AAN News
Westword Joins Fight for Gruesome Prison Videonew
The U.S. Justice Department is refusing to hand over video and images related to a slaying in which two inmates strangled, disemboweled and cannibalized another inmate at a high-security federal prison, despite the fact that they showed them in open court while seeking the death penalty against the killers. Prison Legal News has been fighting to obtain the materials, and the battle is now in front of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. That's where Westword, along with a bevy of other organizations like 60 Minutes, the Associated Press, the American Society of News Editors and the ACLU of Colorado, joined the cause by filing a supporting brief this week. Denver Post columnist Susan Greene says the fed's "hypocritical" claim of privacy rights "seems like an attempt to cover up problems at the high-security U.S. Penitentiary in Florence."
Westword |
03-11-2010 8:50 am |
Industry News
Tags: Management, Westword
Alt-Weeklies Among National Education Reporting Award Winnersnew
Westword's Patricia Calhoun took home a first place win and Willamette Week's Beth Slovic received a special citation at the Education Writers Association's 2009 National Awards for Education Reporting. Calhoun took first in the Small Media: Opinion category for "School Daze," while Slovic was recognized in the Small Media: Feature, News Feature or Issue Package category for "Cheerless."
Education Writers Association |
03-11-2010 8:32 am |
Honors & Achievements
Boise Weekly Folds Quarterly Arts Publicationnew
"Zeal can only take a publication so far in this business before the numbers start to intervene," Weekly editor Rachael Daigle writes. "Last week, the numbers officially intervened, and Idaho Arts Quarterly was quietly laid to rest to live on only in Boise Weekly's archives." The publication was eight years old. "I want to thank all of the people who worked with us to create the latest incarnation of IAQ, particularly the contributing writers and artists," IAQ editor Katy Dang says. "I am extremely proud of what we accomplished."
Boise Weekly |
03-10-2010 3:14 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Management, Boise Weekly
Sacramento Implements Modular News Racks in Downtown Areanew
"Slick, shiny new city-owned newspaper kiosks" have replaced the "untidy clusters of First Amendment funkiness" along K Street in Sacramento, the News & Review reports. The city, which implemented the new racks without consulting local publishers, is contemplating expanding the program citywide. While independent publishers lose the branding of individual boxes, the News & Review's distribution manager points out they save money with the new racks too, since the city is now on the hook for the cost and hassle of maintaining the racks, replacing broken windows and coin boxes and painting over graffiti.
Sacramento News & Review |
03-10-2010 9:49 am |
Industry News
Court: Bay Guardian Gets Half of SF Weekly's Ad Revenuenew
A Superior Court commissioner has ruled the San Francisco Bay Guardian is entitled to half the advertising revenue of the SF Weekly to help collect $21 million in damages after a 2008 jury verdict of illegal price-cutting. Guardian attorney Jay Adkisson says the ad revenue would be "a very significant" amount -- potentially as much as $200,000 a month. Meanwhile, the Weekly's parent company, Village Voice Media Holdings (VVMH), will ask a state appeals court to overturn the ruling. VVMH executive associate editor Andy Van De Voorde says the Weekly will stay in business regardless. The Weekly is also currently in the midst of a separate appeal of the verdict. MORE from Westword.
San Francisco Chronicle |
03-10-2010 8:17 am |
Industry News
How The Stranger Uses 'Social Q&A' to Build Communitynew
The Stranger's "Questionland" is like other web Q&A features like Yahoo Answers, but as publisher Tim Keck points out, the local focus of the Stranger's readership makes it even more valuable. "It's different from throwing a question out into the whole wide world," he tells VentureBeat. "You run into these people on the street, and they know each other."
VentureBeat |
03-09-2010 12:45 pm |
Industry News
San Antonio Current's Covers Have 'Intelligence and Graphic Power'new
Chuck Kerr is the latest alt-weekly art director to have his work spotlighted by Robert Newman on the Society of Publication Designers' blog. Kerr, who won an AltWeekly Award for Cover Design in 2007, says he has a "pretty simple" cover design philosophy -- "sell the story in under five seconds." He adds: "The more complex the story, the more I try to create imagery that elicits an emotional response or plays off a well-known pop culture icon -- anything to plant my idea in the reader's head as quickly and permanently as possible."
Society of Publication Designers |
03-09-2010 8:28 am |
Industry News
Only Three Weeks Left to Register for Columbia's Journalism Career Expo
Registration is open for our annual Career Expo, to be held Sat. March 27, 2010 from 9 - 5 at Columbia University in New York City.
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Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Press Release |
03-09-2010 9:00 am |
Press Releases
Tags: Editorial, Management
Report: Advertisers Will Spend More on Digital Than Print in '10new
Forbes |
03-09-2010 8:44 am |
Industry News
Chicago Reader Publisher Steps Asidenew
Jim Warren, who was named publisher of the Reader last fall, told the paper's staff this morning that he's resigning to take on "enhanced duties" with the Chicago News Cooperative, a public-service news service launched last fall. The interim publisher will be Alison Draper, the former Dallas Observer publisher of the Dallas Observer whom was recently named vice president and chief sales officer of the Creative Loafing papers. MORE: Romenesko has the full memo from Warren.
Chicago Reader |
03-08-2010 3:45 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Management, Chicago Reader
Interpretation of One California Law is Key in SFBG/SF Weekly Casenew
"Both sides appear to agree in court that the case boils down to a fight over whether a pivotal section of California law should protect businesses or consumers," the East Bay Express' Robert Gammon writes in his in-depth update of the legal fight between the San Francisco Bay Guardian and SF Weekly. "If the Weekly wins, it could effectively eviscerate a section of California's Unfair Business Practices law, and thus make it nearly impossible for small, independently owned companies to fight off well-heeled competitors who try to drive them out of business. But if the Guardian wins, it could end up hurting consumers, because corporations may be fearful of offering steep discounts on their products because they will be sued for 'unfair business practices.'"
East Bay Express |
03-05-2010 2:35 pm |
Industry News
VVMH Plans to Roll Out Glossy Covers for All its Publications
SF Weekly's debut of a new four-color glossy cover this week makes it the sixth Village Voice Media Holdings (VVMH) print publication to adopt the sleek, magazine-style format, and the company plans on rolling out glossy covers at all of its publications within the next eighteen to 24 months, according to a release. "The glossy is the next step in our evolution," president and chief operating officer Scott Tobias says in a statement.
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Village Voice Media Holdings Press Release |
03-05-2010 2:30 pm |
Press Releases
AWN Joins Sacramento News & Review in New Green Building
Sponsored post by Associate Member Alternative Weekly Network
After nearly 14 years apart, the Alternative Weekly Network (AWN) and the Sacramento News & Review are once again sharing office space, as AWN has moved into the News & Review's new green building. "We are returning to where it all began," AWN executive director Mark Hanzlik says. Hanzlik adds that in addition to the physical move, the company is currently retooling the AWN website, and upgrading some of the operational processes of the cooperative.
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Alternative Weekly Network Press Release |
03-05-2010 9:22 am |
Press Releases
Marketing Campaign for LEO Weekly Wins Local Ad Award
The LEO campaign, by local agency Red7e, won the Best of Show award, plus individual and campaign golds, at this year's annual Louisville Addy Awards. To see the campaign that won Best of Show, click here. To see other work Red7e did for LEO, click here.
AAN News |
03-05-2010 9:08 am |
Industry News
Michael Musto Celebrates 25 Years at The Village Voice with 'a Simply Marvelous Party'new
The Village Voice |
03-05-2010 9:34 am |
Honors & Achievements
