AAN News
Congress Exempts Detainee Photos from FOIA, Passes Open FOIA Actnew
Sunshine in Government Initiative Press Release |
10-21-2009 10:51 am |
Press Releases
Tags: Editorial
Ted Haggard Confesses in This Week's Colorado Springs Independent
Ted Haggard Talks
About launching a new church, drug use, homosexuality and much more. (FULL STORY)
About launching a new church, drug use, homosexuality and much more. (FULL STORY)
Colorado Springs Independent Press Release |
10-01-2009 12:27 pm |
Press Releases
FOIA Should be Stronger, SGI Tells Senate
In spite of strong statements from the White House supporting open government, "the secrecy reflex at some agencies remains firmly in place," Associated Press president and CEO Tom Curley said in prepared remarks to a Senate panel examining the state of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) today. Curley, who was testifying on behalf of the Sunshine in Government Initiative, told the Senate Judiciary Committee that the Obama message to agencies to be more transparent whenever possible has not yet translated into big changes when federal agencies process FOIA requests.
(FULL STORY)
Sunshine in Government Initiative Press Release |
09-30-2009 11:47 am |
Press Releases
Tags: Editorial
Application Deadline for IRE's Philip Meyer Journalism Awards is Oct. 31new
Investigative Reporters and Editors |
09-28-2009 3:07 pm |
Press Releases
Tags: Editorial, Management
Competing Colorado Springs Papers Band Together for Endorsements
The alt-weekly Colorado Springs Independent has joined with the daily Colorado Springs Gazette to publish tandem endorsements regarding two upcoming ballot questions. "We have set aside our differences to graphically illustrate how important it is for citizens to vote this fall to ensure the short- and long-term health of the city we call home," Independent publisher John Weiss says. "Join with us to help save our city from a terrible -- yet still avoidable -- fate."
(FULL STORY)
Colorado Springs Independent Press Release |
09-10-2009 9:36 am |
Press Releases
Former, Current Owners of East Bay Express Resolve Differences
Eastbay Express Publishing LP, an entity controlled by former Express owner Village Voice Media, has reached a settlement with two of the paper's current owners to settle a suit VVM filed earlier this year. The suit alleged that Hal Brody and Express editor Stephen Buel still owed VVM $500,000 under the terms of the 2007 deal in which the paper was sold. Brody and VVM executive vice president Scott Spear say the parties have resolved that dispute and all other issues raised by the two parties in connection with the transaction. "We are pleased to have been able to reach an agreement satisfactory to both parties," Brody says in a statement. "It puts aside this distraction so we can all concentrate on running our daily business."
(FULL STORY)
Village Voice Media Press Release |
08-31-2009 4:47 pm |
Press Releases
It's Official: VVM is Selling Nashville Scene to SouthComm
Village Voice Media today confirmed the rumors that it is selling the Nashville Scene to SouthComm, Inc. VVM will also sell Nfocus magazine to the Nashville-based media company run by former Scene publisher Chris Ferrell. SouthComm also owns AAN member LEO Weekly. The deal is expected to close this Friday, and terms of the transaction are not being divulged. MORE: See SouthComm's statement on the transaction.
(FULL STORY)
Village Voice Media Press Release |
08-19-2009 12:14 pm |
Press Releases
Isthmus' Annual Manual Hits the Streets Aug. 20
Madison's Favorites -- Picked By Isthmus Readers!
(FULL STORY)
Isthmus Press Release |
08-19-2009 9:05 am |
Press Releases
East Bay Express' Best of the East Bay Party Entertains 10,000 People
East Bay Express Press Release |
08-18-2009 2:35 pm |
Press Releases
'Lynn Cullen Live' Radio Show Comes to Pittsburgh City Paper
Starts tomorrow and streaming live on pghcitypaper.com M-F, 10-11 am.
(FULL STORY)
Pittsburgh City Paper Press Release |
08-17-2009 10:34 am |
Press Releases
Get the Monkey Off Your Back With BeedFack
Avenews Conducting Biweekly Webinars on BeedFack Survey
Publishing System
(FULL STORY)
Avenews Press Release |
08-06-2009 2:11 pm |
Press Releases
Tags: Avenews Software Co.
San Diego Reader Releases Posthumous Book by Former Editor
The Reader this month published Judith Moore's A Bad, Bad Boy, which looks at the life of Frank Bompensiero, "the most feared mobster in Southern California for 30 years." Moore, who passed away in 2006, spent 10 years following the traces of Bompensiero, a Mafia hit man who later became the basis for the Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bompensiero character in The Sopranos.
(FULL STORY)
San Diego Reader Press Release |
07-30-2009 9:17 am |
Press Releases
Avenews Launches New Balloting and Survey Software
BeedFack is a ballot and survey web engine "designed to take the headache out of conducting large-scale reader's polls and managing associated editorial workflow and output," Avenews says in a release. The product works for simple and complex surveys, including the ubiquitous "Best Of" reader polls so many alt-weeklies undertake. "My staff is embracing it, finding it easy and fast," Salt Lake City Weekly editor Jerre Wroble says. "The best part is that once we've used the system for a Best Of, it remembers all write-ups, winners and locations so each year the process is quicker and easier."
(FULL STORY)
Avenews Press Release |
07-29-2009 9:27 am |
Press Releases
Metro Spirit Hires New Editor
Stacy Eidson returns to her hometown of Augusta, Ga., to take the helm of the paper where she previously served for eight years as a reporter, according to a press release issued this morning by Metro Spirit. Eidson will be leaving the daily Bradenton Herald in southwest Florida for the position with the 20-year-old Spirit. She will be taking over for Tom Grant, who recently announced that he would be stepping down in late July.
(FULL STORY)
Metro Spirit Press Release |
07-15-2009 7:51 am |
Press Releases
Tags: Editorial, Metro Spirit
