AAN News
Carriers Experiment with Mobile-phone Adsnew
The Seattle Times |
03-07-2007 4:24 pm |
Industry News
Video: Key to Auto Advertising?new
Editor & Publisher |
03-07-2007 2:28 pm |
Industry News
New York Magazine Puts Listings on Mobile Phonenew
Online Media Daily |
03-06-2007 10:51 am |
Industry News
Tags: Electronic Publishing, Management
Creative Loafing Story on White Nationalists Causes a Stir
The Atlanta alt-weekly's story on the Stormfront White Nationalist Community web forum, "A Kinder, Gentler Racism," led to a landslide of hateful and nasty comments on the paper's website. The avalanche may have been triggered by a post on the Vanguard News Network Forum encouraging "everyone here [to] take a minute, breeze through the article and comment on the Creative Loafing site about it." Despite charges of censorship leveled by the white nationalists, Web Editor Lea Holland says that only one comment has been deleted, "because the link was dead." The incident highlights the balancing act papers perform while monitoring their sites' comments. "While we all have mixed feelings about this, I think ultimately our readers and the public good are better served by letting these guys show who they are," Editor Ken Edelstein tells AAN News. "I have enough faith in our readers to know that the overwhelming majority will be repulsed by what they see -- but also informed at the same time."
AAN News |
03-02-2007 3:19 pm |
Industry News
Magazine Publishers: Websites of Future Will Reflect Usersnew
Media Week |
03-02-2007 9:56 am |
Industry News
Is the Page View a Measurement Tool of the Past?new
Just as the "hits" metric became outdated as web use evolved, the page view may be on the road to obsolescence, according to E&P. As an example, the story looks at Ajax, software used by Yahoo and others that is "enabling flashier, more convenient sites," but also is "contributing to Yahoo's decline in page views." While experts quoted by E&P say that an attachment to page views may hurt a site's usability, representatives from measurement companies say they are sticking with page views, while developing supplemental metrics for interaction and brand loyalty. "People kind of cling to it, even if they know it's flawed," says comScore's Gregory Dale. "They want to see this familiar metric."
Editor & Publisher |
02-28-2007 9:11 am |
Industry News
Upstart Challenging Yahoo and Google in Online Ad Marketnew
ESPN.com, FoxNews.com, and all of Cox Newspapers' sites are among the large media sites migrating from the two online giants to Quigo Technologies for contextual text ads, the small sponsored links that run next to related articles, the New York Times reports. The main reason, according to the Times, is that Quigo offers "transparency and control" by giving advertisers a list of sites where their ads have appeared and the option to buy only on specific sites. Google seems to be taking the competition seriously. A company spokesperson tells the Times that they will soon begin providing similar information to their clients.
The New York Times |
02-28-2007 9:08 am |
Industry News
Chicago Alt-Weekly Enlists Readers as Poll Watchersnew
In today's citywide election, the Chicago Reader will "try a little experiment in citizen journalism" and have readers send in dispatches from the polls as election day unfolds, E&P reports. On Clout City, the paper's politics blog, Executive Editor Mike Lenehan tells readers: "Keep your eyes and ears open, ask questions if you need to, carry your camera or picture phone, and e-mail your anecdotes and photos." The best of this user-generated content will be posted on Clout City, along with reports from the Reader's regular bloggers. While Lenehan promises that editors "will be manning the inbox...until 8 pm at least, longer if it gets interesting," E&P says the biggest race will likely be a snoozer. "Mayor Richard M. Daley looks to be a shoo-in," E&P writes, before noting there are a few "spirited aldermanic elections" to watch.
Editor & Publisher |
02-27-2007 9:27 am |
Industry News
Isthmus' TheDailyPage.com Forum Wins National Press Award
Isthmus Publishing Co. Press Release |
02-26-2007 2:26 pm |
Press Releases
Free Online Training Courses from the BBCnew
Poynter Online |
02-23-2007 11:50 am |
Industry News
PDF Versions of Papers Aren't Catching Onnew
Poynter Online |
02-23-2007 11:43 am |
Industry News
Laura Fries Joins AAN Staff as Web Director and Editor
Creative Loafing Inc.'s former web editor will be responsible for overseeing the development of AAN's websites -- AAN.org and AltWeeklies.com. She will also share editing duties on both sites with Jon Whiten, the organization's senior editor. Fries got her start in journalism at the San Antonio Current, writing news and editing the food section. She also was the food editor of Tampa's Weekly Planet (now called Creative Loafing) for a short time before she was tapped for the web position in Atlanta.
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AAN Staff |
02-22-2007 4:37 pm |
Association News
Atlanta Daily to Further Differentiate Web and Print Productsnew
Facing a continually declining readership, Cox Newspapers' Atlanta Journal-Constitution announced last week an overhaul "that's expected to funnel breaking news and youth-oriented content to the Internet, while reserving the print version for investigative news and long-form feature stories for older, more educated readers," Creative Loafing reports.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
02-22-2007 1:57 pm |
Industry News
New LATimes.com Editor Says Good Tech Person is Essentialnew
For small newspapers operating a website with limited resources, Meredith Artley advocates hiring "somebody who knows the technology extremely well." In an audio interview with OJR, the former digital development director for the International Herald Tribune paraphrases an IHT co-worker to explain why that's important: "At it's core, a website is a technical thing," she says. "And you can't solve any ... problems with being able to get the journalism out and the reader comments and feedback in without going to the core and working on the technology aspect. "
Online Journalism Review |
02-22-2007 11:43 am |
Industry News
Tags: Electronic Publishing
Norwegian Newspaper Publisher Finds Secret to Profiting Onlinenew
International Herald Tribune |
02-20-2007 11:48 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Electronic Publishing, Management
