AAN News
Google Rolls Out More Tools for Local Businessesnew
Business Insider |
04-22-2010 9:17 am |
Industry News
Facebook Launches 'Community Pages'new
Online Media Daily |
04-20-2010 11:16 am |
Industry News
Tags: Electronic Publishing, Management
The Coast Ordered to Name Commenters on Controversial Storynew
A Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge has approved a request by Halifax firefighters to order the alt-weekly to reveal the identities and IP addresses of six people who allegedly defamed them in the comments section of a story about fire department racism. The Coast's editor, Kyle Shaw, says that they'd already booted the commenters from the site, and the paper will comply with the court order. "We thought we'd leave it to the judge," he says. "Are these people who deserve some kind of protection? As ex-members of the Coast community, I don't know their legal standing or my ethical obligation to them." The judge also ruled that Google must provide all information relating to the identity of one person who circulated a letter also alleged to be defamatory.
The Chronicle Herald |
04-15-2010 1:33 pm |
Industry News
Huffington Post Launches Separate 'Twitter Edition'new
paidContent.org |
04-08-2010 1:11 pm |
Industry News
Foundation Adds Three New AAN Clients
Sponsored post by Associate Member DesertNet
Foundation says Raleigh/Durham's Independent Weekly, Indianapolis' Nuvo and the Nashville Scene have recently launched new sites on the Foundation platform. These three papers join 21 others on the content management system, which is specifically geared toward AAN papers.
(FULL STORY)
DesertNet |
04-07-2010 8:47 am |
Press Releases
Survey: Web Updates, Social Media Equal Heavier Workloads for Journosnew
Continuing a trend from previous suveys, more than 70 percent of respondents in the 2010 PRWeek/PR Newswire Media Survey indicate a heavier workload as compared to last year. The survey finds the workloads being driven up by web reporting and social media, with 62 percent of respondents now required to write for the web, and 37 percent of the American respondents required to maintain a Twitter account.
PR Newswire |
04-05-2010 12:57 pm |
Industry News
Pacific Northwest Inlander Launches Redesigned Sitenew
The Spokane, Wash., alt-weekly has re-launched its website, Inlander.com. The redesign features faster load times, online archives stretching back 10 years, a regularly updated, all-in-one blog (a la The Stranger's Slog) and, crucially, a searchable, sortable, shareable entertainment listing system. The redesign was made possible through months of work with Wisconsin-based WeHaa, a web-publishing company that is also currently working with the Santa Fe Reporter, Ohio's Athens News and Birmingham Weekly. "My major goal was to really give The Inlander the dream site ... [to] give them the best tools to grab the online market," says Cesar Montes, president of WeHaa. "We keep growing and growing and growing, because we are [always] open to hearing the needs of the publisher."
Pacific Northwest Inlander |
04-02-2010 10:39 am |
Press Releases
NY Times: Village Voice's Foster Kamer One of Web Gossip's 'Rising Stars'new
"Mr. Kamer may cite The Village Voice's co-founder, Norman Mailer, as a personal inspiration, but online he comes off a bit like a wifi era hybrid of J. J. Hunsecker and H. L. Mencken, delivering missives on the news media, politics and New York culture in an acerbic, knowing tone -- even by Gawker alumni standards -- sometimes at lengths that call to mind Op-Ed essays more than gossip items," the Times writes in a story on nine "rising stars of gossip blogs."
The New York Times |
04-01-2010 12:15 pm |
Industry News
Apple Will Unveil New Mobile Ad Platformnew
Online Media Daily reports that Apple is preparing to announce its "next big thing" -- a new personalized, mobile advertising system that could well be called the "iAd." The new platform will reportedly be unveiled on April 7; sources say it has been described as "revolutionary" and "our next big thing" by Apple's Steve Jobs.
Online Media Daily |
03-29-2010 12:30 pm |
Industry News
AAN's Editor Stepping Down
Editor Jon Whiten is leaving the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies; he will be replaced by current Editorial Awards and Advertising Director Jason Zaragoza. Whiten, who joined AAN in January 2006, is stepping down to focus on the local news website and arts & culture magazine he owns and operates in Jersey City, N.J. His last day on staff is March 31, but he will continue as a part-time contractor, overseeing AAN.org, for a month or two, as Zaragoza transitions from his current position into the editor role.
(FULL STORY)
AAN |
03-26-2010 11:25 am |
Association News
Alt-Weeklies Nominated for a Number of James Beard Awardsnew
As usual, AAN members are well-represented in the list of finalists for the 2010 James Beard Foundation Journalism Awards, which recognize excellence in food writing. The L.A. Weekly's Jonathan Gold and Westword's Jason Sheehan (who is now at Seattle Weekly) are both nominated for the Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Reviews, and Gold is also a finalist in the Writing on Spirits, Wine or Beer category. Elsewhere, the Newspaper Feature Writing category is comprised only of AAN members, with two Chicago Reader pieces and one from the Village Voice vying for the top prize. Westword nabs another finalist in the Newspaper Feature Writing About Restaurants and/or Chefs, where it is joined as a finalist by Washington City Paper. And last, but certainly not least, the Houston Press is a finalist in the Multimedia Food Feature category. Winners will be announced on May 2.
James Beard Foundation |
03-23-2010 10:24 am |
Industry News
Video: Web-First Publishing - How Alt-Weeklies Can Survive
The clip below is of a SXSW panel featuring Joran Oppelt and Stephen Hammill of Creative Loafing, Carly Carioli of the Boston Phoenix and the East Bay Express' Jody Colley. (Note: there are a few minutes of video before the discussion begins.)
AAN |
03-19-2010 5:11 pm |
Industry News
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Top Editor Will Leave Mountain Xpressnew
Managing editor Jon Elliston will leave the Asheville alt-weekly in mid-April to write a book based on his 2008 Xpress story about a short-lived summer camp that was attacked and run out of the state in 1963. Elliston, who started contributing to Xpress in 2003 and was hired as news editor in 2005 and subsequently became managing editor, says his departure is "bittersweet" but necessary. "I had dreamed of writing this book in my spare time, but that's proved impossible," he says. "It's a story that's begging to be told, and it's become clear that in order to do it right, I'll need to make it my primary endeavor for at least six months or so." Meanwhile, Xpress staff writer Brian Postelle will start a new job next week doing PR for the city of Asheville, and multimedia editor Jason Sandford recently left the paper to work on his popular local blog. "These are major changes in our news staff, which have put us all in high gear. We're losing some strong news personnel," publisher Jeff Fobes says. "But Xpress has come through a number of staff changes over the years -- and we've managed to learn and grow from them."
Mountain Xpress |
03-19-2010 5:01 pm |
Industry News
VVMH's New Happy Hours App Climbs App Store Rankings
Happy Hours, the mobile application launched earlier this month by Village Voice Media Holdings and GoTime, is currently the number one free travel application at the iTunes app store.
AAN |
03-19-2010 11:14 am |
Honors & Achievements
Alt-Weeklies Finalists in Many Maggie Award Categoriesnew
The Western Publishing Association has announced the finalists for its annual Maggie Awards, which go to work deemed "The Best in the West." Six alt-weeklies are finalists for best overall publication, with five Village Voice Media titles -- Houston Press, LA Weekly, OC Weekly, SF Weekly and Westword -- the only finalists in the Tabloids/Consumer category, and the San Francisco Bay Guardian a finalist in the Politics & Social Issues/Consumer category. Houston Press and OC Weekly are both also finalists in the Best Web or Digital Edition Magazine Blog/Trade & Consumer category, and many of the VVM papers are competing in other categories:
- Best Series of Articles/Consumer: City Pages, Phoenix New Times and Westword
- Best Public Service Series or Article/Trade & Consumer: Houston Press, Phoenix New Times and SF Weekly
- Best News Story/Consumer: LA Weekly, Phoenix New Times and SF Weekly
- Best Signed Editorial or Essay/Consumer: Phoenix New Times
- Best Feature Article/Consumer: SF Weekly
Western Publishing Association |
03-18-2010 9:28 am |
Honors & Achievements
