AAN News
Evanston Dispatch: Editorial Cmte. Meeting and Writers Workshop Wrapup
Editorial Committee chair Julia Goldberg provides an update and a few videos from last weekend's committee meeting and Writers Workshop conference in Evanston, Ill.
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AAN News |
08-24-2009 10:24 am |
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Tags: Editorial, Management
Chicago Reader Media Writer Reflects on Covering Creative Loafingnew
"Creative Loafing's bankruptcy is just one more media story to follow, along with the Sun-Times Media Group's bankruptcy and the Tribune Company's bankruptcy," Michael Miner writes. "But CL's is the story I'm part of." He explores the difficulties of "reporting on your own house" as a media writer, and explains why he kept news of Reader layoffs off his blog for four days -- and didn't name any of the departing staffers -- just days after he had broken news of layoffs -- with names -- at Chicago Public Radio. "I have no explanation that will satisfactorily answer this question," he writes. "The fancy one I'll retreat to is one word long: epistemology. You see, it's not simply what journalists know that matters to us but also how we happen to know it. I knew what happened at WBEZ because I got a tip and worked the story; I knew about the Reader because it's home."
Chicago Reader |
08-24-2009 9:10 am |
Industry News
Study: Local Advertisers Continue Migrating to Digitalnew
Media Daily News |
08-24-2009 9:47 am |
Industry News
Two Alt-Weekly Leaders Talk About Their 'Local First' Effortsnew
Joe Grafton, the executive director of Somerville Local First, interviews East Bay Express publisher Jody Colley and Austin Chronicle editor Louis Black for a piece in Boston's Weekly Dig about the local movement across the country. Colley talks about the campaign she organized last year that encouraged alt-weekly readers across the country to do their holiday shopping locally, and Black discusses the "symbiotic" relationship the Chronicle has with the local business community. Grafton has posted fuller interview clips of both of them on his Shift Across America blog.
Boston's Weekly Dig |
08-21-2009 2:21 pm |
Industry News
Bids for Creative Loafing Are In and Bidders Will Get Details Todaynew
Yesterday was the deadline for interested parties to submit their bids for Creative Loafing, Inc. to a bankruptcy court judge. According to a document filed yesterday, all bidders will be provided with the details of opposing bids by noon today. UPDATE (1:50 pm): Creative Loafing (Atlanta) is reporting that Eason's team and creditor Atalaya Capital Management will be the only two bidders at next Tuesday's auction.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
08-21-2009 10:38 am |
Industry News
Dan Savage Working on Potential HBO Shownew
The Stranger's editorial director and syndicated columnist has been in Los Angeles this month working with HBO on a "presentation pilot" for a potential TV show. The show will have a "focus on current events and cultural trends with sex as the filter," Savage writes. "Basically, my sex-advice column -- but on the teevee!" The pilot is taping on Aug. 27 -- you can sign up for tickets here. A Craigslist ad offers a glimpse into a potential topic for the pilot: men who wear chastity belts.
The Stranger |
08-21-2009 9:29 am |
Industry News
Former Gambit Theater Writer Diesnew
Al Shea, a longtime New Orleans actor, TV personality and critic for Gambit and other outlets, died early this morning after a long battle with bladder cancer. He was 80. Shea was given a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Gambit's Big Easy Awards earlier this year for his contributions to New Orleans.
The Gambit |
08-20-2009 1:27 pm |
Industry News
A Few More Details Emerge on Nashville Scene Salenew
Village Voice Media executive associate editor Andy Van De Voorde tells the Tennessean that the Scene's rumored financial troubles were not what led the company to sell the paper to Nashville-based SouthComm, Inc. "I have no reason to believe that anyone wasn't pleased with [the Scene] financially," he says. Van De Voorde also says that Scene editor Pete Kotz, who came to Nashville after VVM's Cleveland Scene was merged with Free Times, will leave the paper but remain in the VVM chain. Whether other staffing changes are in the works is not yet clear, though Van De Voorde notes that all Scene and Nfocus magazine employees will receive two weeks severance, plus a week of pay for every year of service and unpaid vacation time from VVM -- whether or not they keep their jobs under the new owners.
The Tennessean |
08-20-2009 10:26 am |
Industry News
Creative Loafing's CEO and Creditors Both Confident About Auctionnew
No surprise here: Creative Loafing CEO Ben Eason and the company's largest creditor Atalaya Capital Management both tell the Atlanta Journal-Constitution they have high hopes for next week's auction of the company in Tampa bankruptcy court. "I think we are absolutely the best bid," Eason says. "Any bid has got to have cash, management and know-how, and be in a position to run the business and pay off debt. ... We have all of that." But Atalaya managing partner Michael Bogdan begs to differ. "We are going to come into court with a bid we believe will prevail," he says. "And if somebody starts with higher bid (sic), we are absolutely willing to raise our bid." It's expected that Atalya will bid a higher dollar figure than Eason's group, but Eason has said he will ask the judge to consider publishing expertise as part of deciding what the "highest and best" bid for the six-paper company is. The auction is slated for Tuesday, Aug. 25.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
08-20-2009 8:52 am |
Industry News
Report: Smaller Web Ads May Work Better Than Larger Onesnew
Online Media Daily |
08-20-2009 10:58 am |
Industry News
It's Official: VVM is Selling Nashville Scene to SouthComm
Village Voice Media today confirmed the rumors that it is selling the Nashville Scene to SouthComm, Inc. VVM will also sell Nfocus magazine to the Nashville-based media company run by former Scene publisher Chris Ferrell. SouthComm also owns AAN member LEO Weekly. The deal is expected to close this Friday, and terms of the transaction are not being divulged. MORE: See SouthComm's statement on the transaction.
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Village Voice Media Press Release |
08-19-2009 12:14 pm |
Press Releases
By 'Telling Stories That Matter,' Alts Will 'Ride Out Any Crisis'new
That's Chicago Reader editorial intern Keith Griffith's takeaway from last weekend's AAN Writers Workshop at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. "Though I sorely needed the writing tips gleaned from the weekend's workshops, it was also great to hear how writers and editors are meeting challenges at their respective alt weeklies," he writes.
Chicago Reader |
08-19-2009 12:04 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Management
Judge Rules Blogger's Identity Must be Revealednew
A judge ruled this week that model Liskula Cohen is entitled to learn the identity of the person who wrote the blog Skanks in NYC, which referred to Cohen as a "skank" and "ho." The judge said that the blog potentially defamed Cohen, rejecting the blogger's argument that the comments were mere opinion and hyperbole.
Online Media Daily |
08-19-2009 11:37 am |
Legal News
Mountain XPress Celebrates 15th Anniversary
After running the monthly "activist publication" Green Line for seven years, Jeff Fobes launched Mountain XPress on Aug. 10, 1994. The Asheville, N.C., weekly takes a look back with a special issue featuring a timeline of milestones and commentaries from ad director James Fisher and Fobes, who discusses -- among other things -- the shift from monthly to weekly. "[It] was an astonishing experience. The pace picked up fourfold, and it never let up," he writes. "Our tiny staff lived and breathed the audacity of the effort, working for paltry pay (though we had, thankfully, closed the multiyear chapter of working for no pay)."
AAN News |
08-19-2009 8:53 am |
Honors & Achievements
Report: Cause Marketing Expected To Grow This Yearnew
Marketing Daily |
08-19-2009 9:45 am |
Industry News
Tags: Management, Retail Advertising
