AAN News
Ad Age Predicts Overall Flat Spending in '07, Decline For Dailiesnew
Advertising Age |
12-11-2006 9:15 am |
Industry News
Some Web Publishers Use Pop-Ups to Increase Trafficnew
New York Times (reg. req.) |
12-11-2006 9:04 am |
Industry News
Tags: Electronic Publishing
Metro Times Culture Editor 'Can't Hold Out Any Longer' in Detroitnew
After writing about Detroit's cultural underground for seven years, Sarah Klein has developed a "hate-hate" relationship with the city and has decided to flee it for the sunny climes of California. "People are leaving Detroit -- in droves," she says, driven away by crime, lack of city services and a bad economy. Although she loves the Motor City and its "incredible people," she has had enough: "I'm tired of struggling, and I'm exhausted -- emotionally and physically. I'm ready to go."
Metro Times |
12-08-2006 1:23 pm |
Industry News
'Deb Kaplan Was One Tough Reporter'new
So says Metro Times founder Ron Williams, recalling the recently deceased journalist "who made an important contribution to the newspaper in its formative years." Kaplan was the Detroit alt-weeklies' news editor from 1989 to 1991, when "she wrote about urban issues with ... gritty detail," according to the paper.
The 53-year-old writer and University of Washington assistant professor died last month of an apparent heart attack.
Metro Times |
12-08-2006 12:42 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Metro Times
Vaclav Havel Finally Picks Up His Village Voice Obiesnew
The first president of the Czech Republic, who won Off-Broadway's highest honor for plays he wrote in 1968, 1970 and 1984, was feted this week at New York's Public Theater. "Havel was previously unable to collect his Obie Awards in person," says the Voice, "because, following the New York opening of (his 1968 prizewinner) The Memorandum, he returned to his home in Prague, where he was almost immediately placed under house arrest by the then Soviet-controlled government of Czechoslovakia." The Voice's chief theater critic and current Obie committee chairman, Michael Feingold, presented Havel with a special certificate attesting to the three awards.
The Village Voice |
12-08-2006 11:23 am |
Industry News
MRI: Audience For Online Video, Blogs More Than Doublesnew
Online Media Daily (reg. req.) |
12-08-2006 11:29 am |
Industry News
Google Begins Pitching Radio Adsnew
Adweek |
12-08-2006 11:22 am |
Industry News
Tags: Marketing, Retail Advertising
Former Missoula Independent "Mentor," Copy Editor Diesnew
Missoula Independent |
12-08-2006 11:20 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Missoula Independent
Finke Signs New Agent After Ovitz Bio Cancelednew
Nikki Finke's "long-awaited biography" of Hollywood superagent Michael Ovitz was picked up by The Martell Agency only days after the LA Weekly columnist's book deal was canceled by a Warner/Hachette imprint, reports Authorlink. "The Man Who Wanted Everything," which was originally due to be published in July 2007, has been in the works for 15 years, according to the site.
Authorlink |
12-07-2006 4:14 pm |
Industry News
Free Weeklies Vie for Similar Audience in Fort Collinsnew
Five papers are duking it out in the 128,000-population Northern Colorado town, and two of them have an alt-weekly pedigree, Westword reports. The Rocky Mountain Chronicle debuted in October, arising from the ashes of former AAN member Rocky Mountain Bullhorn, and the mostly direct-mailed Fort Collins Weekly launched in early 2003, with Boulder Weekly alum Greg Campbell and Joel Dyer at the helm. The other three are faux-alts, including one owned by Gannett's Coloradan, which Campbell calls "one of the weakest, worst daily newspapers I've ever come across." Chronicle Editor Vanessa Martinez (pictured) predicts they won't all survive. "I think some of them are going to fall by the wayside," she says.
Westword |
12-07-2006 2:55 pm |
Industry News
New Editor Named at Colorado Springs Independent
Ralph Routon, 54, a columnist and editor at the Colorado Springs Gazette for 24 years, will return to his adopted hometown to take the position of executive editor at the Pikes Peak region's alternative newspaper. Since leaving the area in 2001, Routon spent the past five years as an editor at daily newspapers in Florida and Texas. He will assume his new position in January, according to a release from the Independent.
(FULL STORY)
Colorado Springs Independent |
12-07-2006 10:50 am |
Press Releases
Not That Dan Savagenew
PW performs a public service for local citizens this week by distinguishing between the editor of The Stranger and Philadelphia's "newly installed" city councilman Dan Savage. The former is the guy who writes Savage Love and thinks drugs and prostitution should be legalized. The latter is a judge's son who has never been asked for advice on strap-ons, vaginal farts or uncircumcised penises. "What's he look like?" asks our Dan about the politician with an identical name. "Does he have a gut? He's out there representing me. I don't want him to have a big gut. He's got to do his crunches."
PW-Philadelphia Weekly |
12-07-2006 1:00 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Dan Savage
The Demise of the Professional Photojournalistnew
Center for Citizen Media Blog |
12-07-2006 5:40 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Electronic Publishing
Yokel Brings Local Shopping Search to Smart Phonesnew
Search Engine Journal |
12-07-2006 5:07 pm |
Industry News
Online Newspaper Readers Outspend General Internet Populationnew
Editor & Publisher |
12-07-2006 4:59 pm |
Industry News
