Sign up for the Show-Me Press Association meeting today!  This event is being held at the Resort at Port Arrowhead in Lake Ozark, MO on June 28th, 2013.  

For registration form and agenda click HERE. 

Mark Nienhueser of Jefferson City, vice president of sales and recruiting for Servicenoodle.com, has been hired as advertising director for Missouri Press Service, Inc. He began his duties April 18 in Columbia. He replaces former advertising director Greg Baker, who left the position in mid-February for a position with CenturyLink.

In making the announcement, Doug Crews, executive director of the Missouri Press Association, said Nienhueser is eager to work for Missouri's newspapers. 

To read more about Mark, download or view the May 2013 magazine.

Minutes of Feb. 20, 2013, MPA/MPS Board meeting

The Officers and Directors of the Missouri Press Association held their first meeting of 2013, beginning at 1:30 p.m., February 20, at the DoubleTree Hotel in Jefferson City.

Minutes of the meeting are here.

The Columbia Daily Tribune and the South County Times, St. Louis, won the daily and weekly Best of Show awards in the Missouri Advertising Managers' Association 2013 Ad Contest.

Awards were presented April 19 at the Association's annual meeting, which was held at The Lodge of Four Seasons, Lake Ozark.

A holiday gifts ad for the Olde Un Theatre won the Best award for the Tribune's ad staff. An ad created by the Times' Amanda Zarecki for a retirement living center earned the Best honors for weekly papers.

Vicki Johnson of the West Plains Daily Quill won MAMA's Old Pro Award.

The Jefferson City News Tribune won 22 awards, the most of any paper in the competition. The Daily Quill received 15 awards.

Among the weeklies, the Washington Missourian and St. Louis American each won 10 awards, tops in that division.

An Xcel file with all of the winners is here.