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Matt Groening on His Alt-Weekly Rootsnew
Despite having drawn a weekly "Life is Hell" cartoon for L.A. Weekly for 20-plus years, The Simpsons creator says he's never set foot in the paper's office. "I'm sure very nice people work there, but here's the thing: I used to work at the [Los Angeles] Reader, and I noticed ... that people go crazy," he says in a wide-ranging L.A. Weekly profile. Groening then recounts how, after working for the Reader as a proofreader, paste-up artist, editor, critic and columnist, they fired him for selling his comic strip to Pasadena Weekly for $10 a week. "All I know is that the last time I showed up at a newspaper office, I got fired," Groening says.
L.A. Weekly |
07-23-2007 8:32 am |
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Podcasters Unite to Figure Out a Role for Adsnew
The New York Times |
07-23-2007 10:39 am |
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New Consumer Targets: Karma Queens, Geek Gods and Innerpreneursnew
Advertising Age |
07-23-2007 10:14 am |
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Major Marketers Turning to Web Ad Networksnew
Mediaweek |
07-23-2007 10:07 am |
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The Importance of Email Designnew
iMedia Connection |
07-23-2007 9:48 am |
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Tags: Design & Production, Marketing
Study: Radio Listeners Buy Less Musicnew
New York Times |
07-23-2007 8:50 am |
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Tags: Retail Advertising
Matt Coker: Gustavo Arellano's Fame 'Doesn't Surprise Me a Lick'new
The former executive editor of OC Weekly recalls the days when, helped along by a 2002 AAN Diversity Grant, the man who'd become "The Mexican" got his start at the Weekly. "'That kid is going to be more famous than any of us some day,'" Coker, who now edits Sacramento News & Review, remembers thinking. "What did surprise me was how quickly some day came." He says Arellano's transition to "national media spokesman on all-things-Latino" was partly a function of timing ("¡Ask a Mexican!" started getting more attention as the immigration debate heated up), but also
of "a lot of shameless self promotion. Not only is Arellano the most shameless of the shameless self promoters I have ever known in this business, he also is the most self-aware of his own shamelessness, which I find kind of cute." Apparently, not everyone at OC Weekly agreed with Coker: he reports that there was plenty of jealousy of Arellano's fame -- and his six-figure book deal -- in the newsroom as well.
Sacramento News & Review |
07-20-2007 3:42 pm |
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It's Musical Chairs at SoCal Alt-Weekliesnew
Former L.A. Weekly news editor Alan Mittelstaedt joined Los Angeles CityBeat yesterday as news editor, replacing Dean Kuipers, who moved to the Los Angeles Times. A little further down the coast, Rich Kane, who left OC Weekly in 2005 and ended up as editor of Inland Empire Weekly (a paper started by ex-OC Weekly staffer Jeremy Zachary that was later acquired by LA CityBeat-parent Southland Publishing), returns to the Weekly Aug. 2 as its new managing editor. Replacing Kane at Inland Empire is Charles Mindenhall, a former L.A. Weekly staffer.
LA Observed | OC Weekly |
07-20-2007 9:13 am |
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Realogy Chief: Newspaper Ad Spend to Shrink By As Much As Two-Thirdsnew
The president of the largest real estate brokerage company and franchisor says that the Coldwell Banker and Century 21 branding budgets for newspapers will shrink by as much as two-thirds next year from 2006, Inman Real Estate News reports. Realogy intends to slash its newspaper advertising budget to 70 percent of its home-sale ad spend by 2010, down from 84 percent this year, as it shifts more ad dollars online. Borrell Associates has found that online real estate advertising grew from a $1.2 billion in 2004 to a $1.7 billion in 2005, and will grow to a $3.1 billion by 2010.
Inman Real Estate News |
07-20-2007 9:01 am |
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Tags: Classified Advertising, Management
Monterey County Weekly Editor Steps Downnew
Eric Johnson says he'll be leaving next month. "I feel sad to have to leave this newspaper," he says. "For the past six years, I've been proud to work with a team that tries every week to create something that can make a difference in people's lives. ... I'll miss almost everything about it, but it's time to go."
Monterey County Weekly |
07-20-2007 8:11 am |
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Ad Exchanges at a Glancenew
iMedia Connection |
07-20-2007 9:39 am |
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Columbia U. Study Questions the Basic Assumptions of Viral Marketingnew
Advertising Age |
07-20-2007 8:43 am |
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Real Estate Industry's Shift to Web Partly Explains Dailies' 2Q Woesnew
AP via Editor & Publisher |
07-20-2007 8:32 am |
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Tags: Classified Advertising, Management
Did a Chicago Reader Columnist Twist His Facts?new
That's what the suburban Northwest Herald is saying about Reader media critic Michael Miner's recent column criticizing a Herald TV ad. Editor & Publisher has the entire letter exchange between Chris Krug, group editor of the Herald's parent company; Reader editor Alison True; and Miner. E&P also has comments on the column from Andy Schotz, chairman of the Society of Professional Journalists' Ethics Committee and a source in Miner's story.
Editor & Publisher |
07-19-2007 3:46 pm |
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Washington City Paper's 'Crafty Crew' on the Origin of Crafty Bastardsnew
Kim Dorn, Sara Dick, and Liz Eckstein tell Nest in a Q&A that the idea for City Paper's annual craft fair, which celebrates its fourth anniversary this year, originated in the heart of the classifieds section. "Through our free ads, we create a community marketplace where people can sell goods and services directly to each other. ... We had been tossing around the idea of hosting a big citywide yard sale," they say. "In the spring of 2004, the indie craft movement was just getting its legs and we decided it made more sense to do an arts-focused event. ... [Publisher Amy Austin] is a huge supporter of the arts and theatre and pretty much gave us free reign."
Nest |
07-19-2007 12:06 pm |
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