Sponsors

Gala Presenting Sponsor

Fideri News Network presented by Broad + Liberty

Broad + Liberty has united with Access Network in a strategic acquisition, forming one of Pennsylvania and the Jersey Shore’s largest native digital media audiences, Fideri News Network. Our goal is simple yet urgent: revitalize local media with editorial excellence, business innovation, and scalable infrastructure in one of the nation’s most historically significant—and fiercely contested—media landscapes.

Reception Sponsor

Trib Total Media

Trib Total Media delivers news, information and advertising to portions of Allegheny, Westmoreland, Armstrong and Butler counties in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Trib Total Media offers a multimedia suite of products and services including daily, weekly and monthly newspapers along with websites, digital advertising, direct mail, commercial printing and media planning

Premiere Sponsor

Google News Initiative

Google News Initiative is dedicated to working with the news industry so that global newsrooms and local papers alike can flourish. Our decades-long dialogue and collaboration is focused on supporting journalists, strengthening publishers’ business models, and building a global news community.

Dinner Drinks Sponsor

Make It Free

Make It Free helps publishers monetize the 90%+ consumers currently being turned away at paywalls. For every article provided to consumers at no charge, Make It Free will pay for those charges, with no additional costs.

New Awards Sponsor

Legacy.com and iPublish Media Solutions

Legacy’s media technology brands—iPublish Media Solutions, Memoriams, and Legacy.com—drive millions in self-service advertising and digital revenue for local news companies while building audience engagement. Our obituary content systems and order intake platforms are trusted by eight out of every 10 publishers to serve thousands of daily clients and reach millions of consumers every month.

Legacy.com and iPublish Media Solutions is the proud sponsor of the three inaugural PNA awards – News Media Industry Executive of the Year, News Media Industry Emerging Leader of the Year and News Media Industry Innovator of the Year.

Comcast/NBC Universal

Comcast/NBC Universal creates world-class content, which is distributed across its portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and brought to life through its theme parks and consumer experiences.

The Lenfest Institute for Journalism

The Lenfest Institute provides free tools and resources for local journalism leaders to develop sustainable strategies to serve their communities.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Founded in 1786, the Post-Gazette provides the Pittsburgh community with award-winning local, national and international news coverage and unparalleled reporting and commentary on Pittsburgh’s sports teams.

Sample News Group

Sample News Group is an American publisher of newspapers serving suburban and rural markets in the tri-state area of New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania, as well as in Vermont.

Software Consulting Services, LLC

For more than 40 years, SCS has been in the business of providing complete publishing, digital asset management, and advertising systems for small, mid-sized, large metros and groups.

Ogden Newspapers

Founded on September 22, 1890 with H. C. Ogden’s launch of the Wheeling News, Ogden Newspapers has since grown to over 40 daily newspapers, along with a number of weeklies and a magazine division – stretching from New York to Hawaii.

Advantage Newspaper Consultants

ANC is a revenue consulting firm that delivers focused revenue solutions to media and newspaper companies in the United States and Canada

Ballard Spahr

With more than 750 lawyers in 18 U.S. offices, Ballard Spahr provides strategic legal services and business solutions of the highest quality, delivered with uncommon efficiency.

Clelan Financial Advisors

With a combined 70 years of experience helping highly successful individuals and companies build, manage, and conserve net worth, the financial advisors of Clelan and Company are experts in the realms of investment management, qualified retirement plan design and implementation, executive compensation arrangements, business succession planning, estate planning and insurance planning.

Mid-Atlantic Biosolids Association

Since 1997, the Mid-Atlantic Biosolids Association has been communicating the benefits of resource recovery within the biosolids community through information sharing and within the communities we serve through advocacy and outreach. MABA is today’s source of biosolids information for tomorrow’s solutions.

Kreischer Miller

Since 1975, Kreischer Miller has been providing accounting, tax, and advisory services to the Greater Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas. The firm respond to the unique needs of growth-oriented private companies, providing a smooth transition through growth phases, business cycles, and ownership changes.

Pennsylvania Food Merchants Association

The Pennsylvania Food Merchants Association is a statewide trade association advocating the views of the food and beverage industries. Its membership includes convenience stores, supermarkets, independent grocers, wholesalers, distributors, and consumer product vendors of all sizes operating in Pennsylvania and beyond.