"John Kimball" was a New Hampshire and Vermont Attorney at law (United States)/attorney and politician who served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives and the Vermont House of Representatives. He also served as President pro tempore of the Vermont State Senate/President of the Vermont State Senate.

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How powerful would it be if all of the presentations being made by thousands of advertising sales people at newspapers across the country were all talking about the medium using the same words, the same data, and describing us in the same way? We think it could make difference.

About 18 to 20 percent of the newspapers that reported had gains and most of those were smaller-market newspapers.

We believe that readership and circulation need to be looked at in tandem because today's newspaper's brand includes not just the core product but the leading local web site and an array of other products in that market as well.

That's not happy news, ... It's vital to see these numbers as part of the bigger audience picture.

Scott's contributions to America's newspapers go far beyond leading the advertising and research teams in San Diego.

There are serious issues that the industry's facing, but we're certainly not burying our heads in the sand. There's a great deal of experimentation going on -- with youth, with free distribution, with different editorial content models. Stuff that works is hanging around, and stuff that doesn't work isn't.

I don't think I've ever seen the sense of innovation and willingness to take risks that I'm seeing now.

I think it is a real stretch to say the decline of department store advertising has forced layoffs at any one newspaper.

We want to surprise the advertising industry with the facts and truth about newspapers.