AAN News
Columnist: New Ad Campaign for NewCity is 'Bold, Eye-Catching'new
Euro RSCG has done a print and poster campaign for the Chicago alt-weekly, Sun-Times media and marketing columnist Lewis Lazare reports. Euro RSCG's chief creative officer says the deal is being paid mostly in barter, but it included enough cash to hire local photographer Ross Feighery, who Lazare says "has done a smash-up job shooting the campaign visuals."
Chicago Sun-Times |
04-06-2009 9:25 am |
Industry News
The Listings Calendar: Alts' Mainstay Faces Stiff Competition
Hartford Advocate Editor Alistair Highet calls the listings calendar his paper's "universal point of interest." The calendar is -- and long has been -- indispensable for most alt-weeklies, attracting readers who don't necessarily agree with a paper's perceived political stance. But the marketplace is increasingly crowded with online and print publications listing concerts and theater times. Freelance reporter Charlie Deitch speaks with AAN members to find out what they're doing to fend off competitors' attempts to infringe on the alts' longtime stronghold.
(FULL STORY)
Charlie Deitch |
01-05-2005 12:29 pm |
Industry News
Chicago's Alt-Weeklies Seeing Rednew
Chicago's new weekday tabloids RedEye
and Red Streak are pulling the same
display advertisers as AAN members
Chicago Reader and Chicago Newcity,
Jeremy Mullman reports in Crain's
Chicago Business. "This will have some
short-term impact on the Reader,"
newspaper consultant Scott Stawski tells
Mullman. "I believe it'll put Newcity
out."
Crain's Chicago Business |
11-12-2002 9:42 am |
Industry News
Chicago Free Papers Hold Up in Downturnnew
While publicly traded media companies are laying off employees and warning Wall Street of sharply diminished returns, Chicago's free circulation papers are holding their own, Kathy Bergen of the Chicago Tribune reports. "There isn't the voracious need to satisfy shareholders and start making layoffs," Richard Karpel, executive director of AAN, tells the Trib. Chicago Reader Publisher Jane Levine tells Bergen: "Our total revenue in 2001 will be about even with 2000, and I feel blessed for that."
Chicago Tribune |
12-11-2001 9:31 am |
Industry News
ESPN.com Acquires Sportsjones.com From Newcity
08-23-2001 2:21 pm |
Press Releases
"Jimmy Corrigan" Book Released to Raves
Chris Ware's NewCity cartoon called "haunting" and "thrilling."
(FULL STORY)
Christine Iwan |
12-13-2000 11:50 am |
Industry News
Two AAN Papers Produce Poets
An Isthmus editor and NewCity circulation manager each publish first book.
(FULL STORY)
Christine Iwan |
09-13-2000 11:50 am |
Industry News
Chicago Newsrack Accord
City and Publishers Reach Truce.
(FULL STORY)
Cory Zurowski |
07-16-1998 11:51 am |
Industry News
