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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 Web site article also cited the Democrat-Gazette’s efforts to remain a statewide newspaper...