AAN News
Memphis Flyer Celebrates 20th Annivesarynew
"Memphis magazine publisher Kenneth Neill somehow managed to convince the company's board members to invest in an idea he had: a free weekly tabloid that would be called the Memphis Flyer," editor Bruce VanWyngarden writes in an introduction to the paper's 20th anniversary issue. "The first issue hit the streets in February 1989." In another column, Neill explains why the paper didn't celebrate the actual anniversary back in February. "February 2009 did not seem a particularly good time for a 20-year celebration," he writes. "The economy was in the toilet, and our spirits weren't far behind."
The Memphis Flyer |
11-12-2009 8:19 am |
Honors & Achievements
FTC Urged To Clamp Down On Data Collection Onlinenew
Online Media Daily |
11-12-2009 8:39 am |
Industry News
John Hodgman: Alt-Weekly Writers Should Get Their Own Ticker-Tape Paradenew
In a Q&A with The Onion's AV Club, Hodgman, the comedian who is probably best known as the PC in the ubiquitous Apple ads, discusses his lack of sports knowledge. He says he understands the "comforting" aspect of "watching millionaires hit balls with sticks," but offers the example of others who provide similar comforts. "Why isn't there a ticker-tape parade for the freelance magazine writers? Where's the ticker-tape parade for the guy whose movie review you read in the alt-weekly every week, and who lives down the block from you, and who gets drunk in the same bar as you, and, like you, will never go anywhere in his life?," Hodgman asks. "That guy gives you comfort as much as the millionaire who hits the ball with a stick or kicks it."
The AV Club |
11-10-2009 8:26 am |
Industry News
Circuit Court Rules Anonymous Poster's Identity Must be Revealednew
The Associated Press via Editor & Publisher |
11-10-2009 12:35 pm |
Legal News
Google To Acquire Mobile Ad Provider AdMob For $750 Millionnew
Online Media Daily |
11-10-2009 8:35 am |
Industry News
Free Classified Advertising Roundtable Webinar Coming Up
The first in a series of sales webinars exclusively for AAN members -- a Classified Advertising Roundtable -- has been scheduled for Nov. 19 at 2 pm EST. The open, free-wheeling conversation will be moderated by former Austin Chronicle advertising director Carol Flagg. To register for the free webinar, click here.
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AAN |
11-09-2009 2:30 pm |
Association News
AAN Urges State's Attorney to Reconsider Medill Subpoenas
Last month it was revealed that the Cook County state's attorney subpoenaed emails, grades, and notes and recordings of witness interviews from students at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism who were investigating a 1978 homicide case for the school's Innocence Project. Today, AAN sent a letter to the state's attorney citing "grave concerns" about her actions and urging her to reconsider the subpoenas. "Our members are concerned whenever the values of a free press are threatened," reads the letter, written by AAN First Amendment chair Tim Redmond, "and we believe the actions by your office do just that."
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AAN |
11-09-2009 12:56 pm |
Association News
Tags: Editorial, Management
VVM Building Web Revenues by Collecting Niche Partnersnew
Village Voice Media CEO Jim Larkin tells Forbes that for web revenues, the company is continuing to focus on its "Voice Local Network," which sells ads on niche websites that partner with VVM. Larkin also says that VVM is on track to pull in $120 million in ad revenue this year (down from $141 million last year), and that the company is running at a profit.
Forbes |
11-09-2009 12:33 pm |
Industry News
Twitter to Unveil Geolocation Featurenew
The new feature, which Twitter hopes to roll out in the next few weeks, will allow mobile phone users to include precise locations -- via GPS -- with each tweet they send. On the other end, users will be able to limit their searches to messages from any particular location, which could help news organizations that are trying to curate local tweets. "Proximity can be this proxy for relevance," Twitter's Ryan Sarver tells the New York Times. "We are about delivering the right information to the right people."
The New York Times |
11-09-2009 10:22 am |
Industry News
Tags: Electronic Publishing, Management
The Stranger's Books Editor Talks About How He Manages His Sectionnew
Paul Constant, who says he thinks he's "one of the only books page editors left at an alternative weekly in America," tells the Rejectionist blog how he chooses books to include in The Stranger. "Basically, I read what I want. I figure, at a page and a half a week and with a very, very small freelance budget, there's no way I'm going to do a comprehensive books page, New York Times-style," he says. "So what I think is important is to keep track of my reading life."
The Rejectionist |
11-09-2009 10:15 am |
Industry News
Alt-Weekly Staffers Curate Local Compilations for LimeWirenew
Music writers and editors at the Nashville Scene and Willamette Week have put together compilation albums of their respective local scenes as part of LimeWire's "Ear to the Ground" series. "There's lots of talk these days about localism being dead, but these kinds of collections remind listeners that geography still has a lot to do with an artists' sounds and aesthetics," WW music editor Casey Jarman says. "Ear to the Ground compilations are fantastic primers, and we think this is a pretty amazing primer for Portland music." Nashville Scene music editor Steve Haruch adds: "Any time we have a chance to get the word out to a wider audience about what's going on here, we jump at it." These two papers join fellow alts like Boston's Weekly Dig, Flagpole, Metro Times, and Philadelphia City Paper, all of which have previously curated discs for LimeWire. (The free digital downloads are all available here.)
LimeWire Press Release (via AntiMusic.com) |
11-06-2009 10:19 am |
Industry News
Willamette Week Celebrates 35th Anniversarynew
"In 1974, the first WW rolled off the presses into a town in transition, between listless backwater and budding progressive mecca," Mark Zusman and Ethan Smith write in an intro to a special commemorative issue that features nearly 20 stories on the paper's -- and Portland's -- journey since then. As part of the paper's anniversary celebration, it has also curated an art show devoted to trashing its covers.
Willamette Week |
11-06-2009 8:01 am |
Honors & Achievements
Tags: Management, Willamette Week
Ruxton Changes Name to Voice Media Group
"Voice Media Group's national network of 50 alternative print publications and more than 100 digital publications and Web sites reaches more than eight million newspaper readers, and receives more than 25 million unique digital visitors per month," says the newly named agency in its press release announcing the change. Voice Media also launched a new website targeting media buyers.
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Voice Media Group Press Release |
11-05-2009 11:56 am |
Press Releases
What Did Isthmus Learn from its First Collaborative Reporting Project?new
Nearly two dozen media outlets in and around Madison, Wisc., took part in All Together Now's first project on health care, and the organizers are already talking about doing another project next year. Looking back, Isthmus news editor Bill Lueders offers six suggestions for news organizations in other cities who might want to take a stab at a collaborative project.
Isthmus |
11-04-2009 10:02 am |
Industry News
New Google Analytics Tools Make it Easier for News Orgs to Track Metricsnew
Poynter |
11-04-2009 10:12 am |
Industry News
Tags: Electronic Publishing, Management
