AAN News
Newspapers Find Some Relief in Automotive Adsnew
Bloomberg |
10-19-2009 10:47 am |
Industry News
Remembering the Earthquake That Ended the Santa Cruz Sunnew
In this week's Santa Cruz Weekly, Stephen Kessler goes back 20 years in time to revisit the Loma Prieta earthquake, which destroyed downtown Santa Cruz -- and ended his alt-weekly, the Santa Cruz Sun. After surveying the quake's damage to not only his home but the city's downtown core (home to so many of the Sun's advertisers), Kessler "broke the news to the staff that we would put out one last issue and call it quits." That staff included sales manager Bradley Zeve, who went on to start the Monterey County Weekly, and many writers who would later contribute to Metro Santa Cruz (now Santa Cruz Weekly). Kessler says that final issue was the paper's best ever -- "a true-to-life account of the city's most apocalyptic event since the 1955 flood."
Santa Cruz Weekly |
10-16-2009 3:30 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Management
Recession Brings Both Clouds and Silver Linings to New Haven Advocatenew
That's what the Yale Daily News finds in a report on how three local news organizations are faring in the downturn. While the Advocate's "circulation is steady," as managing editor John Stoehr points out, publisher Joshua Mamis admits that the paper's page count has decreased. Mamis also notes that although the paper has lost some national advertisers, many local advertisers have remained loyal.
Yale Daily News |
10-16-2009 12:04 pm |
Industry News
Houston Press Food Critic Keeps Writing Through Swine Flu Quarantinenew
"If you are wondering why I am so quiet lately its because I have been quarantined with N1H1," Robb Walsh tweeted last week. But being stuck in his house under doctor's orders didn't stop him from doing his job, he tells Washington City Paper. "There was no change in diet at all. I didn’t even have to stop writing," he says of his quarantine, which ended this Tuesday. "I just reviewed take out food." (Walsh further explains the process in a blog post titled "How to Review a Restaurant When You're Quarantined.")
Washington City Paper | Houston Press |
10-15-2009 1:21 pm |
Industry News
Monterey County Weekly Survives Deadline-Day Power Outagenew
On Tuesday, the storms battering California knocked out the power at the Weekly's headquarters -- in the middle of deadline day, no less. But with the help of a car mechanic across the street and a 5,000-watt generator, the staff successfully pushed through the dark hours. When the power returned, deputy editor Mark C. Anderson writes, "we were well on our way to a complete paper."
Monterey County Weekly |
10-15-2009 8:51 am |
Industry News
Tags: Management, Monterey County Weekly
Local Push Has Helped East Bay Express Become Voice of its Communitynew
The "buy local" and community-building philosophy the Express has been practicing since its ownership change in 2007 has paid off, publisher Jody Colley tells the Newspaper Association of America newsletter Big Ideas. "Since we've taken an active role in supporting and producing community events and working with the business community, we're now referred to as the 'media of record' for our area," she says. "The Express is typically approached first for business opportunities, story leads and advertising buys."
Big Ideas (PDF file) |
10-14-2009 2:32 pm |
Industry News
Dallas Observer's Live-Blogging Wins Local Bar Association Awardnew
The Dallas Bar Association honors the best legal news reporting in the Dallas-Fort Worth area with its annual Stephen Philbin Awards; this year the Dallas Observer's Jim Schutze and Robert Wilonsky took home an award in the new category of Electronic Media News/Feature Article for their live-blogging of a City Hall corruption trial, which the association says "gave readers a play-by-play account of each day's courtroom activities."
Dallas Bar Association (PDF file) |
10-14-2009 11:48 am |
Honors & Achievements
Oklahoma Gazette Celebrates 30th Birthdaynew
"What began as an upstart, 2,000-circulation bimonthly publication with roots in historic preservation has grown into the largest weekly in Oklahoma," editor Rob Collins writes. "To celebrate its first three decades, Gazette contacted former editors, writers and contributors to share their memories and unique experiences." Collins says publisher Bill Bleakley founded the paper as a "journal of contributions to Oklahoma's quality of life." MORE: Joe Wertz looks at the paper's future.
Oklahoma Gazette |
10-14-2009 10:08 am |
Honors & Achievements
Tags: Management, Oklahoma Gazette
The Onion: Most Newspapers Now Bought By Kidnappers To Prove Datenew
The Onion |
10-14-2009 2:09 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Management
The Huffington Post Using Real-Time Testing of Different Headlinesnew
Nieman Journalism Lab |
10-14-2009 10:51 am |
Industry News
Report: U.S. Ad Sales to Fall Less Than Expected Next Yearnew
Bloomberg |
10-14-2009 10:16 am |
Industry News
AAN West and Web Publishing Conferences Return This Winter
After a one-year absence, both AAN West and the Web Publishing Conference are slated to return to the Bay Area this winter. The Web Publishing Conference will begin with a social event on the evening of Wednesday, Jan. 27, and will end on the afternoon of Friday, Jan. 29. AAN West will begin that afternoon in Berkeley, with programming continuing all day on Saturday, Jan. 30.
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AAN |
10-13-2009 10:07 am |
Association News
L.A. Weekly Launches iPhone Appnew
The newly-launched free app "features over 200 concert and event listings that you can sort by date, nearby and neighborhood, plus over 1000 easy-to-search restaurant listings, including recommendations from our Pulitzer Prize winning food critic Jonathan Gold," the Weekly says. In addition, the app will feature event and nightlife coverage and slideshows.
L.A. Weekly |
10-13-2009 9:40 am |
Industry News
Sacramento News & Review is Holding Strong Despite the Downturnnew
Local TV station KCRA reports that the News & Review is "getting through the recession better than others" like Sacramento's daily, the Bee, which, like so many other daily newspapers, has laid off scores of staffers in the past few years. "We took a dip last year but it's really picking up, and as things for the dailies get worse it's going to get even better for us," News & Review president and CEO Jeff von Kaenel tells the station.
KCRA-TV via YouTube |
10-13-2009 9:08 am |
Industry News
Once Again, Alt-Weeklies Fare Well in Food Journalists' Awardsnew
The Association of Food Journalists last week named the winners of its 2009 Awards Competition at a banquet in New Orleans. Seattle Weekly's Jonathan Kauffman won first place for Best Newspaper Restaurant Criticism and Creative Loafing (Atlanta)'s Besha Rodell took home first for Best Newspaper Food Feature. (Riverfront Times' Kristen Hinman took third in that category.) Kauffman's victory marks the fourth year in a row that a Village Voice Media paper has won the Best Newspaper Restaurant Criticism category.
The Association of Food Journalists (PDF file) |
10-13-2009 8:54 am |
Honors & Achievements
