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How to Make Print and Online Ads That Engagenew
Advertising Age |
05-25-2007 10:14 am |
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Internet Ad Revenue Up 35%new
Advertising Age |
05-25-2007 10:13 am |
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Google's Feedburner Grab Would Impact Personalized Search, Analyticsnew
Online Media Daily |
05-25-2007 10:01 am |
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Weekly Dig Story Forces Resignation of Boston Pride Officialnew
Yesterday, the Dig revealed that Boston Pride Committee fundraising chair Bill Berggren has a criminal record and is a convicted sex offender. Later in the day, Berggren stepped down from the committee. "My resignation comes in the wake of a malicious attempt to bring my personal life into the public sphere," Berggren writes in his resignation letter. "This has precipitated a hasty judgment from some members of the community, and I anticipate the enemies of Pride will seize this opportunity to attack the organization. In order to protect Boston Pride from unnecessary attacks two weeks before Pride Week, I am quickly stepping aside."
Bay Windows |
05-24-2007 3:08 pm |
Industry News
Former Boise Weekly Owner & Editor Heads to the Anchorage Pressnew
Bingo Barnes will take over as publisher of the free weekly paper "almost immediately," Boise Weekly reports. "It's a good paper, and there is room for improvement," Barnes says. The Press was bought last year by Wick Communications, which also owns AAN member Tucson Weekly. Barnes, who was at Boise Weekly for about five years, also served on AAN's Board of Directors from 2005 to 2006.
Boise Weekly |
05-24-2007 12:19 pm |
Industry News
Alt-Weekly Reporter Wrongly ID'd as Telephone Harrassernew
In a bizarre case of technological misinformation, last week a blog reported that Dallas Observer reporter Matt Pulle was identified in a sheriff's report as a suspected telephone harrasser. A source for the reporter's work on the embattled Constable Mike Dupree had mistakenly given Pulle's number to the authorities after receiving harrassing phone messages. When confronted with Pulle's phone records, though, the blogger amended his post. In an attempt to get Pulle's name out of the sheriff's report, a Village Voice Media attorney wrote the sheriff's office, and they are reopening the case to find out who may have actually made the calls.
Dallas Observer |
05-24-2007 9:34 am |
Industry News
New Zagat Guide Rates Chainsnew
Advertising Age |
05-24-2007 10:49 am |
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Tags: Marketing, Retail Advertising
Media Audit: Local TV Websites Gaining on Local Daily Newspaper Sitesnew
Center for Media Research |
05-24-2007 10:45 am |
Industry News
Newspapers Continue to Struggle With How to Make Money Onlinenew
As advertising revenues for many print products stagnate or worse, most publishers are seeing enormous growth in online ad revenue. That's the good news. But as Editor & Publisher notes, many papers are grappling with how to grow online revenue quickly enough to replace lost print sales. The three big issues yet to be resolved in the digital transition, as seen by E&P, are that there is no "universally accepted norm" for audience measurement; behavioral targeting is still a fledgling practice; and "experiments in paid content are so few, and far from resounding successes."
Editor & Publisher |
05-23-2007 11:11 am |
Industry News
More Details Reported About East Bay Express Deal
As the dust settles from Village Voice Media's sale of the Express to a consortium of independent owners, a clearer picture of the new paper is emerging. The Berkeley Daily Planet reports that former Pitch Weekly publisher Hal Brody is the paper's majority owner, with 51 percent of the stock. Brody tells the Bay Guardian that, in addition to himself, editor Stephen Buel and Monterey County Weekly's Bradley Zeve, there are three out-of-town investors in the paper. He also says that the Express' joint ad sales agreement with VVM's SF Weekly will continue "indefinitely," and that the paper will continue to be represented in national ad sales by Ruxton. Meanwhile, Buel tells the Daily Planet that VVM "doesn't do well in places with competition." He adds: "If you look at the paper in the past year or so, you will see that it has gotten a lot thinner ... they didn't do well here." Buel also says that while the Express remains a defendant in the Bay Guardian's predatory pricing lawsuit, VVM agreed to assume all responsibility for the litigation. Finally, Buel writes on the Express' blog that more changes are afoot: a 5,000 bump in circulation and a tightening of the distribution area. He says the new owners also plan to address "changes to the format and design of the newspaper [that] made it a far less hospitable home for small advertisers, and placed limits on our community news coverage."
Berkeley Daily Planet | San Francisco Bay Guardian |
05-23-2007 8:57 am |
Industry News
Americans Spend Half Their Spare Time Onlinenew
Center for Media Research |
05-23-2007 12:25 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Electronic Publishing, Marketing
How Long Tail Economics Will Improve Web Analyticsnew
iMedia Connections |
05-23-2007 11:41 am |
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Young Adults Still Read Hard-Copy Magazinesnew
eMarketer |
05-23-2007 11:37 am |
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Nashville Scene Editor Talks Fred Thompson, Alt-Weeklies in Chatnew
In a live chat yesterday, Liz Garrigan discussed her recent Washington Post piece on Fred Thompson's presidential chances and briefly highlighted two elements of alt-weekly journalism. After she said Al Gore won't enter the 2008 race because "he's got swimming pools to heat," a reader complained about Garrigan's off-hand remark. "Snarky asides help to pay my bills," she replied. Later, when a reader asked if she "might want to at least appear objective," Garrigan took the question head-on. "Part of what distinguishes alt-weeklies from mainstream media is that we don't peddle objectivity (or even think it's possible)," she said. "We do value fairness and balance but in the context of point of view. But that's another chat."
The Washington Post |
05-22-2007 8:37 am |
Industry News
Chrysler's Ad Future: Online and 'Very Prudent'new
New York Post |
05-22-2007 3:31 pm |
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