AAN News
SLO New Times Apologizes for Meth Storynew
The public reaction to the alt-weekly's Feb. 2 issue, which contained a recipe for methamphetamine, dominates this week's issue. In the cover story, Jim Mullin, the paper's new editor, apologizes for provoking community outrage and laments lost readers, distribution points and advertising. Mullin, who was editor of the Miami New Times for 18 years before joining the San Luis Obispo paper, says the meth story "strained to the breaking point a trust that had steadily developed over two decades." He says the paper chose not to use a "scolding" tone in order to avoid alienating young readers, but the "use of sarcasm, designed to hold reader interest, alienated some who believed the subject was too serious to be treated flippantly." This week's issue also includes dozens of angry letters, including those sent by the city's mayor and chief of police.
San Luis Obispo New Times |
02-10-2006 10:29 am |
Industry News
Rocky Mountain Bullhorn Shutterednew
Bullhorn Publisher Joseph Rouse announced yesterday that the newspaper's Feb. 2 issue had been its last, according to the Coloradoan. Rouse said negotiations to merge with another alt-weekly had been underway but ended abruptly on Wednesday. The Bullhorn was founded as a monthly in 2000 by Rouse and former editor Vanessa Martinez, then both 22. The newspaper was relaunched with a weekly format in 2003 and was awarded AAN membership in 2004.
The Coloradoan |
02-09-2006 8:17 am |
Industry News
Fort Worth Considering News Rack Restrictions, New Feenew
Editor & Publisher |
02-08-2006 12:16 pm |
Legal News
Tags: Circulation
LA Weekly Launches Provocative Ad Campaignnew
AdWeek |
02-01-2006 6:31 am |
Industry News
LA Weekly Launches Provocative Ad Campaignnew
AdWeek |
02-01-2006 6:31 am |
Industry News
Newsprint Industry Ends 2005 on a Down Notenew
Editor & Publisher |
01-31-2006 4:50 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Circulation, Management
Madison's Coreweekly Halts Productionnew
The Daily Cardinal |
01-27-2006 1:47 am |
Industry News
Craig Newmark Named Keynote Speaker at AAN West
Newmark, founder of free online classified site
craigslist.org, will share his thoughts on the topic of
journalism. He will also leave plenty of time for questions from the
audience. Newmark will
address conference attendees during the traditional AAN West lunch, which
will be held this year on Saturday, Jan. 28.
(FULL STORY)
AAN Staff |
01-10-2006 7:58 am |
Association News
Ohio Attorney General Will Not Fight New Times-Village Voice Mergernew
The Athens News |
01-05-2006 8:47 am |
Industry News
Vermont Woman Experiences Village Voice Holiday Mishap
Kathryn Drury had about 40 Christmas gifts to ship. Procrastinating until the bitter end, she was forced to wrap all the presents in a rush one evening. When she ran out of traditional holiday paper, she improvised with a stack of old newspapers. It wasn't until the next day, after the gifts were mailed, that it dawned on Drury that her ersatz wrapping paper was the Village Voice, home to "pages and pages of personal ads, including gay porn, leather, punishment, phone sex and escort services," Drury tells The Burlington Free Press. "I had just sent boxes of presents to my husband's very Catholic family adorned with naked ladies in string bikinis and muscular, well-oiled men in jock straps."
12-28-2005 4:19 pm |
Industry News
Phoenix Media Plans Web Site Overhaulnew
The owner of alt-weeklies in Boston, Providence and Portland, Maine, will launch new sites for each paper on Jan. 1, according to the Boston Business Journal. Phoenix Media executive vice president Bradley Mindich says the $200,000 upgrade is a smart investment in light of the growth of Internet advertising. "In five years, it is highly probable that, as a converged media company, the Web could be the largest ad revenue generator for us," says Mindich. The Business Journal also reports that Phoenix competitor The Weekly Dig will launch a new site in March modeled after Boston.com but targeting the 18- to 34-year-old demographic.
Boston Business Journal via MSNBC |
12-27-2005 12:29 pm |
Industry News
Gambit Weekly Ads Available for AAN Members
12-27-2005 8:14 am |
Press Releases
Online: Where the Growth Isnew
Business Week |
12-22-2005 5:22 pm |
Industry News
Chicago Sun-Times to Cease Publication of Weekday Tabloidnew
ABC7Chicago.com |
12-20-2005 8:01 am |
Industry News
Business Partners Battle Over Bellingham Weeklynew
Business partners Tim Johnson and Doug Tolchin are fighting in court over the future of Bellingham Weekly. The Bellingham Herald reports that after Tolchin allegedly fired Johnson and his staff on Tuesday, Johnson sought a restraining order against Tolchin to ensure that this week's edition of the Weekly would be printed. Johnson was the editor of Bellingham Weekly and Tolchin was the publisher; both men owned a percentage of the paper, but the percentages are in dispute. The court decided that this week's edition would be printed if Johnson posted a $22,000 bond, which he said he had no intention of paying. Tolchin told the Herald that he plans to relaunch the paper, "better than ever," with a new staff. Bellingham Weekly was just voted in as an AAN member at the 2005 convention, after being denied membership in 2004.
The Bellingham Herald |
12-15-2005 5:41 pm |
Industry News
