AAN News
Registration for Web Publishing and AAN West Conferences Now Open
After a one-year absence, both AAN West and the Web Publishing Conference are returning to the Bay Area this winter. The Web Publishing Conference will take place Jan. 27-29 at the Argonaut Hotel near San Francisco's famed Fisherman's Wharf, and AAN West will happen Jan. 29-30 across the bay in Berkeley.
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AAN |
11-23-2009 9:16 pm |
Association News
Movie Studios Spending Less on Advertising, Pushing for More Free Publicitynew
The New York Times |
11-23-2009 8:58 am |
Industry News
Richard Karpel, Erik Wemple Talk About Alt-Media's 'Economic Woes'new
AAN's executive director and Washington City Paper's editor joined the Project for Excellence in Journalism's Mark Jurkowitz and former Washington Blade editor Kevin Naff on a D.C. public-radio show yesterday for a wide-ranging discussion about how the digital transformation, changing demographics and the recession are affecting alternative media.
WAMU-FM |
11-20-2009 12:12 pm |
Industry News
Boise Weekly Cover Auction Nets Record Proceedsnew
The Weekly's eighth annual Cover Art Auction, which took place this Wednesday, was its most successful yet, grossing more than $15,000. "Once we've paid the bill for framing every piece, we expect to put more than $12,000 into Boise Weekly's private art grant, for which any local artist or organization is eligible to apply," editor Rachael Daigle writes. "That's roughly $800 more than we've ever put back into the art community."
Boise Weekly |
11-20-2009 10:05 am |
Industry News
How's New Times Broward-Palm Beach Doing?new
The South Florida alt-weekly ran a lengthy cover story this week on the problems facing South Florida's newspapers, and decided that it would only be fair to report on its own struggles as well. Reporter Lisa Rab says that the New Times newsroom staff has shrunk by four (to 13) and its circulation has dropped from around 80,000 to 54,500 over "the past couple of years." She also talks to Village Voice Media president and chief operating officer Scott Tobias, who says there are no plans afoot to make the paper online-only, to sell it or to merge its operations with its sister paper to the south, Miami New Times.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
11-19-2009 12:04 pm |
Industry News
Study: About Half in U.S. Would Pay for Online Newsnew
The New York Times |
11-16-2009 11:41 am |
Industry News
VVM Building Web Revenues by Collecting Niche Partnersnew
Village Voice Media CEO Jim Larkin tells Forbes that for web revenues, the company is continuing to focus on its "Voice Local Network," which sells ads on niche websites that partner with VVM. Larkin also says that VVM is on track to pull in $120 million in ad revenue this year (down from $141 million last year), and that the company is running at a profit.
Forbes |
11-09-2009 12:33 pm |
Industry News
AAN Begins Search for New Executive Director
As we announced on Monday, AAN's longtime executive director, Richard Karpel, is stepping down to take the same position at the American Society of News Editors. AAN has placed ads to find his successor on four websites and has received more than 20 applications thus far. The Executive Committee of the Board of Directors will do an initial screening of the candidates later this month; after this is complete, President Mark Zusman will appoint a separate committee that will likely meet and interview the finalists and make a recommendation to the Board of Directors.
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AAN |
10-30-2009 9:24 am |
Association News
AAN's Executive Director Stepping Down
Richard Karpel, who joined the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies as its executive director in July 1995, is leaving AAN for the same position at the American Society of News Editors. His last day will be Nov. 25, although he has agreed to help the association in an unofficial capacity after that date to assist in the transition to a new staff chief executive. "I have been at AAN for the better part of my adult life, and it has been an incredible ride," he says. "I want to thank all of the AAN members past and present who have made my time here such a rich and rewarding experience." MORE: Here's ASNE's announcement.
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AAN |
10-26-2009 1:14 pm |
Association News
CVC: Circ at Alt-Weeklies Flat from Q1 to Q2new
The latest audit data for the first six months of 2009 from Circulation Verification Council (CVC) finds that alt-weeklies' circulation rose 0.1 percent from Q1 to Q2, with 54 percent of alt-weeklies saying circulation rose in Q2.
Editor & Publisher |
10-26-2009 8:29 am |
Industry News
Political Ad Spend Expected to Surge in 2010new
A new Wells Fargo Securities report says political advertising will hit $3.3 billion in 2010, an 11 percent increase over 2008, but a 4 percent decrease from 2006. The bump in spending "will be fueled by the election of 37 governors, 38 senators, the entire House of Representatives and issue advertising (which could approach $1 billion) on hot-button topics such as healthcare," Adweek reports. While most of that $3.3 billion is expected to go to TV, the forecast predicts that newspapers will get $95 million, and internet will get $50 million.
Adweek |
10-22-2009 11:57 am |
Industry News
On Smartphones, 'Opportunties for Advertisers Abound'new
USA Today |
10-21-2009 10:21 am |
Industry News
Report: '09 Online Ad Spend Now Expected to be Down 2.9 Percentnew
Advertising Age |
10-20-2009 10:24 am |
Industry News
Newspapers Find Some Relief in Automotive Adsnew
Bloomberg |
10-19-2009 10:47 am |
Industry News
Report: U.S. Ad Sales to Fall Less Than Expected Next Yearnew
Bloomberg |
10-14-2009 10:16 am |
Industry News
