AAN News
Blog, Cartoon & Music Reporting Finalists Announced
The finalists for the last three AltWeekly Award categories are now in. The leaders in the large-circulation and small-circulation divisions each picked up an additional award, with The Village Voice increasing its overall award count to ten, and the Santa Fe Reporter swelling its total to
six.
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AAN |
06-03-2009 4:18 pm |
Association News
Academy for Alternative Journalism Alum is Killednew
Tess Martinez died Monday in a car accident in New Mexico. She was 25 years old. Martinez was one of 10 Academy for Alternative Journalism fellows in 2008 and a former Tucson Weekly intern. The Weekly reports that she was on her way to the Chicago area to look for work when the accident happened. Her Twitter page lists her last message -- sent at 3:44 pm on Saturday -- as: "driving to Chicago tonight."
Tucson Weekly |
06-03-2009 1:51 pm |
Association News
Former Dallas Observer Editor's Book is Outnew
Julie Lyons, the evangelical Christian who stepped down as Observer editor in late 2007, has written a book on her religious transformation. Holy Roller was released yesterday by WaterBrook Press, a subsidiary of Random House. In an interview with Beliefnet, Lyons, who wrote a popular and at-times controversial "Bible Girl" column for the alt-weekly, talks about the book and what she's been up to since leaving the Observer. Besides writing, she says she's spent more time in ministry. "I go door to door in the streets of South Dallas with an evangelism team," she says. "We're out there to win souls for Jesus, plain and simple."
Dallas Observer | Beliefnet |
06-03-2009 9:09 am |
Industry News
Bay Area Alts Win Regional Awardsnew
Two alt-weeklies took home awards in the East Bay Press Club's 2008 Excellence in Print Journalism Contest. The East Bay Express won a total of five awards, with first-place finishes for Best Analysis, Best Opinion Piece and Lifestyle Feature. SF Weekly also took home one of the press club's awards, which were announced at a reception on Friday.
East Bay Express |
06-03-2009 8:47 am |
Honors & Achievements
Who is Robert Ayers and Why is He Misrepresenting Himself? [members only]
Richard Karpel |
06-03-2009 7:28 pm |
AAN Staff Blog
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Nielsen Online: Time Spent on Social Networks Doubles in a Yearnew
PC World |
06-03-2009 10:30 am |
Industry News
Tags: Electronic Publishing, Management
Study: Online Video Usage Dramatically Overstatednew
Online Media Daily |
06-03-2009 9:20 am |
Industry News
Tags: Electronic Publishing, Management
Backpage.com Announces Enhanced Services
Unique user-features set online classifies website apart from competition
(FULL STORY)
Backpage.com Press Release |
06-03-2009 8:53 am |
Press Releases
Is Craigslist's New Adult Ad Policy Helping Alt-Weeklies?new
Washington City Paper classified manager Heather McAndrews says that in the first week of May, adult ads were up 38 percent over the same time last year; City Pages publisher Mark Bartel says adult ads there have "almost doubled;" and SF Weekly's adult ad count has jumped from 160 before Craigslist's new policy went into effect to 910 last week. One woman who advertises in both City Paper and Craigslist tells the alt-weekly that Craigslist's "standard is no good because you cannot really describe who you are."
Washington City Paper |
06-02-2009 3:25 pm |
Industry News
Ad Agencies Use Instantaneous Data to Adjust Online Strategiesnew
The increasing amount of data available about online advertising is leading marketers to turn to data mavens to tweak campaigns based on what is and isn't working, the New York Times reports. Agencies can also use web ads to test out different themes, phrases and imagery before investing in old media ad buys, which are much more expensive. "It's nice to be able to tell your brand manager or the chief marketing officer which audience is interacting with the unit, what time of day, what day of the week, and what the response is on certain types of offers," Varick Media Management president Darren Herman says. "Before, nobody could really tell you that."
The New York Times |
06-02-2009 8:55 am |
Industry News
L.A. Weekly Parts Ways with Editornew
The Weekly announced yesterday that it is actively seeking a replacement for Laurie Ochoa, who has been the paper's editor in chief since 2001.
L.A. Weekly |
06-02-2009 8:35 am |
Industry News
Who Runs the AAN CAN Ads? [members only]
Richard Karpel |
06-02-2009 8:03 pm |
AAN Staff Blog
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Tags: Classified Advertising, Management
Nine Seats Up for Election on the AAN Board
Nine seats on the AAN Board of Directors will be up for election this year at the association's annual meeting in Tucson. Prior to the election, bylaw amendments will be introduced that could impact the nature of at least two of the seats.
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AAN |
06-01-2009 5:14 pm |
Association News
Tags: Editorial, Management
AAN Members Pick Up Dozens of SPJ Awards in Pacific Northwestnew
Five alt-weeklies won a number of awards in the Oregon and Southwest Washington chapter of the Society for Professional Journalists' 2008 Excellence in Journalism Awards. Among non-daily newspapers in Oregon, Willamette Week took home 10 first-place awards, while Eugene Weekly took home one. Among alt-weeklies in the Northwest region, WW won six first-place awards; Seattle Weekly won four; the Missoula Independent won two; and the Pacific Northwest Inlander won one.
Society of Professional Journalists, Oregon and Southwest Washington Chapter |
06-01-2009 8:27 am |
Honors & Achievements
VVM to Craigslist CEO: There is Nothing Wrong With a Little Competition
In a blog post last Friday, Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster complained that politicians are attacking Craigslist for adult ads while ignoring Village Voice Media and other media outlets that run the same ads, because they have a "need for positive stories and campaign endorsements from those very same newspapers." VVM says it empathizes with Craigslist but finds much to be desired in the company's response. "They have a number of moralistic state Attorneys General threatening them over their adult ads, and a raft of bad press following the terrible tragedy in Boston that the company is admittedly in no way responsible for," VVM says in a press release. "But, the manner in which Buckmaster is responding to this pressure -- by disingenuously lashing out at competitors and caving to political pressure -- is inexcusable, and displays a remarkable lack of sound judgment."
(FULL STORY)
Village Voice Media Press Release |
05-29-2009 12:12 pm |
Press Releases
