AAN News
Metro Spirit Editor to Leave Paper
Tom Grant, who has edited the Augusta, Ga., alt-weekly since October 2005, will be leaving his post in late July. "The last four years have been an exciting time for Metro Spirit and we've accomplished a lot together," Grant says in a statement. "Metro Spirit is ready for a new voice and the paper and I have agreed that it's a good time for someone new to write the next chapter of Spirit's history." The paper is currently undertaking a nationwide search for a replacement.
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Metro Spirit Press Release |
06-09-2009 3:01 pm |
Press Releases
VVM Strategist Talks Social Media, Journalismnew
In a Q&A with The Future Buzz, Village Voice Media social media strategist John Boitnott talks about how VVM is merging traditional journalism work with social media work. "What we are realizing at [VVM] is that one's effectiveness as a journalist now may depend to some degree on your social media prowess," he says. "It's absolutely a revolutionary concept -- and one that many old schoolers may scoff at or ignore."
The Future Buzz |
06-09-2009 2:32 pm |
Industry News
Crafty Folks Try Their Hand at the Adaptive Re-use of News Boxesnew
The New York Times' Green Inc. blog looks at two examples of news box re-use: a Toronto artist who is transforming abandoned metal boxes into planter boxes for flowers and a Birmingham-based editor who has turned an old dispenser into a digital display showing the front pages of newspapers.
The New York Times |
06-09-2009 12:13 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Circulation, Management
Nielsen: U.S. Ad Spending Down 12 Percent in First Quarternew
Preliminary figures show that the decline from 1Q 2008 to 1Q 2009 amounts to a drop of $3.8 billion in total U.S. ad spending, according to Nielsen. Local newspaper advertising was off by 14.3 percent, while internet advertising was only down by 3.4 percent. The worst-faring sector was local newspapers' Sunday supplements, which was off by 37.7 percent.
Marketing Daily |
06-09-2009 10:22 am |
Industry News
How Apple's New iPhone Changes Mobile Marketingnew
Advertising Age |
06-09-2009 1:26 pm |
Industry News
The Other Paper Sold to Parent Company's Creditorsnew
As part of Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, a judge has approved selling the assets of American Community Newspapers -- including The Other Paper -- to its creditors, who formed the company American Community Newspapers II to pursue the purchase. The Dallas-based company, which bought The Other Paper in 2007, filed for bankruptcy in April.
Business First of Columbus |
06-08-2009 3:04 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Management, The Other Paper
Free Dailies Struggle During Downturnnew
Circulation and revenue at many free daily newspapers are down as the industry grapples with a difficult advertising market, the New York Times reports. As a result, free daily publishers like Metro International -- which recently agreed to sell its New York and Philadelphia papers -- are cutting costs and consolidating.
The New York Times |
06-08-2009 10:19 am |
Industry News
Tags: Management
Report: Mobile Users Spend Less Time with Other Medianew
The New York Times |
06-08-2009 2:30 pm |
Industry News
Forecast: Local Mobile Advertising (Particularly Search) Will Be Next Hot Trendnew
MediaBuyerPlanner |
06-08-2009 11:52 am |
Industry News
Writer Files Wrongful Termination Suit Against Cleveland Scenenew
James Renner says a story he wrote alleging that a Republican gubernatorial candidate had an affair with a former aide was killed after the politician threatened to file suit if it was published. Renner says that when he complained about this in an email to the CEO of Scene parent company Times Shamrock, he was fired. "I was told by both my publisher and my editor that the story was spiked because we couldn't afford another lawsuit," Renner tells Editor & Publisher. Times Shamrock CEO Matthew Haggerty begs to differ. "Our decisions concerning whether or not to publish any story, including the story referenced in Mr. Renner's lawsuit, is never dictated by the threat of potential litigation," he said in a statement. "Rather, Mr. Renner's draft story was passed over for publication because it did not meet management's basic standards of journalism as required of all our reporters and editors." In addition to demanding reinstatement, Renner is asking the court to declare the story he submitted to Scene not defamatory. The suit names the gubernatorial candidate in question, Ohio State Sen. Kevin Coughlin, as a defendant.
Editor & Publisher |
06-05-2009 3:19 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Scene
Another Livingston Win for Village Voice Media
VVM points out that with John Dickerson of the Phoenix New Times' win this week, the company's writers have racked up four Livingston Awards in the past decade.
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Village Voice Media Press Release |
06-05-2009 1:35 pm |
Press Releases
Long Island Press Fares Well in Regional SPJ Awardsnew
When the Press Club of Long Island, the local chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, announced the winners of its 2009 Media Awards contest at its annual awards dinner Thursday night, Long Island's only alt-weekly came away with a total of 17 awards. The Press won two "all media" awards -- Brad Pareso was named Cub Reporter of the Year, and the paper was named a co-winner (with Newsday) of the Robert Greene Public Service Award for a story on heroin use in the area. (That story is also up for a Public Service AltWeekly Award.) In competition with other weeklies, the Press won first-place awards in the following categories: Arts, Business/Economic/Financial, Deadline News, Feature, Government/Politics, and Non-Deadline News.
Press Club of Long Island |
06-05-2009 10:01 am |
Honors & Achievements
Who Knew? Bill O'Reilly Wrote for Alt-Weeklies in the 70snew
In his latest book, A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity, the controversial Fox News host reflects on his days attending Boston University in the 1970s. He notes that once he was bitten by the journalism bug, he started being published in Boston's alt-weeklies. "I ran around Boston annoying the hell out of everyone, but bringing back good, crisp copy," O'Reilly writes. "In addition to the Free Press [BU's student paper], I got stuff published in the Boston Phoenix and the Real Paper. Then, I recycled the articles into class assignments. Somehow, this worked out great. How could I get a bad grade if somebody had paid me for a piece and it ran on page two?"
BU Today |
06-04-2009 11:05 am |
Industry News
Phoenix New Times Scribe Wins Livingston Awardnew
John Dickerson has been named the 2008 Livingston Award winner for local reporting for "The Doctor is Out," a three-part series on medical standards and regulation in Arizona. The Livingstons are limited to journalists under the age of 35 and are the largest all-media, general-reporting prizes in the country. This marks the second year in a row that an alt-weekly has won the award, which comes with a $10,000 prize. Dickerson's series is also an AltWeekly Award finalist in the investigative reporting category.
Livingston Awards |
06-04-2009 8:46 am |
Honors & Achievements
Tom Tomorrow Works With Pearl Jam on Cover Artnew
This Modern World |
06-04-2009 8:49 am |
Industry News
