AAN News
Memphis Congressman to Speak at AAN East
Newly elected Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN), the first non-African American representative since 1974 from Tennessee's majority-black Ninth District, will keynote this weekend's staff-training conference, AAN announced today. Cohen served Memphis in the Tennessee State Senate for 24 years before replacing Harold Ford, Jr. as the city's congressman. For the first time since it premiered in 2004, attendance at AAN East is likely to exceed
the total at AAN West, which was held in San Francisco in late January. MORE AAN EAST NEWS: Helen Sutton, who spoke in Little Rock at the 2006 convention and racked up one of the highest scores in the history of AAN's post-convention survey, has been confirmed as the sales-track speaker on Friday afternoon.
AAN News |
02-12-2007 2:09 pm |
Association News
Tags: Management
Voice's New Press Clips Columnist Promises She'll 'Keep on Rocking'new
After the Manhattan alt-weekly named Keach Hagey its new media columnist last week, it didn't take long for the NYC blogosphere to find her band, Fur Cups For Teeth, which Philadelphia City Paper has described as "part vacuum-pushing pep squad, part women's studies posse." But Hagey assures Gawker that her new responsibilities at the Voice will not be the demise of Fur Cups. "Nothing's gonna happen to the band," she says. "We're going to keep rocking!"
Gawker |
02-12-2007 1:54 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, The Village Voice
Washington City Paper Launches Redesigned Websitenew
Admitting it "has had a rather checkered history when it comes to our commitment to the Web," the paper announces it is moving into "the mid-2000s" with its newly reconfigured site. Among the changes: the blogs are no longer using Blogger, i.e., an open-source software solution; a "toolbox" with listings and classifieds has been added to each page on the site; and the previously pay-for-access editorial archives are now free.
Washington City Paper |
02-12-2007 1:14 pm |
Industry News
Google Looks to Extend Newspaper Print-Ad Pilot Programnew
The Internet giant says the trial run of the program -- in which advertisers bid for open ad space in newspapers -- has exceeded its expectations, E&P reports. Peter Cobb explains one of the attractions of the program for his business, eBags.com: "[It] makes it easier for people like us ... I didn't have to call up the sales reps ... I wouldn't know where to start."
Editor & Publisher |
02-12-2007 12:48 am |
Industry News
Tags: Management, Retail Advertising
Advertisers Don't Trust Online Ad Measurementnew
A new study released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations and NSON Opinion Research says few advertisers have confidence that their online ad impressions are measured and reported accurately, according to E&P. Ninety-one percent of the 270 online ad professionals surveyed said it's important to audit ad impressions and 89 percent want to see the verification of online traffic. In addition, 83 percent of survey respondents plan to increase online ad spending in 2007, and more than half expect double-digit budget increases. The survey also found that younger respondents were more trusting than older ones. Seventy-five percent of those under 25 said they trust metrics provided by online publishers, compared to only 22 percent of those between 55-64.
Editor & Publisher |
02-09-2007 11:26 am |
Industry News
Boston to Get Another Free Dailynew
The Icelandic conglomerate Dagsbrun is planning a launch of Boston Now, a free commuter daily that will compete with Metro Boston, according to the Boston Globe. The paper will be run by free-daily vet Russel Pergament, who launched Metro Boston and then AM New York. In explaining the new paper, which he hopes to roll out by the fall, Pergament tells the Globe: "Our commitment is local ... We are going to break some news. It is not going to be just watered down wire copy."
Boston Globe |
02-09-2007 10:56 am |
Industry News
Tags: Management
FOIA Report Issued, Hearing Scheduled
The Congressional Research Service issued a new report (PDF) last week on the history of the Freedom of Information Act and related legislative reform efforts. Meanwhile, the newly formed House Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, Feb. 15, on a FOIA reform bill that is supported by AAN and the other members of the Sunshine in Government Initiative, a Washington-based coalition of media organizations committed to promoting open-government policies. Rep. John Yarmuth, the former owner of AAN member Louisville Eccentric Observer, is a member of the Information Policy subcommittee.
AAN Staff |
02-08-2007 5:23 pm |
Legal News
Tags: Editorial, Management
Pasadena Weekly Series Wins National Awardnew
Deputy Editor Joe Piasecki's five-part series on foster care and homeless youth, "Throwaway Kids," won a first-place award in the National Low Income Housing Coalition's first-ever Cushing Niles Dolbeare Media Awards, the group announced on Tuesday. Piasecki's series, the publication of which spanned over a month and 16,000 words, received the $2,500 prize in the Non-Daily Newspaper or Magazine category.
Pasadena Weekly |
02-08-2007 4:14 pm |
Honors & Achievements
Pillow Fight Champion I.D.'ed
Her stage name is "Champain," but in real life she's Stacy Reardon, marketing coordinator for NOW Magazine in Toronto. "The league will be back down in the States
in April so this marketing chick has loads of title defending to do!"
Stacy exclaims, promoting her own appearances like a true marketing coordinator-Pillow
Fight League champion.
AAN Staff |
02-08-2007 12:35 pm |
Industry News
Tags: NOW Magazine
The Stranger's Keck on The Onion's Originsnew
In a preview of an on-campus panel discussion about The Onion, Tim Keck tells a student newspaper that he and Chris Johnson (now publisher of Albuequrque's Weekly Alibi) started the satirical newspaper in their dorm room in 1988 in honor of Keck's hometown paper. "At the time, (the Oshkosh Northwestern) was really bad, and the headlines were unwittingly hilarious," Keck says. He also tells the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire's The Spectator that Johnson's uncle came up with the name, which derives from the steady diet of onion sandwiches that penury compelled the co-founders to consume during their college days.
The Spectator |
02-08-2007 12:02 pm |
Industry News
Hearst Rolls Out Wireless Magazine Sitesnew
Online Media Daily |
02-08-2007 4:10 pm |
Industry News
Folio Weekly Editor Back After Bout with Cancer
Anne Schindler returned to work last week after spending nearly two months out of the office battling cervical cancer. Schindler, who joined the Jacksonville, Fla., alt-weekly in 1995 and was named editor in 2002, received a clean bill of health from her doctors, who told her that surgery had completely removed the cancer. "It's almost like I was never gone. My staff covered for me beautifully," Schindler tells AAN News. "Nobody missed me in the least. And I've got this really cool
scar now."
AAN Staff |
02-07-2007 4:38 pm |
Industry News
AAN Adds News Listserv for IT and Systems Discussions
Those eligible to join the list include AAN-member publishers and senior managers, financial managers, design & production managers and staff, and electronic publishing and IT personnel. To sign up, login to this Web site and click on "Listserv Registrations" in the My AAN section of the navigation bar on the right side of each page. As with all of AAN's listservs, messages sent to the list are archived on the site and available for search by members of the list.
AAN Staff |
02-07-2007 1:53 pm |
Association News
Alt-Weekly Adult Ads Lead to Sex Sting in Seattle Suburbnew
After an investigation that began when a detective saw an ad for Paradise Tanning in the Seattle Weekly's "sensual" section in August, the Everett, Wash., police have cited one employee of the spa with prostitution, reports the Daily Herald. An undercover detective and three other men working with police say they were offered sex for money at the spa, according to a search warrant filed Monday in Everett Municipal Court. Paradise also placed ads in The Stranger. "I'm not sure why people think police don't look at these newspapers. We are paying attention and we will respond as we need to," Everett police Sgt. Robert Goetz says.
The Daily Herald |
02-07-2007 1:12 pm |
Industry News
NOW Magazine Announces 'Love and Sex Party'new
NOW Magazine Press Release |
02-07-2007 11:58 am |
Press Releases
