AAN News
ABC to Change Daily Newspaper Circ Calculationsnew
Mediaweek |
11-16-2007 9:33 am |
Industry News
Alt-Weekly Report Leads to New Mexico's Divestment from Sudannew
Nine days after the Santa Fe Reporter revealed that the State Investment Office had $42.3 million tied up in "highest offender" corporations conducting business in Sudan, New Mexico became the 22nd state to commit to a divestment plan, according to the Reporter. "We are also sending a strong message to the corporate world that New Mexico will not accept investment profits that come at the expense of innocent lives lost to genocide," state investment officer Gary Bland says in a press release.
Santa Fe Reporter |
11-15-2007 1:47 pm |
Industry News
Willamette Week Publisher: We're Enjoying Great Healthnew
In his annual report to readers, Richard Meeker says that despite "the gloom-and-doom reports" on newspapers across the country, Willamette Week's story in 2007 "is anything but a tale from the crypt." He notes that "this will be the paper's best year ever in display sales," with sales up 7.6 percent over 2006. And although classifieds continue to decline, with sales down about $115,000, total revenue at the paper is expected to be up 4 or 5 percent from last year, with pre-tax profit expected to be about 5 percent. "If [the paper was] owned by a media conglomerate, co-owner Mark Zusman and I would have been relieved of our responsibilities long ago for unsatisfactory financial performance," Meeker writes. "While we certainly could be a little more efficient, we feel it would seriously harm the culture of our operation to try to match national averages calling for profits two to three times greater than ours."
Willamette Week |
11-15-2007 9:08 am |
Industry News
The 53rd Annual Village Voice Obie Awards Announce Judges
Awards honor Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broadway Productions
(FULL STORY)
The Village Voice Press Release |
11-15-2007 11:46 am |
Press Releases
M:Metrics Launches Mobile Ad-Tracking Servicenew
Mediaweek |
11-15-2007 9:59 am |
Industry News
MTV Plans Mobile Social Networknew
Adweek |
11-15-2007 9:56 am |
Industry News
Chevy Wants to Be Seen as Greennew
Detroit News |
11-15-2007 9:52 am |
Industry News
Measurement a Hurdle to Ad Spend on Emerging Medianew
Center for Media Research |
11-15-2007 9:50 am |
Industry News
Tags: Retail Advertising
Flagpole Magazine Celebrates 20th Birthdaynew
Tonight's birthday party for the Athens, Ga., weekly will feature a variety show modeled after a gong show, a contest for costumes made with flagpoles, and local bands, according to Red and Black, an independent student newspaper. "You'll see everything from people eating fire to singing," Flagpole editor and publisher Pete McCommons says. In the paper's own 20th anniversary special issue, McCommons reflects on Flagpole's history and its ongoing mission: "We have fought a 20-year battle against those who would exploit local resources for gain regardless of the impact on our community," he writes. "And we have continued to be the Colorbearer of Athens alternative music, along with other music and arts and entertainment."
Red and Black | Flagpole Magazine |
11-14-2007 12:34 pm |
Honors & Achievements
Tags: Management, Flagpole Magazine
Metro Spirit Names New Publisher
Bryan Osborn becomes the third publisher in the Augusta, Ga., alt-weekly's 18-year history. He was most recently advertising director of The Times and Democrat in Orangeburg, S.C. "Bryan comes to Metro Spirit with over 13 years of newspaper experience with industry leaders," says Steve Delgado, president of Portico Publications, Metro Spirit's parent company. "His passion for our business and track record of success will drive Metro Spirit's continuing growth and community prominence."
(FULL STORY)
Portico Publications Press Release |
11-14-2007 10:23 am |
Press Releases
Hey, That's Not an Alt-Weekly!
According to AAN executive director Richard Karpel, reporters often
mistakenly apply the term "alternative newspaper" to the wrong publications.
So in an effort to "make some small contribution to human understanding and
the brand equity of our member papers," he decided to note every time he
sees the term used incorrectly. In this first edition of "Hey,
That's Not an Alt-Weekly!" -- an irregular series devoted to the correct use of
the term "alternative newspaper" and all its variants -- Karpel explains what an alternative newspaper is and why The Sun News in Santa Fe, N.M., doesn't qualify.
(FULL STORY)
AAN News |
11-14-2007 8:07 am |
Industry News
Portland Phoenix Reveals Ugly Side of Verizon/FairPoint Merger
Fairpoint-Verizon Deal Depends on Union Workers Not Getting a Raise for Seven Years
(FULL STORY)
Portland Phoenix Press Release |
11-14-2007 5:39 pm |
Press Releases
The Village Voice Obie Awards to be Held in May; Judges Announcednew
Playbill |
11-14-2007 8:10 am |
Industry News
Advice Goddess Amy Alkon Inks New Book Dealnew
The rights to the syndicated columnist's book, Revengerella: One Woman's Battle to Beat Some Manners Into Impolite Society, have been sold to McGraw-Hill. The book will feature "true stories
of the spectacular ways a self-described 'manners psycho' pranks cell phone
abusers, telemarketers, spamsters, road hogs, and other bad guys out of
being rude."
AdviceGoddess.com |
11-13-2007 1:11 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Amy Alkon
Bay Area Publishers Catch Newspaper Thieves in the Act
Last month, the publishers of OPEN EXCHANGE MAGAZINE, a quarterly directory magazine in the Bay Area, began wondering why many of their news boxes were suspiciously empty. They started staking out locations in the early morning hours, and last week, they caught two people stealing their magazines, along with the East Bay Express, SF Weekly, San Francisco Bay Guardian and others. Since California law makes it a crime to steal more than 25 copies of any free
paper, they filed this report with the Oakland Police Department.
(FULL STORY)
AAN News |
11-13-2007 8:11 am |
Industry News
