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AOL Unveils New Online Video Ad Formatnew
Online Media Daily |
11-19-2007 3:06 pm |
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Alt-Weekly Reporter Takes Issue With 'Hey, That's Not an Alt-Weekly'new
Dave Maass, currently a staff writer at the Santa Fe Reporter, doesn't think it was fair of AAN executive director Richard Karpel to single out Santa Fe's The Sun News in his inaugural column this week. "I've read the full piece four or five times now, and I can't find a single cogent argument why The Sun can't be an alternative newspaper," Maass writes. "What right does [Karpel] have to censor the words 'alternative' and 'newspaper' from being used, by his own admission, quite properly to describe The Sun? We're all standing up, speaking out, aren't we?" He adds: "Obviously, The Sun News isn't an alt-weekly in the contemporary conventional sense. But surely there's room in the taxonomy for them." More blog response to Karpel's column here, here, and here. UPDATE: Dave Maass has also posted a follow-up.
Maassive.com |
11-16-2007 11:28 am |
Industry News
More Websites Removing Paid Content Wallsnew
Washington Post |
11-16-2007 9:39 am |
Industry News
Willamette Week Publisher: We're Enjoying Great Healthnew
In his annual report to readers, Richard Meeker says that despite "the gloom-and-doom reports" on newspapers across the country, Willamette Week's story in 2007 "is anything but a tale from the crypt." He notes that "this will be the paper's best year ever in display sales," with sales up 7.6 percent over 2006. And although classifieds continue to decline, with sales down about $115,000, total revenue at the paper is expected to be up 4 or 5 percent from last year, with pre-tax profit expected to be about 5 percent. "If [the paper was] owned by a media conglomerate, co-owner Mark Zusman and I would have been relieved of our responsibilities long ago for unsatisfactory financial performance," Meeker writes. "While we certainly could be a little more efficient, we feel it would seriously harm the culture of our operation to try to match national averages calling for profits two to three times greater than ours."
Willamette Week |
11-15-2007 9:08 am |
Industry News
M:Metrics Launches Mobile Ad-Tracking Servicenew
Mediaweek |
11-15-2007 9:59 am |
Industry News
MTV Plans Mobile Social Networknew
Adweek |
11-15-2007 9:56 am |
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Hey, That's Not an Alt-Weekly!
According to AAN executive director Richard Karpel, reporters often
mistakenly apply the term "alternative newspaper" to the wrong publications.
So in an effort to "make some small contribution to human understanding and
the brand equity of our member papers," he decided to note every time he
sees the term used incorrectly. In this first edition of "Hey,
That's Not an Alt-Weekly!" -- an irregular series devoted to the correct use of
the term "alternative newspaper" and all its variants -- Karpel explains what an alternative newspaper is and why The Sun News in Santa Fe, N.M., doesn't qualify.
(FULL STORY)
AAN News |
11-14-2007 8:07 am |
Industry News
Gateways Partner With Niche Sites to Battle Traffic Slippagenew
Wall Street Journal |
11-13-2007 10:39 am |
Industry News
Web Advertisers Tagging to Connect With and Engage Consumersnew
iMediaConnection |
11-13-2007 10:29 am |
Industry News
New Google Mobile Phone Application Mimics iPhonenew
The New York Times |
11-13-2007 10:22 am |
Industry News
Tags: Electronic Publishing
Upstream to Launch Nationwide Digital Ad Sales Training Programnew
Online Media Daily |
11-13-2007 10:10 am |
Industry News
Former Mountain XPress Staffer Lands at Newly Launched Competitornew
Cecil Bothwell, who was fired from the XPress last month, is now a business partner in and news editor of Asheville City Paper. The paper, which is being started by the independent weekly Columbia City Paper, will be monthly at first and hopes to go bi-weekly by Spring. A press release posted at Bothwell's blog says the City Paper, "targeting an 18-45 liberal demographic, will feature hard-hitting investigative journalism and will cover national politics, local news and music." Managing editor Todd Morehead tells the Ashvegas blog: "We're all super excited and Cecil already has a gutsy investigative piece in the works that he says Mountain Xpress was 'too timid' to publish."
Mountain XPress |
11-12-2007 12:31 pm |
Industry News
Paid Partisans, Biased Bloggers, and Their Place in the Newsroomnew
In examining the "challenge that news organizations face as they look for new ways to engage the public in political discourse while trying to remain fair and balanced in their own coverage," Poynter talks to ethics experts and news editors about how they deal with the political activities of new media contributors. While the editor of Cleveland's Plain Dealer thinks writers can contribute to or work on campaigns as long as they aren't being paid, National Public Radio's news blogger says establishing written guidelines with contributors -- whether they are paid or not -- is critical. "I think the issue here is transparency," he says, recommending that if a contributor has supported a particular campaign, that needs to be noted on the blog or column (s)he writes.
Poynter Online |
11-12-2007 11:15 am |
Industry News
Selecting a Web Analytics Toolnew
Online Metrics Insider |
11-12-2007 10:00 am |
Industry News
Tags: Electronic Publishing, Management
The Art of Widgetry: A Primernew
iMediaConnection |
11-12-2007 9:41 am |
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