The flagship of Donrey Media Group of Little Rock, Ark., is expanding to provide advertisers and readers access to almost unending pages of four-color reproduction. The stroll from bus to lobby takes us past a pleasant courtyard, adorned with a fountain and palm trees. In one corner of the lobby stands a newspapering relic, a Linotype Comet 300. Coming to greet us are Operations Director Terry Duck and Production Manager Richard Borghi. Assisting are Eryn Rice, from the community-relations office, and Gina Rodriquez, a tour guide.
Duck leads one of two groups down a wood-paneled hall, past the publisher s and business offices.
The Review-Journal manages business affairs, production and distribution for both papers. We enter a longer, utilitarian hallway of painted cinder-block walls on our way to classified advertising. The call center, where about 65 people take ad orders, is on a raised floor at one end of the classified room. Classified, Duck explains, fills about 35 percent of the Review-Journal, making it one of our major revenue sources. Another revenue source is a group of niche periodicals.