AAN News
OC Weekly Staffer in New Feature Filmnew
Luke Y. Thompson has a role in Wicked Lake, a horror film premiering this weekend in Hollywood. According to IMDB's roll call of cast members, Thompson plays "Half-Idiot." The film was written by Adam Rockoff, directed by Zach Passero, and features music by Ministry frontman Al Jourgensen.
OC Weekly |
04-25-2008 8:39 am |
Industry News
Metro Pulse Story Leads to Gay Athlete's Induction to Hall of Famenew
Jackie Walker, a Knoxville-area high school football star and all-American linebacker at Tennessee in 1970-71, will be posthumously inducted into the Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame July 17. "The city and the university were reminded of his distinguished career last fall," the New York Times reports, after an article in Metro Pulse "introduced Walker to a new audience and asked a pointed question: Had his sexual orientation denied him Hall of Fame recognition?" Metro Pulse editor Coury Turczyn tells AAN News that the original piece, by Betty Bean, "most definitely put things in motion," adding that "several of the interview subjects were made aware of the issue in the process of being asked about it," including people "who nominate athletes for
various halls of fame." Read more on Walker's induction from Metro Pulse.
The New York Times | Metro Pulse |
04-24-2008 12:26 pm |
Industry News
L.A. Weekly Eliminates #2 Editor Positionnew
Deputy editor Joe Donnelly's position was cut by Village Voice Media, LA Observed reports. "I can tell you that Joe Donnelly was one of the reasons the L.A. Weekly has been so strong over the past few years," Weekly editor Laurie Ochoa says. "The good news is that Joe plans on doing a lot more writing, much of which we plan to publish. He's been the guiding force behind so many books through the years -- I think it's time he writes his own book." According to LA Observed, Donnelly will do just that -- he plans on writing a novel. Also, longtime copy editor Sheila Beaumont, who has worked at the paper for 26 years, has retired rather than make the commute to Culver City, where the Weekly is moving next week.
LA Observed |
04-24-2008 10:52 am |
Industry News
Study: Print Ads Drive Online Traffic and Consumer Purchasingnew
Consumers frequently combine newspapers and the internet to research products and make purchases, according to new research by Clark, Martire & Bartolomeo, which was commissioned by Google. "According to the study, among people who research products and services after seeing them advertised in newspapers, two-thirds (67 percent) use the internet to find more information," the Newspaper Association of America says in a release. "Of that group, nearly 70 percent of consumers actually make a purchase following their additional research."
Newspaper Association of America Press Release |
04-24-2008 8:59 am |
Industry News
Phoenix New Times Account Exec. Wins $1 Million in Rafflenew
Ted Myers learned earlier this month that he was the grand prize winner for the Health & Wealth Raffle and would be awarded a home, a 2008 Mercedes and $100,000 -- a total package valued at more than $1 million, the Arizona Republic reports. Myers, a 22-year-old recent college grad who lives with his parents, must now choose between accepting the house and the car or taking the cash equivalent by Thursday. He's leaning towards the cash, in part to help his band record its first full-length. "I don't think I could afford to live in the house," he says. "I don't think I could afford the electric bill or have the furniture to put in it."
The Arizona Republic |
04-22-2008 12:06 pm |
Industry News
Artvoice's New HQ Nearing Completionnew
The Buffalo, N.Y., weekly is in the midst of a four-year rehab of an 103-year-old building which has had enough "twists and turns to fill an opera," publisher Jamie Moses tells the Buffalo News. Moses bought the E.B. Green-designed building from the city for $10,000, and he's put close to $1 million into improvements. "It's a messy conversion," says Moses, who originally budgeted around $350,000 for the renovations. "We ran into things we didn't expect, and we're adding work, so it's not the same project we planned." Artvoice should (finally) be in its new home by the end of the year.
The Buffalo News |
04-22-2008 9:31 am |
Industry News
VVM Websites' Traffic in March Up 139 Percent Over Last Yearnew
Editor & Publisher |
04-22-2008 9:40 am |
Industry News
Slowing Economy Might Be Changing Where Online Ad Dollars Are Spentnew
The New York Times |
04-21-2008 9:25 am |
Industry News
Palo Alto Weekly Launches New Real Estate Websitenew
Palo Alto Weekly |
04-21-2008 9:22 am |
Industry News
Bruce Spotleson Takes Over as Las Vegas Weekly Publishernew
He replaces Pat Kelly, publisher for the past six years, who "traded our local glitz for a beachcomber's life in Mexico," according to the Weekly. Spotleson, who helped launch the Weekly in 1998, has also worked on the editorial side within the New Times chain. There have been other moves in the paper's offices recently. Sales manager Nelson Oshita is now associate publisher, and the paper picked up two new staffers from Las Vegas Life: managing editor Ken Miller and associate editor T.R. Witcher.
Las Vegas Weekly |
04-18-2008 12:16 pm |
Industry News
Serialized Comic in The Coast Leads to Booknew
"Hall of Best Knowledge is several things rolled into one: a bizarre self-help book; an eccentric college text; a guide to life from the unlikeliest of guides. It's hard to categorize (typographical novel? graphic metafiction?), even harder to explain," the National Post reports. The book's creator, Halifax-based graphic designer and artist Ray Fenwick, says the book was originally serialized in the The Coast after being rejected by other newspapers. "They were able to look past its weirdness," he says. The book is available now from Fantagraphics.
The National Post |
04-17-2008 8:55 am |
Industry News
Report: Online Video Views Up 66 Percent from Last Yearnew
AP via the Washington Post |
04-17-2008 2:53 pm |
Industry News
Sophisticated Tracking of Web Video Gives Marketers a New Edgenew
The Washington Post |
04-17-2008 2:52 pm |
Industry News
Some Hartford Advocate Staffers Laid Off 'Due to Belt Tightening'new
Valley Advocate |
04-17-2008 2:22 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Management
Pearlstein: Dailies Facing Declining Margins, Must Consolidatenew
The Washington Post |
04-16-2008 10:18 am |
Industry News
Tags: Management
