AAN News
AAN Launches Content Exchange Platform with Cont3nt.com
The AltWeeklies Content Exchange allows AAN members to collect a stream of video and photo content from their local communities, share content with other weeklies, and giving weeklies the tools to generate a new revenue stream by licensing their media to national and international outlets.
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AAN |
03-02-2012 3:08 pm |
Association News
Rebecca Schoenkopf Takes Over Wonkettenew
Former L.A. CityBeat editor and OC Weekly columnist Rebecca Schoenkopf is the new owner/publisher/editor of political gossip site Wonkette.
Wonkette |
03-02-2012 3:38 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Rebecca Schoenkopf
The Media Oxpecker: How to Activate the Facebook Timeline for Your Company Page
Facebook's timeline format comes to brand pages; How Google's latest search changes affect local businesses; and why the time it takes for a website to load can make or break it.
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AAN |
03-02-2012 2:22 pm |
Media Roundup
Sacramento News & Review Lists 'Top 10 Reasons to be Editor-in-Chief'new
Sacramento News & Review founding editor Melinda Welsh is stepping down from her post and to help find a replacement, her staff has put together the "Top 10 Reasons to be Editor-in-Chief."
Sacramento News & Review |
03-02-2012 8:30 am |
Press Releases
Chicago Reader Introduces New Websitenew
The new website includes added features and expandable calendars to help readers plan cultural and music outings.
Chicago Reader |
03-01-2012 3:09 pm |
Industry News
Birmingham Weekly to Publish Every 10 Daysnew
Birmingham Weekly will publish every 10 days rather than every 7 days. Owner Stephen Humphreys plans to devote more attention to hosting events at the paper's new office.
The Birmingham News |
02-29-2012 8:55 am |
Industry News
Elizabeth McDougall Joins VVM as General Counsel
Village Voice Media announced today that Elizabeth L. McDougall has been named its general counsel.
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Village Voice Media |
02-29-2012 10:38 am |
Press Releases
AAN in Motown: 2012 Annual Convention Heads to Detroit
In a series of guest posts leading up to AAN's 2012 Annual Convention in Detroit, the staff of host paper Metro Times will offer insight into the city they are proud to call home.
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AAN |
02-27-2012 3:17 pm |
Conference News
Tags: Metro Times, Brian Smith
Seattle Weekly Editor Wins Thoroughbred Writing Awardnew
Seattle Weekly editor Mike Seely has been named as the recipient of the Washington State Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association's Mark Kaufman Media Award.
VVM Corporate Blog |
02-27-2012 4:31 pm |
Honors & Achievements
Developer Arrested for Assaulting Daughter of Independent Weekly Publishers
The daughter of Independent Weekly (Lafayette, La.) publishers Steve May and Cherry Fisher May was reportedly punched and knocked unconscious by a local developer who has been engaged in an ongoing dispute with the paper over its coverage of a state property tax loophole.
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The Independent Weekly |
02-24-2012 1:05 pm |
Industry News
The Media Oxpecker: In Defense of Aggregation
The newsonomics of hyperlocal; putting the "non" in non-profit news; and the huge chasm between where we spend our time and where advertisers are spending their money.
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AAN |
02-24-2012 3:45 pm |
Media Roundup
Meijer Stores Delay Removal of Newspaper Racksnew
Meijer will delay the removal of its free publication racks from the Lansing market until March 15, reports City Pulse.
City Pulse |
02-24-2012 2:20 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Circulation, City Pulse
Halifax Mayor Retires in Wake of Investigation by The Coastnew
A 5,000-word investigative piece by The Coast's Tim Bousquet questioned the role of Halifax mayor Peter Kelly as executor of a family friend's will.
The Globe and Mail |
02-23-2012 3:40 pm |
Industry News
Jonathan Gold Leaving L.A. Weekly for L.A. Times
Pulitzer Prize-winning restaurant critic Jonathan Gold is leaving the L.A. Weekly for the Los Angeles Times.
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AAN |
02-21-2012 11:49 am |
Industry News
Sales Webinar: Strategies for Building Online Revenue
Join Louise Phelps from Phelps Cutler Media Associates for a webinar that will dive into effective strategies for growing online display revenue.
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AAN |
02-21-2012 1:06 pm |
Association News
