AAN News
Bay Guardian Continues its Seizure of SF Weekly's Assetsnew
The San Francisco Bay Guardian reports that it was granted its motion to intercept the income of the SF Weekly in a court hearing last week. The Guardian says it will seize the rent that the SF Weekly's subtenant pays to the paper. This comes on the heels of the Guardian's recent seizure and auction of two vehicles owned by the Weekly, and it is all part of the Guardian's attempt to collect the multi-million-dollar judgment it was awarded in the predatory pricing trial against the Weekly and its parent company New Times, now known as Village Voice Media. VVM maintains that it won't owe the Guardian any money until its appeals are completed.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
12-29-2009 2:32 pm |
Industry News
Alt-Weekly Food Writer's Book Makes TIME's Year-End Top 10 Listnew
Jason Sheehan's Cooking Dirty has been named one of TIME's Top 10 Nonfiction Books of 2009. "It's a paradox of the post-Bourdain era: chef memoirs are trendy, but none of the chefs writing them have the freakish combination of cooking and writing talent that made Anthony Bourdain a star," Lev Grossman writes. "But Jason Sheehan comes damn close, and he gives the genre his own distinctive seasoning." Sheehan recently made the move from Westword to the Seattle Weekly.
TIME |
12-29-2009 9:10 am |
Honors & Achievements
L.A. Weekly Hires Karina Longworth as New Film Editornew
Longworth, who is the co-founder of Cinematical.com and former editor SpoutBlog, will replace Scott Foundas, who last month announced he was leaving the Weekly to become the associate program director of The Film Society of Lincoln Center. Longworth will begin her tenure at the Weekly on Jan. 18. In other Weekly news, the paper has hired a new staff reporter: Gene Maddaus, formerly of the Daily Breeze.
LA Observed |
12-28-2009 12:30 pm |
Industry News
Ex-Political Editor Gets Local ACLU Award for Work at Creative Loafingnew
The Pinellas County Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union recently gave the Irene Miller Vigilance in Journalism award to Wayne Garcia for his work as political editor at Creative Loafing (Tampa). The chapter's board members unanimously chose Garcia, who left CL to teach at the University of Florida's College of Journalism and Communications this summer, for his "clear objective reporting of the actions of government," chapter president Thom Foley says. "As soon as the name was mentioned, it was like a ripple of 'Oh, that's perfect!' It was an instantaneous unanimous decision."
University of Florida Press Release |
12-28-2009 9:07 am |
Honors & Achievements
Focus on the Family Seeks to Run Anti-Abortion Ads During Super Bowl 2010
$4 million anti-abortion Super Bowl ad to feature the decision of University of Florida star quarterback Tim Tebow's mother not to have a doctor-recommended abortion in the 1980s, sources report.
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Colorado Springs Independent Press Release |
12-28-2009 6:19 am |
Press Releases
Web Publishing Conference Programming Shapes Up
Although we're still nailing down some final details, much of the programming for this winter's Web Conference at San Francisco's Argonaut Hotel has been finalized. From Twitter to digital display ads to iPhone apps to email newsletters, the most important digital publishing topics for AAN members will be tackled in a mix of plenary sessions and workshops during the conference, which will take place Jan. 27-29.
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AAN |
12-22-2009 6:25 pm |
Association News
A Perk of Publishing an Alt-Weekly: No Suit Requirednew
"I wore a suit at my wedding, and between 1993 and 1994 I wore a suit at work," Colorado Springs Independent publisher John Weiss says in a Colorado Springs Business Journal piece about -- you guessed it -- suits. "I was trying to fit in and be legitimate ... But then I realized that the whole point of being the publisher of an alternative weekly was that you didn't have to wear a suit."
Colorado Springs Business Journal |
12-22-2009 2:37 pm |
Industry News
Las Vegas CityLife Managing Editor Departing to Edit Culture Mag
Andrew Kiraly will be leaving the alt-weekly to take over as editor of Desert Companion, an award-winning bi-monthly magazine published by Nevada Public Radio.
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Las Vegas CityLife Press Release |
12-22-2009 12:15 pm |
Press Releases
Weekly Dig Staffers Put Together Boston Electronic Music Festivalnew
The inaugural Together: The New England Electronic Music Festival will be held in venues around Beantown in February. The festival, which was founded and is being run by Weekly Dig staffers David Day and Mike McKay, is also sponsored by the Dig.
LimeWire Music Blog |
12-22-2009 9:57 am |
Industry News
Mark Gates, Who Helped Launch 'Voice Literary Supplement,' Diesnew
Mark Gates, a former ad sales representative at the Village Voice, died earlier this month of lung cancer. He was 57. After working for a few years doing general sales at the Voice, Gates' boss suggested he start cold-calling publishers to sell book ads, but he was met with hesitation by the book publishers. As Gates told Publishers Weekly in 2006, he then came up with the idea of doing a section of book reviews once a month, and the Voice Literary Supplement was born, with the first issue coming out in October 1981.
Shelf Awareness |
12-22-2009 8:46 am |
Industry News
Court Finds Website Not Liable For Hosting Libelous Commentsnew
Online Media Daily |
12-22-2009 9:20 am |
Legal News
Tags: Electronic Publishing, Management
Wikileaks Hopes to Partner with Local Newspapersnew
The New York Times |
12-22-2009 8:53 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Management
Committee Looking at Ways to Grow AAN
As the news industry changes, AAN is considering changes as well, including possibly growing the association's membership. A new advisory committee tasked with exploring potential ways to do just that met for the first time last week via conference call; here's what they discussed.
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AAN |
12-21-2009 3:14 pm |
Association News
The East Bay Express Launches a New Beer and Live Music Venue
The Oakland-based alt-weekly is sticking its toe into the beer and entertainment business with the launch of EBX Bleeding Heart Lager and Club X. The lager is brewed by the local Linden Street Brewery, and all of the proceeds will go to local nonprofits of the Express' choice. The venue is on the first floor of the Express' office building, and will book all-ages shows in a partnership with the Oakland Metro Operahouse.
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East Bay Express Press Release |
12-18-2009 4:29 pm |
Press Releases
Another Alt-Weekly Looking for Someone to Write About Potnew
Earlier this year, the Denver alt-weekly Westword made waves when it began accepting applications for a critic to review medical marijuana dispensaries. Now its sister paper OC Weekly has also gone to pot -- the paper is hiring a freelance medical marijuana writer. "The ideal candidate will be a skilled, experienced writer and reporter who is well-versed in the history and politics of California's medical-pot laws -- from Proposition 215 to Senate Bill 420 to any municipal ordinances," editor Ted Kissell writes in a blog post.
OC Weekly |
12-18-2009 1:09 pm |
Industry News
