The Victoria Advocate Publishing Co. and Texas Community Media have merged together to form M. Roberts Media. The merger includes three daily newspapers and a bi-weekly (The Victoria Advocate, the Longview News Journal, the Marshall News Messenger and the Panola Watchman), seven digital properties, a full-service marketing business and a variety of verticals.

Stephanie Michelle Cherry Sandoval died Nov. 16, 2015. She was a reporter for the Dallas Morning News until 2009. 

She attended the University of Texas at Arlington. She began working at the Grand Prairie Daily News, part of Dallas-Fort Worth Suburban Newspapers Inc., in 1996 In 2000, she was transferred to The News, when the newspaper consolidated its suburban operations into the Dallas daily. 

Brent Addleman is the new publisher of The Navasota Examiner, succeeding Angel Rosamond.

Addleman most recently worked as the managing editor of the Brownwood Bulletin in Brownwood and also served in the same capacity with the Glen Rose Reporter upon moving to Texas in July 2014. 

“I definitely look forward to working with the talented staff here at the paper and look forward to working with the many members of the community,” Addleman said.

LAC chair stresses the importance of media telling its own story

By DONNIS BAGGETT
Texas Press Association

The new chair of Texas Press Association’s Legislative Advisory Committee says Texas newspapers “have a good story to tell,” but publishers must stress the fact that they offer more than simply ink on paper.