AAN News
Ben Eason Sees Opportunity in Chapter 11 Protectionnew
The Creative Loafing CEO tells Editor & Publisher that bankruptcy has given the six-paper chain the opportunity to speed its transformation to digital publishing and to cut its costs. He says that his staff is spending 90 percent of its energy on the web and the other 10 percent on print -- which would be impossible without bankruptcy. "Everyone in the business knows print pays the bills, but most folks don't understand that digital contributes to the profits," he says. In a pre-Chapter 11 company, "the profit expectation baked into the capital structure is entirely based on maintenance of historical print profit margins." Eason also says he expects CL to emerge from bankruptcy this summer.
Editor & Publisher |
05-20-2009 9:19 am |
Industry News
Two Florida Alt-Weeklies Finalists in SPJ's Green Eyeshades Contestnew
Miami New Times and New Times Broward-Palm Beach have a handful of contenders in the Society of Professional Journalists' 59th annual Green Eyeshade Awards. Miami New Times has five finalists, and Broward-Palm Beach has three, in a variety of categories, from Public Service to Sports Commentary. The Green Eyeshade Awards is a regional journalism competition covering Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia. Winners will be announced this summer.
Society of Professional Journalists via Media of Birmingham |
05-20-2009 8:30 am |
Honors & Achievements
The Village Voice Announces Additional Artists for Siren Music Festivalnew
The Village Voice Press Release |
05-20-2009 8:48 am |
Press Releases
Recession's Latest Victim: Hipsters?new
Matt Singer, formerly a staffer at the Ventura County Reporter, moved up the coast to Portland in October with hopes of landing another alt-weekly editorial gig. The Wall Street Journal reports that Singer's quest has been less-than-successful, and uses that anecdote as a springboard into a piece that details how cities like Portland are dealing with a continual influx of hipsters and fewer and fewer jobs. (A story BusinessInsider.com summarized as: "Hipsters In Portland Can't Get Jobs Writing For Alt-Weekly Newspapers.") Willamette Week gets a shout-out in the story as well, for its new "Restaurant Apocalypse" column, which keeps track of the city's myriad restaurant closings.
Wall Street Journal |
05-19-2009 9:43 am |
Industry News
Another Fort Collins Weekly Closes its Doorsnew
Fort Collins Now is publishing its final issue this week, the Coloradoan reports. The paper was founded in 2003 as Fort Collins Weekly by AAN veterans Joel Dyer and Greg Campbell and sold to Nevada-based Swift Communications in 2007, which changed the name to Fort Collins Now. After the ownership change, Dyer and Campbell both remained involved with the paper, although they took on lesser roles. "It was clear that we have given Fort Collins Now a good length of time to see if it could turn a profit. It was really clear it wasn't happening," Campbell says. "It seems like the opportunity with Swift sort of delayed the inevitable." The weekly becomes the latest alt-style paper to close down in Fort Collins. In 2006, the AAN member Rocky Mountain Bullhorn ceased publication, and in 2008 the Rocky Mountain Chronicle did the same.
The Coloradoan |
05-19-2009 9:18 am |
Industry News
Tags: Management
AAN's April Financials: More Green Shoots [members only]
Richard Karpel |
05-19-2009 7:26 pm |
AAN Staff Blog
Tags: Financial, Management
Interactive Advertising Bureau Issues Social Advertising Guidelinesnew
Online Media Daily |
05-19-2009 9:29 am |
Industry News
The Village Voice Announces 2009 OBIE Award Winnersnew
The Village Voice |
05-19-2009 9:23 am |
Press Releases
LEO Weekly Reporter Assaulted, Files Chargesnew
Jonathan Meador, a freelancer for the Louisville alt-weekly, was covering a local Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner last week when he was assaulted by local businessman and GOP activist J.D. Sparks, who was apparently trying to get the reporter to stop videotaping the event. Meador will pursue charges of fourth-degree assault and menacing, both misdemeanors, against Sparks.
LEO Weekly |
05-18-2009 1:11 pm |
Industry News
Former OC Weekly Staffer and AAN Diversity Intern Diesnew
On Friday, Nguyen Huy Vu's family decided to take the 34-year-old reporter off artificial life support following a Mother's Day heart attack that had left him brain dead, OC Weekly reports. In 2001, Vu was one of the first two journalists to receive an internship under AAN's Diversity Grant Program. MORE: A number of current and former Weekly staffers remember Vu fondly in the comments of this blog post.
OC Weekly |
05-18-2009 8:48 am |
Industry News
City Pages Nabs 27 State SPJ Awardsnew
The Twin Cities alt-weekly did well on Thursday night, when the Minnesota chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists held their annual Page One Awards banquet to honor the best journalism in the state. City Pages took home 27 awards, including 15 first-place honors. The impressive showing led MinnPost.com media critic David Brauer to wonder if City Pages might be the best newspaper in Minnesota.
City Pages |
05-18-2009 8:04 am |
Honors & Achievements
Pasadena Weekly Editor Gets Annenberg Fellowshipnew
Deputy editor Joe Piasecki was chosen last month for the Annenberg Fellowship at the University of Southern California, which requires two semesters of study in USC's graduate-level Specialized Journalism program and includes a $20,000 stipend. In addition, a number of Pasadena Weekly writers, along with scribes from sister papers LA CityBeat and Ventura County Weekly, have been been nominated for the Los Angeles Press Club's 51st Annual Southern California Journalism Awards. L.A. Weekly and OC Weekly also have a large number of nominees in the awards contest.
Pasadena Weekly | L.A. Weekly |
05-18-2009 7:58 am |
Honors & Achievements
Study: More Than Half Of Mobile Users Getting Contentnew
Online Media Daily |
05-18-2009 12:12 pm |
Industry News
Newspapers No Longer Dominate Journalism Fellowshipsnew
The New York Times |
05-18-2009 8:52 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Management
Charleston City Paper Launches Redesigned Websitenew
Charleston City Paper |
05-18-2009 8:25 am |
Industry News
