AAN News
Cellular Companies Rolling Out Advertising on Mobile Phonesnew
Cingular, Sprint, and Verizon -- along with smaller companies such as Virgin Mobile USA and Amp'd Mobile -- are rewarding customers for viewing cellphone ads by offering lower rates, free content and multimedia services, according to the New York Times. Although mobile advertising doesn't generate much revenue yet, it may be too early to tell whether cellular carriers' new overtures will bear fruit. "Big advertisers generally want to see further adoption of services before they pour significant money into mobile ads," reports the Times.
The New York Times |
01-22-2007 7:07 pm |
Industry News
Time Inc. Layoffs: Disappearing Auto Ads the Untold Storynew
"While many are looking to the digital future to explain why Time Inc. fired 289 people last week, they'd do just as well to look at the ... changing marketing habits of the domestic auto industry," explains Ad Age. General Motors and DaimlerChrysler were among the domestic auto manufacturers who cut print spending with the magazine publisher last year to the tune of $100 million. The Detroit automakers are slashing magazine budgets "and, when they are spending, (they) often seek more direct and interactive connections with their customers," reports Ad Age.
Advertising Age |
01-22-2007 5:12 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Retail Advertising
Quadriplegic Willamette Week Cartoonist Turns to Musicnew
John Callahan was scheduled to sing the blues this weekend in Salem, Ore., performing songs from his new album, "Purple Winos in the Rain." Non-ambulatory since he was paralyzed in a car accident at the age of 21, Callahan's lyrics are as dark as his cartoons -- suicide is mentioned in nearly every song, reports the Statesman Journal's Michelle Theriault -- but "there are slivers of a humor as bracing as his cartoon work throughout the album," says Theriault.
Salem Statesman Journal |
01-22-2007 4:49 pm |
Honors & Achievements
Tags: Editorial, Willamette Week
Liptak: Fair Housing Laws 'Tangle of Contradictions'new
A fair-housing group has sued the Web-based matching service Roommates.com over allegedly discriminatory real-estate ads, leading New York Times legal columnist Adam Liptak to question the efficacy of congressional attempts to strike a balance between fair housing and free speech.
Under the Fair Housing Act of 1968, Liptak notes, discrimination itself is not necessarily illegal when choosing roommates and tenants, but advertisements that suggest as much are. And the Communications Decency Act of 1998 immunizes Web publishers from lawsuits for the same kinds of discriminatory classified ads that land print publishers in hot water.
The New York Times |
01-22-2007 4:19 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Classified Advertising
Digg Founder to Speak at AAN West
Kevin Rose, who graced the cover of Business Week last summer, will serve as the keynote speaker at the regional staff-training conference in San Francisco this weekend, AAN announced today. Rose is the founder and chief architect of Digg.com, a user-driven social content Web site, and he is not worth $60 million. Prior to founding Digg, Rose produced and hosted hundreds of segments on cable-television network Tech TV. Here's what he Diggs right now.
AAN News |
01-22-2007 3:42 pm |
Association News
Tags: Electronic Publishing
'What Happened to Our (Village) Voice?'new
That's the rhetorical question PopMatters asks in an article lamenting the "sad trajectory" of arts coverage at the paper since it was taken over by New Times. In a somewhat less-than-thorough investigation, the Web site turns to two former Voice music critics for answers. Robert Christgau says Michael Lacey is "a philistine who hates New York City” but admits that Village Voice Media's executive editor cares about writing; it's just not the kind of writing that Christgau does. Meanwhile, Eric Weisbard claims the new owners hate "what the Voice stood for," i.e., "the idea that you should write about pop music with the same depth and the same number of cultural references that you would talk about a novelist in the New York Review of Books."
PopMatters |
01-22-2007 3:10 pm |
Industry News
Former Alt-Weekly Arts Editor Juggles Projectsnew
After five years of doing a little bit of everything at Missoula Independent, Andy Smetanka now works as a baker when he's not taking classes toward a Master's degree in creative non-fiction or drafting silhouette animation for the Decemberists. New West profiles Montana's Renaissance man. CORRECTIONS: According to the Independent, Smetanka was the paper's arts editor, not the art director, as New West reports. In addition, Smetanka, who left his full-time position at the Independent almost two years ago, still reviews film for the paper on a regular basis.
New West |
01-22-2007 1:04 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Missoula Independent
Tivo Alert: Advice Goddess on Nightline Friday Nightnew
Syndicated sex columnist Amy Alkon knows how to get her man -- and manners. Recently, when a cafe patron sitting within earshot chatted too loudly on her cell phone, Alkon recorded and published details of the conversation, including the woman's name, telephone number, and plans for the afternoon. When the Wall Street Journal reported the incident but disguised Alkon's identity, Alkon wrote about that, too, taking credit for her coffeeshop intervention. She is scheduled to appear tonight on ABC's Nightline to discuss the "undermannered" and how to deal with them.
Advice Goddess Blog |
01-19-2007 3:43 pm |
Industry News
Congressmen Ask DOJ To Withdraw BALCO Subpoenasnew
In a letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee member Tom Davis (R-VA) also criticized the Department of Justice for the agency's efforts to prosecute San Francisco Chronicle reporters Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams. The two were ruled in contempt of court in September after ignoring the subpoenas and refusing to reveal their sources to a grand jury in the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative steroid case. Currently, their sentences are suspended pending appeal.
San Francisco Chronicle |
01-19-2007 3:25 pm |
Legal News
Tags: Editorial
NUVO Gets a New Look, Revamps Ad Structurenew
The Indianapolis alt-weekly "relaunched" this week with an expanded news section incorporating a "new secondary focus on practical issues that affect readers' everyday lives," and a new A&E section that consolidates the paper's fine arts and pop culture coverage, according to its new advertising newsletter. The paper also is reducing ad rates and applying a full-volume discount to all ads to coincide with the redesign. Other elements of the revamped NUVO include larger font, new featurettes, and a crisper presentation.
NUVO |
01-19-2007 3:08 pm |
Industry News
Newspaper Blogs Triple Readershipnew
Unique visitors to blogs affiliated with the top 10 U.S. newspaper sites rose to 3.8 million in December 2006, from 1.2 million the previous year, according to data released this week by Nielsen//NetRatings. Those same blogs increased their share of page views at the papers from 4 percent to 13 percent in the same period.
Reuters |
01-18-2007 3:56 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Electronic Publishing
The Onion Comes to the Capitalnew
The world's most famous satiric newspaper is gearing up for its Washington launch, reports the Washington Post, which will be partnering with the Onion to sell local ads. "We believe that The Onion will be very well-received among young Washingtonians," says the Post Co.'s Christopher Ma, who sees crossover readership potential between the Onion and the Express, the free Post Co. tabloid he helped launch in 2003. Washington will be the Onion's 10th city with paper distribution.
The Washington Post |
01-18-2007 1:35 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Management
IAB to Revisit Ad Size Standardsnew
Online Media Daily |
01-18-2007 4:00 pm |
Industry News
Former Miami New Times Editor to Buy Local Papernew
Jim Mullin, who edited the South Florida alt-weekly for 17 years, signed a letter of intent yesterday to buy the 25,000-circulation monthly The Biscayne Times, reports the Miami Herald (second item). Mullin, who has never owned a paper before, admits he has much to learn "about running the business from the business side. I have to learn to interact with advertisers in a way that I haven't before.'' The Biscayne Times, which has four full-time staffers, in 2005 was named ''best neighborhood newspaper'' by Miami New Times.
The Miami Herald |
01-17-2007 12:56 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Management
Online Dating Industry Pow-Wows in Miaminew
iDate, the annual conference of the Internet dating industry, kicked off at the Miami Beach Convention Center on Monday, reports the Miami Herald. One of the meeting's major themes will be how to win over (and win back) users of youth-oriented social networking sites like Facebook and iLike, which are being used by young people to find dates. ''Traditional online dating sites (like Match.com) are feeling the pinch,'' says one conference participant.
The Miami Herald |
01-17-2007 12:41 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Classified Advertising, Management
