AAN News
LA Weekly Founder to Start New Magazinenew
LA Observed |
01-09-2007 7:16 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Management
Web Putting Brakes on Total Ad Spendingnew
Adotas |
01-09-2007 6:22 pm |
Industry News
Buyers: Newspapers Need Reinvention Nownew
Mediaweek |
01-09-2007 6:05 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Management
Media Buyers: Ad Spending Will be Healthy in 2007new
Media Life Magazine |
01-09-2007 5:38 pm |
Industry News
What Five Things Come to Mind When you Think of Oklahoma?
That was the question Oklahoma Gazette Editor Rob Collins recently asked editors on an AAN listserv in preparation for last week's cover story kicking off the paper's coverage of the state's centennial. Oklahoma! the musical came in first and the Dust Bowl placed third. See editors' complete responses by downloading this PDF document.
Oklahoma Gazette |
01-08-2007 5:26 pm |
Association News
Tags: Editorial, Oklahoma Gazette
Rutten: Redesigned Wall Street Journal a Way Forward for Newspapersnew
The Journal's Web site handles breaking news, while the the newly redesigned print edition unveiled last week is devoted to context and analysis, says Los Angeles Times media reporter Tim Rutten. According to Rutten, the Journal's makeover represents a "good first look at what a rational division of labor will look like as newspapers move toward a future in which they simultaneously connect with their readers online and in print."
Los Angeles Times |
01-08-2007 3:51 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Electronic Publishing, Management
Pazz and Jop 'Undermined by Internet' Says NPRnew
The Morning Edition is the latest to weigh in on the battle for music-poll supremacy between The Village Voice's 32-year-old "world series for smarty-pants people," and Gawker Media's upstart Jackin' Pop, which was released Friday. NPR reports that several prominent critics, including former Voice contributor Ann Powers and The New Yorker's Sasha Frere-Jones, won't be voting in this year's Pazz and Jop, which will be released early next month.
National Public Radio |
01-08-2007 3:17 pm |
Industry News
U.S. Newsprint Prices Continue Slidenew
According to a Citigroup analyst, the price for 30-lb newsprint in the U.S. is now $660 per tonne, which is down $15 per tonne since September. However, the same analyst believes the rate of decline of U.S. newsprint consumption "has stabilized," which may lead to "stable-to-rising prices" in the coming months.
Editor & Publisher |
01-08-2007 2:58 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Financial, Management
Rumsfeld Called to Testify in Case Involving Alt-Weekly Editornew
Cincinnati CityBeat News Editor Greg Flannery was one of seven people arrested for criminal trespassing on Sept. 27 when they protested the Iraq War by conducting a sit-in in U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot's Cincinnati office. Now he's asking the former Secretary of Defense to take the stand in his case. "I think testimony about the war that Rumsfeld can offer is essential to our defense, which is that we were breaking the law to stop a much more serious crime," Flannery tells the Cincinnati Post. The trial is set for Jan. 22.
Cincinnati Post |
01-08-2007 1:52 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Cincinnati CityBeat, Greg Flannery
Former Seattle Weekly Editor to Write for City Magazinenew
Beginning with the March issue, Knute "Skip" Berger will write a monthly column and serve as editor-at-large for Seattle magazine, reports the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Berger left the Seattle Weekly this past summer after serving for 15 years as an editor at the company.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
01-08-2007 1:35 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial
AAN Hires New AltWeekly Awards Administrator
Former Creative Loafing (Atlanta) staffer Heather Kuldell, who started work at AAN last week, will be responsible for coordinating the association's annual editorial contest. The Washington, D.C.-area native started at Creative Loafing as an intern and worked her way through several positions, including listings editor, assistant A&E editor and music editor.
(FULL STORY)
AAN Staff |
01-08-2007 1:08 pm |
Association News
Tags: Editorial
AAN Member Blogs Make Year-End Lists
Newspeak, a Colorado Springs blog with a strong alt-weekly pedigree, says The Stranger's Slog is "one of the best blogs on the internet and you can skip the local crap if it doesn't interest you." In fact, the folks at Newspeak think the Seattle paper is "the only alt-weekly in the country to have figured out why blogging is an alt's best friend and do it with teeth, wit and style." Perhaps they haven't read the Arkansas Times' Arkansas Blog, which John Brummett of The Morning News calls "by far" the best Arkansas political blog.
Newspeak/The Morning News |
01-08-2007 12:55 pm |
Honors & Achievements
Rodney Carmichael Named Creative Loafing Music Editor
Former Rolling Out senior writer joined alt-weekly's staff Jan. 4
(FULL STORY)
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) press release |
01-08-2007 5:34 pm |
Press Releases
Boise Weekly Publisher Nominated for Local Awardnew
The local chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners named Sally Barnes one of the four contestants for Business Woman of the Year, according to the Idaho Statesman. The winner will be announced on Jan. 19.
Idaho Statesman |
01-05-2007 5:03 pm |
Honors & Achievements
Save Sparky: Tom Tomorrow Petitions Village Voicenew
The popular cartoonist, aka Dan Perkins, is asking his fans to sign a petition in support of returning his widely syndicated strip, "This Modern World," to the print edition of the Manhattan alt-weekly. Although the cartoon still appears online at villagevoice.com, Perkins reports via his blog that it was dropped from the paper "sometime in the last two or three months."
This Modern World |
01-05-2007 10:40 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, The Village Voice
