AAN News
How Low Can Advertising Revenues Go?new
"Advertising and consumer-generated revenues are on a steep dive that could take a devastating toll on media company spending and development well into 2009," opines MediaPost editor-in-chief Diane Mermigas. She notes that even what had previously been considered the bright spot for media companies is looking troubled: "The meteoric growth of online ad revenues, and display advertising in particular, trends downward."
MediaPost |
07-31-2008 9:33 am |
Industry News
Nielsen/NAA: Newspaper Sites Gain Audience in Q2new
Editor & Publisher |
07-31-2008 8:25 am |
Industry News
Collective Media Launches Online Video Ad Networknew
Online Media Daily |
07-30-2008 8:36 am |
Industry News
Study: Social Marketing Limited by Advertiser Confusionnew
Online Media Daily |
07-29-2008 9:02 am |
Industry News
Growing Ad Exchange Market Spawns Trading Advisersnew
The New York Times |
07-28-2008 9:04 am |
Industry News
iPhone Spawns New Ad Networksnew
Online Media Daily |
07-25-2008 10:25 am |
Industry News
Cleveland Scene Editor: The War is Over, and Neither Side Won or Lostnew
"A month ago we were enemies, hunkered down in bunkers and trying to will each other into starvation or surrender; today, we share the same fax machine and make small talk in the elevators," Frank Lewis says of the now-merged Cleveland Free Times and Scene. "And between deadlines and the seemingly endless details inherent in merging two operations -- packing and unpacking, integrating computer systems, finding the goddamn coffee -- there's just been no time to nurse grudges." He adds: "What matters most now is figuring out what to do with this rare opportunity -- in the Rust Belt, at least -- to leave behind the hand-to-mouth, week-to-week existence, the paranoia and bitterness, and figure out how to make the most of a more stable future."
Cleveland Scene |
07-24-2008 11:41 am |
Industry News
Birmingham Weekly Publisher Talks About His Weekly Card Program
This innovative program came to be after the young paper was having trouble selling restaurant ads for actual cash -- most establishments simply wanted to trade for food. Those meals are now sold via the Weekly Card, which is a sort of credit card for local businesses. Members pay the Weekly a flat fee of $24.95 when they sign up for a card, and then receive 40 percent off retail price at the participating businesses. Users can then add credit to the cards as they wish. Publisher Chuck Leishman recently talked to AAN News about the program's origins, its success, and his plans for other markets.
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AAN News |
07-23-2008 1:45 pm |
Industry News
SF Weekly Will Appeal Ruling in Bay Guardian Casenew
In a move that was widely expected, SF Weekly and Village Voice Media have announced they will appeal San Francisco Superior Court Judge Marla Miller's ruling in favor of the San Francisco Bay Guardian in the predatory-pricing case. Miller rejected arguments last week to overturn or modify the jury's March verdict. Calling the suit "economic terrorism," VVM CEO Jim Larkin claims "mom-and-pop advertisers in San Francisco will suffer from [Judge Miller's] handiwork, as will any aggressive new business in the city that attempts to challenge a larger, established competitor."
SF Weekly |
07-23-2008 11:05 am |
Industry News
AAN Board Member Gets Married by East Bay Express
The Santa Barbara Independent's Robby Robbins, who is AAN's Classified Advertising Chair, was married on July 2 to longtime partner Bryan O'Quinn as part of the Express' Wedding Wednesdays promotion. The paper chose six couples to be married to celebrate same-sex couples' newfound right to legally marry in California. In attendance at the July 2 ceremony were a number of Independent staffers who drove up from Santa Barbara, as well as Gloria Mock, advertising director of North Carolina's Independent Weekly, where Robbins previously worked. "Bryan and I are so grateful to the East Bay Express, [publisher] Jody Colley, and all
their partners/vendors for making this wonderful time more spectacular than
we could ever have imagined," Robbins tells AAN News via email. For more photos click here, and for a video montage of all six weddings, click here.
AAN News |
07-22-2008 1:38 pm |
Industry News
SF Weekly and Bay Guardian Argue Weekly's Motion for New Trial
The two papers were in San Francisco Superior Court on Tuesday to argue the Weekly's motion for a new trial and its request that the judge overturn a jury verdict in the predatory-pricing suit. Judge Marla Miller has until July 18 to rule on the motions; if she rules against the Weekly, it will take the case to the California Court of Appeals. In dueling blog posts, the Weekly lays out the four chief arguments put forth by its lawyers and pokes a little fun at the Guardian's lawyers, while the Guardian details the Weekly's "at times highly technical" arguments, which "hinged on the finer points of the definitions of words."
SF Weekly | San Francisco Bay Guardian |
07-10-2008 10:01 am |
Industry News
Creative Loafing's Southern Papers Join Ruxton Media Group
CL's publications in Atlanta, Tampa Bay, Charlotte and Sarasota have joined the company's Chicago Reader and Washington City Paper as members of Ruxton, according to a press release issued this afternoon by Village Voice Media's national advertising firm. Under the arrangement, Ruxton will serve as Creative Loafing's exclusive representative for national print advertising and also will provide non-exclusive representation for online advertising.
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Ruxton Media Group Press Release |
07-09-2008 4:27 pm |
Press Releases
Faced With 'Pretty Flat' Ad Revenue, Isthmus Considers Possible Layoffsnew
The Madison, Wis., alt-weekly is "looking at ways to reduce expenses like everybody has to," publisher Vince O'Hern tells the Capital Times. "Nothing is decided. It may involve some people taking leaves, and some people not being on staff anymore." News editor Bill Lueders says A&E editor Dean Robbins will take an unpaid six-month leave to tend to "personal projects and other work." Other than that, he says talk of any staff changes is premature. Isthmus employs 10 editorial staffers, and the total staff size is about three dozen, according to Lueders.
The Capital Times |
07-09-2008 8:22 am |
Industry News
Leading Analyst Lowers 2008 Ad Spending Forecast Againnew
The New York Times |
07-09-2008 10:05 am |
Industry News
Nielsen: Two-Thirds of US Internet Users Watched Online Video in Maynew
The New York Times |
07-08-2008 11:00 am |
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