AAN News
Editor & Publisher Ceasing Operationsnew
Editor & Publisher |
12-10-2009 11:51 am |
Industry News
Tags: Management
Santa Fe Reporter Heralded for its Coverage of Wild Animals and Domestic Violencenew
The Reporter is among the "fabulous papers" cited in a Morning News piece by Leah Finnegan that looks at "papers that defy boundaries, the internet, and, oft times, common reason." Calling the alt-weekly "tiny but hardy," Finnegan says it "covers two things very well: Wild animals and domestic violence," pointing to a quartet of recent stories on those very subjects. "The paper can also boast one of the country's most non-sequitur parenting columns, titled 'Daddy Needs a Drink,'" she writes. That led The Awl's Choire Sicha to dub "Daddy" writer Rob Wilder "our second-favorite parenting columnist."
The Morning News |
12-09-2009 2:52 pm |
Industry News
White House Releases Long-Awaited Open Government Directivenew
The White House has finally sent the head of every federal department and agency an Open Government Directive on how agencies should increase "transparency, participation, and collaboration." The response from open-government groups was cautiously optimistic, according to the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. "Today the White House released a 'roadmap' for transparency, but how agencies respond is where the rubber hits the road," says Rick Blum, coordinator of the Sunshine in Government Initiative, a group to which AAN belongs.
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press |
12-09-2009 10:57 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Management
Miami New Times is Switching to Glossy Coversnew
"For more than two decades, Miami New Times hasn't changed much," the paper says in a blog post. "On January 1, the weekly paper will become something altogether different. A glossy cover, staples, and perfect trimming with give this old dog an impressive new trick."
Miami New Times |
12-09-2009 10:47 am |
Industry News
AAN West Schedule and Hotel Accommodations All Set
After a one-year absence, AAN West is returning to the Bay Area this winter. The conference will be held on Jan. 29 and 30 in Berkeley immediately after the Web Publishing Conference in San Francisco. The conference website is now live, and it has all the info you need on programming, hotels and registration.
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AAN |
12-08-2009 4:31 pm |
Association News
Bay Guardian Seizes and Auctions Off SF Weekly Vehiclesnew
The San Francisco Bay Guardian last week auctioned off two vehicles owned by the SF Weekly as it tries to collect the multi-million-dollar judgment it was awarded in the predatory pricing trial against the Weekly and its parent company New Times, now known as Village Voice Media. The Guardian, which seized the vehicles in November, says the move "prove[s] wrong the predictions of New Times executives that the Guardian would never collect a cent on its judgment." VVM maintains that it won't owe the Guardian any money until its appeals are completed.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
12-08-2009 4:16 pm |
Industry News
SPD: Dallas Observer's Covers Among 'Most Creative of Any Publication'new
The Society of Publication Designers takes a look at the work being done at the Observer by art director Alexander Flores, who says he does almost all of the cover work himself. The SPD highlights a collection of Flores' covers that are quite diverse; the art director says that's intentional. "I try look at the paper as a collective volume; I try to not design similar-looking covers in tone, color palette, style, etc. in consecutive weeks," he says. "I want to make sure that the readers notice the new issue on the stand and pick that one up too, instead of not, because from 10 feet away it looks like last week's issue which they already grabbed."
The Society of Publication Designers |
12-08-2009 10:56 am |
Industry News
Sarah Palin Almost Signs City Pages Parody Covernew
Instead of bringing Going Rogue to be signed, an attendee at a recent Palin appearance at the Mall of America brought a copy of the Nov. 18 City Pages issue that parodied Palin's book cover, featuring U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann in place of Palin, with the title Going Crazy. The former vice presidential candidate "smiled vapidly at everyone and started to sign it, apparently not noticing it wasn't her face on the cover image," City Pages reports. "Unfortunately one of her handlers yanked the paper away at the last second and tossed it in the corner."
City Pages |
12-08-2009 8:27 am |
Industry News
Forecast: Online Will Take More Ad Dollars Than Newspapers By 2015new
paidContent |
12-08-2009 2:37 pm |
Industry News
Ad Forecasters Call For A Better Year Ahead, to Differing Degreesnew
Media Daily News |
12-08-2009 9:25 am |
Industry News
Coming Friday: 'How I Got That Story' Live Chat on Media Reporting
David Koon and Gerard Matthews of Arkansas Times, who took home a first place award for media reporting, will be interviewed by Las Vegas Weekly editor Scott Dickensheets on AAN.org this Friday (Dec. 11) at 3 pm EST.
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AAN |
12-07-2009 1:08 pm |
Association News
Website Calls for Medical Marijuana Ad Boycott Against L.A. Weeklynew
Just last week we noted that medical marijuana-related advertising was filling up the pages of Denver's Westword; now a medical marijuana website is calling on shops that advertise in L.A. Weekly to pull their ads. The boycott, proposed by the site WeedTRACKER, comes after the paper ran a cover story that looked at Los Angeles' inability to regulate the city's medical marijuana shops. "The person who calls for the boycott obviously wasn't pleased with what we found," Patrick Range McDonald writes, "even though the Weekly takes local politicians to task for allowing non-permitted, opportunistic pot shops to give a compassionate cause -- the legal use of medical marijuana by truly sick people -- a very public black eye."
L.A. Weekly |
12-07-2009 12:43 pm |
Industry News
New York Press Parent Co. 'Has Defied Industry Trends'new
"Manhattan Media has thrived as the media landscape has fragmented," Crain's New York reports. The privately-held company, which owns a stable of community weeklies and local specialty magazines, says revenue has grown fivefold since 2002 and advertising revenue for its newspapers is up this year over last. Crain's doesn't make much specific mention of the Press, which Manhattan Media purchased in 2007, except to note that "the company is still tinkering" with the alt-weekly.
Crain's New York |
12-07-2009 10:37 am |
Industry News
Tags: Management, New York Press
Study: 40 Percent of Americans Open to Behavioral Targetingnew
A new study from market research firm Synovate finds that 32 percent of Americans would be open to having their web browsing habits monitored if it meant they received ads more relevant to their interests, as long as they couldn't be identified as an actual person by the data collected. Another 8 percent said they would be open to behavioral targeting with "few, if any, concerns," but 35 percent said they weren't interested because of privacy concerns.
Marketing Daily |
12-07-2009 8:03 am |
Industry News
Obama on Open Government Issues: So Far, an 'Uneven Record'new
The Associated Press |
12-07-2009 11:40 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Management
