AAN News
Alts 'More Nimble' Than Dailies When it Comes to Social Medianew
That's the impression that BNET's David Weir got at last month's AAN Convention. "As those big guys crumble, it's an opportunity for us," an unnamed publisher tells him. "We know that they are stuck halfway between print and the web. And now they have to figure out what to do about mobile. They have far more resources than we do, but they also are much more bureaucratic."
BNET |
07-06-2009 2:19 pm |
Industry News
Forecast: Online Ad Spending Rising At Double-Digit Ratesnew
Online Media Daily |
07-06-2009 10:10 am |
Industry News
Thoughts on the Tucson Convention [members only]
Richard Karpel |
07-02-2009 3:41 pm |
AAN Staff Blog
Four AAN Members Clean Up at the Lone Star Awardsnew
The Houston Press and Fort Worth Weekly were the big winners in this year's awards competition sponsored by the Houston Press Club. The Press won a total of 16 awards. In the big papers division, it finished first for Business Story and General Commentary/Criticism, while staff writer Craig Malisow was named Print Journalist of the Year (his colleague Chris Vogel was runner-up.) In the art and web divisions open to all papers, the Press took home first-place awards for Feature Story, Hard News Reporting, Photo Package and Sports Photo. The Weekly, competing in the small papers division, won a total of 11 awards, including first-place finishes in Feature Story, Investigative Reporting, Politics/Government, Sports Story and Business Story (which it swept). Also in the large division, the Dallas Observer won four awards, including firsts for Feature Story, Sports Story; in the small division, San Antonio Current took home three awards.
Houston Press Club (pdf) |
07-02-2009 8:51 am |
Honors & Achievements
Arkansas Times Launches Web Coupon Programnew
Arkansas Times |
07-02-2009 9:28 am |
Press Releases
Independent Weekly's Blogs Get a Redesign from DesignHammernew
DesignHammer Media Group Press Release |
07-02-2009 9:24 am |
Press Releases
AAN Elects New President, Fills Ten Board Seats
At the annual meeting of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies on Saturday, June 27, Willamette Week's Mark Zusman was elected the association's new president. He succeeds Metroland's Stephen Leon, who will take the advisory role of Immediate Past President. The membership voted on nine other board seats on Saturday, including two that were created just minutes earlier when AAN's bylaws were amended.
(FULL STORY)
AAN News |
07-01-2009 2:42 pm |
Association News
Tags: Circulation, Classified Advertising, Design & Production, Editorial, Electronic Publishing, Financial, Management, Marketing, Retail Advertising, Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, Mark Zusman, Stephen Leon, Fran Zankowski, Ellen Meany, Steve Delgado, Bill Jensen, Margaret Downing, Sally Freeman, Tim Redmond, Julia Goldberg, Michael Hollett
Craigslist Sued For Trademark Infringement Based On Listingnew
First Call Properties, a Texas real estate company, has sued Craigslist for trademark infringement based on ads posted by users in what Online Media Daily says "appears to be a first." The company alleges that shortly after it began placing ads on Craigslist, rival AAA Apartment Locating began posting Craigslist ads using the phrases "first call," "call first," and "call us first" in a deliberate attempt to confuse consumers. First Call claims that Craigslist knew that AAA was using the First Call trademark and failed to stop the ads from appearing.
Online Media Daily |
07-01-2009 9:48 am |
Legal News
Two Newspapers Voted into AAN
At the annual meeting of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies this weekend in Tucson, AAN members approved the membership applications of Inland Empire Weekly of Corona, Calif., and Edmonton's See Magazine. In addition, the membership status of six current member papers that had changed hands in the last two years was affirmed.
(FULL STORY)
AAN News |
06-30-2009 3:19 pm |
Association News
Alt-Weekly Alums Come Together at Seattle News Websitenew
Publicola was started in January by Josh Feit, a former news editor of The Stranger, to cover state and local politics in a time where fewer reporters are ensconced in state houses across the country. Feit has attracted some "significant" money, and recently hired another Stranger alum, Erica Barnett, as a full-time staff reporter.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
06-30-2009 10:16 am |
Industry News
Smartphones & Social Networks Expected to Boost Mobile Advertisingnew
Reuters |
06-30-2009 12:36 pm |
Industry News
Voice Local Network Partners With Urbanspoon
Village Voice Media Press Release |
06-30-2009 12:26 pm |
Press Releases
LikeMe.Net Introduces Next Generation of Lifestyle Social Recommendation Engine
Partnership with Village Voice Media gives social search network instant penetration; Palm® Pre™ application powers LikeMe's mobile connectivity
(FULL STORY)
LikeMe.Net Press Release |
06-30-2009 10:24 am |
Press Releases
Thirty-Seven Websites Ready to Implement New Larger Ad Formatsnew
Online Media Daily |
06-30-2009 10:07 am |
Industry News
At Awards Lunch, Dan Savage Does 'Savage Love Live'
At the 14th annual AltWeekly Awards luncheon today in Tucson, there were no half-naked men and no bottles of Jim Beam. But that didn't stop The Stranger editorial director and syndicated columnist Dan Savage from once again making the ceremony his own as he reprised his role as emcee.
(FULL STORY)
AAN News |
06-26-2009 5:50 pm |
Association News
