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Tom Tomorrow Works With Pearl Jam on Cover Artnew
This Modern World |
06-04-2009 8:49 am |
Industry News
Former Dallas Observer Editor's Book is Outnew
Julie Lyons, the evangelical Christian who stepped down as Observer editor in late 2007, has written a book on her religious transformation. Holy Roller was released yesterday by WaterBrook Press, a subsidiary of Random House. In an interview with Beliefnet, Lyons, who wrote a popular and at-times controversial "Bible Girl" column for the alt-weekly, talks about the book and what she's been up to since leaving the Observer. Besides writing, she says she's spent more time in ministry. "I go door to door in the streets of South Dallas with an evangelism team," she says. "We're out there to win souls for Jesus, plain and simple."
Dallas Observer | Beliefnet |
06-03-2009 9:09 am |
Industry News
Nielsen Online: Time Spent on Social Networks Doubles in a Yearnew
PC World |
06-03-2009 10:30 am |
Industry News
Tags: Electronic Publishing, Management
Study: Online Video Usage Dramatically Overstatednew
Online Media Daily |
06-03-2009 9:20 am |
Industry News
Tags: Electronic Publishing, Management
Is Craigslist's New Adult Ad Policy Helping Alt-Weeklies?new
Washington City Paper classified manager Heather McAndrews says that in the first week of May, adult ads were up 38 percent over the same time last year; City Pages publisher Mark Bartel says adult ads there have "almost doubled;" and SF Weekly's adult ad count has jumped from 160 before Craigslist's new policy went into effect to 910 last week. One woman who advertises in both City Paper and Craigslist tells the alt-weekly that Craigslist's "standard is no good because you cannot really describe who you are."
Washington City Paper |
06-02-2009 3:25 pm |
Industry News
Ad Agencies Use Instantaneous Data to Adjust Online Strategiesnew
The increasing amount of data available about online advertising is leading marketers to turn to data mavens to tweak campaigns based on what is and isn't working, the New York Times reports. Agencies can also use web ads to test out different themes, phrases and imagery before investing in old media ad buys, which are much more expensive. "It's nice to be able to tell your brand manager or the chief marketing officer which audience is interacting with the unit, what time of day, what day of the week, and what the response is on certain types of offers," Varick Media Management president Darren Herman says. "Before, nobody could really tell you that."
The New York Times |
06-02-2009 8:55 am |
Industry News
L.A. Weekly Parts Ways with Editornew
The Weekly announced yesterday that it is actively seeking a replacement for Laurie Ochoa, who has been the paper's editor in chief since 2001.
L.A. Weekly |
06-02-2009 8:35 am |
Industry News
MediaNews Group Starting Test of Home-Printed Newsnew
Editor & Publisher |
05-29-2009 1:08 pm |
Industry News
Metro Santa Cruz Adopts New Name and Design
The paper changed its name to Santa Cruz Weekly earlier this month because "the metropolitan flavor of the name never fit well with the character of Santa Cruz." Plus they were tired of being mistaken for the bus company. "At a transformative moment in the publishing industry, we've adopted a decidedly newspaper-y name to express our optimism about weekly print," wrote editor Traci Hukill and executive editor Dan Pulcrano in a note announcing the change to readers.
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Santa Cruz Weekly |
05-28-2009 11:37 am |
Industry News
Chico News & Review Launches Monthly Business Publicationnew
The publication will spotlight a different segment of the local economy each month, and its title will change accordingly. The inaugural issue is Shop Local; Stay Local, Dine Local and Eat Local are among the subsequent issues being planned. "Community spirit runs high where the CN&R is read. Neighbors support neighbors," editor Evan Tuchinsky writes. "The Shop Local movement is an extension of that spirit, something the News & Review wants to encourage."
Chico News & Review |
05-28-2009 8:58 am |
Industry News
Tags: Management, Chico News & Review
Number of Adults Using Online Classifieds Has More than Doubled Since 2005new
Pew Internet & American Life Project |
05-27-2009 8:54 am |
Industry News
Two Tech Firms Build Tools to Protect Content from Digital Thievesnew
Two new tools "could potentially reshape how content is distributed and monetized on the web," Forbes reports. Scribd Store, from the company Scribd, uses a secure widget to help publishers control who is redistributing their content and keep bloggers and others from posting the raw text of an article. Meanwhile, the start-up Attributor asks publishers to upload all their content into the company's servers, which then search the web for the same strings of words.
Forbes |
05-26-2009 9:59 am |
Industry News
Police Chief Calls L.A. Weekly Story 'Voodoo Reporting'new
Appearing on a local radio show this week, Los Angeles Police Department chief Bill Bratton went after a recent Weekly cover story that questioned his department's use of crime statistics -- especially Bratton's assurances that crime levels are on par with L.A.'s in 1956. As the chief and radio host segued out of a discussion on drug laws, Bratton cracked, "I think they were smoking a little weed when they wrote that article." He claimed the article was part of a vendetta the Weekly has against Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and added that he stood by the department's numbers. "It's kind of voodoo reporting," he said of the story.
L.A. Weekly |
05-22-2009 11:09 am |
Industry News
Westword Gets Minor Faceliftnew
The Denver alt-weekly debuted a new look this week, with a glossy cover and staples. Westword editor Patricia Calhoun tells Face the State that the new format pushes the paper's deadline back a day because it takes more production time, and that it costs a little more. But that added cost gets offset by the higher rates the paper can charge to run ads on the glossy stock. "It all evens out pretty quickly," Calhoun says.
Face the State |
05-22-2009 8:11 am |
Industry News
40 Percent of VVM's Web Traffic Comes from its Blogsnew
Village Voice Media new media director Bill Jensen says 40 percent of the company's pageviews are coming from the blogs on the newspapers' sites, up from 20 percent a year ago. He also tells TechCrunch VVM is on track to bring in $20 million in online revenues this year, nearly double from 2008. This figure, however, still represents barely more than 10 percent of VVM's revenues.
TechCrunch |
05-21-2009 8:28 am |
Industry News
