AAN News
Portland Through the Eyes of the New York Timesnew
Willamette Week is understandably biased
on the issue. So if you aren't sure yet whether you're attending this year's AAN convention (or you simply want to use the Time's new double-click dictionary to look up words like "chic," "funky," "spritely," and "unneurotic"), here's 36 Hours in Portland, Ore., with the Gray Lady.
New York Times |
04-13-2007 12:49 pm |
Industry News
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) Celebrates 20th Anniversarynew
"Hey, this is cool," Matt Brunson remembers thinking when he was offered the opportunity to write for the alt-weekly in 1988. "I'll be able to earn a couple of extra bucks before this paper folds within the year." Twenty years later, he's Creative Loafing's associate editor and A&E editor. "When this paper started, hardly any of us really knew what we were doing," writes former editor-in-chief John Grooms. "It was [Creative Loafing's] first expansion into another city, and the nuts and bolts of how to do it, more often than not, were up in the air." He says the paper has succeeded because it's "been a source of good writing and quality information, speaking to the reader directly and urging readers to talk back as loudly as they want."
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
04-12-2007 10:26 am |
Industry News
AAN Convention Website Open for Business
You'll find a preliminary convention schedule on the site, along with everything you need to know about registering for the annual confab -- including the fact that AAN member papers are once again eligible for up to two free registrations. The programming at this year's conference, which will be held June 14-16 in Portland, Ore., will focus heavily on web publishing and management training.
AAN Staff |
04-10-2007 5:04 pm |
Association News
Village Voice Media Cracks Top 30 Newspaper Websitesnew
The VVM "channel," which includes all of the paper's sites, was the 27th most popular online newspaper destination in February, according to a Nielsen/NetRatings report. VVM's sites had 5,205,000 pageviews; a unique audience of 1,377,000; and the average user visit lasted four minutes, seven seconds.
Editor & Publisher |
04-10-2007 8:19 am |
Industry News
Salt Lake City Weekly Owner Responds to Spurious Ad Claimsnew
Last week, the entertainment magazine In Utah This Week ran an ad claiming that it has eroded the alt-weekly's readership by 20 percent in five months. But Weekly owner John Saltas sarcastically points out the ad -- which appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune, In Utah's sister publication -- grossly overestimates the magazine's readership by referencing the wrong numbers. "CUME numbers mostly impress young reps and rookie managers and are a crock when used to purposely mislead as the In Utah folks did in [the] ad," Saltas says.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
04-02-2007 2:23 pm |
Industry News
Nashville Scene Fights Proposed News Box Legislationnew
Nashville City Council members Mike Jameson and Ludye Wallace have introduced a bill that would require publishers to get a permit for news boxes that encroach on any public right-of-way, the Scene reports. A permit would initially cost $50 for a freestanding box and $10 for a spot in a newsrack, and require an annual renewal fee of $10. The ordinance would also give the director of Public Works the authority to adopt further rules which could dictate placement, maximum number of boxes within a given area or maintenance standards, according to the alt-weekly. Publisher and former Council member Chris Ferrell "has been working his Council contacts to derail [the] bill," which Mayor Bill Purcell also opposes, the Scene reports.
Nashville Scene |
03-29-2007 8:51 am |
Industry News
One City's Newsrack Ordinance Drives All Papers Off the Streetnew
Chalk this one up to poor planning: The law that went into effect last month in San Leandro, Calif., requiring freestanding newsracks to be replaced by multi-paper boxes is not unusual. Similar laws have popped up in cities across the country. But as the East Bay Express reports, the new boxes the city chose came with a prohibitively high price tag of more than $600 per distribution slot, which kept everyone but the big dailies from ponying up. There wasn't even enough demand to fill one six-publication rack, so most of downtown San Leandro is now paperless.
East Bay Express |
03-15-2007 12:03 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Circulation, Management
AAN to Name Annual Award After Molly Ivins
The Association of Alternative Newsweeklies will honor Ivins' contribution to journalism by bestowing an annual First Amendment award to a North American journalist whose work best embodies the spirit of Ivins' legacy. "She got her basic training at one of our
member newspapers, and when she left she continued to speak truth to power
with wit and style. Her work speaks for itself, and speaks volumes about how much difference one courageous journalist can make," says Kenneth Neill, AAN President and publisher of The Memphis
Flyer.
(FULL STORY)
Association of Alternative Newsweeklies Press Release |
03-13-2007 11:20 am |
Press Releases
Web Gains, Print Losses for Alt-Weekliesnew
That's what this year's "State of the News Media" reports, chronicling the slight decline of print readers and "enormous growth" online in 2006. The Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ) also looks at the VVM/New Times merger, which it cited as "the biggest issue on the horizon" for the industry in last year's report. "Economically, the early indications are that the merger may not have as dramatic an effect as many in the industry expected," says PEJ.
Project for Excellence in Journalism |
03-12-2007 2:35 pm |
Industry News
PDF Versions of Papers Aren't Catching Onnew
Poynter Online |
02-23-2007 11:43 am |
Industry News
Dallas Considers Newsrack Ordinancenew
"We're trying very hard to make our downtown sidewalks pedestrian friendly, and too many of our sidewalks are obstructed by the newspaper boxes," city council member Angela Hunt tells the Dallas Morning News. The council may vote on the proposal as early as next month.
Dallas Morning News |
12-06-2006 8:13 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Circulation, Management
AAN Papers Used to Solicit Business for Prostitutes
On Monday, a federal grand jury returned an 18-count indictment accusing three individuals -- including a woman named Ho -- of operating brothels in the Denver area. Court documents suggest the defendants drummed up business by purchasing ads in Westword. Several hundred miles east in Indianapolis, a woman was arrested this week on prostitution charges after an undercover officer responded to her ad in Nuvo that said, "For An Afternoon So Sweet to Treat, Call Candy." And last month in the nation's capital, the feds seized the assets of a woman accused of running a prostitution ring. According to court documents, the alleged madam spread her ad dollars among several local media outlets, including the Washington City Paper.
Rocky Mountain News/WRTV News/Diamondback Online |
12-06-2006 8:07 pm |
Industry News
Media Buyers Scrutinizing ABC's Verified Mag Circnew
Media Buyer Planner |
12-06-2006 1:01 pm |
Industry News
AAN West, AAN East Web Sites Up and Running
Attendees bound for either of AAN's annual regional staff-training conferences can save on early registration, get hotel information and preview program schedules and speaker bios. Those headed for AAN West, to be held Jan. 26-27 at the Miyako Hotel in San Francisco, can go here. Participants in AAN East, to be held Feb. 16-17 at the Hotel Washington in D.C., click here.
AAN |
11-27-2006 1:46 pm |
Association News
New Member Directories Shipped
Five copies of the latest version were mailed to AAN publishers this week. Although the directory is no longer designed as a marketing tool, the association produces a new one every two years as a convenience for AAN members. The small, spiral-bound book includes contact information for member companies and their senior staff.
AAN |
11-17-2006 11:54 am |
Association News
