AAN News
San Francisco Bay Guardian Confirms Impending Sale, Brugmann Steps Downnew
Bay Guardian co-founders and publishers Bruce Brugmann and Jean Dibble will step down from day-to-day operations. The paper will also sell its headquarters building for $6.5 million in a separate transaction.
SFBG.com |
04-24-2012 9:56 pm |
Industry News
AAN's 35th Annual Convention Heads to Detroit
AAN's 35th Annual Convention will take place Thursday, June 7 through Saturday, June 9.
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AAN |
04-24-2012 5:00 pm |
Conference News
Seven Days Hires Six New Staff Members
Six new employees have joined the staff at Seven Days over the past few months. The new hires include two staff writers, a marketing and events manager, a production manager, a designer and a sales assistant.
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Seven Days |
04-17-2012 3:40 pm |
Press Releases
AAN Releases Diversity Best Practices
AAN's Diversity Committee has compiled a 3-page list of tips on fostering diversity and inclusion within the alternative news industry.
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AAN |
04-12-2012 3:30 pm |
Association News
AAN Announces Diversity Scholarships, Student and Professional Funds
AAN is launching three scholarship funds to support the development of the next generation of journalists and journalism managers in alternative newsmedia.
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AAN |
03-30-2012 4:00 pm |
Association News
The Media Oxpecker: Are Readers a Commodity or Potential Business Partners?
The Guardian turns its readers into a resource; Google launches a paywall alternative for publishers; what one journalism professor would do if he ran an alt-weekly; and what type of journalist are you?
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AAN |
03-30-2012 2:05 pm |
Media Roundup
The Media Oxpecker: Who Profits When News Goes Mobile?
Pew Research Center says we're living in "the age of mobile"; Why diversity initiatives based on skin color miss the point entirely; And what one former newspaper editor says she'd do if she could do it all over again.
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AAN |
03-23-2012 11:38 am |
Media Roundup
Creative Loafing Group Announces Company-Wide Pay Cuts, Atlanta Lays Off 4
Salaries at the Chicago Reader, Creative Loafing Atlanta and Washington City Paper will be reduced by 5 percent company-wide. Efforts to sell the chain's remaining papers have stepped up.
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Creative Loafing, Inc. |
03-14-2012 5:28 pm |
Industry News
Chicago Reader Up For Salenew
Crain's Chicago Business reports that Atalaya Capital Management is actively seeking bidders for the Chicago Reader.
Crain's Chicago Business |
03-12-2012 12:12 pm |
Industry News
The Media Oxpecker: The Search for a New Business Model
What can alt-weeklies take away from the Pew's report on daily newspapers' (lack of) digital revenue? What does the iPad's "retina display" mean for publishers? Given the ongoing gender disparity in newsrooms, how did NPR become a hotbed for female journalists? And the Oxpecker turns 1.
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AAN |
03-09-2012 2:53 pm |
Media Roundup
Cincinnati CityBeat Acquired by SouthCommnew
Nashville-based SouthComm has announced the purchase of Cincinnati CityBeat. Publisher Dan Bockrath will remain in his position.
SouthComm |
03-05-2012 12:45 pm |
Industry News
How Diverse Are Alt-Weekly Feature Writers?new
Shani Hilton takes a look at the gender and racial background of Washington City Paper cover story authors.
Washington City Paper |
03-05-2012 3:15 pm |
Industry News
The Media Oxpecker: How to Activate the Facebook Timeline for Your Company Page
Facebook's timeline format comes to brand pages; How Google's latest search changes affect local businesses; and why the time it takes for a website to load can make or break it.
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AAN |
03-02-2012 2:22 pm |
Media Roundup
Sacramento News & Review Lists 'Top 10 Reasons to be Editor-in-Chief'new
Sacramento News & Review founding editor Melinda Welsh is stepping down from her post and to help find a replacement, her staff has put together the "Top 10 Reasons to be Editor-in-Chief."
Sacramento News & Review |
03-02-2012 8:30 am |
Press Releases
Birmingham Weekly to Publish Every 10 Daysnew
Birmingham Weekly will publish every 10 days rather than every 7 days. Owner Stephen Humphreys plans to devote more attention to hosting events at the paper's new office.
The Birmingham News |
02-29-2012 8:55 am |
Industry News
