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Former Sheriff Dogged by OC Weekly Sentenced to 66 Months in Prisonnew
OC Weekly |
05-05-2009 2:23 pm |
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Is The Onion Ending its LA and San Francisco Print Editions?new
Gawker |
05-05-2009 11:56 am |
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Veteran Boston Phoenix Editor to Leave May 29
Last week, the Boston Phoenix's parent company announced it was cutting salaries across the board and laying off six employees. Turns out one of those being laid off is special to AAN: Phoenix senior managing editor and former AAN president Clif Garboden. "This place has given me the opportunity -- on the job, and in AAN -- to work with hundreds of intelligent and committed people you'd never encounter in the real world," he says. "Many of them were also crazy, of course, but that can have its charms."
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AAN News |
05-04-2009 1:15 pm |
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Forecast: Mobile Remains One of Fastest Growing Ad Mediumsnew
Online Media Daily |
05-04-2009 8:24 am |
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Alt-Weekly Petitions to Unseal Local Publisher's Divorce Recordsnew
Richard Mellon Scaife, the publisher of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, has been in the courts for the past few years battling a contentious divorce dispute with his wife. The case has been kept tightly under wraps, and Pittsburgh City Paper is asking a judge to open some of the records. "We're asking the court to release the decree sealing the case, so that we, and the public, can understand why even courtroom testimony in this case is under wraps," editor Chris Potter writes. The alt-weekly, which is being represented by the ACLU, is also asking a judge to open up the case's docket, "in order to keep abreast of future developments." The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that attorneys for Scaife and his wife don't want City Paper to obtain either, saying the request poses a risk to their client's privacy and safety. "As soon as they get it, it's going to end up in a newspaper," Scaife's lead attorney H. Yale Gutnick said in court.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
05-01-2009 9:35 am |
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Interactive Advertising Bureau Unveils Task Force to Review Ad Unitsnew
Online Media Daily |
05-01-2009 9:16 am |
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The Other Paper Parent Company Files for Bankruptcy Protectionnew
Texas-based American Community Newspapers has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection two years after purchasing the Columbus, Ohio, alt-weekly as well as other media properties in the area. The company says the filing will not affect its day-to-operations and that its newspapers and magazines will continue to publish.
Business First of Columbus |
04-29-2009 8:47 am |
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Forecast: Online Video Ad Market to Grow 32 Percent in '09new
Media Daily News |
04-28-2009 8:46 am |
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PHOTOS & AUDIO: Alt-Weeklies Invade Columbia J-School
On Thursday, April 16, members of AAN's Executive Committee participated in a panel discussion and reception at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in Manhattan. The panel covered topics ranging from reader demographics and the future of newspapers to what editors are looking for in new hires. For audio of dean Nicholas Lemann's introduction and the panel discussion, click here. (All photos by Rebecca Castillo.)
AAN |
04-27-2009 11:22 am |
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Study: Twitter Users Value Information More Than Sociabilitynew
Online Media Daily |
04-27-2009 11:52 am |
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Phoenix Media Tightens Beltnew
The Boston Phoenix and its sister publications are the latest alt-weeklies to cut expenses as the media industry struggles through the recession. The parent company laid off six employees, suspended its 401K matches and cut salaries across the board, with the highest-paid employees giving up considerably more than the lowest.
Boston Phoenix |
04-24-2009 3:25 pm |
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How Does Twitter Fit Into an Alt-Weekly Writer's Arsenal?new
Communications consultant Michael Stoner spoke with Seven Days political columnist Shay Totten after following Totten's work during the same-sex marriage debate in Vermont. "There are always aspects of a story that can't be easily told in 140-character bursts," Totten says. "Tweets are components of a narrative, not the complete narrative. While I try to provide context while I live-Twitter, it's more appropriate to provide such contexts in a long form."
mStonerblog.com |
04-24-2009 8:56 am |
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L.A. Weekly and OC Weekly Circulation Director Diesnew
Mike Menza, who had been at the L.A. Weekly for more than 19 years, died on Tuesday after battling cancer. "Menza led a tireless staff in one of publishing's crucial but little-known fields, one requiring physical stamina, intimate demographic intelligence and a head for quick calculation," the Weekly's Steven Mikulan writes. "Mike was our secret weapon," Weekly editor-in-chief Laurie Ochoa says. "One of the big reasons we're still alive and kicking, even [in] this economy, is Mike's genius at knowing exactly where we need to be on the streets -- and how to keep readers hungry for the paper."
L.A. Weekly |
04-23-2009 9:53 am |
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Village Voice's Wayne Barrett Channels Mike Bloomberg at Forumnew
The Daily News |
04-23-2009 8:13 am |
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Ted Rall Loses Job at United Medianew
His position for the syndicate -- editor of acquisitions and development -- has been eliminated. Over the past few years, Rall had successfully brought several alt-cartoonists into the fold at United, including Keith Knight ("The Knight Life") and the Weekly Dig's Tak Toyoshima ("Secret Asian Man"). Rall, who had held the acquisitions job since 2006, says he will still be drawing comics and writing columns for United.
Rall.com |
04-22-2009 12:18 pm |
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