AAN News
Video Ads Get Twice the Interaction as Standard Web Formatsnew
Center for Media Research |
03-28-2007 4:31 pm |
Industry News
Web Beats Paper in Bid for Housing Ad Sharenew
Editor & Publisher |
03-28-2007 4:28 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Classified Advertising
Finally! Alt-Weeklies Tied to U.S. Attorneys Scandalnew
SF Weekly's October 2006 cover story about the detached management style of former U.S. Attorney Kevin Ryan turned up in one of the emails released in the Justice Department's latest document dump. "Thought you might be interested in this; It's from a local weekly," Associate Deputy Attorney General David Margolis wrote to several colleagues as he forwarded Martin Kuz's tale of mismanagement and upheaval within the U.S. Attorney's Office in San Francisco. According to Kuz, "while the other seven deposed U.S. attorneys earned mostly high marks for their work, Ryan arguably deserved his fate."
SF Weekly |
03-27-2007 3:30 pm |
Industry News
Honolulu Weekly Story Helps Resolve Contract Disputenew
Viacom subsidiary College Publisher has dropped language in its contract with the University of Hawaii-Manoa's student newspaper that forbade any stories critical of the firm or its corporate partners, the Honolulu Weekly reports. The dispute was made public last week when the alt-weekly reported the student paper's website had been down since February due to the stalled contract talks. The provision was removed the next day, according to the Weekly. College Publisher provides an online publishing system for the websites of more than 450 university and college newspapers.
Honolulu Weekly |
03-27-2007 11:57 am |
Industry News
New York Press Names New Publisher & New Editor
Nick Thomas, who was most recently Associate Publisher at the New York alt-weekly, is the new publisher, according to a press release. In addition, as we reported last week, Jerry Portwood has been named the paper's new editor.
(FULL STORY)
New York Press Press Release |
03-27-2007 10:35 am |
Press Releases
Houston Press Reporter Wins IRE Awardnew
All the finalists in the "Newspapers: Local Circulation Weeklies" category were AAN members, but Todd Spivak came out on top for "Run Over By Metro." The prestigious awards, given by Investigative Reporters and Editors Inc., recognize the most outstanding watchdog journalism of the year. Judges said Spivak's "compelling and vivid narrative writing gives extraordinary power to the victims' stories and fuels the outrage over the agency's misconduct." The other finalists were Sarah Fenske of Phoenix New Times (for "Cracked Houses"), Dan Frosch of the Santa Fe Reporter (for "The Wexford Files"), and Matthew Fleischer of LA Weekly (for "Navahoax").
Investigative Reporters and Editors Inc. |
03-27-2007 9:12 am |
Honors & Achievements
More Rumblings About Possible Philadelphia Weekly Salenew
On the heels of yesterday's story that the alt-weekly is reportedly on the market for $25 million, unnamed "informed observers" tell the Philadelphia Daily News that Philadelphia Media Holdings (PMH) is among the bidders. PMH owns both the Daily News and Philly's other daily, the Inquirer. "All I can say is no comment," PMH CEO Brian Tierney says.
Philadelphia Daily News (Second item) |
03-27-2007 8:09 am |
Industry News
Yahoo! Forms Mobile Ad Networknew
Brandweek |
03-27-2007 4:32 pm |
Industry News
'Super-duper' Tuesday Alters Media Strategy for '08 Primarynew
Advertising Age |
03-27-2007 11:41 am |
Industry News
Tags: Retail Advertising
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Announces Job Fair
Sponsored post by Associate Member Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Our students are eager to work for you. Please come to our annual job fair on April 14 in New York City.
(FULL STORY)
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Press Release |
03-27-2007 11:22 am |
Press Releases
Phoenix New Times Reveals the Anatomy of a Hoaxnew
As we reported earlier this month, the alt-weekly's story on Anna Nicole Smith's "secret Native American love child" was indeed fake. Stephen Lemons, who wrote the story, tallies up the carnage this week, reporting that CBS News, Gawker and the New Zealand Herald were among the outlets that fell for it. And while the paper was offered $500,000 for photos of the non-existent baby boy at one point, Lemons notes that many of the paper's regular readers knew it was a hoax all along.
Phoenix New Times |
03-26-2007 2:29 pm |
Industry News
Drop in Ad Revenue Raises Tough Questions for Newspapersnew
As circulation and revenue from print advertising both continue to drop, many analysts are predicting a major shift over the next decade in how newspapers do business, the Times reports. The one bright spot in the newspaper industry is a jump in online ad spending, but it still accounts for only 5.4 percent of all newspaper ad expenditures, according to the Newspaper Association of America. "This is a time of wrenching change and chaos," a media analyst at Jupiter Research says. "All of our assumptions about newspapers are going to be changed. The format, the business model, the organization of newspapers have outlived their usefulness."
New York Times |
03-26-2007 9:53 am |
Industry News
Philadelphia Weekly on the Market?new
That's what Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Michael Klein says he's heard from unnamed "publishing sources around town." His sources tell him that Review Publishing LP, the parent company of the alt-weekly, is asking $25 million for the paper and signing confidentiality statements with prospects. While neither Review President Anthony Clifton nor Vice President Jim Stokes responded to Klein's requests for comment, the Weekly's editor says he's heard nothing about a sale. "It would be a shock to me," Tim Whitaker says.
Philadelphia Inquirer (Second item) |
03-26-2007 8:52 am |
Industry News
Isthmus Wins Milwaukee Press Club Awardsnew
Nathan Comp took home a first-place award for Feature Writing in the Club's annual Excellence in Journalism contest, the Wisconsin State Journal reports. The Madison alt-weekly's website received two second-place awards in the contest.
Wisconsin State Journal |
03-26-2007 8:29 am |
Honors & Achievements
Real Estate Agents Experiment With Web 2.0, Social Medianew
Inman Real Estate News |
03-26-2007 10:34 am |
Industry News
Tags: Classified Advertising
