AAN News
Nine Companies Join Class-Action Lawsuit Against Yelpnew
Miami New Times |
03-17-2010 6:17 pm |
Industry News
Report: U.S. Ad Spend Fell 12.3 Percent in '09new
The New York Times |
03-17-2010 11:42 am |
Industry News
SF Weekly's Banks File Suit Against the Bay Guardiannew
A lawsuit filed by the Bank of Montreal
on behalf of a group of institutional lenders seeks a temporary restraining order and injunction to stop the San Francisco Bay Guardian's efforts to collect millions of dollars from SF Weekly as part of 2008's predatory-pricing jury verdict. Last week, a Superior Court commissioner ruled that the Guardian is entitled to half of the Weekly's ad revenue; the banks are arguing that they have the first legal right to any money made by the Weekly. Meanwhile, The Stranger reports that it has court filings that show Weekly parent company Village Voice Media Holdings has been declared in default on an $80 million loan it has from the Bank of Montreal. This comes as the Weekly is asking for a separate restraining order to stop the Guardian from sending letters to Weekly advertisers; they say advertisers have been receiving conflicting notices from the Guardian and Bank of Montreal about who has first rights to the Weekly's revenue. In a court filing, the Weekly's lawyer says the confusion, if allowed to continue, "is likely to devastate SF Weekly's advertising business beyond repair."
SF Weekly |
03-16-2010 4:25 pm |
Industry News
Discounted NewsU Webinar on Location-Based Services Set for April 1
The emerging world of location-based services are helping news organizations serve their customers better and helping cutting-edge reporters succeed. An upcoming webinar from NewsU will explore how a these new platforms can be valuable reporting tools. Through AAN's partnership with NewsU, the first 25 AAN members to register will receive a reduced rate of $12.95 for the webinar (the regular rate is $27.95). Click here to get the AAN password. Click here to register.
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AAN |
03-16-2010 12:28 pm |
Association News
Bill Jensen Talks iPad at SXSW Panelnew
"We're hoping you can lean back with this thing, curl up on the couch and take it into the bathroom and read it," the digital director for Village Voice Media Holdings said at Saturday's "iPad: New Opportunities for Content Creators" session at SXSW. Jensen thinks the iPad will help publishers who value quality design and journalism, by giving them a more visual platform to work with than the general web. "It's going to bring back nice-looking design, and good-looking ads, too," he said.
Poynter Online |
03-16-2010 11:40 am |
Industry News
Senators Introduce FOIA Streamlining Bill as Sunshine Week Kicks Offnew
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press |
03-16-2010 11:41 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Management
Federal Court: Airport Can't Ban Newspaper Boxesnew
The Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority is violating the First Amendment with its ban on news boxes at the public airport, the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled. The decision affirms a lower court ruling in favor of four newspaper companies that sued the airport authority in 2004. Lawyers for the airport had argued the ban was reasonable, and that news boxes would pose security risks, impede passenger flow, degrade airport aesthetics and reduce airport authority revenue from shops inside that sold newspapers. But the Fourth Circuit panel says none of those arguments are strong enough to restrict the distribution. "The government interests asserted to justify the ban do not counterbalance its significant restriction on protected expression," the opinion reads.
The News & Observer |
03-15-2010 4:10 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Circulation, Management
PEJ: 2009 Was a 'Difficult' Year for Alt-Weekliesnew
In its annual State of the News Media report, the Project for Excellence in Journalism notes that the combined circulation of AAN member papers dropped by nearly 7 percent in 2009, adding to the 5 percent drop in 2008. But the report points out that many small-market papers grew circulation in 2009, and that alts, like other newspapers, are increasingly moving to digital platforms. Village Voice editor Tony Ortega tells PEJ that alt-weeklies are coming out of the downturn in better shape than dailies, due to a more flexible business model and the fact that alts have always been free. "There's no doubt that the economy was just as hard on alternative weeklies as it was on the dailies," he says. "But it's also obvious that some alt-weeklies have come through the tough times in better shape than others."
Project for Excellence in Journalism |
03-15-2010 10:44 am |
Industry News
Chef Rick Bayless Will Keynote Isthmus Green Day
Isthmus Publishing Press Release |
03-15-2010 10:53 am |
Press Releases
Federal Court: Nevada Can Ban Brothel Adsnew
A federal appeals court has ruled that Nevada has the right to ban certain advertisements of legal brothels, saying it doesn't violate the First Amendment of free speech. The decision overturns the ruling of a federal district judge, who held the state did not have the right to impose the restrictions on advertisements after a suit challenging those limits was brought by Las Vegas CityLife, the High Desert Advocate and brothel operator Bobbi Davis. "Nevada has tailored its restrictions on advertising to attain a reasonable fit between ends and means," the opinion reads. CityLife editor Steve Sebelius says he was surprised and disappointed by the ruling. "Given the fact that it is a commodity, I think it's inappropriate for the state to restrict First Amendment-protected advertising about that commodity," he says. READ MORE from Sebelius on his CityLife blog.
Las Vegas Review-Journal |
03-12-2010 8:44 am |
Industry News
Jules Feiffer Releasing a Memoirnew
Feiffer says Backing Into Forward, to be released Tuesday by Doubleday, is a "cautionary tale" about "getting rejected and slapped in the face by the powers-that-be." The 81-year-old Pulitzer-winning cartoonist, best known for his long tenure at the Village Voice, says "the boy-cartoonist in me ... remains foolishly idealistic as ever." He remembers starting to draw his Voice strip in 1956, a year after the paper was founded, thinking: "The more painful the subject ... the funnier it should look."
USA Today |
03-12-2010 8:28 am |
Industry News
Tags: Management, The Village Voice
Bay Guardian Joins ACLU and Asian Law Caucus in Seeking FBI Surveillance Recordsnew
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
03-12-2010 8:46 am |
Industry News
Digital Ad Heavyweights Get Behind Real-Time Biddingnew
The New York Times |
03-12-2010 8:32 am |
Industry News
Worcester Mag Editor Departsnew
"This issue marks my last as editor-in-chief of Worcester Mag," Jim Keogh writes. "After a year and a half at the helm, and 23 total years of pushing news for The Holden Landmark Corp., I'm stepping away from journalism and into a new career." The search is on for a replacement. "I leave here feeling proud to be a member of the continuum of reporters, editors, salespeople, designers and, yes, bean counters who have published Worcester Magazine, now 'Mag,' without fail since 1976," Keogh adds. "We do good work here, and the magazine will continue to thrive."
Worcester Mag |
03-11-2010 9:32 am |
Industry News
Michael Musto Releasing New Booknew
Fork on the Left, Knife in the Back "is the latest zippy collection of columns and essays" from the Village Voice nightlife/gossip columnist, according to press materials. Musto, who is currently celebrating his 25th anniversary at the Voice, talks to Black Book about New York nightlife, social networking and writing a daily column. "Sometimes it's on the days that you have nothing to write about that you do your best work because it forces you to dig inside yourself and come up with some high concept," Musto says. "I come up with good stuff like advice to celebrities, telling them how to get a life, or I'll just do questions and let the readers do the work for me." MORE MUSTO: In a video segment, he talks to Streetsblog about his preferred mode of transportation: his bicycle.
Black Book |
03-11-2010 9:08 am |
Industry News
