AAN News
Membership of Five Papers Up for Review in 2008
Due to a 2004 change in the association's bylaws, five papers that have taken on new majority owners in the past two years will have their AAN membership reviewed in 2008. The Membership Committee will evaluate The Other Paper, Boston's Weekly Dig, East Bay Express, Metro Pulse, and Cityview, and will issue a report to members a week before the 2007 annual convention. To retain their membership, each paper must be affirmed by at least one-third of the members voting at the annual meeting in Philadelphia, which is tentatively scheduled for June 7.
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AAN |
12-12-2007 11:46 am |
Association News
Tribune Co. Daily Sells Valley Advocatenew
The Hartford Courant announced plans Tuesday to sell the Valley Advocate, an alt-weekly covering western Massachusetts, to Newspapers of New England Inc., which owns newspapers in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Editor & Publisher reports that the sale lets the Courant focus its attention on its properties in Connecticut. The Advocate will continue to share content and do cross-market sales with the remaining alt-weeklies the Courant purchased in 1999 from New Mass. Media: the Hartford Advocate, the New Haven Advocate and Fairfield County Weekly. The sale is expected to close later this month; terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Hartford Courant | Editor & Publisher |
12-12-2007 8:14 am |
Industry News
One-in-Eight U.S. Households Without Landlinesnew
AP via Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
12-11-2007 5:21 pm |
Industry News
Clare Danes 'Feels Extremely Violated' by New York Press Storynew
The Press' Becca Tucker stalked the My So-Called Life star in an effort to show just how easy it is to stalk celebrities in New York City, but Danes wasn't thrilled, according to Gawker. Jeff Berg, the chairman of International Creative Management, which represents Danes, called editor David Blum on Friday and asked him to redact online a reference to the street where she lives. "He got very hostile," Blum says, noting that Berg asked, "What are you going to do, print her phone number next?" The paper did keep her building number out of the story, by redacting it from a direct quote from New York magazine, which gives her full address online. "I'm no more inclined to print her phone number than to print her exact street address," Blum says.
Gawker |
12-10-2007 8:42 am |
Industry News
Widget Syndicator Clearspring Launches Ad Networknew
Mediaweek |
12-10-2007 2:05 pm |
Industry News
Using the ALT Tag for Better Email Deliverynew
iMediaConnection |
12-10-2007 10:35 am |
Industry News
Tags: Electronic Publishing, Marketing
Google Study: Paid Search Pays Offnew
Brandweek |
12-10-2007 10:19 am |
Industry News
Ten Things You Need to Know About Metricsnew
OMMA |
12-07-2007 2:51 pm |
Industry News
CNET Launches Publisher-Friendly Open Content Platformnew
Mediaweek |
12-07-2007 10:05 am |
Industry News
Early Registration Deadline for AAN West is Tomorrow
This Friday is the deadline for early registration for this year's AAN West conference, to be held in San Francisco Feb. 1-2. For AAN members, early registration is $75 per person (non-members pay $150). After Friday, both of those rates go up $25 per person. You can register online here. In addition to the four streams of programming (Business, Design & Production, Editorial, and Sales), the AAN West Planning Committee has some parties planned that are sure to please. On Friday night, the North Coast Journal will host a cocktail reception featuring the best in Northern California wine, cheese, and beer. On Saturday night, the San Francisco Bay Guardian will throw down at Element Lounge. Be sure to check the AAN West website for full details on events and programming, as well as updates as we get closer to February. The registration deadline for the Web Publishing Conference is Jan. 4.
AAN |
12-06-2007 8:58 am |
Association News
New Business Model for Newspapers: Make the Online Sale First?new
followthemedia.com |
12-05-2007 1:44 pm |
Industry News
Court Sides With Google in Fair Use Casenew
A U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in reviewing a case it initially considered in May, reiterated on Monday its finding that Google can display thumbnails of copyrighted photographs in search results, the Los Angeles Times reports. Adult publisher Perfect 10 was arguing that Google violated copyright law by displaying its images in search results. The justices ruled that a larger public interest in searching for information amounted to a "transformative use" that trumped copyright claims. The decision overturns part of a ruling by the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, which had found that Google's thumbnails of Perfect 10's nude models constituted infringement, according to the Times.
Los Angeles Times |
12-04-2007 2:15 pm |
Industry News
Three Keys to Success in Local Mobilenew
iMedia Connection |
12-04-2007 9:56 am |
Industry News
British Publishers Use Rollover Ad System That Raises Ethical Concernsnew
Editor & Publisher |
12-04-2007 9:13 am |
Industry News
Call for Entries: 2008 AltWeekly Awards
The 2008 AltWeekly Awards is now accepting entries. AAN's Editorial Committee has made several changes to the contest. For the first time, all entries in the Writing categories must be submitted as URLs or PDFs. The contest will only accept hard copies of materials in the Cartoon, Special Section or Design categories. In addition, the committee added two new categories, Innovation and Public Service, and eliminated four others: Ad Design, Format Buster, Website Content Feature and Wild Card. In the Cartoon category, all entrants will compete in one division. The contest website will close on the contest deadline, Fri., Jan. 25, 2008 at midnight (EST).
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AAN |
12-03-2007 9:36 am |
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