AAN News
Two AAN Papers Make E&P's '10 That Do It Right'new
Phoenix New Times and East Bay Express both made the cut this year. News Times got the nod (subscription-only) "for its long campaign to shine a light on Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, a classic desert despot," says E&P. And East Bay Express made the magazine's annual list (subscription-only) as a result of its focus on "localization" and community-building. "It's a highly transportable idea," publisher Jody Colley tells E&P.
Editor & Publisher (sub. req.) |
08-04-2009 1:33 pm |
Honors & Achievements
About Those Surveys ... [members only]
Richard Karpel |
08-03-2009 7:19 pm |
AAN Staff Blog
Pasadena Weekly Celebrates 25 Years
This week's issue includes columns by former owner Jim Laris and current editor Kevin Uhrich, who has been with the paper since 1996. There's also a timeline and a series of short reminisces from a number of alumni, including former LA Reader owner James Vowell and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Steve Coll, the paper's first editor.
Pasadena Weekly |
08-03-2009 4:17 pm |
Honors & Achievements
17-Year Old Murder Victim was Part of 'LA Weekly Community'new
Lily Burk, whose slaying July 24 in downtown Los Angeles has received widespread attention, was the daughter of Greg Burk, a LA Weekly writer and editor for over two decades. "The LA Weekly community that attended (parties hosted by the Burks) has mostly disappeared from the (LA Weekly) building now," writes Pandora Young in Fishbowl LA. "But the community, though scattered, still exists. We keep track, we keep in touch, and we're devastated by the news of Lily's death."
Fishbowl LA |
08-03-2009 1:02 pm |
Industry News
Tags: L.A. Weekly
AltWeeklies.com Related Stories Widget Now Available For Use
Using the tags on your stories, the new widget, developed by DesertNet, pulls in similarly tagged stories from AltWeeklies.com, giving your website additional related links for particular movies, bands or issue areas. Click here, here or here to see it in action, and visit AltWeeklies.com for more technical information or to download the widget.
AAN |
07-31-2009 3:39 pm |
Association News
Study: Most U.S. Consumers Frustrated by Internet Adsnew
A new Harris Interactive study finds that while there is a definite trend toward online advertising from print and broadcast, many consumers are still annoyed by many forms of digital ads. The most annoying type of ad, the study found, is one that spreads across the page and covers the content beneath it.
Marketing Charts |
07-31-2009 11:11 am |
Industry News
Syracuse New Times Founder Looks Backnew
"It was the greatest 11 years that I've spent in many ways, lucky to do the things that I love doing," Ken Simon says of the time he founded and ran the alt-weekly. "I helped to invent the concept of the alternative newspaper, me and the people who worked with me. The Syracuse New Times is the third-oldest alternative weekly, and that's something, especially when you consider that this is Syracuse; it isn't San Francisco or Boston or Chicago or New York City." New Times is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.
Syracuse New Times |
07-31-2009 11:03 am |
Industry News
Tags: Management, Syracuse New Times
Magazine Publishers Explore Alternative Revenue Models for Digital Editionsnew
Folio |
07-31-2009 11:14 am |
Industry News
Jackson Free Press Launches 'JFP Daily'new
Earlier this month, the alt-weekly launched a daily e-blast that will feature one full story along with listings and other timely content, like profiles of musicians or authors who have appearances that day. The Daily, which has the catchy slogan "Today's News...Today," will be published each day at 1 pm. "It's been twenty years since Jackson had an afternoon daily," publisher Todd Stauffer tells the Greater Jackson Chamber Partnership (pdf). "We thought it would be interesting to revive that tradition, but starting from the ground up using 21st Century technology."
Jackson Free Press |
07-30-2009 12:42 pm |
Industry News
Editor of Wired Magazine is Bullish on East Bay Expressnew
Discussing the future of newspapers in a recent episode of C-Span2's Book TV, Chris Anderson, who also is the author of The Long Tail and Free: The Future of a Radical Price, had good things to say about his local alt-weekly: "The (New York) Times will be fine. They will figure it out," Anderson says. "My local newspaper -- my local, local newspaper -- the East Bay Express. They're already pretty lean and mean, they're probably going to be good about covering my local community even better. The San Francisco Chronicle? I'm not sure it has a future."
CSpan2's Book TV |
07-30-2009 10:54 am |
Industry News
San Diego Reader Releases Posthumous Book by Former Editor
The Reader this month published Judith Moore's A Bad, Bad Boy, which looks at the life of Frank Bompensiero, "the most feared mobster in Southern California for 30 years." Moore, who passed away in 2006, spent 10 years following the traces of Bompensiero, a Mafia hit man who later became the basis for the Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bompensiero character in The Sopranos.
(FULL STORY)
San Diego Reader Press Release |
07-30-2009 9:17 am |
Press Releases
Key Decision in Creative Loafing Bankruptcy Case Will Come Aug. 25new
In today's bankruptcy hearing, the judge said she will wait until the Aug. 25 equity auction to define what the "highest and best" offer will be, a decision that CL CEO Ben Eason has said will be of utmost importance to the future of the six-paper company. "While today's hearing about the rules and procedures for the bidding was given a pretty high-drama buildup ... it didn't live up to its billing and was actually a complex, confusing, and undramatic court session," Creative Loafing (Tampa)'s Wayne Garcia writes. Following the hearing, Eason told Garcia he's considering stepping down temporarily as CEO to focus on putting together a new bid for the company, though he said he hasn't made a decision yet and has no timetable in mind.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
07-29-2009 4:51 pm |
Industry News
L.A. Weekly Story Leads Marilyn Manson to Threaten Journosnew
The shock rocker has issued a warning on MySpace against journalists who write "cavalier statements," saying there will be repercussions for the "soon-to-be-murdered-in-their-home press" if more inaccuracies are reported. Manson's threats come on the heels of a recent L.A. Weekly interview with Buddyhead.com founder Travis Keller, who talked about what it was like to meet Manson in 2007. In the piece, Keller paints Manson as a paranoid cocaine addict and a fraud.
L.A. Weekly |
07-29-2009 12:27 pm |
Industry News
Judge to Set Rules of Creative Loafing Auction Todaynew
CL CEO Ben Eason has said that today's hearing (rescheduled from Monday) will likely determine whether or not he will be able to retain control of the six-paper chain. The actual auction is slated for Aug. 25, but Eason says that if the judge allows unfettered bidding by Atalaya Capital Management, the company's largest creditor, he may have no chance. He thinks that would be unfair and will ask the judge to restrict Atalaya's ability to bid. "What you'll see is the judge grappling with a core issue: How do you preside over a fair auction where one of the bidders has an advantage that would cause others not to bid," Eason says. "It's like pulling money out of one pocket and putting it into another."
St. Petersburg Times |
07-29-2009 9:54 am |
Industry News
Columbia J-School Grads Remain 'Excited and Hopeful'new
As part of the Village Voice's education supplement, the alt-weekly talks to several 2009 graduates from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism about what it feels like to enter an industry that many are proclaiming to be near death. Surprisingly, they remain upbeat about the future and feel prepared to take part in the rebirth of the news industry. "If you look at it differently, it's an exciting time in journalism," one recent grad says. "People are trying to come up with solutions to find out what the future is going to be."
The Village Voice |
07-29-2009 9:36 am |
Industry News
