Acting Publisher Appointed for Massachusetts News
By the MassNews Staff
          In the wake of the announcement of the resignation of J. Edward Pawlick as publisher of Massachusetts News, Eric Francke has been appointed Acting Publisher while a search is conducted for a permanent replacement. Francke has served on the MassNews staff since last year. 
          Francke, an entrepreneur who came to MassNews originally as a subcontractor to help develop and maintain the Internet site, stated yesterday:  “Even though Atty. Pawlick is retiring, MassNews will not retreat in any way from our commitment to conservative and pro-family issues.  We will be ratcheting up the fight quite significantly, particularly by means of tackling a broader range of topics.”
          Commenting on what readers might expect in the way of changes, he said: 
“Regarding content, we will have a larger base of writers providing timely news articles and editorials.  This was Ed Pawlick’s original intent for the paper before Pinch Sulzberger, chairman of the New York Times, began attacking him and thus occupying his time and energy.  Pawlick has proven it is now obvious he has won the battle which Sulzberger began about homosexual marriage, and it is time for Pawlick to carry that battle across the nation by promoting his book, ‘Libel by New York Times’, which reveals the agenda of the New York paper.”
          Francke continued “We also want to increase the sense of community with our readers, which is the quality that gives a site ‘stickiness’, or drawing power to pull visitors back again and again.  We will foster that with an increased commitment to reader-driven areas, such as community calendars, classified ads, and online bulletin boards.“
          Speaking on the retirement of Pawlick, Francke said: “We all have a tremendous debt to J. Edward Pawlick, not only for creating the only daily conservative news medium to cover all of Massachusetts, but also for the sacrifices he and his wife, Sally Pawlick, have made over the last few years where they stood alone to defend traditional marriage.  We hope to build upon and add to that legacy.”