Merger of Newspaper Associations Delayed: Resistance from ICMA, INAME, Others Cited

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Merger of newspaper associations delayed

The merger of seven major newspaper associations under a single umbrella, as envisioned in the Booz-Allen & Hamilton report on newspaper organizations, won't happen soon, American Newspaper Publisher Association officials acknowledged at their annual meeting May 8.

ANPA officials told the convention that they intend to merge these groups into a single organization to be called the Newspaper Marketing Association (NMA).

However, this merger is being held up by the feeling of some organizations - principally the International Circulation Managers Association (ICMA) and the International Newspaper Marketing and Advertising …