Josh Umholtz, publisher of Farm Talk and a West Plains native, has been named publisher of The Joplin Globe. Farm Talk, published out of Parsons, Kansas, is owned by CNHI, the same company that owns the Globe.
The Globe released the announcement on its website this evening.
“Josh brings the perfect blend of seasoned experience and high energy to the Globe team,” said Robyn McCloskey, CNHI’s executive vice president for newspapers. “He has demonstrated impressive leadership skills and commitment to quality local news and advertising content in print and online.
Umholtz replaces Joplin native Katherine Miller, who had been publisher since January 2025. Miller is not mentioned in the article. She has also been serving as publisher of two other CNHI newspapers.
The new publisher will be the sixth in eight years for the Globe. Miller replaced Robin Phelan, who took the job in March 2023, following Dave Brendel, who was fired after three and a half years.
Brendel replaced Frank Leto who had the job from July 2018 to October 2019.
Leto followed Michael Beatty who was publisher for eight years.
3 comments:
I hope he will change the Globe back to covering local news and local sports.
Make the classified ads great again!
Haven’t had a decent publisher since before Chiodo. Another step toward the graveyard for that publication. Irrelevant and out of touch.
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