AAN News
Another Fort Collins Weekly Closes its Doorsnew
Fort Collins Now is publishing its final issue this week, the Coloradoan reports. The paper was founded in 2003 as Fort Collins Weekly by AAN veterans Joel Dyer and Greg Campbell and sold to Nevada-based Swift Communications in 2007, which changed the name to Fort Collins Now. After the ownership change, Dyer and Campbell both remained involved with the paper, although they took on lesser roles. "It was clear that we have given Fort Collins Now a good length of time to see if it could turn a profit. It was really clear it wasn't happening," Campbell says. "It seems like the opportunity with Swift sort of delayed the inevitable." The weekly becomes the latest alt-style paper to close down in Fort Collins. In 2006, the AAN member Rocky Mountain Bullhorn ceased publication, and in 2008 the Rocky Mountain Chronicle did the same.
The Coloradoan |
05-19-2009 9:18 am |
Industry News
Tags: Management
AAN's April Financials: More Green Shoots [members only]
Richard Karpel |
05-19-2009 7:26 pm |
AAN Staff Blog
Tags: Financial, Management
Interactive Advertising Bureau Issues Social Advertising Guidelinesnew
Online Media Daily |
05-19-2009 9:29 am |
Industry News
The Village Voice Announces 2009 OBIE Award Winnersnew
The Village Voice |
05-19-2009 9:23 am |
Press Releases
LEO Weekly Reporter Assaulted, Files Chargesnew
Jonathan Meador, a freelancer for the Louisville alt-weekly, was covering a local Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner last week when he was assaulted by local businessman and GOP activist J.D. Sparks, who was apparently trying to get the reporter to stop videotaping the event. Meador will pursue charges of fourth-degree assault and menacing, both misdemeanors, against Sparks.
LEO Weekly |
05-18-2009 1:11 pm |
Industry News
Former OC Weekly Staffer and AAN Diversity Intern Diesnew
On Friday, Nguyen Huy Vu's family decided to take the 34-year-old reporter off artificial life support following a Mother's Day heart attack that had left him brain dead, OC Weekly reports. In 2001, Vu was one of the first two journalists to receive an internship under AAN's Diversity Grant Program. MORE: A number of current and former Weekly staffers remember Vu fondly in the comments of this blog post.
OC Weekly |
05-18-2009 8:48 am |
Industry News
City Pages Nabs 27 State SPJ Awardsnew
The Twin Cities alt-weekly did well on Thursday night, when the Minnesota chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists held their annual Page One Awards banquet to honor the best journalism in the state. City Pages took home 27 awards, including 15 first-place honors. The impressive showing led MinnPost.com media critic David Brauer to wonder if City Pages might be the best newspaper in Minnesota.
City Pages |
05-18-2009 8:04 am |
Honors & Achievements
Pasadena Weekly Editor Gets Annenberg Fellowshipnew
Deputy editor Joe Piasecki was chosen last month for the Annenberg Fellowship at the University of Southern California, which requires two semesters of study in USC's graduate-level Specialized Journalism program and includes a $20,000 stipend. In addition, a number of Pasadena Weekly writers, along with scribes from sister papers LA CityBeat and Ventura County Weekly, have been been nominated for the Los Angeles Press Club's 51st Annual Southern California Journalism Awards. L.A. Weekly and OC Weekly also have a large number of nominees in the awards contest.
Pasadena Weekly | L.A. Weekly |
05-18-2009 7:58 am |
Honors & Achievements
Study: More Than Half Of Mobile Users Getting Contentnew
Online Media Daily |
05-18-2009 12:12 pm |
Industry News
Newspapers No Longer Dominate Journalism Fellowshipsnew
The New York Times |
05-18-2009 8:52 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Management
Charleston City Paper Launches Redesigned Websitenew
Charleston City Paper |
05-18-2009 8:25 am |
Industry News
The Stranger Runs Photo That Got Photographer Arrestednew
Last Friday Seattle police arrested a 29-year-old man and banned him from a REI store after he used his phone to photograph two security guards who were servicing an ATM inside the store. The Stranger put the photo on the cover of this week's issue, and has a story on the controversy.
Photo District News |
05-15-2009 1:58 pm |
Industry News
Will the New York Times' Next Food Critic Come from an Alt-Weekly?new
When the Times announced this week that it was moving food critic Frank Bruni to a new assignment writing for the Times Magazine, foodies immediately began speculating as to whom the paper would replace him with. The Associated Press says LA Weekly's Pulitzer-winning critic Jonathan Gold is one of the "obvious contenders," while Eater has him as a "dark horse," with 250-1 odds. Eater also pegs Village Voice critic Robert Sietsema an "underdog," giving him 1000-1 odds. Meanwhile, the Times staffer who will lead the search says she hasn't started thinking about who will be named for what the AP calls "what's widely considered the most important restaurant critic job in the country."
The Associated Press | Eater |
05-15-2009 9:41 am |
Industry News
Seven Days Starts News-Sharing Partnership With Local TV Stationnew
The Burlington, Vt., alt-weekly has entered into a content-sharing agreement with WPTZ NewsChannel 5. As part of this agreement, Seven Days contributors will appear twice a week during the station's 11 pm newscast. Elements of Shay Totten's political column will appear on Tuesday nights, in advance of the Seven Days' Wednesday distribution, and on Thursdays, music editor Dan Bolles will recommend upcoming events from "Notes on the Weekend," the paper's email newsletter.
Vermont Business Magazine (scroll to bottom of article) |
05-15-2009 8:45 am |
Industry News
Publishers Invest in AAN Convention Despite Downturn
AAN News asked several publishers why they are sending multiple employees to the convention this year even though they have less money to spend. Their answers may surprise you.
(FULL STORY)
AAN News |
05-14-2009 7:22 pm |
Association News
Tags: Management
