PROFITABLE OR N. ARE YOU DRIVING PEOPLE TO DIGITAL PLATFORM?

>> I THINK WE'RE OFFERING DIGITAL PLATFORM TO READER CAPITALIZE ON THE CHANGING SOCIETY AND CHANGING READE HABITS.

AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT DEC IN PRINT CIRCULATION, THAT HAPPENING, THERE'S SO MANY OPTIONS TO GET NEWS OVER T PAST 20 YEARS, AND THAT'S PAST 20 YEARS, AND THAT'S GET THINGS ONLINE, AND THA WHERE YOU MIGHT SEE OUR DI OFFERINGS WITH THE E ADDIT WITH THE APP.

WE'RE TRYING TO INCREASE O READERSHIP ON MULTIPLE LEV.

IF WE CONTINUE TO PUT EVERG INTO PRINT, WE'RE IGNORING THESE PEOPLE WHO CONSUME N DIGITALLY, WHETHER IT'S A WEBSITE OR YOUTUBE OR SOMER TYPE OF SOCIAL MEDIA.

>> YOU CAN'T GET A LATE NI STORY INTO THE NEXT DAY'S NEWSPAPER BECAUSE OF THE PRINTING DEADLINES.

IT GOES ON TO THE E EDITIO.

SOETIMES YOU'LL SEE A STOR AND FOR THE RECORD, I AM A JOURNAL STAR SUBSCRIBER SE DAYS A WEEK, I GET THE ELECTRONIC EDITION.

>> THANK YOU.

>> I'LL POINT OUT, I CAN R STORIES DAYS IN ADVANCE ELECTRONICALLY, AND SEE IT THE NEWSPAPER TWO, THREE D LATER.

WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT?

WHY ARE YOU DELAYING IT TH LONG?

>> I THINK THE FIRST PART THAT IS THE DIGITAL ASPECT MORE TIMELY OFTEN TIMES, I THERE'S A HOMICIDE, YOU CAD ABOUT IT THAT DAY.

THE NATURE OF THE PAPER ISS GOING TO BE A DAY OLD.

THERE'S NOT A HURRY TO GET CEAIN STORIES N LIKE YOU BROUGHT UP A STORY ABOUT T LOCAL BUSINESSES YOU MENTI EARLIER.

THAT'S A STORY THAT'S MORE EVERGREEN.

AND SO I THINK STRATEGICALE WANT OUR SUNDAY PAPER TO B BEST PAPER AND HAVE THE BE STORIES AND THE MOST STORI.

SOMETIMES YOU'LL SEE THAT ESPECIALLY IN THE SUNDAY P. >> A QUICK CONCLUDING QUES.

NO LONGER A SATURDAY PRINT EDITION.

MIGHT WE SEE OTHER DAYS ELIMINATED IN THE FUTURE?

>> I HAVE NO IDEA.

>> THAT'S NOT YOUR CALL.

>> I'M NOT EVEN THINKING A THAT.

>> AND WITH THAT, WE HAVE OUT OF TIME.

I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE T CONVERSATION, AND WE'LL HAU BACK ON AGAIN AND SEE HOW PROGRESS IS BEING MADE AT JOURNAL STAR.

ROMANDO DIXSON, THANK YOU JOINING US.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> WE'LL BE BACK NEXT TIME.

YOU KNOW WE HAD HIGH GAS P OVER THE WINTER, LOOK FOR ELECTRIC PRICES ON THE SUP SIDE COMING UP THIS SUMMER.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT ON THE AT ISSUE.