AAN News
Louisiana Alt-Weeklies Grab Dozens of State Press Awardsnew
Lafayette's The Independent Weekly won 29 awards and New Orleans' Gambit Weekly won 10 in the Louisiana Press Association's annual contest. The Independent snagged first place for Editorial Cartoon, Feature Story, Lifestyle Coverage, Multimedia Element, Web Project and six advertising awards. Gambit won firsts for Regular Column and online advertising. The two papers tied for first place in Community Service/Service to Readers.
Louisiana Press Association |
04-28-2009 8:44 am |
Honors & Achievements
Phoenix Media Tightens Beltnew
The Boston Phoenix and its sister publications are the latest alt-weeklies to cut expenses as the media industry struggles through the recession. The parent company laid off six employees, suspended its 401K matches and cut salaries across the board, with the highest-paid employees giving up considerably more than the lowest.
Boston Phoenix |
04-24-2009 3:25 pm |
Industry News
Sacramento News & Review Celebrates 20th Anniversarynew
"In the early years, SN&R was panned, dissed, scoffed at and boycotted. We were also loved and welcomed," founding editor Melinda Welsh writes. "Somehow -- story by story, column by column, brainstorm by brainstorm -- the paper managed to take root and gain ground." The alt-weekly celebrates the anniversary this week with a special issue featuring pieces from a wide variety of folks involved with the paper over the years.
Sacramento News & Review |
04-23-2009 8:12 am |
Honors & Achievements
Philadelphia City Paper Teams Up with Limewire for CD Compilationnew
Philadelphia City Paper |
04-22-2009 12:19 pm |
Industry News
City Newspaper Hosts 'Recession Procession'
The Rochester, N.Y., alt-weekly has organized a neighborhood crawl featuring special discounts on everything from guitar strings to eyebrow waxing to booze. "The Recession Procession was originally conceived as our version of a bar crawl, but tweaked to appeal to our too-cool-for-a-bar-crawl readers," City features editor Eric Rezsnyak tells AAN News. "Given the current economy, a 'F**k the Recession!' theme seemed like a
perfect fit." Rezsnyak says the local businesses have "totally embraced the spirit of the event" and are contributing creative ideas for deals. The Recession Procession is scheduled for May 7 from 5-8 pm.
AAN News |
04-21-2009 3:06 pm |
Industry News
Two Alt-Weeklies Are Up for 2009 EPpy Awardsnew
Two AAN members are finalists in this year's EPpy Awards, which "honor the best websites in the media world." Las Vegas Weekly is a finalist for best entertainment website with fewer than one million unique monthly visitors, while Baltimore City Paper is a finalist for best weekly newspaper-affiliated website, a category the Santa Barbara Independent won last year. Winners of the awards, which are sponsored by Editor & Publisher and Mediaweek magazines, will be announced on May 7.
Editor & Publisher |
04-20-2009 4:49 pm |
Honors & Achievements
The Austin Chronicle Set to Host its First-Ever Mayoral Debate
The Hustle for Mayor event, which is scheduled for tomorrow night, will feature campaign-themed drink specials and a "no-holds-barred rhyme-off" between the candidates. "I've been to tons of election forums where the candidates
outnumber
the folks in the audience," says forum creator and host Wells Dunbar. "With
The Hustle for Mayor, the Chronicle and I are really excited to
promote and present a fun and informative forum, one that we think will
attract younger voters who wouldn't ordinarily turn up."
(FULL STORY)
The Austin Chronicle Press Release |
04-20-2009 11:57 am |
Press Releases
New Nonprofit News Site Partners with Seattle Weeklynew
The Weekly says it will be linking to stories from the Seattle Post Globe, and the new site will be doing the same with Weekly stories. In addition, the alt-weekly's sales staff will be selling ads on the new site. More on the Seattle Post Globe from the Seattle Times.
Seattle Weekly |
04-15-2009 12:51 pm |
Industry News
The East Bay Express Announces the Angel Business Builder
The alt-weekly is rolling out a program "designed to help exceptional businesses get off the ground in exchange for a share in the growth." Once a business is chosen, it will be officially paired with the Express as a marketing/community partner. The paper will subsidize the local marketing of the business in exchange for seeing a return when it grows.
(FULL STORY)
East Bay Express Press Release |
04-15-2009 11:06 am |
Press Releases
Woody Allen Suit Against American Apparel Scheduled for Trialnew
The Associated Press |
04-15-2009 12:46 pm |
Legal News
Tags: Marketing, Retail Advertising
LEO Weekly Tightens Beltnew
The alt-weekly's 17 staff members are taking a five percent pay cut this quarter to cope with the economic downturn, the 'Ville Voice reports.
The 'Ville Voice |
04-14-2009 9:04 am |
Industry News
Yelp to Let Businesses Comment Publicly on Reviewsnew
In an email sent to some of the review website's most active users Thursday, Yelp solicited feedback about an upcoming feature that will let businesses post replies to user reviews, the Associated Press reports. As the East Bay Express reported earlier this year, many business owners complained that they were essentially being extorted by Yelp, whose sales representatives told them that the company could move or remove negative reviews only if they advertised.
The Associated Press |
04-10-2009 10:03 am |
Industry News
Buy Three Convention Registrations, Get One Free
AAN is once again offering free registrations this year for members
who send several staffers to the convention. With every three paid
registrations from one newspaper, that paper will get one registration
for free. There's no limit to the offer, so the more people sent, the
more money saved.
AAN |
04-08-2009 2:45 pm |
Association News
Convention Program Focuses on Web Publishing, Evolving Biz Models
"It's clear that the old days of relying solely on display and classified advertising are over," AAN executive director Richard Karpel says. "So this year's convention will feature a great deal of programming on new products and revenue streams, and new business strategies." Seizing opportunities and getting through the recession will also be big topics this year in Tucson.
(FULL STORY)
AAN |
04-07-2009 3:36 pm |
Association News
Four AAN Members Honored in NY State Press Awardsnew
The papers won a total of 24 awards in the New York Press Association's annual Better Newspaper Contest. Long Island Press won eight awards, including the Sharon R. Fulmer Award for Community Leadership and first-place wins for Coverage of Elections/Politics, Feature Story, Headline Writing, and In-Depth Reporting. Syracuse New Times and the Ithaca Times won five awards each, with New Times taking first for Advertising Excellence, Special Holiday Edition and Sports Action Photo and the Times placing first for Coverage of the Environment and Coverage of Local Government. The New York Press also won six awards.
New York Press Association |
04-07-2009 8:21 am |
Honors & Achievements
