AAN News
VVM to Sell Cleveland Scene to Times-Shamrock
Village Voice Media announced today it is selling the Cleveland Scene to Times-Shamrock Communications. Terms of the purchase agreement are not being disclosed; the deal is expected to close on June 25. "We more than achieved our journalistic goals in Cleveland," VVM CEO Jim Larkin says of the paper the company bought in 1998. "This is a staff of remarkably talented and hard-working people. Unfortunately, after ten years, we weren't able to achieve our financial objectives." Times-Shamrock also owns AAN members Baltimore City Paper, Metro Times, the Orlando Weekly, and the San Antonio Current.
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Village Voice Media Press Release |
06-20-2008 9:24 am |
Press Releases
Chicago Drinks is Online and in Print
Chicago Reader Press Release |
06-20-2008 1:40 pm |
Press Releases
Boulder Weekly Editor to Get Public HIV Test in Effort to Reduce Stigmanew
The Daily Camera |
06-20-2008 9:55 am |
Industry News
Tags: Boise Weekly, Pamela White
Boise Weekly Wins 'Small Business of the Year' Award from Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce
Surprise for Idaho's only alternative paper
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Boise Weekly Press Release |
06-20-2008 9:53 am |
Press Releases
Tags: Management, Boise Weekly
Wrapping Up the 31st Annual AAN Convention
A total of 400 people descended on the Pennsylvania Convention Center and the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown two weeks ago for the 2008 AAN Convention. The three-day event featured the usual mix of presentations and panels, food and booze, and business talk and gossip between alt-weekly staffers and industry types from across North America. AAN committees and staff mostly took care of the first item, while host paper Philadelphia City Paper had the second one covered, and attendees proved themselves more than capable of handling the third on their own.
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AAN |
06-19-2008 1:01 pm |
Association News
Ventura County Reporter Editor Steps Down
Bill Lascher says in an email that June 25 will be his last day as editor of the Reporter, as he leaves to attend a new master's program in specialized journalism at the University of Southern California. He will be replaced by Michael Sullivan, who was previously a writer at the Fresno Business Journal and a freelancer with the Reporter and the Ventura County Star.
AAN News |
06-19-2008 10:17 am |
Industry News
Asheville City Paper Calls it Quits
The paper, which was launched in Nov. 2007 by the independent weekly Columbia City Paper, has ceased publication, news editor and business partner Cecil Bothwell says in an email. "I gave it my best shot, but the publisher of the Asheville City Paper was underfunded," says Bothwell, a former Mountain XPress Staffer. "It is no more."
AAN News |
06-19-2008 8:47 am |
Industry News
Tags: Management
Hip-Hoppers and Indie Rockers Help Sell Chuck Taylorsnew
Converse pulled together N.E.R.D.'s Pharrell Williams, Julian Casablancas of the Strokes and indie electronic up-and-comer Santogold to produce a song called "My Drive Thru," Brandweek reports. The shoe company has made the song available for free download at Converse.com, and will push the song in the "Three Artists, One Song" ad campaign that will appear in a number of AAN papers.
Brandweek |
06-19-2008 8:43 am |
Industry News
Boise Weekly named winner by Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce of 'Small Business of theYear' awards
Surprise for Idaho's only alternative paper
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06-19-2008 5:00 pm |
Press Releases
Tags: Boise Weekly
Monthly Alternative Paper Launching in Hawaiinew
HunterBishop.com |
06-19-2008 8:50 am |
Industry News
Tags: Management
AAN Members Fare Well in the Lone Star Awardsnew
Alt-weeklies fairly dominated the newspaper divisions of the 2008 Lone Star Awards, the Texas-wide journalism contest sponsored by the Houston Press Club. In the over-100,000 circulation division, the Houston Press and Dallas Observer combined to take first, second and third places in the "Print Journalist of the Year" competition. The Observer won a total of five awards, while the Press took home more firsts (nine) and more awards overall than any other paper in the division. The Press finished first in these categories: Print Journalist of the Year, Photojournalist of the Year, Public Service, Business Story, General Commentary/Criticism, Feature Story (Internet-based), Opinion (Internet-based), Sports Photo, and Photo Package. In the under-100,000 newspaper division, the Fort Worth Weekly brought home more hardware than any other paper. That included five first-place trophies, in these categories: Feature Story, Investigative Reporting, Politics/Government, Business Story, and Student News. The awards were presented on June 6.
Houston Press Club (PDF file) |
06-18-2008 7:51 am |
Honors & Achievements
Boise Weekly Named Small Business of the Year by Local Chambernew
Idaho Business Review |
06-18-2008 3:59 pm |
Honors & Achievements
Tags: Management, Boise Weekly
The Village Voice Announces Additional Artists for Siren Music Festivalnew
The Village Voice Press Release |
06-18-2008 1:24 pm |
Press Releases
Possible Strike Looms at The Village Voicenew
Veteran Voice staff writer Tom Robbins tells the New York Press that the paper's employees may strike if a contract dispute isn't resolved. Talks center on proposed cuts in health care coverage in the latest contract offer from Village Voice Media, which the union considers unacceptable. "Management is asking for givebacks on our health care policy and on our 401(k)," says Robbins, who serves as a shop steward with United Auto Workers Local 2110, which represents Voice staffers. "We are adamant that there won't be any givebacks here." He says the union has had two meetings with management, but vowed that there would be a walkout if no settlement is reached. "If we don't get it, all bets are off," Robbins warns. The Press says a call to a Voice spokesperson for comment has thus far gone unreturned. The strike is set for July 1 if a contract agreement isn't reached, according to Gawker.
New York Press |
06-17-2008 8:13 am |
Industry News
The East Bay Express Presents Wedding Wednesdays
East Bay Express Press Release |
06-17-2008 12:44 pm |
Press Releases
Tags: Marketing, East Bay Express
