AAN News
Stocker New Publisher at Riverfront Times
Ken Stocker comes from Denver's Westword to the Riverfront Times, on a mission to raise public awareness of the alt-weekly and thereby boost sales. The 12-year New Times veteran has a green sales staff, but he's convinced the paper is "poised and ready to make a big push." He replaces Terry Coe, who resigned from the Riverfront Times after 17 years.
(FULL STORY)
Seth Wharton |
05-06-2002 10:43 am |
Industry News
Alt-Weekly National Ad Sales Rebound
After a devastating drop in advertising sales in January, the first-quarter of 2002 is beginning to look better at the two major alt-weekly advertising networks. AWN’s Executive Director Mark Hanzlik projects a first-quarter sales decline of 37 percent, up from a more than 70 percent drop in January. Ruxton President and COO Michele Laven has also has seen a slight rebound.
(FULL STORY)
Seth Wharton |
03-26-2002 10:27 am |
Industry News
National Ads Take Cliff-Dive
National advertising in alternative
weeklies nosedived the first few
weeks of 2002. "We're kind of on a
shoestring now, but that's how we
started," says AWN Executive Director
Mark Hanzlik. At least one AAN
paper
is pulling out the stops to shore up the
local ad base: Chicago Reader has restructured its ad rates so that some advertisers now are paying 15 percent less.
(FULL STORY)
Seth Wharton |
02-22-2002 12:17 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Financial, Retail Advertising
Ousted C*Ville Editor Starting New Weekly
Earlier this month. Hawes
Spencer, editor and co-owner of
C*Ville Weekly in Charlottesville,
Va., was ousted from the paper by the
other two owners, Bill Chapman
and Rob Jiranek. The two
remaining C*Ville owners are quiet on
the subject, but Spencer plans to launch
a new weekly, The Hook, on Feb.
7 and has taken four C*Ville staff with
him..
(FULL STORY)
Seth Wharton |
01-28-2002 9:22 am |
Industry News
Bloomington Independent’s Future Iffy
Publisher Craig Hitchcock tells AAN News he is talking to an East Coast media chain about a sale of the struggling alt-weekly. The Independent’s reopening in the spring depends on a number of factors, among them hanging on to existing advertisers and attracting new investors, Hitchcock says. Parent company Yesse! Communications, in Chapter 11 reorganization since April 2001, is now operating only two papers – Impact Weekly in Dayton, Ohio, and Illinois Times, in Champaign, Ill., down from five at the beginning of 2001.
(FULL STORY)
Seth Wharton |
01-10-2002 5:05 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Management
Alt-Weeklies Tap Auto Market
Auto advertising has been a tough nut for alternative newsweeklies to crack. AAN News asks ad directors how they won over these conservative, set-in-their-ways auto dealerships. Some say they're getting this lucrative business with a combination of special sections and savvy sales reps. Auto dealers are opening up to the alternative weekly market, but they want familiar relationships and a lot of bang for their buck, they say.
(FULL STORY)
Seth Wharton |
01-03-2002 10:39 am |
Industry News
Economy Hits Alt-Weekly Bottom Lines
Alternative newsweeklies are feeling the one-two punch of war and recession. National advertising is down across the board, but classifieds are providing a cushion. While several papers have had to lay off employees, others are taking the opportunity to add sales staff.
(FULL STORY)
Seth Wharton |
10-25-2001 8:19 am |
Industry News
Bill Boyd Named Publisher of Weekly Planet in Tampa
Bill Boyd is a self-described man of many hats, the most recent of which he donned in June when he became publisher of Tampa’s Weekly Planet. “We are pushing very hard for revenue growth in all of our papers—but particularly this one,” Boyd says.
(FULL STORY)
Seth Wharton |
07-31-2001 11:50 am |
Industry News
Weekly Planet Editor Going To Creative Loafing
John Sugg will leave Tampa in late August to become senior editor at the company’s flagship paper, Atlanta’s Creative Loafing. Senior editor “in our lexicon means that I’ll be the lead writer and that I’ll be building and leading the writing team,” says Sugg, who is "second on the masthead" under the paper's editor, Ken Edelstein.
(FULL STORY)
Seth Wharton |
07-26-2001 11:50 am |
Industry News
Gambit Weekly Baton Rouge Suspends Publication
Owners Clancy and Margo DuBos hope to sell the paper.
(FULL STORY)
Seth Wharton |
04-10-2001 11:50 am |
Industry News
