AAN News
Those Who Work to Exonerate Prisoners Lament Newsroom Cutsnew
The New York Times |
05-21-2009 8:33 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Management
Ben Eason Sees Opportunity in Chapter 11 Protectionnew
The Creative Loafing CEO tells Editor & Publisher that bankruptcy has given the six-paper chain the opportunity to speed its transformation to digital publishing and to cut its costs. He says that his staff is spending 90 percent of its energy on the web and the other 10 percent on print -- which would be impossible without bankruptcy. "Everyone in the business knows print pays the bills, but most folks don't understand that digital contributes to the profits," he says. In a pre-Chapter 11 company, "the profit expectation baked into the capital structure is entirely based on maintenance of historical print profit margins." Eason also says he expects CL to emerge from bankruptcy this summer.
Editor & Publisher |
05-20-2009 9:19 am |
Industry News
Recession's Latest Victim: Hipsters?new
Matt Singer, formerly a staffer at the Ventura County Reporter, moved up the coast to Portland in October with hopes of landing another alt-weekly editorial gig. The Wall Street Journal reports that Singer's quest has been less-than-successful, and uses that anecdote as a springboard into a piece that details how cities like Portland are dealing with a continual influx of hipsters and fewer and fewer jobs. (A story BusinessInsider.com summarized as: "Hipsters In Portland Can't Get Jobs Writing For Alt-Weekly Newspapers.") Willamette Week gets a shout-out in the story as well, for its new "Restaurant Apocalypse" column, which keeps track of the city's myriad restaurant closings.
Wall Street Journal |
05-19-2009 9:43 am |
Industry News
Another Fort Collins Weekly Closes its Doorsnew
Fort Collins Now is publishing its final issue this week, the Coloradoan reports. The paper was founded in 2003 as Fort Collins Weekly by AAN veterans Joel Dyer and Greg Campbell and sold to Nevada-based Swift Communications in 2007, which changed the name to Fort Collins Now. After the ownership change, Dyer and Campbell both remained involved with the paper, although they took on lesser roles. "It was clear that we have given Fort Collins Now a good length of time to see if it could turn a profit. It was really clear it wasn't happening," Campbell says. "It seems like the opportunity with Swift sort of delayed the inevitable." The weekly becomes the latest alt-style paper to close down in Fort Collins. In 2006, the AAN member Rocky Mountain Bullhorn ceased publication, and in 2008 the Rocky Mountain Chronicle did the same.
The Coloradoan |
05-19-2009 9:18 am |
Industry News
Tags: Management
Interactive Advertising Bureau Issues Social Advertising Guidelinesnew
Online Media Daily |
05-19-2009 9:29 am |
Industry News
LEO Weekly Reporter Assaulted, Files Chargesnew
Jonathan Meador, a freelancer for the Louisville alt-weekly, was covering a local Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner last week when he was assaulted by local businessman and GOP activist J.D. Sparks, who was apparently trying to get the reporter to stop videotaping the event. Meador will pursue charges of fourth-degree assault and menacing, both misdemeanors, against Sparks.
LEO Weekly |
05-18-2009 1:11 pm |
Industry News
Former OC Weekly Staffer and AAN Diversity Intern Diesnew
On Friday, Nguyen Huy Vu's family decided to take the 34-year-old reporter off artificial life support following a Mother's Day heart attack that had left him brain dead, OC Weekly reports. In 2001, Vu was one of the first two journalists to receive an internship under AAN's Diversity Grant Program. MORE: A number of current and former Weekly staffers remember Vu fondly in the comments of this blog post.
OC Weekly |
05-18-2009 8:48 am |
Industry News
Study: More Than Half Of Mobile Users Getting Contentnew
Online Media Daily |
05-18-2009 12:12 pm |
Industry News
Newspapers No Longer Dominate Journalism Fellowshipsnew
The New York Times |
05-18-2009 8:52 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Management
Charleston City Paper Launches Redesigned Websitenew
Charleston City Paper |
05-18-2009 8:25 am |
Industry News
The Stranger Runs Photo That Got Photographer Arrestednew
Last Friday Seattle police arrested a 29-year-old man and banned him from a REI store after he used his phone to photograph two security guards who were servicing an ATM inside the store. The Stranger put the photo on the cover of this week's issue, and has a story on the controversy.
Photo District News |
05-15-2009 1:58 pm |
Industry News
Will the New York Times' Next Food Critic Come from an Alt-Weekly?new
When the Times announced this week that it was moving food critic Frank Bruni to a new assignment writing for the Times Magazine, foodies immediately began speculating as to whom the paper would replace him with. The Associated Press says LA Weekly's Pulitzer-winning critic Jonathan Gold is one of the "obvious contenders," while Eater has him as a "dark horse," with 250-1 odds. Eater also pegs Village Voice critic Robert Sietsema an "underdog," giving him 1000-1 odds. Meanwhile, the Times staffer who will lead the search says she hasn't started thinking about who will be named for what the AP calls "what's widely considered the most important restaurant critic job in the country."
The Associated Press | Eater |
05-15-2009 9:41 am |
Industry News
Seven Days Starts News-Sharing Partnership With Local TV Stationnew
The Burlington, Vt., alt-weekly has entered into a content-sharing agreement with WPTZ NewsChannel 5. As part of this agreement, Seven Days contributors will appear twice a week during the station's 11 pm newscast. Elements of Shay Totten's political column will appear on Tuesday nights, in advance of the Seven Days' Wednesday distribution, and on Thursdays, music editor Dan Bolles will recommend upcoming events from "Notes on the Weekend," the paper's email newsletter.
Vermont Business Magazine (scroll to bottom of article) |
05-15-2009 8:45 am |
Industry News
Theater Chain Says Moviegoers Use Web for Infonew
Reuters |
05-14-2009 2:52 pm |
Industry News
Newspaper Industry Lost About $18.7B from 2006-2008new
Media Daily News |
05-14-2009 11:42 am |
Industry News
Tags: Financial, Management
