AAN News
Creative Loafing Files Reorganization Plannew
Creative Loafing (Tampa) political editor Wayne Garcia says the plan, filed Monday in the company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, makes the case for keeping the company in the hands of CEO Ben Eason. "The Debtor believes retention of existing senior management and existing publishers, editors, directors of shared services and key online personnel are vital to successful implementation of this strategy as the markets are shifting very quickly at this time," the plan reads. CL also filed a 10-year financial forecast and an analysis of how much the company would bring if it were liquidated. Read more from Atlanta Magazine's Steve Fennessy.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) | Atlanta Magazine |
12-17-2008 11:52 am |
Industry News
Dilbert Pokes Fun at Surveys That Exclude Cell-Phone Usersnew
"We surveyed a thousand people who still have landline phones and no caller ID. We asked for their opinion on our new technology," reads the cartoon. "34 percent said 'Fiddlesticks,' and 23 percent couldn't hear the question. 43 percent thought we were in the room with them and offered us a hard candy."
Dilbert.com |
12-12-2008 9:21 am |
Industry News
Study: Online Ad Clutter Hurts Ad Effectivenessnew
Burst Media surveyed more than 4,000 web users in order to better understand how clutter impacts their experience and perception of advertisers. 75.5 percent of the respondents who remain on a site they perceive to be cluttered said they pay less attention to ads appearing on its pages. Nearly 30 percent of those surveyed said they leave a site immediately if they perceive it to be cluttered.
Online Media Daily |
12-12-2008 9:16 am |
Industry News
Mobile Ad Rates Begin to Drop as Inventory Increasesnew
Advertising Age |
12-12-2008 12:04 pm |
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Verve Wireless Rolls Out Mobile Coupon Applicationnew
Editor & Publisher |
12-11-2008 11:51 am |
Industry News
Analyst: Overabundance Will Drive Down Online Ad Channelsnew
Online Media Daily |
12-10-2008 11:05 am |
Industry News
Advocate Freelancer Weighs in on Tribune Bankruptcy Filingnew
"What does this mean for the Advocates? Who the fuck knows? We're so low in the Tribune food chain that we're not even mentioned in the annual reports," writes Christopher Arnott, who spent 17 years as an Advocate staffer before going full-time freelance. "The Advocate's sucked it up before and [stayed] alive in hard times. Let's hope the corporation gives it the chance to do it again."
New Haven Advocate |
12-09-2008 9:12 am |
Industry News
Eugene Weekly Starting to See Ads Drop Offnew
In a story about the media industry's woes in the Daily Emerald, the University of Oregon's student paper, the Weekly's director of sales and marketing Bill Shreve says the poor national economy seems to have only recently began to catch up to the Eugene economy. He tells the Emerald that "retail is off a little bit" in the last month, and that while the Weekly hasn't been hit as hard as some other media outlets, the staff is "extremely cautious."
The Daily Emerald |
12-09-2008 8:30 am |
Industry News
Boise Weekly Publisher Calls for Temporary Salary Cutsnew
At the paper's regular Friday meeting, Sally Freeman asked the staff to take a 10 percent cut in pay through the end of March to help ward off damage done by weak ad sales. "After the quick announcement, Freeman cried a little and then offered to meet with each of her workers individually," Weekly editor Nathaniel Hoffman reports. Freeman tells Hoffman that the paper's annual revenue is down 4 percent compared to 2007, and it came in $90,000 below budget in the last six to seven weeks.
Boise Weekly |
12-08-2008 4:04 pm |
Industry News
Atlanta Weekly Looks to Expand to Charlotte and Tampa by May 2009new
The Sunday Paper publisher Patrick Best announced his plans on Friday, citing the troubles of Creative Loafing -- which owns papers in Atlanta, Charlotte and Tampa -- as a major reason. "While we planned to go to both of these markets in the next few years, the troubles of the parent company of the major newsweeklies in both cities have convinced us to accelerate our plans," he says. Best, who was Creative Loafing (Atlanta)'s advertising director before launching The Sunday Paper, recently offered CL CEO Ben Eason $1 million for the Loaf's Atlanta publication. Best's expansion plans are being helped by funding from Brian Conley, the former owner of Knoxville, Tenn., AAN member Metro Pulse and current shareholder of Sunday Paper Publishing. Meanwhile, Atlanta Magazine's Steve Fennessy reports that Eason's main creditor filed a motion (PDF) on Friday claiming CL has not been forthcoming in explaining budgets and cash flow forecasts. The CL bankruptcy protection case is scheduled to go before a judge on Wednesday.
The Sunday Paper | Atlanta Magazine |
12-08-2008 8:09 am |
Industry News
Analysts: Online Will Continue To Expand Amid '09 Global Ad Recessionnew
Online Media Daily |
12-08-2008 8:14 am |
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2009 Membership Applications Now Available
The application deadline for newspapers to apply for AAN membership is Dec. 31, 2008. You can download an application here, or contact AAN to have one mailed to you. After a rigorous vetting process, the Membership Committee will issue its recommendations prior to June's convention in Tucson, where all members will have the chance to vote on the applicants. You can find links to the Membership Committee's admission guidelines and the AAN bylaws on the Membership page of our site. If you have any additional questions about membership, please call 202-289-8484 or email Debra Silvestrin at debra (at) aan.org.
AAN |
12-04-2008 11:00 am |
Association News
East Bay Express Releases Promo Video for 'Shop Local' Campaign
To help promote the Shop Local campaign that publisher Jody Colley is spearheading, the Express has made a public service announcement video featuring a number of local merchants. Editor & Publisher's Mark Fitzgerald notes that "there's an appropriately indie-folk soundtrack, though I'll confess I'm not hip enough to identify the uncredited singer."
AAN News |
12-03-2008 11:24 am |
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Political Ad Spend Strong in '08; Expected to Continue in '09new
TNS Media Intelligence says almost $2.7 billion was spent on political advertising this election season, up from $1.7 billion in 2004, according to Broadcasting & Cable.
TNS predicts that political ad spending will remain robust in 2009, as a result of gubernatorial elections and advocacy groups that run issue-specific ads.
Broadcasting & Cable |
12-03-2008 9:45 am |
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Bartering for Ads Expands in Tough Economic Timesnew
AdWeek |
12-02-2008 11:04 am |
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