AAN News
Nikki Finke Takes a Breaknew
"I'm exhausted. I'm not feeling well. I'm overwhelmed," the L.A. Weekly columnist writes. She says she will return next Tuesday. Her blog has become the go-to source for news on the writers' strike, and she's reportedly been working nearly around the clock since it started. "I need a week away from the emails and the comments and the phone calls and the rumors. Most of all, I just need to rest since I've been going, going, going, since the strike started."
Deadline Hollywood Daily |
01-15-2008 8:37 am |
Industry News
Commentary: Better Measures for Web Adsnew
Washington Post |
01-14-2008 11:14 am |
Industry News
Web Publishing Conference Early Registration Deadline Approaching
The early deadline is this Friday, Jan. 11; registration rates will increase by $50 the following day. The conference is slated for Jan. 30-Feb. 1 at the Hotel Kabuki in San Francisco, and will feature programming on topics ranging from online metrics to social networking. In addition, two separate open discussions, one for editors and the other for web-tech personnel, will be added to the program next week after AAN conducts a survey of registrants to determine when to schedule them. You can register online by clicking here.
AAN |
01-10-2008 12:45 pm |
Association News
Michael Musto Joins the Blogosphere
The Village Voice columnist, called "one of the wittiest stylists in the English language" by UPI, launched "La Daily Musto" yesterday. The blog is designed to compliment his weekly "La Dolce Musto" column. Musto tells New York magazine that he'll write one post a day. "I'm really nervous about finding things to write about," he says.
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The Village Voice Press Release | New York |
01-10-2008 8:53 am |
Press Releases
Village Voice Media Partners With Trulia for Online Real Estatenew
Trulia has announced a new platform which allows publishers to use the company's online real estate tools to create co-branded sites with real estate guides, heat maps and home sales information, according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Village Voice Media, Kiplinger, and American Towns are all partnering with Trulia in the new venture.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
01-08-2008 8:50 am |
Industry News
Sale of Style Weekly Explored
As we noted yesterday, Landmark Communications, which owns both Style Weekly and Port Folio Weekly, has hired investment bankers to explore the possibility of selling the company's holdings, which include more than 100 publications and other properties, including The Weather Channel. "Although I was disappointed to hear the Battens were exploring a sale, our readers will continue to get the best of in-depth, local reporting on news, arts and culture," Style editor Jason Roop says in a press release. Publisher Lori Collier Waran concurs, noting that readers, advertisers and other business partners can expect business as usual. "We just celebrated our 25th anniversary, and we're still going strong."
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Style Weekly Press Release |
01-04-2008 11:33 am |
Press Releases
Columnist & Former Bay Guardian Editor Helms New Gawker Blognew
Annalee Newitz, who was culture editor at the San Francisco Bay Guardian from 2000-2004 and whose Techsploitation column runs in many AAN papers, is now editing a new Gawker Media blog, Wired reports. i09, which tackles futurism and sci-fi, went live yesterday.
Wired |
01-03-2008 12:50 pm |
Industry News
Port Folio Weekly & Style Weekly Parent Co. May Go Up for Salenew
Landmark Communications, which owns those two Virginia AAN member papers, has hired JP Morgan and Lehman Brothers to "to assist in exploring strategic alternatives, including the possible sale of the company's businesses," Landmark's vice chairman tells the Roanoke Times. The company's 2006 sales figures were $1.75 billion, and it employs about 12,000 people at more than 100 publications and other media properties including The Weather Channel, the Times reports.
The Roanoke Times |
01-03-2008 8:48 am |
Industry News
JPMorgan: '08 Online Ad CPMs Set To 'Accelerate'new
Online Media Daily |
01-02-2008 9:26 am |
Industry News
The Inconvenient Truth About Online Ad Campaign Measurementnew
Metrics Insider |
12-27-2007 10:20 pm |
Industry News
Local Online Ad Sector Filled with Challenges, Promise in 2008new
ClickZ News |
12-26-2007 12:05 pm |
Industry News
Dave Morgan: Newspapers Need to Disaggregatenew
Online Spin |
12-21-2007 10:12 am |
Industry News
Best Practices For Your Social-Media Strategynew
Online Spin |
12-21-2007 10:07 am |
Industry News
IAB Issues Final Guidelines For Rich Media Ad Measurementnew
Online Media Daily |
12-21-2007 10:05 am |
Industry News
F.T.C. Clears Google-DoubleClick Dealnew
The Associated Press via The New York Times |
12-20-2007 4:54 pm |
Industry News
