AAN News
AAN Convention Photo Gallerynew
AAN |
06-19-2003 9:59 am |
Association News
Angry Billionaire Pulls $120,000 in OC Weekly Adsnew
Donald Bren, a developer and GOP
stalwart in Southern California, is on both
Forbes' list of wealthiest Americans and
OC Weekly's list of "scariest" Orange
Countians. Despite OC Weekly's
frequent exposes of Bren's
“shenanigans,” his company was a
regular advertiser until a few weeks ago,
when it yanked ads worth about $120,000
a year. "Our crime? We’d forgotten to
adhere to Bren’s prime directive: thou
shalt not publicly discuss the actions of
my wandering penis," R. Scott
Moxley writes.
OC Weekly |
06-12-2003 11:29 am |
Industry News
Tags: Retail Advertising, OC Weekly
A View of Pittsburgh from the Other Side of Pennsylvanianew
Howard Altman, editor of
Philadelphia City Paper, takes off on
Pittsburgh's new baseball park and that
City Paper's luxury suite, the tensions
between "New Timesers and Voiceniks"
and the new owners of Cleveland Free
Times, and what the association should
look like in the future. "Working at an
alternative, I know that the thrust of [Neal
Pollack's awards luncheon] punch lines --
that we are verging on the old and
irrelevant -- is something we should
be keenly aware of."
Philadelphia City Paper |
06-12-2003 11:15 am |
Industry News
Pittsburgh Convention At a Glance
Here's a look at the 2004 annual
convention by the numbers -- from
attendance to admissions, parties to
pierogies, board members to
brouhahas. The consensus seems to be
that Pittsburgh surprised and
delighted AAN.
(FULL STORY)
AAN Staff |
06-11-2003 12:26 pm |
Industry News
Next Two Convention Sites Announced
AAN Staff |
05-29-2003 4:13 pm |
Association News
Board Candidates Announced
AAN Staff |
05-27-2003 5:13 pm |
Association News
Local Display Flat, Real Estate Classifieds Strong in Q1
AAN member papers report that once again classified advertising sales, especially real estate and rental, are keeping overall revenues steady. At the two alternative newsweekly industry national ad sales networks, AWN and Ruxton, sales are running well ahead of last year’s first quarter, but that was one of the worst quarters on record for the industry. “Normally I’d be excited about 20 percent growth,” Michele Laven, president and COO of New Times’ Ruxton Group tells AAN News. “We have a long way to go.”
(FULL STORY)
John Ferri |
05-20-2003 10:39 am |
Industry News
AAN Trade Show Attracts 35 Vendors
AAN Staff |
05-19-2003 4:03 pm |
Association News
Alt-Weekly Stalwart Tower Up for Salenew
If you started at the beginning, in
1955, when The Village Voice was
founded, and ranked companies by how
much they spent on advertising in
alternative
newspapers, Tower
Records would probably end up at
the top of the list. After several years of
financial difficulty, the
Sacramento-based chain that
has long been a beacon of pop culture
was recently put on the block. "I expect
that the new owners will keep the values
... we stand for," Russ Solomon,
the company's founder and owner, tells
The Sacramento Bee. "(W)hich is the idea
that, as much as you can afford to, you
represent as many kinds of music, video
and books as you possibly can."
The Sacramento Bee |
05-18-2003 12:14 pm |
Industry News
Alive Making Ad Push with Revived Brandnew
Columbus Alive Inc. is launching an e-mail brand campaign to call attention to its five-month-old redesign, its new focus on arts and entertainment and its new name: Alive. Publisher Sally Crane says the ad sales have climbed about 18 percent since the campaign began and projects an additional 25
percent through the end of this year. Alive's 2002 ad sales were more than $1 million, Kathy Showalter of Business First of Columbus reports.
Business First of Columbus |
04-15-2003 1:25 pm |
Industry News
SE AAN Conference Brings on Editorial This Year
Ann Hinch |
03-24-2003 3:32 pm |
Association News
AAN ShoWest Reception Attendance Up
AAN Staff |
03-11-2003 12:51 pm |
Association News
Neal Pollack to Host Alternative Newsweekly Awards
AAN Staff |
02-28-2003 2:23 pm |
Association News
