By Toby Manthey

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Editor & Publisher magazine on Monday said it has named Walter E. Hussman Jr. of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette its Publisher of the Year.

The trade publication for the newspaper industry cited Hussman’s resistance to cutting newsroom staff or “newshole”—the amount of newsprint devoted to news as opposed to advertising—at a time when “even family-owned papers” are aggressively cutting costs.

An Editor & Publisher Website article also cited the Democrat-Gazette’s efforts to remain a statewide newspaper whil...

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