AAN News
Alt-Weekly Cartoonist Married by Another Alt-Weekly Cartoonistnew
Mikhaela Reid, whose cartoons appear in Metro Times and the Boston Phoenix, was wed earlier this month to fellow cartoonist Masheka Wood by none other than syndicated alt-weekly cartoonist Ted Rall, Editor & Publisher reports. According to EditorialCartoonists.com, "this is only the second time two cartoonists have been married by a third cartoonist."
Editor & Publisher | EditorialCartoonists.com |
09-19-2007 12:30 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Design & Production
AAN Board Member Resigns, Two Others Appointed
Executive editor Mike Lenehan (pictured) left Chicago Reader, Inc. on Aug. 30, and
as a result he has stepped down from his position as Diversity Chair on the
AAN Board of Directors. AAN president Stephen Leon appointed Jackson Free Press editor and current at-large
board member Donna Ladd to serve the one year remaining in Lenehan's term as
Diversity Chair, and appointed East Bay Express publisher Jody Colley to take Ladd's
at-large seat for the one year remaining in her term. "I think I speak for everyone on the board in expressing our gratitude for
Mike's service over the years," Leon says. "We're going to miss his dry wit, and also his common sense." Lenehan has served on the board since 2002 and was elected as the association's first Diversity Chair in 2004.
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AAN News |
09-18-2007 10:17 am |
Association News
How to Optimize Your Site for iPhone, Other Mobile Usersnew
A List Apart |
09-13-2007 12:32 pm |
Industry News
What Device is an Acceptable Substitute for a Newspaper?new
Washington Post |
09-12-2007 8:23 pm |
Industry News
Eleven Tips for Optimizing PDFs for Search Enginesnew
Search Engine Land |
09-12-2007 8:20 pm |
Industry News
Why Some Print Ads Work and Why Many Completely Failnew
Advertising Age |
09-10-2007 11:02 am |
Industry News
AAN Announces New AltWeeklies.com Application for iPhone Users
AAN has developed a special application for iPhone users (iphone.altweeklies.com), which displays AltWeeklies.com headlines and links to AAN member papers' content. While the application was specifically developed for the iPhone, it works on other mobile devices as well.
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AAN Staff |
09-07-2007 12:59 pm |
Association News
AAN Announces Conference Schedule for 2008
The annual convention will be held in Philadelphia on June 5-7, with the Philadelphia City Paper hosting the event. In an unusual arrangement, the association will host back-to-back conferences this winter in San Francisco, with a Web Publishing Conference on Jan. 30-Feb. 1, and AAN West on Feb. 1-2. And in addition to the Alternative Journalism Writing and Design Workshop to be held in Evanston, Ill. on Aug. 15-16, AAN will organize a Publishers Conference for the first time in 2008, date and location still TBD.
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AAN Staff |
09-05-2007 3:53 pm |
Association News
What Will the Metro Newspaper Look Like in 2020?new
Dave Morgan's Online Spin |
08-30-2007 3:04 pm |
Industry News
'Dilbert' Creator Gives Seattle Weekly Cartoonist a Makeovernew
On the Dilbert blog, Scott Adams has been suggesting ways that Scott Meyer's comic "Basic Instructions" might be made ripe for daily-newspaper syndication, Seattle Weekly reports. The strip currently runs only in the Weekly and on Meyer's website. The readers of Adam's blog have been serving as the focus group as Meyer has tried the various tweaks proposed. "I'm keeping an open mind and giving a shot to anything he suggests," Meyer tells the Weekly.
Seattle Weekly |
08-22-2007 1:13 pm |
Industry News
Metro Times Gets Awkward Shout-out from Jay Leno
The Detroit alt-weekly appeared in The Tonight Show's famous "Headlines" segment this week -- not for an egregious typo or funny double entendre, but for hot primate-on-primate action. The Carl Oxley illustration on the cover of the paper's summer guide featured a variety of monkeys enjoying summertime in their own ways -- grilling, picnicking, sunbathing, and, yes, having sex behind a bush. If only Leno or his staff had done a little more research, perhaps this alt-weekly cover copulation wouldn't have been so shocking. Instead, the show found it funny because, as Leno says, "I guess it's a thing for kids."
NBC via YouTube |
08-09-2007 11:17 am |
Industry News
Chicago Reader Ends Suburban Editionnew
Publisher Mike Crystal tells Crain's that as part of its redesign plans, the paper will distribute just one edition to both the city and suburbs starting this week. The suburban edition -- a smaller version of the paper called the Reader's Guide to Arts & Entertainment -- was launched in 1996. Crystal says the decision is part of the switch to a tabloid format (scheduled for the first week of October), and it likely would have happened with or without the paper's recent ownership change. The Reader's new circulation total of 135,000 will be the same as the combined circulation was for the two editions, but the paper is calling it a 15 percent increase in circulation for the main product and is raising ad rates six to seven percent, Crain's reports.
Crain's Chicago Business |
08-09-2007 8:34 am |
Industry News
San Antonio Current Unveils Redesigned Print & Web Editions
San Antonio Current Press Release |
08-08-2007 12:44 pm |
Press Releases
Long Island Press Redesigns Print Edition & Website
Long Island Press Press Release |
08-06-2007 9:15 am |
Press Releases
Can You Use Flickr Pics in Ads?new
Advertising Lab |
08-03-2007 5:44 pm |
Industry News
