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Are Facebook's Social Ads Illegal?new

The New York Times  |  11-12-2007  9:02 am  |  Industry News

Use Ajax? Get Search Inclusion Tips From Googlenew

Google's Webmaster Central Blog  |  11-09-2007  2:45 pm  |  Industry News

Krist Novoselic Starts Blogging for Seattle Weeklynew

Novoselic, best known for being Nirvana's bassist, began what will be a weekly blog column yesterday with a post on the origins of the title "Smells Like Teen Spirit," anarchy, and the WTO riots of 1999. Weekly web editor Chris Kornelis tells AAN News that he approached Novoselic with the idea, and it developed from there. "Expect his columns to focus heavily on politics, culture, and music -- but really, he's going to be writing about whatever is on his mind," Kornelis says in an email. "We feel very fortunate to have his perspective on our daily website."
Seattle Weekly  |  11-08-2007  2:39 pm  |  Industry News

AAN Membership Application Process Begins

AAN is now accepting applications for the 2007-08 membership year. Alternative newspapers that are interested in applying for membership in the association can download an application here (PDF file). Applications must be received in the AAN office in Washington, D.C. by Dec. 31 to be eligible. As papers that have run the gauntlet know, the AAN membership process is rigorous. To learn more about how the association determines whether a paper qualifies for membership, we encourage potential applicants to read our membership guidelines -- there is a short version and a long version (Word doc). For questions about the process, papers should contact Debra Silvestrin at 202-289-8484 or debra (at) aan.org.
AAN Staff  |  11-08-2007  11:25 am  |  Association News

As Newspaper Circulation Declines, Online Readership Holds Steadynew

As the Audit Bureau of Circulations released figures of continued circulation declines at American newspapers, numbers released by Scarborough Reports show that the overall number of people reading newspapers is not declining, but just shifting online. Scarborough's analysis of 88 major papers showed that in the last two years, about half had seen no significant change in combined print and online readership, or showed an increase, the New York Times reports.
The New York Times  |  11-06-2007  1:01 pm  |  Industry News

Five Big Newspaper Companies Working on National Online Ad Networknew

The Chicago Tribune reports that Gannett Co., Tribune Co., Hearst Corp., Media News Group and Cox Newspapers are in talks to form a common ad sales force to offer national advertisers "one-stop shopping" for online ad space in seven of the top 10 U.S. media markets. The consortium would both overlap with and compete against Yahoo's national ad network.
The Chicago Tribune  |  11-06-2007  8:29 am  |  Industry News

Google Announces Plunge Into Wirelessnew

New York Times  |  11-05-2007  2:06 pm  |  Industry News

MySpace and Bebo Join Google Alliance to Counter Facebooknew

The New York Times  |  11-02-2007  12:04 pm  |  Industry News

Jackson Free Press Publisher's New Book is Out

Todd Stauffer's new paperback How to Do Everything with Your Web 2.0 Blog has just been released by McGraw-Hill Osborne Media. Press materials say the book "makes it easy to choose the blogging tools that are best for you and master the basics of blog design and template manipulation."
AAN News  |  11-01-2007  8:36 am  |  Industry News

Google Takes On Facebook With OpenSocialnew

Online Media Daily  |  11-01-2007  5:45 pm  |  Industry News

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