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How Wall Street Meltdown Will Affect Ad Spendingnew
Advertising Age |
09-16-2008 9:26 am |
Industry News
Alt-Weekly Film Critic Steps Behind the Cameranew
Moving Midway: A Southern Plantation in Transit, a documentary directed by longtime critic Godfrey Cheshire, was released last week and is garnering good reviews so far. Cheshire, a three-time AltWeekly Award winner for criticism published in North Carolina's Independent Weekly, "connects his longstanding interest in American popular culture with the lore attached to his ancestral home, a North Carolina plantation called Midway" in "a fascinating and complicated story of regional identity," writes A.O. Scott in the New York Times.
The New York Times |
09-15-2008 12:10 pm |
Industry News
Republican State Attorneys General Urge GOP Senators on Shield Law
Last week, 13 Republican state attorneys general sent a letter to Republican senators urging them to support the Free Flow of Information Act. "As our states' chief law enforcement officers, we are in a unique position to confirm that our shield laws have not resulted in any degradation in our ability to protect our citizens," the letter reads. "Still, important provisions have been added to this legislation to carefully and thoroughly protect national security and public safety." A House version of the bill was overwhelmingly approved last October, and the Senate Judiciary Committee also approved the bill in the same month.
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Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna Press Release |
09-15-2008 9:53 am |
Press Releases
Tags: Editorial, Management
Local Pol: Bay Guardian's Endorsement 'Is the Big One'new
That's what San Francisco's school board president Mark Sanchez, who hopes to replace District 9 Supervisor Tom Ammiano, tells the Bay Area Reporter. Another candidate, David Campos, this week secured the backing of another important group, the Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club, but Sanchez downplayed not receiving that nod, saying the real prize will be the Bay Guardian's endorsement, which is expected in October. Campos agreed: "I think the Bay Guardian is definitely an important endorsement," he tells the Reporter.
The Bay Area Reporter |
09-12-2008 11:17 am |
Industry News
Washington City Paper Nixes Local Arts Column, Launches Sex Blognew
Washington City Paper |
09-12-2008 11:20 am |
Industry News
Arianna Huffington: 'I Love What Alternative Newsweeklies are Doing'new
Santa Fe Reporter |
09-12-2008 11:18 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Management
Esquire Unveils Cover with Electronic Inknew
A 10-square-inch display on the cover of Esquire's October 2008 issue flashes the theme "The 21st Century Begins Now" with a collage of illuminated images, powered by electronic ink. The E-ink technology (the same that is found in Amazon's Kindle, for example) is also used on the inside cover for a Ford advertisement. Esquire editor-in-chief David Granger thinks e-paper is what will bring print into the 21st century, as it incorporates digital technology without making the print product unrecognizable. "It preserves that experience but then it adds a little something else." In other E-ink news, the New York Times reported this week that the company Plastic Logic is introducing its version of an electronic newspaper reader: a lightweight plastic screen that mimics the look -- but not the feel -- of a printed newspaper.
The Associated Press via USA Today |
09-11-2008 10:23 am |
Industry News
The Chico Beat Ceases Publicationnew
The Beat, a tabloid-style weekly launched by former News & Review editors Tom Gascoyne and Josh Indar in August 2006, announced last week that it was shutting down. "The paper tried to fill a niche to the political left of the [Chico News & Review] but never caught on with advertisers," the News & Review reports.
Chico News & Review |
09-11-2008 8:43 am |
Industry News
The Stranger Announces 2008 Genius Award Recipientsnew
The Stranger |
09-11-2008 10:05 am |
Industry News
Study: Mobile Users Are Open to Retail Offersnew
Online Media Daily |
09-11-2008 8:49 am |
Industry News
The North Coast Journal Trims Paper Sizenew
The Humboldt Herald |
09-11-2008 8:48 am |
Industry News
Study: Mobile Advertising is Growing, but Facing Hurdlesnew
The number of U.S. mobile subscribers who recall seeing ads on their phones was up 81 percent from last year, to 77 million people, according to a new study by Nielsen Mobile. However, the report notes that mobile advertising continues to lag behind mobile media usage. For example, 63 percent of mobile ad viewers see ads just once a month or less, while less than two-thirds of page views of top mobile sites carry advertising (half of that is taken up by unpaid house ads). Nielsen points to three factors holding back mobile advertising: Advertisers and agencies are not yet fully aware of the size of mobile content audiences; the complexity of the mobile ecosystem intimidates media buyers; and a lack of trust in the medium because of survey results showing that consumers are not receptive to mobile advertising.
Online Media Daily |
09-10-2008 2:49 pm |
Industry News
MusicfestNW Now Third-Largest Indoor Music Festival in U.S.
The 2008 installment of Willamette Week's annual festival, held last Wednesday through Sunday, drew some 15,000 attendees to hear 218 bands at 47 shows, according to a WW press release. The only indoor festivals that remain larger are SxSW and CMJ. Performers this year included Built to Spill, Vampire Weekend, TV on the Radio, Mogwai, M. Ward, Les Savy Fav, Battles and Ratatat. "Portland proved, for the third year in a row that people here come out to support great music," says MusicfestNW executive director Trevor Solomon.
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Willamette Week Press Release |
09-10-2008 8:04 am |
Press Releases
Google Creating Online Archives for Newspapersnew
Online Media Daily |
09-10-2008 12:00 pm |
Industry News
Study: Marketers Taking Cautious Approach With Online Medianew
Online Media Daily |
09-10-2008 8:25 am |
Industry News
