AAN News
ComScore Refines Web Metrics Systemnew
Financial Times |
07-26-2007 12:30 pm |
Industry News
Chicago Reader, Inc. President: 'I Guess it Was Time'new
"We've received so many overtures over the years and they’ve never come to pass," Bob Roth tells Reader media critic Michael Miner. "[But] we got a better offer than I expected." Creative Loafing CEO Ben Eason tells the Washington Post it was an "eight-figure sale" and that he tried to buy the Reader's minority stakes in the Stranger, the Portland Mercury and the Amsterdam Weekly, but that Roth wouldn't sell. Miner tells the Chicago Tribune that the Reader staff is "discombobulated" at the moment. "This has been a very insular paper," Miner says. "We've seen other papers buffeted by change that hasn't affected us until now." Miner also reports that Reader publisher Mike Crystal and editor Alison True will remain with the paper, but production will be moved to Atlanta, according to a report in the Chicago Sun-Times. Production of City Paper will also be moved to Atlanta, where all four of Creative Loafing's papers are currently produced. Back in Washington, editor Erik Wemple says that budget cuts that had already begun will continue, but "there's no fat in our newsroom that I can identify and so this is difficult process. I refuse to pay freelancers less money, and so we'll have to get terribly, terribly creative." MORE COVERAGE: Forbes; Crain's; St. Petersburg Times; Chicago Public Radio.
Chicago Reader |
07-25-2007 9:11 am |
Industry News
Facebook Driving Traffic to Widget Publishersnew
MarketingVOX |
07-25-2007 11:13 am |
Industry News
Online Newspaper Audience Rising Twice as Fast as General Internet Populationnew
paidContent.org |
07-25-2007 11:07 am |
Industry News
Creative Loafing Inc. Acquires Chicago Reader and Washington City Paper
The Reader and City Paper, which were both controlled by the founders of the Reader, were acquired today by Creative Loafing Inc., which owns alt-weeklies in Atlanta, Tampa, Sarasota and Charlotte. "Our expansion into Chicago and Washington reflects our confidence in the future of alternative publishing -- in print, on the web and in other media as they emerge," CEO Ben Eason says in a statement. "We've had a great ride," the Chicago Reader Inc. owners say in a separate press statement released by president Bob Roth. "Now we're happily handing the keys to a new generation, Creative Loafing and their CEO Ben Eason. We're confident they will build on what we've established and carry it ably into the future." The Reader statement also notes that most of the company's shareholders will retain their minority interests in The Stranger, Portland Mercury, and Amsterdam Weekly through a company to be called Quarterfold, Inc. MORE: City Paper's Mike DeBonis reports that Eason told the staff that publisher Amy Austin and editor Erik Wemple will remain in their posts but some financial, technology, and production operations will be shifted to offices in Atlanta and Tampa.
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Creative Loafing Inc. Press Release |
07-24-2007 2:04 pm |
Press Releases
Chicago Reader Inc. Statement on Sale to Creative Loafing
Chicago Reader Inc. Press Release |
07-24-2007 2:13 pm |
Press Releases
Does Your Brand Have Portability Potential?new
Advertising Age |
07-24-2007 8:59 am |
Industry News
AAN Adds 'Members Only' Content to Website
The little red "A" logo you see next to today's AAN News story on the Austin Chronicle means the full text of that story is available only to AAN members. Every so often, we'll use that designation to highlight features we've developed specifically for AAN members that you won't find anywhere else.
AAN Staff |
07-23-2007 11:54 am |
Association News
Podcasters Unite to Figure Out a Role for Adsnew
The New York Times |
07-23-2007 10:39 am |
Industry News
Ad Exchanges at a Glancenew
iMedia Connection |
07-20-2007 9:39 am |
Industry News
San Francisco TV Station Creates a 'Futures Market' for Newsnew
SF Weekly |
07-18-2007 10:45 am |
Industry News
ABC to Integrate Print Readership, Online Audience Into Circ Reportsnew
NAA press release |
07-17-2007 11:06 am |
Industry News
Why Your Web Marketing Strategy Needs a Widgetnew
Fast Company |
07-17-2007 10:47 am |
Industry News
California Alt-Weeklies Win a Slew of 'Better Newspapers' Awardsnew
AAN members won 15 first-place awards in the California Association of Newspaper Publishers' annual contest, led by Palo Alto Weekly, which took home five firsts. Chico News & Review placed first in in three categories; Pacific Sun won two; and Metro Santa Cruz, North Coast Journal, Sacramento News & Review, San Francisco Bay Guardian, and the Santa Barbara Independent each finished in first in one category. The awards were presented in a ceremony Saturday evening.
California Association of Newspaper Publishers (PDF file) |
07-16-2007 8:54 am |
Honors & Achievements
In a Push for Readers, Post Launches Hyperlocal Sitenew
Washington Post |
07-16-2007 12:29 pm |
Industry News
