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Opinion: Online Video Will Help Dailies Capture Younger Audiencenew
Online Video Insider |
08-27-2007 12:55 pm |
Industry News
Southside Johnny on 'Between the Lines'new
In an interview with the Courier Post, the longtime singer and leader of the
Asbury Jukes recalls his band's performance in Joan Micklin Silver's 1977 movie about a fledgling alternative weekly in Boston. According to Johnny,
Jeff Goldblum, Bruno Kirby and the other then-unknown actors watched the
Jukes' performance and said, "'Wow, I wish I was in a rock 'n' roll band.'
And we're sittin' there watchin' them thinkin', 'Wow, we wish we were big
star actors.'"
The Courier Post |
08-24-2007 12:36 pm |
Industry News
Did a Lawsuit Help Force the Chicago Reader Sale?new
"It would be overstating it to say [it] forced the sale, but it certainly encouraged it," a former owner of the Chicago Reader tells Michael Miner. The suit in question was filed by co-founder and 19.1 percent stockholder Tom Rehwaldt against the remaining owners, and it charged that they had "taken steps to depress the value of the stock" in anticipation of a sale or merger for less than fair value, all with the purpose of pushing Rehwaldt out of the ownership picture, a charge one former owner called "completely bogus." This lawsuit, filed in December 2006, was the second that Rehwaldt filed against the other owners -- a 1988 suit came after he was fired from his position as operations director and alleged oppression, waste, and mismanagement. It was settled in 1991. "It was one of the things that made the future look bleak," a former owner says of the lawsuit. "At a time when we were supposed to be turning the company around, we'd be spending our money on legal fees. ... The sale was one of the things that would make it all go away and get [Rehwaldt] out of our lives forever."
Chicago Reader |
08-24-2007 7:51 am |
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Daily Newspaper Web Editors Discuss Online Flops and Failuresnew
Editor & Publisher |
08-24-2007 10:25 am |
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San Diego Reader Launches Real Estate Portal with HouseRebate.comnew
BusinessWire (press release) |
08-24-2007 9:24 am |
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Tags: Classified Advertising
Former New Haven Advocate Editor Launches Book Reviewnew
"We'll be excited if people just read it," Mark Oppenheimer says about the debut issue of The New Haven Review of Books. The publication's 300 copies are available only at a local bookstore, given away free with a purchase, but all of the contents are also available free online, Business New Haven reports. Oppenheimer leans on Connecticut alt-weekly colleagues in the inaugural issue: it features work by former Advocate scribe Paul Bass and Fairfield County Weekly editor Tom Gogola. "We have no funding, which is by design," Oppenheimer says, noting that he's currently looking for a sponsor to cover the printing costs of a next issue. "I wanted to do something that was very independent, very do-it-yourself."
Business New Haven |
08-23-2007 8:43 am |
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Tags: New Haven Advocate
How to Explain Social Media to Small Local Businessesnew
Small Business Trends |
08-23-2007 9:21 am |
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Facebook to Mine User Profiles for Ad Targetingnew
Wall Street Journal |
08-23-2007 9:11 am |
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Witch Hazel Targets Gen Xnew
Brandweek |
08-23-2007 8:58 am |
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Tags: Marketing, Retail Advertising
Consumer Study Suggests Ads Perform Better in Traditional Medianew
Media Daily News |
08-23-2007 8:49 am |
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'Dilbert' Creator Gives Seattle Weekly Cartoonist a Makeovernew
On the Dilbert blog, Scott Adams has been suggesting ways that Scott Meyer's comic "Basic Instructions" might be made ripe for daily-newspaper syndication, Seattle Weekly reports. The strip currently runs only in the Weekly and on Meyer's website. The readers of Adam's blog have been serving as the focus group as Meyer has tried the various tweaks proposed. "I'm keeping an open mind and giving a shot to anything he suggests," Meyer tells the Weekly.
Seattle Weekly |
08-22-2007 1:13 pm |
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Former City Pages Editor to Launch 'Web-only Local Publication'new
Steve Perry, who left the paper earlier this year, tells the Minnesota Monitor that his new project is "a professional journalism site, but it's just as importantly conceived to be a community-and-conversations site." Though he won't reveal the site's name yet, it's set to launch in October or November. He says he's pulling inspiration from sites as diverse as The Stranger's, the Gothamist chain of city sites, and the Gawker Media sites. "I love the idea of building a forum that wantonly blurs the lines between 'professional' and 'amateur' voices wherever appropriate," Perry says. "After we started blogging extensively at City Pages, I was struck by how much I learned from the comments and correspondence it generated."
Minnesota Monitor |
08-22-2007 8:31 am |
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Advertisers: Web Market Research Still Not Accuratenew
Fortune via CNN |
08-22-2007 10:59 am |
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Alt-Weekly Editor Releases His First Marvel Comicnew
Philadelphia City Paper editor and crime novelist Duane Swierczynski has teamed up with artist Jefte Paolo for "Moon Knight Annual" #1, which is set for release by Marvel this November. He tells Comic Book Resources that the book originated with fellow crime writer Ed Brubaker asking him if he ever wanted to get into writing comics. "That was like asking Lindsay Lohan, 'Hey would you ever want to get high and go driving?' Of course I wanted to write for comics," he says. "Consider me a silly happy bastard," Swierczynski writes on his blog. "It's not often a 25-year-old dream comes true."
Comic Book Resources |
08-21-2007 11:44 am |
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Creative Loafing CEO on New Papers: 'Why Would You Change Anything?'new
Responding to fears that out-of-town owners will change the ethos of the Chicago Reader and Washington City Paper, Ben Eason tells the St. Petersburg Times that he doesn't want to make any major changes, because the papers "are already at the top of their game." He says his goal with the new six-paper chain is to create "a national platform, national quality technology, that features local content." Creative Loafing also doesn't "have a mandate to share editorial," according to Eason. "If you put your efficiency hat on, could one film reviewer do the same job for everybody? Perhaps, but that connection to film and the local community is something I'm proud of."
St. Petersburg Times |
08-21-2007 8:42 am |
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