AAN News
Advertising: Local Papers' Web Scramblenew
The Wall Street Journal |
12-18-2007 10:35 pm |
Industry News
Outlook for Campaign Ad Revenue 2008new
Editor & Publisher |
12-18-2007 7:30 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Management, Retail Advertising
Half the Democrats on Arizona Primary Ballot Participating in Project White House
One-third of Republican candidates also participating in Tucson Weekly's Reality Journalism competition
(FULL STORY)
Tucson Weekly Press Release |
12-18-2007 3:49 pm |
Press Releases
Tags: Tucson Weekly
Publishers Say Magazine Sites are More Effective Than Digital Editionsnew
Mediaweek |
12-18-2007 9:01 am |
Industry News
Village Voice Media Breaks Into Top Ten Newspaper Sites In U.S.
Backpage.com Ranked As 2nd Largest Free Classified Site In U.S.
(FULL STORY)
Village Voice Media Press Release |
12-18-2007 8:52 am |
Press Releases
Shepherd Express and Wehaa.com Announce Exclusive Partnership
The independent alternative weekly newspaper, Shepherd Express, formed an exclusive partnership with Wehaa.com to better serve its online readers with a completely interactive and searchable digital reproduction of weekly issues.
(FULL STORY)
Shepherd Express Press Release |
12-18-2007 8:39 am |
Press Releases
Two Veteran Staffers to Leave AAN
AAN director of sales and marketing Roxanne Cooper and her assistant,
Tiffany Kildale, resigned last week after accepting new positions with
different employers. Cooper will be leaving AAN in February to take over as
associate publisher of the Philadelphia City Paper, and Kildale departs next
month to assume the position of meeting coordinator at the Chemical
Producers & Distributors Association in Washington, D.C.
(FULL STORY)
AAN |
12-17-2007 5:28 pm |
Association News
Ben Eason Weighs in on the State of Creative Loafingnew
"While it is easy to blame mean and nasty CEOs for trimming budgets, the fact is that our journalism, advertising and our content needs to be and are being re-conceived," Creative Loafing CEO Ben Eason says in a memo to employees leaked to Poynter's Jim Romenesko. In the memo, Eason tells his employees that most of the post-merger integration -- including staffing decisions -- of the Chicago Reader and Washington City Paper into the CL family is complete. "I'm very pleased with how the new company has come together," he says. "We are positioned well to take advantage of the future."
Romenesko Memos |
12-17-2007 10:08 am |
Industry News
SGI Applauds Senate Passage of FOIA Bill, Urges Speedy House Action
On Friday, a revised bill strengthening the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) passed the Senate by a voice vote, according to the Associated Press. The bill makes minor revisions to previously passed legislation to meet concerns of the House of Representatives, which could take it up this week before adjourning for the year. It creates an independent ombudsman to resolve citizen disputes and help agencies strengthen FOIA, creates tracking systems so the public can easily track the status of requests and lets requesters more easily recover legal costs when agencies improperly deny requests. The Sunshine in Government Initiative, of which AAN is a member, urges the House to take action and pass its version of the bill.
(FULL STORY)
Sunshine in Government Initiative Press Release |
12-17-2007 8:51 am |
Press Releases
Tags: Editorial, Management
O.C. Register Launches Spanish-Language Entertainment Tabnew
Editor & Publisher |
12-17-2007 4:25 pm |
Industry News
National Advertisers Push for Web Upfront Salesnew
Mediaweek |
12-17-2007 4:23 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Retail Advertising
Oklahoma Gazette Loses Power, Publishes With Help of Generator
The paper lost electricity early on Monday, Dec. 10, just hours before the always-hectic press day. But this week's issue still came out, thanks to the hard work of Gazette employees ... and a generator. "We were first in line for a [generator] rental but weren't fully functional until nine hours later," associate publisher Jeffri-Lynn Dyer says. "We aren't returning it, though. With the next storm coming, we might need it next press day!" According to the latest forecast, a new storm is expected to bring two to four inches of snow heading into this weekend. The Gazette's rented generator is on standby in the paper's parking lot.
(FULL STORY)
Oklahoma Gazette Press Release |
12-14-2007 4:30 pm |
Industry News
Village Voice Media Web Traffic Up 127 Pecent From Last Yearnew
In the first year-over-year comparisons using its
monthly chart of the most popular newspaper websites, Editor & Publisher reports that Village Voice Media grew its traffic 127 percent from Nov. 2006 to Nov. 2007. Over the same period of time, total minutes spent on the company's sites increased by 89 percent. VVM's network of sites ranked 10th in traffic last month, with a total of 2,774,000 unique visitors, according to E&P.
Editor & Publisher |
12-14-2007 8:36 am |
Industry News
Phoenix New Times Drops Challenge of Law on Publishing Addressesnew
The paper has dropped its lawsuit asking a federal judge to declare the law that makes it a crime to publish the addresses of certain people on the internet unconstitutional, the Arizona Business Gazette reports. The statute was the one that began the recent grand-jury investigation of New Times and the arrests and controversy that followed. Since the threat of prosecution against the paper had been dropped, "it made no sense to tilt at windmills," Village Voice Media executive editor Michael Lacey tells the Gazette. However, since the case was dismissed "without prejudice," the paper could reinstate its case if there is any subsequent investigation. Lacey says he would hope all the publicity surrounding the case would convince the county attorney not to try to enforce that law against New Times or any other publication.
The Arizona Business Gazette |
12-14-2007 8:29 am |
Legal News
Mobile Ad Revenues Not Growing as Fast as Expectednew
BusinessWeek |
12-14-2007 11:47 am |
Industry News
