Retail Advertising

Medill Workshop Attendance Battered by Economy, Terrorism

Seminars more interactive than ever (FULL STORY)

AAN Staff | 09-26-2001 7:46 am | Association News

Tags: Circulation, Classified Advertising, Design & Production, Editorial, Electronic Publishing, Financial, Management, Marketing, Retail Advertising, Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, Andy Newman, Michael Lacey, David Carr, Tim Redmond

Mediapassage Latest Casualty of Terrorism, Economynew

Mediapassage, an electronic ad placement firm for newspapers, closed its doors effective Monday, September 24. In the alternative newsweekly world, both Ruxton and AWN did business with Mediapassage. The Seattle-based company says it cannot honor commitments past September 21.

Editor & Publisher | 09-25-2001 1:49 pm | Industry News

Tags: Retail Advertising

Jeff Cole Joins Village Voice Medianew

Jeff Cole has joined Village Voice Media as national account executive. Cole has both trade and alternative publishing experience and will focus on national sales for all the seven papers in the company.

Village Voice Media news release | 09-24-2001 7:12 am | Industry News

Tags: Management, Retail Advertising, Village Voice Media (defunct), Jeff Cole

The Tennessean Jabs Nashville Scenenew

When the Nashville Scene ran a five-part series skewering the Tennessean, the local daily countered with a string of full-page, color ads belittling the circulation figures of its alt-weekly competitor. Tennessean Publisher Craig Moon tells AJR that the Scene's take-out had nothing to do with his decision to run the ads. The Scene published its own ads in response and Editor/ Publisher Bruce Dobie warns darkly: "Never pick on someone smaller than you."

AJR | 08-02-2001 11:51 am | Industry News

Tags: Editorial, Retail Advertising, Nashville Scene, Bruce Dobie

A Good Show, by Any Measure

The AAN Convention in New Orleans featured 521 attendees, 44 exhibits, seven new AAN members and one great party. Not to mention Hazel Reinhardt, Leslye Geller, Rick Bragg, Andrei Codrescu and Oliver Stone. Plus a jazz funeral and some amazing beds. Who could ask for anything more? (FULL STORY)

AAN Staff | 07-18-2001 11:50 am | Industry News

Tags: Circulation, Classified Advertising, Design & Production, Editorial, Electronic Publishing, Financial, Management, Marketing, Retail Advertising

Alt-Weeklies Face Decline in Tobacco Advertisingnew

The category is off more than 50 percent this year, says AWN's Mark Hanzlik, who expects cig ads to remain in the ashcan for the foreseeable future. We already knew it, but now everyone else does too, since Frank Lewis reported it in the Philadelphia City Paper.

Philadelphia City Paper | 07-05-2001 11:51 am | Industry News

Tags: Retail Advertising, Alternative Weekly Network

WSJ, NYT Refuse Pro-Death Penalty Adnew

Austin Chronicle | 06-15-2001 11:51 am | Industry News

Tags: Design & Production, Retail Advertising

Writing, Classified Conferences Set

AAN's fifth annual Medill Alternative Journalism Writing Workshop is scheduled for Sept. 21-23 in Evanston, Ill., and the second Classified Conference is booked for Minneapolis Nov. 2-3. (FULL STORY)

AAN Staff | 06-08-2001 11:50 am | Industry News

Tags: Circulation, Classified Advertising, Design & Production, Editorial, Electronic Publishing, Financial, Management, Marketing, Retail Advertising, Association of Alternative Newsmedia

Big Party Planned for Big Easy

It’s a good thing the AAN convention seminars are starting an hour later this year. “The attendees are going to be up late,” says Margo DuBos, publisher of host paper Gambit Weekly. (FULL STORY)

AAN Staff | 05-23-2001 11:51 am | Association News