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#AANWeb: The Final Countdown

On the third and final day of #AANWeb 2012: Innovative Revenue Ideas; Digital Storytelling Workshop; Killer Video With Your Mobile Device; and more. (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  01-28-2012  8:07 am  |  Conference News

#AANWeb Day 2

Everybody's a media company these days, so news publishers should exploit their edge competencies, said #AANWeb keynote speaker Terry Heaton yesterday. But what's next for news, and how do we build for it? A battle plan awaits. (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  01-27-2012  8:20 am  |  Conference News

AAN Occupies SF

The 2012 #AANWeb Conference kicks off today in San Francisco. (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  01-26-2012  9:49 am  |  Conference News

Is Backpage Responsible for Kidnapping and Rape?new

The reality of sex marketing is more complicated than Nicholas Kristof admits.
Reason  |  01-26-2012  7:00 am  |  Industry News

Baltimore City Paper Cleared in Libel Casenew

Maryland’s high­est court has upheld lower courts' dis­missals of a four-year-old libel suit filed against Baltimore City Paper.
Baltimore City Paper  |  01-24-2012  11:53 am  |  Legal News

AdPerfect Partners With Pre1 Software

AdPerfect  |  01-24-2012  5:23 pm  |  Press Releases

2011 'Give!' Campaigns Raise Nearly $3 Million for Non-Profits

Colorado Springs Independent, Monterey County Weekly and Willamette Week raised a combined $2.95 million for local non-profits. (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  01-23-2012  5:26 pm  |  Honors & Achievements

The Media Oxpecker: With Social Media, Timing is Everything

When is the best time to Tweet? How far apart should Facebook posts be spaced? And is it time to start a 'Daily Deal Death Watch' website? (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  01-20-2012  1:54 pm  |  Media Roundup

The Media Oxpecker: Should Newspapers Stop Innovating?

The end of album reviews in SPIN magazine; Facebook's timeline format as an opportunity to reach out to readers; and are newspapers innovating too quickly? (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  01-13-2012  1:03 pm  |  Media Roundup

The End is Near ... for the Early Registration Discount to #AANWeb

You've stalled. You've dithered. And now the time is here. But all is not lost, you still have time to register before the rate goes up by $100 per person. (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  01-12-2012  11:46 am  |  Conference News

Willamette Week Recuses Itself From Covering Oregon Attorney General Racenew

Editor Mark Zusman says the paper has a conflict of interest in covering the race between Dwight Holton and Ellen Rosenblum, who is married to Willamette Week publisher Richard Meeker.
Willamette Week  |  01-11-2012  12:59 pm  |  Industry News

Project White House Candidates Dominate Ariz. Presidential Primary Ballot

Tucson Weekly's Reality Journalism Competition Puts Al "Dick" Perry in fourth spot on AZ ballot, while Texas Gov. Rick Perry is in the seventeenth slot. (FULL STORY)
Tucson Weekly  |  01-11-2012  12:04 pm  |  Press Releases

New Speakers, Sessions Added to AAN Web Conference Schedule

Heading to the AAN Web Conference in San Francisco? Check out the updated schedule of speakers and sessions here.

And don't forget, the AAN member rate of $99 per person ends this Friday, January 13, going up to $199 per person after that. (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  01-10-2012  12:03 pm  |  Conference News

SPD Picks 20 Best Alt-Weekly Covers of 2011

Robert Newman of the Society of Publication Designers is running some of his favorite alt-weekly covers from 2011. (FULL STORY)
SPD.org  |  01-06-2012  5:04 pm  |  Honors & Achievements

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