AAN News
How the Long Island Press Took Advantage of Newsday's Paywallnew
While the economic downturn hurt the paper a bit, Press publisher Jed Morey tells CNN Money there were no mass layoffs -- and the paper was back in the black by the end of last year. Morey pegs the Press' success in part to the decision of Long Island's daily paper Newsday to go partly behind a paywall last year. The Press seized the opportunity and began running more general news on the web, to appeal to those who might not pay for Newsday online. Since then, Morey says traffic has gone up 600 percent. "It is not about a newspaper, it is not about the physical product or even the experience. It's about the quality of the journalism," he says. "If you stay true to that, we think that there is several different places you can go with that. The web being one of them."
CNN Money |
02-09-2010 2:21 pm |
Industry News
Weekly Dig Art Director's Book of Comic Strips is Outnew
Longtime Dig art director Tak Toyoshima has put a collection of his "Secret Asian Man" comic strips together in his first book, Secret Asian Man: The Daily Days. The book features every single daily comic strip he produced for over two years of syndication with United Feature Syndicate. "My goal was never to get picked up for syndication in daily papers but when it happened, I took a good look at what was out there and was shocked," he tells former Dig colleague Craig Kapilow. "SAM was touted by United Features as being the first daily syndicated comic strip featuring an Asian-American lead, which was unbelievable and sad at the same time." MORE: Ever wanted to see video of a topless porn starlet setting a book of comics on fire? You're in luck, thanks to the latest "Comic Book Witch Hunt" video from Nick Gazin, in which Ryan Keely sets The Daily Days aflame. (Depending on where you work, this may or may not be NSFW.)
URB Magazine |
02-09-2010 12:53 pm |
Industry News
AltWeekly Awards Hard Copy Deadline Extended to Feb. 16
Due to potential weather-related mail delays, the deadline for hard copy submissions has been extended to Tues., Feb. 16. Entrants submitting payment with their entries will also have until that date to submit payment.
AAN News |
02-09-2010 12:05 pm |
Association News
Tags: Design & Production, Editorial
Alt-Weeklies Nab Dozens of New England Press Association Awardsnew
Three AAN members took home plenty of awards in this year's New England Newspaper and Press Association Better Newspaper Contest. Boston Phoenix staff writer Mike Miliard was named Weekly Journalist of the Year (judges said he was "obviously a very versatile and talented journalist") as part of the Phoenix's haul of 18 total awards, including 11 first-place wins. Worcester Mag took home nine awards, with five first-place finishes, while Burlington's Seven Days finished first in three categories and won seven total awards.
New England Newspaper and Press Association (PDF) |
02-09-2010 9:24 am |
Honors & Achievements
VVM Fellow Wins 2nd Place in College Journalism Awardsnew
City Pages |
02-09-2010 2:31 pm |
Honors & Achievements
Charleston Daily's Weekly A&E Insert Becoming Standalone Publicationnew
Charleston City Paper |
02-09-2010 2:29 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Management
Citysearch Launches Facebook & Twitter Directory for Local Businessesnew
Online Media Daily |
02-09-2010 9:29 am |
Industry News
Brands Use 'Big Game' and Other Phrases to Get Around 'Super Bowl' Trademarknew
The New York Times |
02-09-2010 9:26 am |
Industry News
Tags: Management, Retail Advertising
Deadline to Apply for AAN Membership Extended to Feb. 19
The application deadline for newspapers to apply for AAN membership has been extended two weeks to Feb. 19. You can download an application here, or contact AAN to have one mailed to you. Find out more about admission guidelines and membership requirements here.
AAN |
02-05-2010 3:36 pm |
Association News
AAN Signs Book Contract with Northwestern University Press
As AAN papers scramble to meet the Feb. 8 deadline for the 2010 AltWeekly Awards journalism competition, entrants should know that several of the winning entries will be published in book form in 2011. AAN has just signed a contract with Northwestern University Press to publish a book titled Best AltWeekly Writing 2009 and 2010, which will feature a selection of first-place winning pieces from several categories, as well as a number of "How I Got That Story" interviews with winning authors.
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AAN |
02-05-2010 12:53 pm |
Association News
Tags: Editorial, Management
2010 AltWeekly Awards Deadline Approaches
Entries must be registered through the contest website by 11 p.m. EST on Monday, Feb. 8.
Each entry must be registered online, regardless of whether the material itself is being entered in PDF or tearsheet format. Hard copies and payment must be received in the AAN office by 5 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 11.
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AAN News |
02-05-2010 9:00 am |
Association News
Tags: Design & Production, Editorial
Report: Newspapers to Get Less than 10% of Political Ad Dollars in '10new
Editor & Publisher |
02-05-2010 3:31 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Management, Retail Advertising
Call for Applications: Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalismnew
Journalism Center on Children & Families |
02-05-2010 11:53 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Management
Call for Applications: 2010 McCloy Fellowships in Journalismnew
The American Council on Germany |
02-05-2010 11:51 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Management
Study: Video Ads Deter Online Newspaper Readersnew
Media Daily News |
02-05-2010 9:45 am |
Industry News
