AAN News
Study: Local Advertisers Continue Migrating to Digitalnew
Media Daily News |
08-24-2009 9:47 am |
Industry News
Report: Smaller Web Ads May Work Better Than Larger Onesnew
Online Media Daily |
08-20-2009 10:58 am |
Industry News
Judge Rules Blogger's Identity Must be Revealednew
A judge ruled this week that model Liskula Cohen is entitled to learn the identity of the person who wrote the blog Skanks in NYC, which referred to Cohen as a "skank" and "ho." The judge said that the blog potentially defamed Cohen, rejecting the blogger's argument that the comments were mere opinion and hyperbole.
Online Media Daily |
08-19-2009 11:37 am |
Legal News
What Will Mobile Advertising Look Like in 2020?new
A new OgilvyOne/Acision report predicts that mobile messaging will be more personalized in 11 years, with users exercising control over the types of messages they see, and when, on their handheld devices.
Online Media Daily |
08-17-2009 3:56 pm |
Industry News
'Lynn Cullen Live' Radio Show Comes to Pittsburgh City Paper
Starts tomorrow and streaming live on pghcitypaper.com M-F, 10-11 am.
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Pittsburgh City Paper Press Release |
08-17-2009 10:34 am |
Press Releases
D.C. Court of Appeals Sets New Standard for IDing Anonymous Commentersnew
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press |
08-17-2009 10:02 am |
Legal News
Tags: Electronic Publishing, Management
Study: Online Ad Networks Poor at Brandingnew
A new study by the Online Publishers Association finds that ads placed on individual websites outperform ads on networks and portal sites when it comes to traditional branding metrics like awareness, message association, brand favorability and purchase intent.
Editor & Publisher |
08-14-2009 8:48 am |
Industry News
AltWeeklies.com Related Stories Widget Now Available For Use
Using the tags on your stories, the new widget, developed by DesertNet, pulls in similarly tagged stories from AltWeeklies.com, giving your website additional related links for particular movies, bands or issue areas. Click here, here or here to see it in action, and visit AltWeeklies.com for more technical information or to download the widget.
AAN |
07-31-2009 3:39 pm |
Association News
Study: Most U.S. Consumers Frustrated by Internet Adsnew
A new Harris Interactive study finds that while there is a definite trend toward online advertising from print and broadcast, many consumers are still annoyed by many forms of digital ads. The most annoying type of ad, the study found, is one that spreads across the page and covers the content beneath it.
Marketing Charts |
07-31-2009 11:11 am |
Industry News
Magazine Publishers Explore Alternative Revenue Models for Digital Editionsnew
Folio |
07-31-2009 11:14 am |
Industry News
Jackson Free Press Launches 'JFP Daily'new
Earlier this month, the alt-weekly launched a daily e-blast that will feature one full story along with listings and other timely content, like profiles of musicians or authors who have appearances that day. The Daily, which has the catchy slogan "Today's News...Today," will be published each day at 1 pm. "It's been twenty years since Jackson had an afternoon daily," publisher Todd Stauffer tells the Greater Jackson Chamber Partnership (pdf). "We thought it would be interesting to revive that tradition, but starting from the ground up using 21st Century technology."
Jackson Free Press |
07-30-2009 12:42 pm |
Industry News
Editor of Wired Magazine is Bullish on East Bay Expressnew
Discussing the future of newspapers in a recent episode of C-Span2's Book TV, Chris Anderson, who also is the author of The Long Tail and Free: The Future of a Radical Price, had good things to say about his local alt-weekly: "The (New York) Times will be fine. They will figure it out," Anderson says. "My local newspaper -- my local, local newspaper -- the East Bay Express. They're already pretty lean and mean, they're probably going to be good about covering my local community even better. The San Francisco Chronicle? I'm not sure it has a future."
CSpan2's Book TV |
07-30-2009 10:54 am |
Industry News
Columbia J-School Grads Remain 'Excited and Hopeful'new
As part of the Village Voice's education supplement, the alt-weekly talks to several 2009 graduates from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism about what it feels like to enter an industry that many are proclaiming to be near death. Surprisingly, they remain upbeat about the future and feel prepared to take part in the rebirth of the news industry. "If you look at it differently, it's an exciting time in journalism," one recent grad says. "People are trying to come up with solutions to find out what the future is going to be."
The Village Voice |
07-29-2009 9:36 am |
Industry News
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."
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Avenews Press Release |
07-29-2009 9:27 am |
Press Releases
Real Estate Co. Drops Trademark Infringement Suit Against Craigslistnew
The Texas real estate company First Call Properties, which sued Craigslist for trademark infringement based on ads posted by users, has withdrawn the suit against the online listings website. First Call will continue its suit against AAA Apartment Locating, the company it says posted Craigslist ads using the phrases "first call," "call first," and "call us first" in a deliberate attempt to confuse consumers.
Online Media Daily |
07-28-2009 9:09 am |
Legal News
