AAN News
"We sell community. We sell connection. That's what a good alt-weekly can still provide to its readership."new
Christine Oreskovich, publisher of The Coast in Halifax, says that strong community ties have helped her publication thrive.
Marketing Magazine |
05-17-2013 9:42 am |
Industry News
Tags: The Coast, NOW Magazine
Media Oxpecker: May 17, 2013
Breaking News introduces sponsored content; the real significance of location-based data; and the New Yorker's new tool for anonymous tipsters.
(FULL STORY)
AAN |
05-17-2013 12:20 pm |
Media Roundup
AAN Joins Protest Against DOJ Subpoena of Associated Press Phone Records
AAN has signed on to a Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press letter protesting the overbroad subpoena of two months of phone records of the Associated Press.
(FULL STORY)
WTFDOJ |
05-14-2013 4:38 pm |
Legal News
Media Oxpecker: Beyond Gloom and Doom
The case for creative risk-taking, investing in long stories, and avoiding the tendency to fall for the "next biggest thing" to save journalism.
(FULL STORY)
AAN |
05-10-2013 2:45 pm |
Media Roundup
Santa Fe Reporter Publisher Andy Dudzik to Departnew
Dudzik will stay with the paper through the summer to ensure a smooth transition.
Santa Fe Reporter |
05-09-2013 3:11 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Santa Fe Reporter, Andy Dudzik
Village Voice Editors Resignnew
New York Times |
05-09-2013 1:39 pm |
Industry News
Tags: The Village Voice
Chicago Sun-Times to Replace Weekend Section with Chicago Reader Contentnew
"Anyone who still thinks of the Reader as an alternative to the dailies will have to strain hard to think it when some of the Reader shows up each week in one of them."
Chiacgo Reader |
05-07-2013 1:55 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Chicago Reader
Group Collecting Donations for Recovery of Designer Bob Newman
Bob Newman — design consultant, frequent AAN convention speaker, and a staunch supporter of alt-weekly design work — has been hospitalized after suffering severe head trauma and spending two weeks in a coma.
(FULL STORY)
AAN |
05-06-2013 12:22 pm |
Industry News
Media Oxpecker: Cold Hard Media News presented by Duff Beer
A twelve-pack of media industry news items on ESPN The Magazine's foray into sponsored content, the Knight Foundation's effort to measure the social impact of news, and how the digital media industry indirectly benefits from porn.
(FULL STORY)
AAN |
05-03-2013 2:30 pm |
Media Roundup
Former Boston Phoenix Staffers Start Online Alt-Weeklynew
The Media is an ad-free, online weekly started by former Boston Phoenix assistant music editor Liz Pelly.
The Media |
05-02-2013 3:47 pm |
Industry News
Charleston City Paper Rejects Larry Flynt Adnew
Flynt is endorsing the congressional campaign of South Carolina ex-Governor Mark Sanford, calling him "America’s great sex pioneer."
Charleston City Paper |
05-01-2013 5:00 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Charleston City Paper
Media Oxpecker: Why the New York Times Still Can't Have It All
BuzzFeed doubles down on breaking news; a new tool for detecting press release rewrites; and the perception of women in newsroom leadership positions.
(FULL STORY)
AAN |
04-26-2013 2:00 pm |
Media Roundup
Four Alt-Weekly Writers Among 2012 Livingston Finalists
Timothy Bolger, Katrina Longworth, Terrence McCoy, and Patrick Michels are finalists for the Livingston Awards for Young Journalists.
(FULL STORY)
Livingston Awards |
04-25-2013 4:03 pm |
Honors & Achievements
Four Alt-Weeklies Win SPJ Sigma Delta Chi Awards
The Colorado Springs Independent, Houston Press, Miami New Times and The Texas Observer have each won Sigma Delta Chi Awards from the national Society of Professional Journalists.
(FULL STORY)
SPJ |
04-23-2013 3:15 pm |
Honors & Achievements
Calif. Appeals Court Affirms Ruling in Favor of Santa Barbara Independent Editor
The decision affirms a 2011 ruling that Santa Barbara Independent publisher Randy Campbell sell his stake in the paper to editor-in-chief Marianne Partridge.
(FULL STORY)
AAN |
04-19-2013 6:50 pm |
Legal News
