AAN News
Citysearch Rolls Out Twitter Integration On Business Listing Pagesnew
Online Media Daily |
12-07-2009 8:03 am |
Industry News
How I Got That Story Live Chat: Jeffry Cudlin Talks Art Criticism
Washington City Paper's Jeffry Cudlin, who won the 2008 AltWeekly Award for Arts Criticism, discussed his work in a live chat with Tuscon Weekly's Jimmy Boegle.
(FULL STORY)
AAN |
12-04-2009 2:53 pm |
Association News
AAN Releases Guidelines for 2010 AltWeekly Awards
The contest website will open Tue., Dec. 15, 2009 and will close on the contest deadline, Mon., Feb. 8, 2010 at 11 pm (EST).
There are now three separate blog categories: Group/Staff Blog, Individual Blog, and Music Blog. There is also a new award for the best use of Multimedia. The Wild Card category is Health Care.
Download the complete contest rules here. (FULL STORY)
There are now three separate blog categories: Group/Staff Blog, Individual Blog, and Music Blog. There is also a new award for the best use of Multimedia. The Wild Card category is Health Care.
Download the complete contest rules here. (FULL STORY)
AAN |
12-04-2009 1:17 pm |
Association News
Update on the Executive Director Search
On Nov. 20, AAN officially stopped accepting applications for the executive director position. Since then, the Executive
Committee has narrowed a list of more than 75 candidates to a group of
eight individuals. At the same time, the committee created a Hiring Committee to oversee the rest of the process; this newly formed
committee's first task will be further winnowing the group of eight
down to a smaller group of finalists,
who will then be invited to AAN headquarters in Washington, D.C. for
interviews.
(FULL STORY)
AAN |
12-04-2009 11:46 am |
Association News
Westword Cashing In on Medical Marijuana Boomnew
In a report on how Colorado's booming medical marijuana industry is creating a "so called gold rush" for media companies that are accepting advertising from the dispensaries, KUNC's Bente Birkeland says "no newspaper has embraced the industry more than Westword." The Denver alt-weekly "is covered with pages and pages of medical marijuana ads for green docs, natural remedies and alternative healing," KUNC notes. But Poynter's Al Tompkins says that accepting the ads could pose potential problems for newspapers. "The fact is it is still against the law on the federal level," he says. "Even though there is no desire to prosecute it, it is still illegal, and generally it's against the law to be advertising an illegal act."
KUNC |
12-03-2009 10:19 am |
Industry News
Call for Entries: 2009 Innocence Network Journalism Awardsnew
The Innocence Network |
12-03-2009 2:53 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Management
Sacramento News & Review Gets Ready to Movenew
After a few years and a few million dollars, the paper is finally moving into its new office -- a former supermarket that it purchased and renovated using green-building standards. As News & Review publisher Jeff vonKaenel points out, the move wouldn't have been possible without about $2 million in grants, loan guarantees and other incentives from the city -- but he says that doesn't mean the paper will all of a sudden go soft in its coverage of the city and its redevelopment agency. "During my 36 years as a newspaper publisher, there have been many instances where regular advertisers have called me to complain about a story and to cancel their advertising," he writes. "Our business relationship with the city is no different."
Sacramento News & Review |
12-02-2009 10:54 am |
Industry News
Las Vegas Weekly Parent Company Consolidates Operationsnew
The Greenspun Media Group, which publishes the Weekly along with the daily Las Vegas Sun and a host of other properties, laid off a number of employees yesterday as part of a major restructuring to streamline operations. Staff at all of the company's publications will now be housed in one building and coalesce in three teams: editorial, advertising and support. Greenspun has not released the number of layoffs involved, but the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that the number is "at least 20" and includes two Weekly staffers. On his blog, Weekly columnist Steve Friess says those two are Bethany Acree and Josh Bell.
Las Vegas Sun |
12-02-2009 9:05 am |
Industry News
LEO Weekly Editor Takes New Gig in Nashville, News Editor Will Take Over
Stephen George is leaving the Louisville alt-weekly in January to become editor of the Nashville City Paper. Current LEO news editor Sarah Kelley will replace him, becoming the paper's first female editor. George, a Louisville native, has been with LEO since 2005 and has served as editor since May 2008. Both LEO and the City Paper are owned by SouthComm.
(FULL STORY)
LEO Weekly Press Release |
12-01-2009 4:34 pm |
Press Releases
The Stranger Flexing Real Political Muscle in Seattlenew
"While it may be easy to dismiss Seattle's most eccentric weekly paper, there is growing evidence that The Stranger may be more in tune with Emerald City voters than the other major papers in the area," writes Mike Noon in the University of Washington's student newspaper. "The Stranger has some serious political clout in Puget Sound politics." Noon points to the city's recent mayoral election as proof, saying the alt-weekly's "enthusiastic support of mayor-elect Mike McGinn was likely one of the key factors in his victory."
The Daily |
12-01-2009 9:20 am |
Industry News
Weekly Alibi Goes Local for Gift Guide
Albuquerque's Weekly Alibi took a novel approach to the grind of holiday gift guides afflicting most alt-weeklies this time of year, interviewing local crafters and folks with fledgling cottage industries, most of them undiscovered in their own hometown, in an attempt to translate the locavore movement to holiday shopping. Check out the package here.
(FULL STORY)
Weekly Alibi Press Release |
12-01-2009 8:59 am |
Press Releases
NAA Argues Against Opt-In Consent for Behavioral Targetingnew
Online Media Daily |
12-01-2009 9:08 am |
Industry News
'How I Got That Story' Live Chat with Art Critic Set for Friday
Washington City Paper's Jeffry Cudlin will discuss his award-winning arts criticism with Tucson Weekly editor Jimmy Boegle this Friday, Dec. 4, in the latest installment of AAN's live chat series with 2009 AltWeekly Award winners. The chat will take place on AAN.org at 3 pm EST.
(FULL STORY)
AAN |
11-30-2009 11:41 am |
Association News
VVM Launches a National Blog Covering Cannabis Culturenew
Toke of the Town is the latest national blog property launched by Village Voice Media, joining titles like Heartless Doll, Joystick Division and True Crime Report.
Westword |
11-30-2009 11:03 am |
Industry News
White Supremacists Threaten OC Weekly's Gustavo Arellanonew
On a recent episode the show "88 Degrees" on internet radio station Radio White, white supremacist Martin Cox and co-host Jeremy Moody attacked Arellano for his coverage of an incident this summer involving skinheads in Huntington Beach. During the show, Cox called Arellano everything from a "Mexican homosexual beaner" to a "faggot communist" to a "fricking reporter for a newspaper that comes out once a week and it's free," before talking about attacking Arellano. "I know who he is, where he works. I know everything about this dude," Cox said. "We have his home address. We have everything we need to know about that dude."
OC Weekly |
11-30-2009 10:19 am |
Industry News
