AAN News
Alt-Weekly Alum on His Mayoral Campaign: 'I Assume We're Done'new
After being removed from the ballot for not having enough valid signatures, former Dallas Observer music editor Zac Crain filed a reinstatement appeal, but it was denied yesterday, the Dallas Morning News reports. Crain, who was hoping to replace former Observer columnist Laura Miller as mayor of Dallas, ultimately came up 19 signatures short of the 473 required to make it on the ballot. He tells the Morning News that he'll review the ruling today, but won't likely pursue legal action against the city. "I'm not a fan of lawsuits in general, and in this case, to what end? We really wouldn't have time to campaign," Crain says. "There doesn't seem to be a point of continuing on."
Dallas Morning News |
03-30-2007 11:19 am |
Industry News
Former Staffer Returns to Voice as Arts & Culture Editornew
On Monday, Brian Parks will take over the post vacated when Joy Press recently left for Salon. During his previous 13-year tenure with the alt-weekly, Parks was a copy editor, copy chief and senior editor. He left in 2003 to work on his playwriting career. More recently, Parks has helped the Voice by providing "backup editing for various parts of the paper," editor Tony Ortega says in a staff memo.
The New York Observer |
03-30-2007 8:30 am |
Industry News
2006 Liquor Ads Slammednew
Media Daily News |
03-30-2007 12:06 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Retail Advertising
Financial Standards Deadline Looms
Only those members who complete a survey by Monday, April 2, will receive a copy of this valuable financial benchmarking study. For more information on the Financial Standards program, please contact the AAN office.
AAN |
03-29-2007 4:24 pm |
Association News
Tags: Financial, Management
Boston Phoenix Libel Suit Returns to Court Todaynew
In Dec. 2004, a jury awarded $950,000 to Maryland prosecutor Marc Mandel in a libel suit against the Boston alt-weekly. Twenty months later, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit overturned that ruling and ordered a new trial, which gets its first hearing before a judge today, the Boston Herald reports. Former staff writer Kristen Lombardi, editor Susan Ryan-Vollmar and attorneys for the Phoenix will argue that Mandel was a public figure.
Boston Herald |
03-29-2007 2:36 pm |
Legal News
Style Weekly Wins Virginia Press Association Awardsnew
The Richmond, Va., alt-weekly took home a total of 10 first-place VPA awards, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports. Writer Brandon Walters and photographer Scott Elmquist each placed first in three categories; Elmquist and art director Jeffrey Bland shared one first place finish; Melissa Scott Sinclair and Scott Bass each grabbed one award for writing; and one went to the entire staff. Another Virginia AAN member, Port Folio Weekly, won two third-place VPA awards. UPDATE: We've been told that in addition to the 10 first-place awards, Style Weekly also won two Best-in-Show VPA awards, which are elected from all first-place winners in a newspaper's division. Photographer Scott Elmquist also recently took home another first-place award, from the Virginia News Photographers Association.
Richmond Times-Dispatch |
03-29-2007 12:45 pm |
Honors & Achievements
Tags: Management, Style Weekly
New Study Finds Readers Finish More Stories Online Than in Printnew
That's the most surprising finding in Poynter's recently released Eyetrack study, according to Editor & Publisher. Readers in the study read 77 percent of the average online story, while the corresponding figures were 62 percent for broadsheets and 57 percent for tabloids. Read more about eyetrack studies at web.aan.org.
Editor & Publisher |
03-29-2007 11:13 am |
Industry News
Nashville Scene Fights Proposed News Box Legislationnew
Nashville City Council members Mike Jameson and Ludye Wallace have introduced a bill that would require publishers to get a permit for news boxes that encroach on any public right-of-way, the Scene reports. A permit would initially cost $50 for a freestanding box and $10 for a spot in a newsrack, and require an annual renewal fee of $10. The ordinance would also give the director of Public Works the authority to adopt further rules which could dictate placement, maximum number of boxes within a given area or maintenance standards, according to the alt-weekly. Publisher and former Council member Chris Ferrell "has been working his Council contacts to derail [the] bill," which Mayor Bill Purcell also opposes, the Scene reports.
Nashville Scene |
03-29-2007 8:51 am |
Industry News
Marketers, Gingerly, Bite at Parody Baitnew
New York Times |
03-29-2007 10:24 pm |
Industry News
Google Searching for Ads Offlinenew
New York Times |
03-29-2007 10:23 pm |
Industry News
Marketers Warm Up to Social Medianew
Brandweek |
03-29-2007 10:20 pm |
Industry News
Web.AAN.org Launches
AAN launched a new web publishing blog today at web.aan.org. The blog is designed to be an in-depth, concrete resource on web publishing news, online innovations and journalism trends. For more information on the blog, visit the about page, the editorial policy, and the blog style guide.
The blog coincides with the launch of other 2.0 AAN identities, such as the AAN MySpace account, del.ico.us account, and Flickr account.
Recent posts on web.aan.org:
- Young journos fear dailies are dying
- Onion TV News Launching April ’07
- Tech to Watch: Twitter
- Small communities engage people
- How to generate traffic using social networks
- Eyetrack data: What users really see
- Fab Channel: Free, quality and LEGAL music concerts for your site
- Is it a blog if it’s being produced by a newspaper?
AAN Staff |
03-28-2007 7:12 pm |
Association News
'Obscene' Ad Refused by Dailies Runs in Alt-Weeklynew
The Hartford New Haven Advocate ran an ad (pictured) last week that was rejected by the New York Times and the New Haven Register because it portrayed a nude figure, the Yale Daily News reports. The ad, for the Yale Repertory Theatre's production of Lulu, featured a photograph of a woman's bare torso with an apple obscuring her pubic area. (The Hartford Courant reproduced a copy of the image for a story it ran after the Times and Register rejected the ad. The Courant, like the New Haven Advocate, is owned by the Tribune Co.) The theater's associate marketing director says that few have raised objections to the ad other than the daily papers.
Yale Daily News |
03-28-2007 2:35 pm |
Industry News
Coming Soon to a Bookstore Near You: ¡Ask a Mexican!new
That's right: OC Weekly writer Gustavo Arellano's popular syndicated (and AltWeekly Award winning) column has spawned a book, aptly titled ¡Ask a Mexican!. Arellano says the hardcover book, a collection of some of his best columns, is due out May 1. In a review, Publishers Weekly says Arellano "wittily defuses bigotry and mocks stereotypes," adding: "The author's relentless irony and reclamation of derogatory terms is not for the faint of heart, but this approach is a welcome reprieve from common tiptoeing around the fraught subjects of race relations and immigration."
Publishers Weekly (Seventh item) |
03-28-2007 9:40 am |
Industry News
Village Voice's Communications Director Deals with Turbulencenew
Maggie Shnayerson began her tenure at the Voice in January, long after media coverage of the alt-weekly had soured. The Dartmouth grad "has handled the less-than-placid situation with an aplomb that belies the fact that she is only 25," PR Web says. She originally wanted to be a reporter, but took a communications position at the New York Sun in 2003, which eventually led her to the Voice. Shnayerson seems unphased by the incessantly negative coverage of the post-merger Voice. "You're doing something right if people are shooting at you," she says.
PR Week |
03-28-2007 8:42 am |
Industry News
