AAN News
Interactive Advertising Bureau Unveils Task Force to Review Ad Unitsnew
Online Media Daily |
05-01-2009 9:16 am |
Industry News
AAN Members Fare Well in 'Best of the West' Awardsnew
Westword's Adam Cayton-Holland finished first in Arts and Entertainment Writing, while fellow Westword scribe Jared Jacang Maher finished third in the same category. Phoenix New Times took a second place win for Environment and Natural Resources Reporting and a third place win for Growth and Development Reporting, while OC Weekly's (not the Orange County Register's, as the award announcement says) "Navel Gazing" blog finished second in the Blog Writing category. The annual contest is open to newspapers and news websites in 13 western states.
Best of the West Contest |
04-30-2009 8:37 am |
Honors & Achievements
The Other Paper Parent Company Files for Bankruptcy Protectionnew
Texas-based American Community Newspapers has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection two years after purchasing the Columbus, Ohio, alt-weekly as well as other media properties in the area. The company says the filing will not affect its day-to-operations and that its newspapers and magazines will continue to publish.
Business First of Columbus |
04-29-2009 8:47 am |
Industry News
Louisiana Alt-Weeklies Grab Dozens of State Press Awardsnew
Lafayette's The Independent Weekly won 29 awards and New Orleans' Gambit Weekly won 10 in the Louisiana Press Association's annual contest. The Independent snagged first place for Editorial Cartoon, Feature Story, Lifestyle Coverage, Multimedia Element, Web Project and six advertising awards. Gambit won firsts for Regular Column and online advertising. The two papers tied for first place in Community Service/Service to Readers.
Louisiana Press Association |
04-28-2009 8:44 am |
Honors & Achievements
Forecast: Online Video Ad Market to Grow 32 Percent in '09new
Media Daily News |
04-28-2009 8:46 am |
Industry News
Study: Twitter Users Value Information More Than Sociabilitynew
Online Media Daily |
04-27-2009 11:52 am |
Industry News
Tags: Electronic Publishing, Management
Phoenix Media Tightens Beltnew
The Boston Phoenix and its sister publications are the latest alt-weeklies to cut expenses as the media industry struggles through the recession. The parent company laid off six employees, suspended its 401K matches and cut salaries across the board, with the highest-paid employees giving up considerably more than the lowest.
Boston Phoenix |
04-24-2009 3:25 pm |
Industry News
How Does Twitter Fit Into an Alt-Weekly Writer's Arsenal?new
Communications consultant Michael Stoner spoke with Seven Days political columnist Shay Totten after following Totten's work during the same-sex marriage debate in Vermont. "There are always aspects of a story that can't be easily told in 140-character bursts," Totten says. "Tweets are components of a narrative, not the complete narrative. While I try to provide context while I live-Twitter, it's more appropriate to provide such contexts in a long form."
mStonerblog.com |
04-24-2009 8:56 am |
Industry News
Sacramento News & Review Celebrates 20th Anniversarynew
"In the early years, SN&R was panned, dissed, scoffed at and boycotted. We were also loved and welcomed," founding editor Melinda Welsh writes. "Somehow -- story by story, column by column, brainstorm by brainstorm -- the paper managed to take root and gain ground." The alt-weekly celebrates the anniversary this week with a special issue featuring pieces from a wide variety of folks involved with the paper over the years.
Sacramento News & Review |
04-23-2009 8:12 am |
Honors & Achievements
Two Alt-Weeklies Are Up for 2009 EPpy Awardsnew
Two AAN members are finalists in this year's EPpy Awards, which "honor the best websites in the media world." Las Vegas Weekly is a finalist for best entertainment website with fewer than one million unique monthly visitors, while Baltimore City Paper is a finalist for best weekly newspaper-affiliated website, a category the Santa Barbara Independent won last year. Winners of the awards, which are sponsored by Editor & Publisher and Mediaweek magazines, will be announced on May 7.
Editor & Publisher |
04-20-2009 4:49 pm |
Honors & Achievements
Forecast: Global Ad Spend Will Decrease 6.9 Percent in '09new
A new report from ZenithOptimedia predicts a steep decline in North America and Western Europe, as businesses look for more ways to cut costs. The forecast says that internet will be the only medium to grow this year, with most of its growth coming from search advertising.
The Center for Media Research |
04-20-2009 10:25 am |
Industry News
Keith McGinnis Talks About Philadelphia Weekly's Site Redesignnew
McGinnis, who is management information systems (MIS) director for PW parent company Review Publishing, says they started sketching out the new site at the end of 2007. The Weekly unveiled the redesign early last month. "From a design perspective, it was about making [the site] look more pleasing," he says. "From a traffic perspective it was about decreasing bounce rate and increasing time on site."
Technically Philly |
04-16-2009 12:07 pm |
Industry News
New Nonprofit News Site Partners with Seattle Weeklynew
The Weekly says it will be linking to stories from the Seattle Post Globe, and the new site will be doing the same with Weekly stories. In addition, the alt-weekly's sales staff will be selling ads on the new site. More on the Seattle Post Globe from the Seattle Times.
Seattle Weekly |
04-15-2009 12:51 pm |
Industry News
Media Executives Plan Online Service to Charge for Contentnew
Steve Brill and his partners say they're building an automated system to allow newspapers and magazines to charge for online access, including a subscription that would allow access to multiple publications.
The New York Times |
04-15-2009 12:44 pm |
Industry News
LEO Weekly Tightens Beltnew
The alt-weekly's 17 staff members are taking a five percent pay cut this quarter to cope with the economic downturn, the 'Ville Voice reports.
The 'Ville Voice |
04-14-2009 9:04 am |
Industry News
