AAN News
Seattle Weekly Makes Waves with F-Bomb on the Covernew
KOMO-TV says it "has received several viewer e-mails" complaining about this week's Seattle Weekly cover (pictured), which features an illustration of a kid wearing a T-shirt that reads "Fuck School." The TV station assumes "the paper made the bold move to make people pick up the paper," and talks to a few angry Seattle residents, but finds others who certainly don't seem to mind. Managing editor Mike Seely explains the decision to KOMO, saying "I took a look at the guy on the cover and I thought, 'what is this guy thinking?' And it was crystal clear." On the Weekly's blog, editor-in-chief Mark Fefer writes that the paper didn't go with the cover "just to get attention or stoke controversy." He adds: "I take no pleasure whatsoever from knowing that many people -- mostly (I think) people who aren't the paper's readers -- took offense."
KOMO-TV |
05-14-2007 9:15 am |
Industry News
The Coast Wins an Atlantic Journalism Awardnew
The Halifax alt-weekly won a Gold Award in the Feature Writing - Print category for Lezlie Lowe's three-part series on living with HIV/AIDS. The paper was also a finalist in two categories. Winners of the Atlantics, which celebrate "excellence in Atlantic Canada
journalism," were announced Saturday night.
Atlantic Journalism Awards Press Release |
05-14-2007 8:01 am |
Honors & Achievements
AAN President Ken Neill's Remarks in Presenting the Molly Ivins Award
This was the introduction given by AAN president Ken Neill as he awarded Keith Olbermann the first annual Molly Ivins Award on Wednesday, May 9, 2007.
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AAN |
05-14-2007 10:50 am |
Association News
Premium Beer No Longer Such a Premium Businessnew
Brandweek |
05-14-2007 9:47 am |
Industry News
Tags: Retail Advertising
Media Buyers See Fertile Ground for Green Venturesnew
Mediaweek |
05-14-2007 9:45 am |
Industry News
Tags: Retail Advertising
comScore: Real Cities Now Reaches 16% of U.S. Online Populationnew
Online Media Daily |
05-14-2007 9:28 am |
Industry News
Tags: Management, Marketing
Borrell: Auto Ad Slide to Continuenew
Editor & Publisher |
05-14-2007 9:23 am |
Industry News
Don't Know the Difference Between ROI, RoAS, CPM, and CPA?new
If you've been drowning in the alphabet soup of web metrics and analytics, have we got a lifeboat for you! Executives from the Overland Agency -- one of Portland's leading brand marketing and interactive advertising agencies -- will teach AAN convention attendees how to talk "letters" and "numbers" with online media planners/buyers, as well as how to align their presentations with advertisers' objectives.
PortlAANd 2007 |
05-11-2007 4:15 pm |
Association News
Westword Editor's Life, Adapted for the Stagenew
This week, Denver's Curious Theatre Company put on their annual "Denver Stories" benefit show, and Act One featured the story of longtime Westword editor Patricia Calhoun. In Dee Covington's "The Showdown at Straight Creek, Or How the Westword Was Won," Martha Harmon Pardee "played a raucous Calhoun, getting Westword off the ground between saloon stops," the Denver Post reports. Calhoun, who served as AAN President in 1999-2000, currently chairs the association's Editorial Committee.
The Denver Post |
05-11-2007 8:57 am |
Industry News
Minister is Suspended Following Dallas Observer Reports of Sexual Abusenew
In February, Observer editor Julie Lyons reported on her "Bible Girl" blog that Pentacostal Minister Sherman Allen had a decades-long history of alleged sexual abuse. Her investigation also revealed that several women have alleged that the minister, who is being sued by a former employee and church member, is also involved in the occult. Now, the Church of God in Christ has suspended Allen "from all national and local pastoral roles and activities" until his trial is settled, according to the Observer. The Church of God in Christ is the largest Pentecostal denomination in the United States, as well as the fourth-largest Christian church organization in the country, with some 6 million members.
Dallas Observer |
05-11-2007 8:08 am |
Industry News
Relevance, Measurement Key to Email Marketing Successnew
Online Media Daily |
05-11-2007 11:27 am |
Industry News
Google Not Interested in Acquiring News Organizationsnew
Reuters |
05-11-2007 11:24 am |
Industry News
Tags: Management
Facebook to Offer Free Classifiedsnew
New York Times |
05-11-2007 11:20 am |
Industry News
Tags: Classified Advertising
Talking 'bout Food in Portlandnew
That's what we'll be doing in the editorial stream on the opening day of the convention, when Pulitzer winner Jonathan Gold joins a panel of AAN editors to chew over the best ways to write about food and cover the restaurant industry. Also on the panel's menu: reader reviews and restaurant blogs. Two days later, panel moderator Kelly Clarke, arts & culture editor at Willamette Week, will lead a morning stroll through Portland's bustling, delicious Farmers Market, where AAN foodies can graze on gratis samples from some of Oregon's finest farmers, cheesemakers, bread bakers and sweets makers.
PortlAANd 2007 |
05-10-2007 7:03 pm |
Association News
Village Voice Media Papers Win Five Maggie Awardsnew
Houston Press picked up three first-place awards, for Best Feature Article, Best Public Service Series or Article, and Best Cover. Two other VVM papers took home first place awards: Phoenix New Times for Best Series of Articles and SF Weekly for Tabloids/Consumer, which is the category for best overall publication. The Maggies, given out by the Western Publications Association, "recognize the hard work, dedication and creative talents working in the publishing industry today."
Western Publications Association |
05-10-2007 8:11 am |
Honors & Achievements
