AAN News
Rutten: Newspaper Execs Have a Problem Seeing the Futurenew
NPR's On the Media |
04-10-2007 12:27 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Management
Experts: 'Newspapers Will Never Be as Profitable as They Once Were'new
Newsday |
04-10-2007 11:59 am |
Industry News
Tags: Financial, Management
Philadelphia Ad Campaign Uses Alt-Weeklies to Lure Away NYC Artistsnew
New York Sun |
04-10-2007 10:47 am |
Industry News
Tags: Retail Advertising
Nashville Scene Ad Director Leaves for Free Dailynew
The Scene's display advertising director Ginny Staggs has accepted the position of advertising director at The City Paper, a free Nashville daily. Staggs will be reunited with former Scene publisher and co-owner Albie Del Favero, who is publisher of The City Paper. "I had the good fortune of being able to hire her when I was running the Nashville Scene, so I guess now I could say good fortune strikes again," Del Favero says.
The City Paper (Nashville) |
04-09-2007 2:51 pm |
Industry News
AAN Offers Webinar Sessions for Classified Managers
The first live chat will take place this Thursday, April 12, at 1 pm EDT, with subsequent sessions offered the first Thursday of each month at 1 pm. The format will sometimes be like a roundtable and other times will feature specific presenters or topics. This Thursday's session will focus on new technology and a discussion about future Webinar topics. Members with questions about the Webinars or suggestions regarding potential subjects for discussion should contact AAN Sales and Marketing Director Roxanne Cooper.
AAN Staff |
04-09-2007 11:50 am |
Association News
Tags: Classified Advertising
Alt-Weekly Investigation Leads to Criminal Charges Against Developernew
Last week, L.A. City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo filed 16 counts against Meruelo Maddux Properties as a result of the firm's allegedly improper demolition of several buildings in 2005. The charges, which stem from an investigation by L.A. Weekly, include illegal disposal of hazardous waste, improper handling and disposal of asbestos and failure to provide documentation of its removal. The Weekly notes that the firm's chairman, Richard Meruelo, is Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's largest campaign supporter and was not named in the complaint.
L.A. Downtown News |
04-09-2007 9:26 am |
Industry News
More Potential Buyers for Philadelphia Weekly Namednew
An unnamed industry source tells the Weekly's Steve Volk that a group led by Richard L. Connor is among the bidders for his paper. Connor, the editor and publisher of the Times Leader in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., led a group of investors last year in the purchase of that paper from the McClatchy Co. "Another company frequently mentioned among industry insiders as a potential bidder is Times-Shamrock Communications," Volk says, but the company says it has "no involvement." Times-Shamrock owns AAN members Baltimore City Paper, Detroit's Metro Times, Orlando Weekly, and the San Antonio Current, among other publications. Village Voice Media and Philadelphia Media Holdings have also been named as companies interested in purchasing the Weekly.
Philadelphia Weekly |
04-09-2007 8:17 am |
Industry News
Village Voice Columnist Launches Sex Education Websitenew
Vivid Entertainment Press Release |
04-09-2007 2:59 pm |
Press Releases
Boise Weekly Names New Editor
Shea Andersen replaces Nicholas Collias, who left the alt-weekly in October, and Deanna Darr takes over for Andersen as news editor. For the past 12 years, Andersen has worked as a journalist in Colorado, Oregon, New Mexico and Idaho. "We've got big plans for Boise Weekly," Andersen says. "For starters, we're sending a reporter to Cuba, we're refurbishing
the website and there's finally some really good coffee in the break room."
(FULL STORY)
Boise Weekly Press Release |
04-06-2007 3:40 pm |
Press Releases
Dallas Observer Story Leads to Criminal Investigation of Constablenew
In January, Dallas County Constable Mike Dupree (pictured) told the alt-weekly that he arranged to have his ex-lover arrested and deported to Honduras for his own protection, because the man was on the run from a deadly gang. Yet the Observer later revealed Dupree actually deported the man out of jealousy because he was dating a stripper. Subsequently, three other employees came forward with claims of sexual harrassment at the hands of the Constable. That led to an investigation by Dallas County, which last week was handed over to the Texas Attorney General's office, according to the Dallas Voice.
The Dallas Voice |
04-06-2007 3:39 pm |
Industry News
Washington City Paper Unveils Redesign, Sends Out Hawkersnew
Despite MediaBistro's speculation that the hawkers were sent out in response to the recent D.C. launch of The Onion, City Paper staffers were just helping to promote the redesign yesterday as they braved chilly temperatures to hand out free papers. On the City Paper's blog, reporter Jonathan York notes his lack of preparation compared to the hawkers of free dailies the Washington Examiner and Express. "These guys were pros," he says. "As the wind brought snowflakes, my hands were bare, and Messrs. Examiner and Express wore gloves."
MediaBistro |
04-06-2007 1:02 pm |
Industry News
PR Consultant Urges Flaks to Take Alt-Weeklies Seriouslynew
Not because alt-weeklies are important, mind you, but because "other news
outlets rely on them to do news gathering." Joan Stewart, the author of The Publicity Hound's Blog, seems to have picked up this sage piece of advice in this week's PR Week. We shouldn't be too hard on the consultants, though: They
also note that "these newspapers devote a lot of space to a story, (so) they
might be your best opportunity to explain your side of the story in some
detail."
The Publicity Hound's Blog |
04-06-2007 10:55 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Management
Former Seattle Weekly Editor Details Stalking Episodenew
Knute Berger says over the last few years he was at the Weekly, a stalker constantly harrassed him with letters and packages containing threats, hypodermic needles, and, once, even a bullet. Most of the packages came to the Weekly's office, but some were delivered to his home as well. He says the stalker also sent mail threatening to blow up places like Starbucks, with Berger's name on the return address. Eventually, after he left the Weekly, Seattle police apprehended a suspect, who is being charged with one count of stalking. "People in journalism are used to getting angry calls and nasty letters and e-mails," but this campaign clearly went beyond that, Berger says. "My writing was putting my family at risk."
Crosscut Seattle |
04-06-2007 9:33 am |
Industry News
Alt-Weekly Sells Advertorial Space to Conservative Papernew
The politically conservative Sacramento Union has purchased two pages of ad space for 13 weeks in the Sacramento News & Review, according to the Sacramento Business Journal. The two pages will be original editorial content, meant to expose the alt-weekly's audience to the Union's ideas. In a press release, the Union's publisher thanks the News & Review for "thinking outside the box and having the courage of their convictions to print another opinion." In the same release, News & Review president Jeff von Kaenel anticipates potential criticism and takes it head on: "The Sacramento Union's pages will contain plenty of content that we will strongly disagree with," he says. "But does that paper have a right to buy space and get those opinions heard? The answer is yes."
Sacramento Business Journal |
04-06-2007 8:27 am |
Industry News
Colorado Springs Independent Earns 12 Awards in State Competitionnew
Colorado Springs Independent |
04-06-2007 11:14 am |
Honors & Achievements
