AAN News
The Other Paper Sold to Parent Company's Creditorsnew
As part of Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, a judge has approved selling the assets of American Community Newspapers -- including The Other Paper -- to its creditors, who formed the company American Community Newspapers II to pursue the purchase. The Dallas-based company, which bought The Other Paper in 2007, filed for bankruptcy in April.
Business First of Columbus |
06-08-2009 3:04 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Management, The Other Paper
Free Dailies Struggle During Downturnnew
Circulation and revenue at many free daily newspapers are down as the industry grapples with a difficult advertising market, the New York Times reports. As a result, free daily publishers like Metro International -- which recently agreed to sell its New York and Philadelphia papers -- are cutting costs and consolidating.
The New York Times |
06-08-2009 10:19 am |
Industry News
Tags: Management
Report: Mobile Users Spend Less Time with Other Medianew
The New York Times |
06-08-2009 2:30 pm |
Industry News
Forecast: Local Mobile Advertising (Particularly Search) Will Be Next Hot Trendnew
MediaBuyerPlanner |
06-08-2009 11:52 am |
Industry News
Another Livingston Win for Village Voice Media
VVM points out that with John Dickerson of the Phoenix New Times' win this week, the company's writers have racked up four Livingston Awards in the past decade.
(FULL STORY)
Village Voice Media Press Release |
06-05-2009 1:35 pm |
Press Releases
Long Island Press Fares Well in Regional SPJ Awardsnew
When the Press Club of Long Island, the local chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, announced the winners of its 2009 Media Awards contest at its annual awards dinner Thursday night, Long Island's only alt-weekly came away with a total of 17 awards. The Press won two "all media" awards -- Brad Pareso was named Cub Reporter of the Year, and the paper was named a co-winner (with Newsday) of the Robert Greene Public Service Award for a story on heroin use in the area. (That story is also up for a Public Service AltWeekly Award.) In competition with other weeklies, the Press won first-place awards in the following categories: Arts, Business/Economic/Financial, Deadline News, Feature, Government/Politics, and Non-Deadline News.
Press Club of Long Island |
06-05-2009 10:01 am |
Honors & Achievements
Who Knew? Bill O'Reilly Wrote for Alt-Weeklies in the 70snew
In his latest book, A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity, the controversial Fox News host reflects on his days attending Boston University in the 1970s. He notes that once he was bitten by the journalism bug, he started being published in Boston's alt-weeklies. "I ran around Boston annoying the hell out of everyone, but bringing back good, crisp copy," O'Reilly writes. "In addition to the Free Press [BU's student paper], I got stuff published in the Boston Phoenix and the Real Paper. Then, I recycled the articles into class assignments. Somehow, this worked out great. How could I get a bad grade if somebody had paid me for a piece and it ran on page two?"
BU Today |
06-04-2009 11:05 am |
Industry News
Phoenix New Times Scribe Wins Livingston Awardnew
John Dickerson has been named the 2008 Livingston Award winner for local reporting for "The Doctor is Out," a three-part series on medical standards and regulation in Arizona. The Livingstons are limited to journalists under the age of 35 and are the largest all-media, general-reporting prizes in the country. This marks the second year in a row that an alt-weekly has won the award, which comes with a $10,000 prize. Dickerson's series is also an AltWeekly Award finalist in the investigative reporting category.
Livingston Awards |
06-04-2009 8:46 am |
Honors & Achievements
Academy for Alternative Journalism Alum is Killednew
Tess Martinez died Monday in a car accident in New Mexico. She was 25 years old. Martinez was one of 10 Academy for Alternative Journalism fellows in 2008 and a former Tucson Weekly intern. The Weekly reports that she was on her way to the Chicago area to look for work when the accident happened. Her Twitter page lists her last message -- sent at 3:44 pm on Saturday -- as: "driving to Chicago tonight."
Tucson Weekly |
06-03-2009 1:51 pm |
Association News
Former Dallas Observer Editor's Book is Outnew
Julie Lyons, the evangelical Christian who stepped down as Observer editor in late 2007, has written a book on her religious transformation. Holy Roller was released yesterday by WaterBrook Press, a subsidiary of Random House. In an interview with Beliefnet, Lyons, who wrote a popular and at-times controversial "Bible Girl" column for the alt-weekly, talks about the book and what she's been up to since leaving the Observer. Besides writing, she says she's spent more time in ministry. "I go door to door in the streets of South Dallas with an evangelism team," she says. "We're out there to win souls for Jesus, plain and simple."
Dallas Observer | Beliefnet |
06-03-2009 9:09 am |
Industry News
Bay Area Alts Win Regional Awardsnew
Two alt-weeklies took home awards in the East Bay Press Club's 2008 Excellence in Print Journalism Contest. The East Bay Express won a total of five awards, with first-place finishes for Best Analysis, Best Opinion Piece and Lifestyle Feature. SF Weekly also took home one of the press club's awards, which were announced at a reception on Friday.
East Bay Express |
06-03-2009 8:47 am |
Honors & Achievements
Nielsen Online: Time Spent on Social Networks Doubles in a Yearnew
PC World |
06-03-2009 10:30 am |
Industry News
Tags: Electronic Publishing, Management
Study: Online Video Usage Dramatically Overstatednew
Online Media Daily |
06-03-2009 9:20 am |
Industry News
Tags: Electronic Publishing, Management
Backpage.com Announces Enhanced Services
Unique user-features set online classifies website apart from competition
(FULL STORY)
Backpage.com Press Release |
06-03-2009 8:53 am |
Press Releases
Is Craigslist's New Adult Ad Policy Helping Alt-Weeklies?new
Washington City Paper classified manager Heather McAndrews says that in the first week of May, adult ads were up 38 percent over the same time last year; City Pages publisher Mark Bartel says adult ads there have "almost doubled;" and SF Weekly's adult ad count has jumped from 160 before Craigslist's new policy went into effect to 910 last week. One woman who advertises in both City Paper and Craigslist tells the alt-weekly that Craigslist's "standard is no good because you cannot really describe who you are."
Washington City Paper |
06-02-2009 3:25 pm |
Industry News
