AAN News
Union Vote Leaves LA Weekly on Edgenew
Harold Meyerson reports that "after a bitter campaign that stunned many longtime Weekly workers," advertising and promotion personnel rejected unionization by a 15-13 vote. Meyerson says management's "campaign came straight from the pages of Union Avoidance 101" and calls the post-vote Weekly "a company with its nerves on edge. Ad reps don't speak to other ad reps; friends avoid friends."
LA Weekly |
10-09-2002 8:54 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Management
Medill Photo Gallerynew
Photos and video from the writing workshop
AAN News |
10-08-2002 3:03 pm |
Association News
Media Consolidation, Alternative-Stylenew
The Village Voice/New Times deal that
closed New Times Los Angeles and
VVM's Cleveland Free Times, is another
sign of an "imploding economy,"
Cynthia Cotts writes in The
Village Voice. She suggests that when
VVM's
venture capitalist owners start
looking
to cash out they could find a
buyer in
a daily newspaper chain or another
alternative media company.
Village Voice |
10-08-2002 2:24 pm |
Industry News
Chicago Dailies Battle for Young Readersnew
The Chicago Sun-Times has plans to
launch a new tabloid aimed at younger
readers, perhaps by early November,
Crain's Chicago Business reports. That's
about the same time as its rival, the
Chicago Tribune, will debut its own
tab for the 18- to 34-year-old reader,
which will be called RedEye. The
Sun-Times' parent, Hollinger
International, has ordered four of its
regional newspapers to send three
staffers each to Chicago to put
together the new tab.
Crain's Chicago Business (registration required) |
10-08-2002 9:35 am |
Industry News
Ethics Chairman Hunkers down in Safe Seatnew
Rep. Joel Hefley, R-Colo., has been
labeled one of the 10 most obscure
members of Congress, despite his
chairmanship of the House Ethics
Committee, a post most House
members loathe. With only a few weeks
until Election Day, he’s not campaigning,
rarely speaks to the media, especially the
Colorado Springs Independent,
which he says has bashed him, Terje
Langeland writes. Like many
incumbents in “safe” seats across
America, Hefley doesn’t have to leave
Washington to please his constituents.
He merely has to tote home the pork
and reel in top rankings from the NRA
and the Christian Coalition.
AAN CAN Sales Promotion Announced
Three top sellers get trip to AAN West
(FULL STORY)
AAN Staff |
10-08-2002 5:01 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Classified Advertising
New Times/Village Voice Deal: Cutting Lossesnew
Iconoclastic alternative weeklies are doing business like the big boys, former Washington City Paper Editor David Carr writes in the New York Times. Carr reports that New Times received $8 million from Village Voice Media to close its money-losing New Times Los Angeles. "The willingness of the two ferociously competitive chains to make a deal in their common interest could mean that the next big deal by the companies could leave only one standing," Carr writes.
New York Times |
10-07-2002 10:33 am |
Industry News
Legalizing Pot on Nevada Ballotnew
Next month, voters in Nevada will vote on
a
measure that would allow adults in
the state to
legally possess up to three ounces
of marijuana.
Reno News & Review's D. Brian
Burghart takes a skeptical look at
both sides of the argument and
assesses the chances of passage.
Urbanview Closes, Staff Shifts to Boulevards
"There were tears, but no pink slips," Publisher Dan Pulcrano says of the closing of Metro Publishing Co.'s Oakland, Calif.-based Urbanview this week. Some of the staff will shift focus to Metro's Boulevard New Media, a network of 22 e-commerce sites for major cities across the United States. That business has grown rapidly this past year, Pulcrano says.
(FULL STORY)
AAN Staff |
10-04-2002 3:56 pm |
Industry News
"RedEye" Set to Launchnew
A new Chicago Tribune tabloid aimed at
younger readers could launch by the
end of the month, Trib columnist Jim
Kirk writes. The newsstand-only tab has a
working title of "RedEye" and will feature a
combination of entertainment writing and
listings as well as shorter news
stories than the broadsheet daily,
Kirk writes.
Chicago Tribune |
10-04-2002 9:54 am |
Industry News
AAN Food Writers Spoon up Awardsnew
Three AAN papers were awarded first-place in under 200,000 circulation division of the 2002
Association of Food Journalists competition: Robb Walsh of
Houston Press for food news
reporting; Marty Jones of
Westword for food columns and
Bonnie Boots, former food editor for the Weekly
Planet (Tampa), for restaurant criticism. Willamette Week takes three
awards from
the foodie group, a
second for restaurant criticism for
Roger Porter and a second and
third
for special sections edited by Arts &
Culture Editor Caryn
Brooks.
Association of Food Journalists |
10-04-2002 5:09 pm |
Industry News
Somali Student Balances Between Worldsnew
Mohamud Abi, a 22-year-old refugee from
Somalia, teeters between the strict
Muslim laws of his homeland and the
freedom of America. Willamette
Week's Amy Roe follows Abi, a
student at Portland State University,
through a life of contradictions and
post-Sept. 11 fear.
