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Al Gore's $100M Climate Ad Blitznew

CNN Money  |  10-12-2007  11:22 am  |  Industry News

Yahoo Real Estate Chief Discusses Partnerships, Consumer Behaviornew

Inman Real Estate News (video)  |  10-12-2007  10:57 am  |  Industry News

Bay Guardian Joins Group to Continue Slain Journalist's Worknew

The San Francisco Bay Guardian has signed on to the Chauncey Bailey Project, which will continue the investigative reporting the Oakland Post editor was pursuing when he was murdered a few months ago, Editor & Publisher reports. More than two dozen Bay Area journalists and organizations are taking part. "A group of us agreed to put aside competitive rivalries and work together to send a crucial message: that you can't kill a journalist with impunity," Guardian executive editor Tim Redmond tells AAN News. "The combined weight and resources of our community will come down on you and push until all the facts are out and everyone involved has been brought to justice."
Editor & Publisher  |  10-11-2007  2:39 pm  |  Industry News

Dennis Lindsay, Willamette Week's First Investor, Diesnew

"Over the years, Willamette Week (now owned by the paper's editor and publisher) has benefited from the great generosity of many Portlanders and has been blessed by lots of luck," writes publisher Richard Meeker. "No outsider did more for us than Dennis Lindsay, a local lawyer who died Oct. 2 of complications from a stroke." Lindsay's donation of $6,000 gave founder Ron Buel the financial confidence to start the paper in 1974. Lindsay's law firm also served as general counsel for the paper from 1974 until the early '80s, and he was the first chair of the paper's board of directors.
Willamette Week  |  10-11-2007  8:22 am  |  Industry News

National Advertisers Behind the Digital Timesnew

Wall Street Journal (sub. req.)  |  10-11-2007  12:50 pm  |  Industry News

East Bay Express Reaches Out to Graffiti Artists

Taking a cue from friends at the Sacramento News & Review, last month the Express launched "Urban Express-ions," a project that hopes to "pre-graffiti" distribution boxes by inviting local artists to adorn them with spray paint. The paper put out a call for artists, held a "painting day" in it's parking lot, and then displayed the results in a prominent Oakland gallery before putting the news boxes back on the street. "Instead of being blighted, we want these to be community art," says publisher Jody Colley, who spoke to AAN News with account manager Mary Younkin about the project. "We have new ownership at the Express and we really want to connect to the artist community more than we have in the past. This is kind of our first project doing that."
BONUS: Check out a video of the painting day below.
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AAN News  |  10-10-2007  12:11 pm  |  Industry News

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