AAN News
State Attorneys General Push Senate on Federal Shield Lawnew
A bipartisan coalition of 41 attorneys general urged Senate leadership to quickly pass the measure in a letter (PDF file) that they will deliver July 8 when the Senate returns from its Summer recess, according to the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. (Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott wrote separately to endorse the bill.) The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved the bill, and the House has already passed the companion bill. Broadcasting & Cable notes that the prospects for a shield law's passage "look brighter" than in the past, due to bipartisan Congressional support and the fact that both presumptive presidential nominees are co-sponsors of the Senate bill.
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press | Broadcasting & Cable |
06-26-2008 8:46 am |
Legal News
Tags: Editorial, Management
Former Alt-Weekly Film Critic Sentenced to Nine Months in Sex Casenew
The Stamford Advocate |
06-26-2008 1:06 pm |
Legal News
Tags: Hartford Advocate
Chicago Reader Releases First Annual Best of Chicago Issue
Chicago Reader Press Release |
06-26-2008 10:16 am |
Press Releases
Tags: Management, Chicago Reader
AAN Classified Advertising Network Introduces Changes
There have been number of recent changes to the AAN CAN program, all of which are now in effect. They include:
- New multi-week discounts and regional rates
- A new monthly AAN CAN e-newsletter
- A new media kit
- A new insertion order
AAN |
06-25-2008 1:13 pm |
Association News
Tags: Classified Advertising, Management
Why Local Papers Should Fear the New Local Huffington Post Projectnew
"It's scary, or it damn well should be," former free daily paper editor John Wilpers says of Arianna Huffington's recently announced plan to venture into local news. "With her clout and visibility, she may succeed at the aggregation game where others have failed or are struggling. She plans to grab your content and the best local bloggers and citizen journalists -- something we should have done long ago." He says that papers should act now to help fight out the HuffPo incursion, by lining up high-quality local bloggers -- to run not only on your website, but also in your weekly paper. "Your print product is a huge advantage you have over Arianna," Wilpers writes. "She has no external promotional vehicle; you have what amounts to tens or even hundreds of thousands of daily promotional fliers for your bloggers and your website."
John Wilpers' Blog |
06-25-2008 10:45 am |
Industry News
From Scene to Scene: Cleveland Editor Heads to Nashvillenew
Cleveland Scene editor Pete Kotz has been named the new editor of the Nashville Scene in the wake of last week's news that the Cleveland paper will be merged with Cleveland Free Times in July. On July 1, Kotz will replace Liz Garrigan, who announced she was leaving the Nashville alt-weekly in May. "I know Pete from editors' meetings and conventions and can say unequivocally that he's a wonderful guy, a talented journalist and a good soul, if not the 'dangerously handsome man' he claims to be," Garrigan writes. "He has five kids, loves to 'bust a phrase,' holds dear the value of a great story, and prefers to chase his whiskey with beer."
Nashville Scene |
06-25-2008 8:36 am |
Industry News
Google Launches Tool for Media Plannersnew
AdWeek |
06-25-2008 9:24 am |
Industry News
Illinois Times Editor Stepping Down
In an email, Roland Klose says he's leaving the paper in mid-August. Klose joined the Illinois Times in 2003, after a four-year stint at Riverfront Times. Prior to that, he had reporting and editing assignments at outlets including The Commercial Appeal of Memphis and The Tampa Tribune. "I've been doing journalism since the days of Jimmy Carter," Klose says. "I'm looking forward to a break, then diving into some projects I've put off for a long time."
AAN News |
06-24-2008 9:11 am |
Industry News
Two Alt-Weekly Writers Honored by Columnists' Groupnew
Winners of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists' 2008 Column Writing Contest were announced Saturday night in New Orleans. The Village Voice's Lynn Yaeger took first in the Humor (circulation 100,000+) category; judges said she had a "very entertaining style that bounces right along." Edmund Newton, who writes the Tailpipe column for New Times Broward-Palm Beach, placed first in the Notes/Items (all circulations) category; judges said he takes readers on "a tasty ride through life's odder moments."
National Society of Newspaper Columnists |
06-24-2008 8:25 am |
Honors & Achievements
HotJobs Debuts 'Smart Ads' and Monster Partners with Newspapersnew
Online Media Daily |
06-24-2008 12:39 pm |
Industry News
Study: Baby Boomers Embracing Social Medianew
MediaPost |
06-24-2008 9:04 am |
Industry News
Alt-Weeklies Well-Represented in LA Press Club Awardsnew
When the Los Angeles Press Club announced the 50th annual Southern California Journalism Awards on Saturday night, five AAN papers and an Associate Member were honored. LA Weekly took home 16 awards, including first place in Editorial Cartoon, Entertainment Feature, Online Entertainment, News/Feature/Commentary and Signed Commentary. OC Weekly won a total of five awards, including first place for Entertainment Reviews/Criticism/Column, Group Blog, and Sports. Ventura County Reporter received a first-place prize for News Feature, while Los Angeles CityBeat won three awards and Pasadena Weekly won two. Associate Member Amy Alkon, aka the Advice Goddess, won four awards, including first place for Column.
Los Angeles Press Club |
06-23-2008 12:36 pm |
Honors & Achievements
Salt Lake City Weekly Wins Six Local SPJ Awardsnew
The Utah Headliners Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists honored the alt-weekly with six awards in general competition, including three first-place awards, for Minority Issues Reporting, Personality Profile and Review/Criticism.
Society of Professional Journalists, Utah Headliners Chapter |
06-23-2008 8:35 am |
Honors & Achievements
Huffington Post Will Expand into Local Newsnew
Arianna Huffington said last night at a conference that the Huffington Post is planning to expand into local news, according to ReadWriteWeb. Initially, the site will launch an edited news aggregation site (similar to the main Huffington Post site) localized for the metro area around Chicago, which will be managed by a single editor. "We are aspiring to be a newspaper in that we want to covering all news [sic], not just the political blogging the way we began," Huffington said.
ReadWriteWeb |
06-20-2008 10:36 am |
Industry News
Times-Shamrock Buys Cleveland Free Times, Cleveland Scene
The other shoe has dropped. Times-Shamrock just announced that it is buying Cleveland Free Times as well as the Cleveland Scene, and will merge the two publications into a single paper on July 23. The new paper will be called the Scene, and current Free Times publisher Matt Fabyan will run it. "This is a great addition to our existing group of alternative
newsweeklies," says Don Farley, group publisher of Times-Shamrock's stable of alt-weeklies, which now numbers five. "We look forward to serving the greater
Cleveland community for many, many years." UPDATE: Fabyan tells the Plain-Dealer that the deal had "been in the works for a while," and Crain's Cleveland Business reports that staffers at each paper are being asked to reapply to the new paper.
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Times Shamrock Alternative Newsweekly Group Press Release |
06-20-2008 10:27 am |
Press Releases
