Classified Advertising

Former Chicago Reader Staffer Gets Personal in New Book

Micheal Beaumier gleaned a cache of colorful anecdotes and bawdy tales while in charge of the Chicago Reader's personal ads from 1998 to 2005. Now he has parlayed them into a book, I Know You're Out There: Private Longings, Public Humiliations and Other Tales From the Personals. No lonely heart is spared in Beaumier's tell-all, not even his own. "I went from watching the freak show … to finding myself in the freak show," Beaumier admits. In a Chicago Tribune interview, Beaumier, 39 and single, says he is looking to take some of his own medicine.

10-03-2006 3:13 pm | Industry News

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New Web Classified Companies to Simplify Process for Advertisersnew

New York Times (reg. req.) | 10-02-2006 6:47 am | Industry News

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Selling Newspaper Ad Space in a Shifting Petroleum Paradigmnew

Editor & Publisher | 10-01-2006 6:59 pm | Industry News

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'With This Ring' Targets Alternative Weddingsnew

Mediaweek | 09-29-2006 9:58 am | Industry News

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Study: 107 Million Americans Viewed Online Video in Julynew

AP via Editor & Publisher | 09-28-2006 1:40 pm | Industry News

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Newmark Not Interested in Selling Craigslistnew

Editor & Publisher | 09-28-2006 1:39 pm | Industry News

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API Survey: Newspapers Need to Work Together Onlinenew

AP via Editor & Publisher | 09-28-2006 6:32 am | Industry News

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L.A. Alternative Ceases Print Publicationnew

AAN member L.A. Alternative has printed its final issue, reports online journal LAObserved. In a letter to staffers, owner Martin Albornoz says that the weekly's "problem has never been attracting loyal readers, but the cutthroat competition with our corporate rivals has made it harder to get and keep new advertisers." The newspaper was previously known as the L.A. Alternative Press; the name was shortened in Nov. 2005 when the paper shifted from a biweekly to a weekly schedule. Albornoz says that the news organization will experiment throughout October with online publishing. "The fact that we lasted this long is still a feat," he says. "In fact, it's a real testament to the authentic voice we've created together."

LAObserved | 09-27-2006 2:16 pm | Industry News

Tags: Circulation, Classified Advertising, Electronic Publishing, Financial, Retail Advertising, L.A. Alternative, Martin Albornoz