AAN News
Seeking Adult Ads, Dailies Encroach on Alternative Turfnew
"It's a newspaper advertising category that for decades has been owned lock, stock, and fur-lined handcuffs by alternative papers," reports Editor & Publisher's Mark Fitzgerald. "But now increasing numbers of daily newspapers are coyly succumbing to the many seductions of sex ads."
Don't provide a sales rep, jack up the rates, slap restrictions on the ads -- despite these barriers, adult sections in most alternatives still grow like kudzu. Daily papers are beginning to take notice.
Editor & Publisher |
07-16-2002 1:28 pm |
Industry News
Medill Writing Conference Dates Set
Sept. 27-29 for wordsmithing weekend
(FULL STORY)
AAN Staff |
07-09-2002 4:10 pm |
Association News
AAN Attends SHRM Conference
Philly convention draws 15,000
(FULL STORY)
AAN Staff |
07-01-2002 3:49 pm |
Industry News
Ad Sparks International Incidentnew
Thailand has threatened to cut off relations with the United States beause of an ad run in the Philadelphia City Paper. "The ad -- which depicts [Thai King Bhumibol] Adulyadej as a bling-bling hipster with bleached highlights, lines
shaved into his hair, stone-encrusted glasses and a shirt that sports an Adidas logo" was run by a suburban housewife for her restaurant, Howard Altman writes.
Philadelphia City Paper |
06-27-2002 11:08 am |
Industry News
Convention Tapes Still Available
Most sessions were taped
(FULL STORY)
AAN Staff |
06-19-2002 1:58 pm |
Association News
Early Plans for Pittsburgh Convention
Last look at Madison
(FULL STORY)
Ryan Fox |
06-07-2002 4:50 pm |
Association News
Dan Savage Sets Awards Lunch on Fire
In one of the
most memorable events ever at an
AAN convention, Dan Savage
electrified the seventh annual Alternative
Newsweekly Awards affair with a
high-voltage performance that included
nearly naked waiters and publishers
shedding trousers. One attendee
called it "the best hour of
comedy I've ever seen." Savage's
fatwah: every first-place winner had to
drink a shot and shed an article of
clothing. Two-thirds of the way in,
he admitted, "I can't believe you are
all playing along. The power of one
pushy fag in AAN -- it's amazing."
(FULL STORY)
06-04-2002 4:18 pm |
Industry News
AAN Accepts MetroBeat
Members approve budget, foundation,
new board members and
member-services committee
(FULL STORY)
AAN Staff |
06-03-2002 11:04 am |
Association News
Vanessa Leggett Describes Her Crash Course in Journalism
Speaking at AAN's First Amendment Luncheon, Vanessa Leggett said she learned journalism "the same way an adolescent boy learns about sex -- groping and fumbling my way through, getting rejected and slapped occasionally." Slapping in her case included jail time for refusing to turn over materials from confidential sources to a Texas grand jury. "We must always work to ensure the free flow of information to the public," she said. "When the government gets involved, that can't occur."
(FULL STORY)
Matt Olson |
05-30-2002 2:58 pm |
Industry News
Publisher’s Roundtables To Swap Ideas
New format for business-stream sessions
(FULL STORY)
Ryan Fox |
05-24-2002 11:02 am |
Association News
Vanessa Leggett, Dan Savage to Speak at Convention
To replace Bergman and Feldman
(FULL STORY)
AAN Staff |
05-13-2002 5:29 pm |
Association News
AAN Going to SHRM
First booth at recruitment expo
(FULL STORY)
AAN Staff |
04-15-2002 4:28 pm |
Industry News
Some Alt-Weeklies Cut Back on Adult Advertisingnew
Does the alternative newspaper business have a problem in the back of the book? A lengthy disquisition on the subject in Fort Worth Weekly doesn't draw any conclusions, but reporter Jeff Prince finds an "evolution" in the alt-weekly universe, with many papers "reducing the number of adult ads and restricting their size, display, and content."
Fort Worth Weekly |
04-04-2002 7:24 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Retail Advertising
Alt-Weekly National Ad Sales Rebound
After a devastating drop in advertising sales in January, the first-quarter of 2002 is beginning to look better at the two major alt-weekly advertising networks. AWN’s Executive Director Mark Hanzlik projects a first-quarter sales decline of 37 percent, up from a more than 70 percent drop in January. Ruxton President and COO Michele Laven has also has seen a slight rebound.
(FULL STORY)
Seth Wharton |
03-26-2002 10:27 am |
Industry News
AAN Attends NARM for First Time
Music business shows interest in alt-weeklies
(FULL STORY)
AAN Staff |
03-13-2002 4:01 pm |
Association News
