AAN News
Minneapolis Alt-Weekly to Cease Publishingnew
Two-time AAN applicant Pulse of the Twin Cities will shut down within the month, the Star Tribune reports. The paper was founded by community activist Ed Felien in 1997 after the Twin Cities Reader was shuttered. "It's been a wonderful run; I've loved every minute of it and hated every minute of it," Felien says, adding that it "has never been financially remunerative." Felien tells the Star Tribune that he will continue to publish his monthly newspaper, Southside Pride, and he also suggests that Pulse may continue to maintain an online presence.
The Star Tribune |
04-26-2007 8:53 am |
Industry News
Nashville Scene Wins Legal Fight Against Corrections Departmentnew
Last week, the alt-weekly sued the Tennessee Department of Corrections (DOC) for information about its review of the state's execution protocol. The City Paper reports that Davidson County Chancellor Claudia Bonnyman ruled yesterday that all documents relating to the review must be turned over to the Scene. "We're thrilled," says Scene editor Liz Garrigan. "This isn't really about the paper, this is about accountability in government." Bonnyman gave the state until Thursday to file an appeal. With the May 2 deadline for the DOC's recommendations looming, it's unclear what the Scene will be able to do with the documents, especially if the state continues to delay the process with an appeal. "Time is of the essence," Garrigan says, adding that she'd like to publish a story about the DOC's deliberations by the paper's next publishing deadline.
The City Paper |
04-26-2007 7:24 am |
Legal News
Obama Taps GMMB, SS&K for Campaign; Axelrod named Media Strategistnew
Advertising Age |
04-26-2007 2:00 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Retail Advertising
Is Google a Threat to Traditional Ad Sales?new
PBS MediaShift |
04-26-2007 10:11 am |
Industry News
Dailies Expected to Take Another Big Circ Hit in Monday's FAS-FAXnew
Editor & Publisher |
04-26-2007 9:46 am |
Industry News
Tags: Management, Marketing
AltWeeklies.com: The Week in Review
In this week's installment: reaction to and reporting from Virginia Tech, celebrating Earth Day, examining coke rap, a cop kills a man on tape, Alberto Gonzales circa 2004, and much more.
(FULL STORY)
AAN News |
04-25-2007 3:14 pm |
Association News
Alt-Weekly Writer's 'Cowboy Cookbook' Examines Texas Food Historynew
Houston Press food critic Robb Walsh's seventh book, The Texas Cowboy Cookbook: A History in Recipes and Photos, was released earlier this month by Broadway Books. The Post-Gazette says it's "full of hearty and luscious recipes as well as lore about, and photos of, cowboys that'll lasso you, even if you never cook one of these multiculturally inspired dishes." These dishes include the adventerous "Son of a Bitch," which features tongue from a suckling calf, chitterlings, half a liver, a heart, a kidney, skirt steaks and brains. "I've tasted it," Walsh says. "I've never cooked it."
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
04-25-2007 12:26 pm |
Industry News
Recently Passed News Box Legislation in Connecticut Favors Dailiesnew
The City Council of West Haven voted unanimously in favor of Councilwoman Gail Burns' proposal to limit how many news boxes can go on a block, and it was signed into law earlier this month. When space is an issue, "dailies get first dibs, then twice-weeklies, then weeklies and so on," according to the Advocate. The law seems to have been thought up, drafted and passed in haste, as Burns tells the Advocate no one did an inventory of the boxes, and no one bothered to notify any of publishers before the law was passed. "Anyone can attend a public hearing," Burns says. The law "flies in the face of the First Amendment," Advocate publisher Joshua Mamis says. "Plus, the prioritization is puzzling. Why would the town give preferential treatment to a publication owned by an out-of-state company that has over the years reduced its commitment to local news gathering?"
New Haven Advocate (fourth item) |
04-25-2007 7:50 am |
Industry News
Should Newspapers Buy Keywords Related To Tragic News Events?new
MediaPost's Search Insider |
04-25-2007 11:05 am |
Industry News
Tags: Management, Marketing
Publishers Worried About DoubleClick-Google Dealnew
Brandweek |
04-25-2007 9:34 am |
Industry News
NAA: Housing Slump Hits Real Estate Classifiedsnew
Media Daily News |
04-25-2007 9:25 am |
Industry News
Tags: Classified Advertising
Such a Deal! Three for Two, or Five for Three
Member papers that register for the AAN convention in Portland are eligible to receive up to two free registrations, courtesy of the AAN CAN classified program that makes this association run. Take advantage of this AAN CAN-inspired largesse by registering three people for the price of two, or five people for the price of three. And to save even more money, don't forget to sign up by May 4 for the early-registration discount. You can register online or download a registration form on the convention website.
AAN |
04-24-2007 6:17 pm |
Association News
Alt-Weekly Publisher Named VP and Publisher at Tabor Publicationsnew
Diane Lieberman, who was most recently publisher of AAN member Worcester Magazine, will manage the online publications HPCwire and GRIDtoday and work on new product development for Tabor, according to a press release. Allen Fletcher, principal owner of Worcester Magazine's parent company, moved back into the publisher's chair earlier this month after the company sold its three business magazines.
Tabor Publications, Inc. Press Release |
04-24-2007 11:54 am |
Press Releases
Tags: Management, Worcester Mag
Jonathan Gold Continues His Post-Pulitzer Press Roundsnew
The newly minted Pulitzer-winning LA Weekly food critic talks process with On the Media's Brooke Gladstone, saying he doesn't take notes and shies away from fancy food vocabulary and Latinate synonyms. "It must be said that there is only one word that means 'salty,' and if you try to get beyond something being salty -- you know, briny or oceanic -- you're overwriting, and the prose suffers," Gold says. Noting Gold's "intense" devotion to meat, Gladstone asks the critic if he receives letters from vegans demanding equal time. "Yeah, I get letters from vegans, usually more in sorrow than in anger," he says, adding that he also gets a lot of letters from Jewish people complaining that he writes "an awful lot about pork." Over a meal of huaraches with a succulent beef brain and more, Gold tells the Washington Post's William Booth he's eaten at somewhere between 5,000 and 10,000 restaurants in LA, and that he finds new haunts by scouring ethnic newspapers. "I don't understand a word of it, but they list an address and I go," he says.
On the Media | The Washington Post |
04-24-2007 10:49 am |
Honors & Achievements
Alt-Weeklies Well-Represented in Green Eyeshade Award Nominationsnew
The Society of Professional Journalists named their finalists yesterday, and AAN papers received seven nominations, including clean sweeps of the weekly news and features categories. Miami New Times and New Times Broward-Palm Beach lead the pack with two nominations, while Creative Loafing (Charlotte), the Memphis Flyer and the Nashville Scene each garnered one. The awards, which honor journalistic excellence in 11 southeastern states, will be announced May 5 in Nashville.
Editor & Publisher |
04-24-2007 8:30 am |
Honors & Achievements
Tags: Editorial, Management
