AAN News
Former Metro Pulse Owner Offers $13.3 Million for Creative Loafingnew
Knoxville, Tenn.-based real estate developer Brian Conley tells Atlanta magazine his offer price for the six-paper chain was based on cash flow estimates submitted last fall by CL in the company's bankruptcy proceedings. Conley sold Metro Pulse to the EW Scripps Co. in 2007 after owning the paper for four years. He recently made an investment in the Sunday Paper, a free-circulation competitor to CL's flagship paper in Atlanta; his investment was intended to help the company start new papers and go head-to-head with CL in Tampa and Charlotte.
Atlanta Magazine |
02-05-2009 11:08 am |
Industry News
Survey: Free Papers Faced 'Exceedingly Tough' Fourth Quarter
The Association of Free Community Papers' fourth-quarter member survey (not available online) showed many free-circulation community newspapers and shoppers finishing a difficult year with an exceedingly tough fourth quarter. Seventy-three percent of respondents reported that fourth-quarter revenue was down, compared to 66 percent that had reported a year-over-year sales decline in the third quarter. The decreases spanned the country, according to AFCP, but suburban markets were harder hit than urban and rural areas.
The Association of Free Community Papers |
02-04-2009 9:11 am |
Industry News
Online Ad Execs Expect Flat-To-Slow Growth Yearnew
Online Media Daily |
02-04-2009 8:44 am |
Industry News
Newspaper Web Audience Grows, Revenues Declinenew
The Newspaper Association of America (NAA) says that unique monthly visitors reached a record of 67.3 million in 2008 -- up 12.1 percent over 60 million in 2007. But as Media Daily News reports, the big increases in traffic simply are not translating into increased online revenues. Fourth-quarter figures are not yet available from the NAA, but online revenues slumped 2.4 percent in the second quarter and 3 percent in the third.
Media Daily News |
02-02-2009 9:51 am |
Industry News
Another Cartoonist is Dropped by Alt-Weekly Clientsnew
Lloyd Dangle reports that The Stranger and Metro Silicon Valley have cut his "Troubletown" cartoon. "[The papers] said that they might bring Troubletown back when things get better," Dangle writes, "but for newspapers, I don't know anybody who thinks it's going to get better." Meanwhile, Max Cannon of "Red Meat" has posted "an urgent message" on his website, saying "the alternative comics apocalypse has begun."
Troubletown Blog |
01-29-2009 2:58 pm |
Industry News
Ten AAN Members That Bucked the Trends and Grew in '08new
In the old days, when the media reported on problems in the newspaper industry, alternative newspapers weren't included. But alt-weeklies are immune no longer: In 2008, many AAN papers faced some of the same issues afflicting their mainstream brethren in the print media. However, you can still find alt-weeklies that had a pretty good year in 2008. That's just what AAN's editor Jon Whiten did, and he reports on 10 papers that increased revenue in a story published by Editor & Publisher.
Editor & Publisher |
01-28-2009 1:42 pm |
Industry News
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Google Ends Print Ads Programnew
Google |
01-21-2009 9:08 am |
Industry News
AAN Office Closed for MLK Day and Inauguration
AAN headquarters will be closed Monday and Tuesday in observance of the Federal holidays.
AAN |
01-19-2009 8:16 am |
Association News
Report: Online Video Ad Rates Fell 25 Percent In Q4new
Average pre-roll ad rates for online video in the fourth quarter dropped 25 percent from the year-earlier period and 12.5 percent from the prior quarter, according to a report from ad network BrightRoll. But the report notes that the drop in prices isn't all bad. "Fundamentally, online video ad inventory has been (and continues to be) overpriced," the report says. "There has been significant pressure (and success) in pushing online video CPMs to converge with rates paid on television. We believe this is good for the category, as it will bring significantly more total dollars into the medium."
Online Media Daily |
01-16-2009 11:13 am |
Industry News
Alt-Weekly Cartoonists Losing Clients
Matt Bors and Tom Tomorrow both report that they have lost several papers in the last few months.
Bors Blog | This Modern World |
01-16-2009 11:09 am |
Industry News
Arrests Raise Questions About Newspapers Running 'Prostitution' Adsnew
Editor & Publisher |
01-15-2009 2:03 pm |
Industry News
New Report Offers 206 Revenue-Boosting and Cost-Cutting Tipsnew
Kim A. Mac Leod of Regional Media Advisors and Seija Goldstein of Seija Goldstein Associates recently interviewed more than 60 regional publishers of every stripe, from alt-weeklies to business journals to city magazines, to find out what they are doing to generate revenue and reduce expenses. The results, broken down into 12 categories, are now available on the Regional Media Advisors website.
Regional Media Advisors |
01-12-2009 11:38 am |
Industry News
Publisher Says 'The Alt-Weekly is the Newspaper of the Future'new
"Boulder Weekly and our brother and sister alt-weeklies," Stewart Sallo writes, "are the next generation in the evolution of the newspaper." He notes that for the Weekly, "the past two years have been a watershed period for our organization, with unprecedented growth in readership and revenue, despite the unfavorable economic conditions we have faced."
Boulder Weekly |
01-12-2009 10:00 am |
Industry News
Phoenix Media Prez Talks About Purchasing a Spanish-Language Weeklynew
In an interview with New England Ethnic News, Brad Mindich explains why, when other media companies are slashing staff, he thought buying Boston's El Planeta newspaper was a good move. "This is a good niche product that expands what we do," he says, adding that the new acquisition will retain complete editorial control but will share content with the group's other titles when it makes sense. When asked why Phoenix Media chose El Planeta over other Spanish-language publications, Mindich says: "If you look at the other Hispanic newspapers published in this area, with all due respect, they are not very good." That comment has raised the ire of said publications.
New England Ethnic News |
01-09-2009 2:32 pm |
Industry News
More Papers Tighten Belts
Louisiana's Independent Weekly reports that in 2008 it had to lay off one employee and that it recently instituted "a single digit, company-wide salary cut." The Nashville Scene says it is eliminating its books section, as well as News of the Weird and the New York Times crossword. Boise Weekly's publisher says that even though the "last quarter of 2008 was very disappointing ... it might have been the best we will see for awhile." Meanwhile, the Chicago Reader says goodbye to two of its departing editorial staffers, and Nat Hentoff talks to the New York Times about his plans post-Voice.
AAN News |
01-09-2009 10:30 am |
Industry News
