AAN News
Keith McGinnis Talks About Philadelphia Weekly's Site Redesignnew
McGinnis, who is management information systems (MIS) director for PW parent company Review Publishing, says they started sketching out the new site at the end of 2007. The Weekly unveiled the redesign early last month. "From a design perspective, it was about making [the site] look more pleasing," he says. "From a traffic perspective it was about decreasing bounce rate and increasing time on site."
Technically Philly |
04-16-2009 12:07 pm |
Industry News
New Nonprofit News Site Partners with Seattle Weeklynew
The Weekly says it will be linking to stories from the Seattle Post Globe, and the new site will be doing the same with Weekly stories. In addition, the alt-weekly's sales staff will be selling ads on the new site. More on the Seattle Post Globe from the Seattle Times.
Seattle Weekly |
04-15-2009 12:51 pm |
Industry News
Media Executives Plan Online Service to Charge for Contentnew
Steve Brill and his partners say they're building an automated system to allow newspapers and magazines to charge for online access, including a subscription that would allow access to multiple publications.
The New York Times |
04-15-2009 12:44 pm |
Industry News
First Quarter Newspaper Ad Revenue Could Fall as Much as 30 Percentnew
Industry executives and analysts tell the New York Times that many large papers will be reporting the sharpest drop ad revenue in generations as they begin to release first-quarter results this week. Small papers aren't faring quite as badly as large ones, according to the Times, and there is a hope among publishers that losses for the rest of 2009 will not be as steep as the first quarter's.
The New York Times |
04-15-2009 11:55 am |
Industry News
The East Bay Express Announces the Angel Business Builder
The alt-weekly is rolling out a program "designed to help exceptional businesses get off the ground in exchange for a share in the growth." Once a business is chosen, it will be officially paired with the Express as a marketing/community partner. The paper will subsidize the local marketing of the business in exchange for seeing a return when it grows.
(FULL STORY)
East Bay Express Press Release |
04-15-2009 11:06 am |
Press Releases
Woody Allen Suit Against American Apparel Scheduled for Trialnew
The Associated Press |
04-15-2009 12:46 pm |
Legal News
Tags: Marketing, Retail Advertising
Analysis Shows a FOIA Backlognew
"Despite reforms enacted by Congress and an order from the last administration to do a better job, federal agencies continue to give those seeking information a frustrating and oftentimes unsatisfying experience," according to a quantitative review by the Sunshine in Government Initiative of federal agency FOIA reports.
Sunshine in Government Initiative |
04-14-2009 12:59 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Management
LEO Weekly Tightens Beltnew
The alt-weekly's 17 staff members are taking a five percent pay cut this quarter to cope with the economic downturn, the 'Ville Voice reports.
The 'Ville Voice |
04-14-2009 9:04 am |
Industry News
New Twist in VVM/Bay Guardian Case
While last year's verdict in favor of the San Francisco Bay Guardian in its predatory pricing lawsuit against SF Weekly and Village Voice Media is being appealed, the Guardian claims VVM is ducking its debts and hiding its assets in an effort not to pay the $15.6 million it owes in damages. VVM executive editor Michael Lacey says that's not correct. "The case is on appeal. You are not entitled to a penny," he writes in a blog post.
San Francisco Bay Guardian | SF Weekly |
04-14-2009 8:16 am |
Industry News
Forecast: Internet Will Be Only Medium To Grow Ad Dollars This Yearnew
Online Media Daily |
04-14-2009 8:42 am |
Industry News
Philadelphia Weekly Art Director Talks Shopnew
Tim Gough talks to the design blog Grain Edit about how he balances his day job at the Weekly with his freelance illustration work, how he became interested in design and illustration, and his creative process. "I start off with a tiny, sloppy sketch and blow that up via computer or Xerox," he says. "I work off the original sketch for the most part, but clean it up and add some textures. I try to keep the looseness and energy of the original sketch."
Grain Edit |
04-13-2009 12:11 pm |
Industry News
Hyperlocal Websites Deliver News Without Newspapersnew
The New York Times |
04-13-2009 12:14 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Electronic Publishing, Management
Survey Details iPhone App Usenew
Online Media Daily |
04-13-2009 12:13 pm |
Industry News
Yelp to Let Businesses Comment Publicly on Reviewsnew
In an email sent to some of the review website's most active users Thursday, Yelp solicited feedback about an upcoming feature that will let businesses post replies to user reviews, the Associated Press reports. As the East Bay Express reported earlier this year, many business owners complained that they were essentially being extorted by Yelp, whose sales representatives told them that the company could move or remove negative reviews only if they advertised.
The Associated Press |
04-10-2009 10:03 am |
Industry News
Buy Three Convention Registrations, Get One Free
AAN is once again offering free registrations this year for members
who send several staffers to the convention. With every three paid
registrations from one newspaper, that paper will get one registration
for free. There's no limit to the offer, so the more people sent, the
more money saved.
AAN |
04-08-2009 2:45 pm |
Association News
