AAN News

One-in-Eight U.S. Households Without Landlinesnew

AP via Seattle Post-Intelligencer  |  12-11-2007  5:21 pm  |  Industry News

Seven Creative Loafing Employees Laid Offnew

"Friday was a rough day at the Loaf, perhaps even rougher at our new brethren papers in Washington and Chicago," writes Creative Loafing (Atlanta) editor-in-chief Ken Edelstein. "In Atlanta, we laid off four sales people, a marketing assistant, a sales assistant and our wonderful assistant distribution manager." He adds that the six-paper company is going through the same sort of difficult transition that's hitting other media companies, before noting that his paper's online readership continues to grow. "How that audience growth translates into ad dollars is the business question that [CEO] Ben [Eason] and the folks on the sales side of our business are going to have to grapple with for a long time -- and continuously."
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  12-10-2007  1:16 pm  |  Industry News

Using the ALT Tag for Better Email Deliverynew

iMediaConnection  |  12-10-2007  10:35 am  |  Industry News

How Social Networks are Courting Advertisersnew

iMediaConnection  |  12-07-2007  9:54 am  |  Industry News

Early Registration Deadline for AAN West is Tomorrow

This Friday is the deadline for early registration for this year's AAN West conference, to be held in San Francisco Feb. 1-2. For AAN members, early registration is $75 per person (non-members pay $150). After Friday, both of those rates go up $25 per person. You can register online here. In addition to the four streams of programming (Business, Design & Production, Editorial, and Sales), the AAN West Planning Committee has some parties planned that are sure to please. On Friday night, the North Coast Journal will host a cocktail reception featuring the best in Northern California wine, cheese, and beer. On Saturday night, the San Francisco Bay Guardian will throw down at Element Lounge. Be sure to check the AAN West website for full details on events and programming, as well as updates as we get closer to February. The registration deadline for the Web Publishing Conference is Jan. 4.
AAN  |  12-06-2007  8:58 am  |  Association News

Monterey County Weekly Makes Editor & Publisher's 'Green Team'new

"Certainly, the Weekly has accomplished the showy side of going green," says the magazine, referring to the paper's installation of 162 solar panels on its roof earlier this year, "but the Weekly also strives to be green below its roof." Among the small-scale green programs E&P highlights: having a staffer repair bicycles for employees to use in commuting, buying organic produce from the "Vegetable Fairy," and using soy ink. Early last year, the Weekly began calculating its entire carbon footprint, including energy consumption from employee commutes and work routes, with a "Green Team" convening monthly to review the efforts. When the paper repeated its calculation this April, the footprint was 16 percent smaller. "For us this has been a several-pronged initiative," Weekly owner and CEO Bradley Zeve says. "One is around energy, one is around supplies and material, and a third is around our consciousness."
Editor & Publisher  |  12-05-2007  9:12 am  |  Industry News

Shepherd Express Surpasses 250,000 Monthly Readers

Alt-weekly Celebrates Milestone with 17th Annual Best Of Milwaukee Event (FULL STORY)
Shepherd Express Press Release  |  12-04-2007  9:00 am  |  Press Releases

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