AAN News
Seattle Weekly Launches Kindle Version of Music Magnew
Seattle Weekly's music magazine Reverb Monthly is now available on the Kindle and Kindle Fire.
Seattle Weekly |
01-03-2012 1:07 pm |
Industry News
2011: Oh, the Stories You've Viewed!
'Tis the season of lists, so let's count down the most-viewed AAN News stories of 2011.
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AAN |
12-27-2011 11:06 am |
Honors & Achievements
The Media Oxpecker: Rethinking the Pyramid of Desirable Media Jobs
What does it look like when a news story "shows its work"? Does compensating bloggers based on pageviews encourage them to write offensive material? And is working at the New York Times no longer the end-all, be-all job for journalists?
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AAN |
12-16-2011 6:05 pm |
Media Roundup
'Hitchens Drank and Smoked His Way Through [AAN] Speech'
AAN's former executive director Richard Karpel recalls Christopher Hitchens' speech at the association's 1998 convention in Washington, D.C.
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AAN |
12-16-2011 2:39 pm |
Association News
Tags: Editorial
Bachmann and Gingrich Spar Over Columbia Free Times Article
Last month a Michele Bachmann spokesman told Columbia Free Times that Newt Gingrich is "trying to buy off tea party groups," an accusation that's now getting wider attention.
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AAN |
12-16-2011 11:23 am |
Industry News
Time 'Person of the Year' Cover Based on Photo by L.A. Weekly Photographernew
The Shepard Fairey-illustrated cover is an adaptation of a photo taken by Ted Soqui, an L.A. Weekly freelance photographer.
L.A. Weekly |
12-14-2011 5:14 pm |
Industry News
The Media Oxpecker: Google and the Death of Content Farms
Yahoo sends 75,000 content farm articles into retirement; shield law doesn't apply to "Internet blogs," says judge; advertising execs prepare for a bleak 2012; and Groupon (allegedly) sinks to a new low.
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AAN |
12-09-2011 3:42 pm |
Media Roundup
AAN Papers Donated to Occupy DC Library
The "Peoples' Library" at Occupy DC has a new addition to its collection: A selection of newspapers from the Association of Alternative Newsmedia.
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AAN |
12-09-2011 5:43 pm |
Association News
Tags: Circulation
New York Press Redux?new
Manhattan Media CEO Tom Allon says the company will unveil "a new incarnation" of the nypress.com website in early 2012.
Capital New York |
12-07-2011 10:32 am |
Industry News
The Media Oxpecker: The Inevitability of Facebook's Commenting System
Two major news sites jump on the Facebook Comments bandwagon; another gloomy winter for Gannett employees; and what The Economist can teach us about reader identity in the age of the tablet.
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AAN |
12-02-2011 2:55 pm |
Media Roundup
Legal Dispute Over Control of the Santa Barbara Independent Continues
Santa Barbara Independent publisher Randy Campbell will appeal a judge's decision which ordered him to sell his shares of the paper to editor-in-chief Marianne Partridge.
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Santa Barbara Independent |
12-01-2011 10:47 am |
Legal News
San Diego CityBeat Columnist Wins Reader's Digest Contestnew
Jim Ruland will receive a $25,000 cash prize and his 150-word short story will be published in Reader's Digest.
San Diego CityBeat |
11-30-2011 2:09 pm |
Honors & Achievements
Tags: Editorial, San Diego CityBeat
Gustavo Arellano Named Editor of OC Weekly
Gustavo Arellano will take over for Ted Kissell, who announced his resignation earlier today.
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AAN |
11-28-2011 7:15 pm |
Industry News
The Media Oxpecker: While You Were Out
A quick recap of digital advertising news you might have missed last week, including the Groupon offer that spawned 102,000 cupcake orders.
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AAN |
11-28-2011 11:00 am |
Media Roundup
DEA Quotes Seattle Weekly Marijuana Review in Search Warrantnew
The affidavit also mentions dispensary ads that ran in both Seattle Weekly and The Stranger.
Seattle Weekly |
11-18-2011 4:01 pm |
Legal News
