AAN News
Existing Home Sales Down 11.4 Percent to 2002 Levelsnew
Inman Real Estate News |
07-26-2007 9:51 am |
Industry News
Political Advisers Cite the Benefits of Advertising in Newspapersnew
Wall Street Journal |
07-26-2007 9:45 am |
Industry News
Tags: Retail Advertising
The Stranger Gets Kudos from Utne Readernew
Referring to a recent issue of the Seattle alt-weekly, Utne Reader asks: "Who else but the Stranger would have a picture of a very pregnant-looking man in his underwear adorning their cover?" In its weekly rundown of highlights from the independent press, Utne says the cover is "merely one example of the many wonderful and strange offerings from the staff of this Seattle alt-weekly ... known for its palpable disdain for the mainstream, which lends it a unique (and often hilarious) voice."
Utne Reader |
07-25-2007 12:22 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Management, The Stranger
Chicago Reader, Inc. President: 'I Guess it Was Time'new
"We've received so many overtures over the years and they’ve never come to pass," Bob Roth tells Reader media critic Michael Miner. "[But] we got a better offer than I expected." Creative Loafing CEO Ben Eason tells the Washington Post it was an "eight-figure sale" and that he tried to buy the Reader's minority stakes in the Stranger, the Portland Mercury and the Amsterdam Weekly, but that Roth wouldn't sell. Miner tells the Chicago Tribune that the Reader staff is "discombobulated" at the moment. "This has been a very insular paper," Miner says. "We've seen other papers buffeted by change that hasn't affected us until now." Miner also reports that Reader publisher Mike Crystal and editor Alison True will remain with the paper, but production will be moved to Atlanta, according to a report in the Chicago Sun-Times. Production of City Paper will also be moved to Atlanta, where all four of Creative Loafing's papers are currently produced. Back in Washington, editor Erik Wemple says that budget cuts that had already begun will continue, but "there's no fat in our newsroom that I can identify and so this is difficult process. I refuse to pay freelancers less money, and so we'll have to get terribly, terribly creative." MORE COVERAGE: Forbes; Crain's; St. Petersburg Times; Chicago Public Radio.
Chicago Reader |
07-25-2007 9:11 am |
Industry News
SuperPages Tests Video Clips to Enhance Local Adsnew
ClickZ News |
07-25-2007 11:25 am |
Industry News
Facebook Driving Traffic to Widget Publishersnew
MarketingVOX |
07-25-2007 11:13 am |
Industry News
Online Newspaper Audience Rising Twice as Fast as General Internet Populationnew
paidContent.org |
07-25-2007 11:07 am |
Industry News
Online Ad Revenue Going From Phat to Flat?new
Editor & Publisher |
07-25-2007 11:00 am |
Industry News
Tags: Management, Retail Advertising
Creative Loafing Inc. Acquires Chicago Reader and Washington City Paper
The Reader and City Paper, which were both controlled by the founders of the Reader, were acquired today by Creative Loafing Inc., which owns alt-weeklies in Atlanta, Tampa, Sarasota and Charlotte. "Our expansion into Chicago and Washington reflects our confidence in the future of alternative publishing -- in print, on the web and in other media as they emerge," CEO Ben Eason says in a statement. "We've had a great ride," the Chicago Reader Inc. owners say in a separate press statement released by president Bob Roth. "Now we're happily handing the keys to a new generation, Creative Loafing and their CEO Ben Eason. We're confident they will build on what we've established and carry it ably into the future." The Reader statement also notes that most of the company's shareholders will retain their minority interests in The Stranger, Portland Mercury, and Amsterdam Weekly through a company to be called Quarterfold, Inc. MORE: City Paper's Mike DeBonis reports that Eason told the staff that publisher Amy Austin and editor Erik Wemple will remain in their posts but some financial, technology, and production operations will be shifted to offices in Atlanta and Tampa.
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Creative Loafing Inc. Press Release |
07-24-2007 2:04 pm |
Press Releases
Disney Options L.A. Weekly Article for Upcoming Filmnew
Variety reports that Jailhouse Rock will be based on the true story of an "American Idol"-like singing contest held in an Arizona jail, first reported in L.A. Weekly by Joshuah Bearman. Brian Robbins (Starship Dave, Coach Carter) has been tapped to direct the film, and he will share production duties with David Klawans (Nacho Libre). "Like Coach Carter, which came from a newspaper article we read, there's nothing better than real-life drama," Robbins says. This is the second Bearman article to be optioned by Klawans, according to Variety -- the first has become Escape From Tehran, a drama Klawans is producing with George Clooney.
Variety |
07-24-2007 1:01 pm |
Industry News
New Haven Advocate 'Considering' Running Front-Page Ad Stickersnew
"Perhaps figuring that pop-up ads have desensitized the public to intrusions on their reading space, more and more newspapers across the nation are opting to move advertising to the front page, above the fold, in the form of annoying post-it notes," Evan Brown writes in the Advocate. The Advocate's parent-paper the Hartford Courant is already running the ads, and, according to Advocate publisher Joshua Mamis, the alt-weekly is looking at ways to "creatively" use them.
New Haven Advocate |
07-24-2007 8:12 am |
Industry News
Baltimore City Paper Celebrates 30 Years
Started as City Squeeze by Russ Smith and Alan Hirsch in 1977, the alt-weekly has "evolved from monthly to bi-weekly to weekly, switched back and forth between free distribution and paid distribution before finally settling on free distribution as it is today," according to a press release. A special 30th anniversary issue will hit the streets of Baltimore Aug. 1.
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Baltimore City Paper Press Release |
07-24-2007 7:41 am |
Honors & Achievements
Tags: Management, Baltimore City Paper
Chicago Reader Inc. Statement on Sale to Creative Loafing
Chicago Reader Inc. Press Release |
07-24-2007 2:13 pm |
Press Releases
17 Percent of Senior Marketers Bought Ads in Return for News Coveragenew
MarketingVox |
07-24-2007 10:31 am |
Industry News
TurnHere Taps RSS-Powered Ads to Promote Branded Video Contentnew
ClickZ News |
07-24-2007 9:03 am |
Industry News
