AAN News
Website Calls for Medical Marijuana Ad Boycott Against L.A. Weeklynew
Just last week we noted that medical marijuana-related advertising was filling up the pages of Denver's Westword; now a medical marijuana website is calling on shops that advertise in L.A. Weekly to pull their ads. The boycott, proposed by the site WeedTRACKER, comes after the paper ran a cover story that looked at Los Angeles' inability to regulate the city's medical marijuana shops. "The person who calls for the boycott obviously wasn't pleased with what we found," Patrick Range McDonald writes, "even though the Weekly takes local politicians to task for allowing non-permitted, opportunistic pot shops to give a compassionate cause -- the legal use of medical marijuana by truly sick people -- a very public black eye."
L.A. Weekly |
12-07-2009 12:43 pm |
Industry News
Study: 40 Percent of Americans Open to Behavioral Targetingnew
A new study from market research firm Synovate finds that 32 percent of Americans would be open to having their web browsing habits monitored if it meant they received ads more relevant to their interests, as long as they couldn't be identified as an actual person by the data collected. Another 8 percent said they would be open to behavioral targeting with "few, if any, concerns," but 35 percent said they weren't interested because of privacy concerns.
Marketing Daily |
12-07-2009 8:03 am |
Industry News
Citysearch Rolls Out Twitter Integration On Business Listing Pagesnew
Online Media Daily |
12-07-2009 8:03 am |
Industry News
Update on the Executive Director Search
On Nov. 20, AAN officially stopped accepting applications for the executive director position. Since then, the Executive
Committee has narrowed a list of more than 75 candidates to a group of
eight individuals. At the same time, the committee created a Hiring Committee to oversee the rest of the process; this newly formed
committee's first task will be further winnowing the group of eight
down to a smaller group of finalists,
who will then be invited to AAN headquarters in Washington, D.C. for
interviews.
(FULL STORY)
AAN |
12-04-2009 11:46 am |
Association News
Westword Cashing In on Medical Marijuana Boomnew
In a report on how Colorado's booming medical marijuana industry is creating a "so called gold rush" for media companies that are accepting advertising from the dispensaries, KUNC's Bente Birkeland says "no newspaper has embraced the industry more than Westword." The Denver alt-weekly "is covered with pages and pages of medical marijuana ads for green docs, natural remedies and alternative healing," KUNC notes. But Poynter's Al Tompkins says that accepting the ads could pose potential problems for newspapers. "The fact is it is still against the law on the federal level," he says. "Even though there is no desire to prosecute it, it is still illegal, and generally it's against the law to be advertising an illegal act."
KUNC |
12-03-2009 10:19 am |
Industry News
NAA Argues Against Opt-In Consent for Behavioral Targetingnew
Online Media Daily |
12-01-2009 9:08 am |
Industry News
Survey: Ad Spending Optimism Returning to Pre-Recession Levelsnew
Media Daily News |
11-30-2009 11:06 am |
Industry News
Registration for Web Publishing and AAN West Conferences Now Open
After a one-year absence, both AAN West and the Web Publishing Conference are returning to the Bay Area this winter. The Web Publishing Conference will take place Jan. 27-29 at the Argonaut Hotel near San Francisco's famed Fisherman's Wharf, and AAN West will happen Jan. 29-30 across the bay in Berkeley.
(FULL STORY)
AAN |
11-23-2009 9:16 pm |
Association News
Movie Studios Spending Less on Advertising, Pushing for More Free Publicitynew
The New York Times |
11-23-2009 8:58 am |
Industry News
Richard Karpel, Erik Wemple Talk About Alt-Media's 'Economic Woes'new
AAN's executive director and Washington City Paper's editor joined the Project for Excellence in Journalism's Mark Jurkowitz and former Washington Blade editor Kevin Naff on a D.C. public-radio show yesterday for a wide-ranging discussion about how the digital transformation, changing demographics and the recession are affecting alternative media.
WAMU-FM |
11-20-2009 12:12 pm |
Industry News
Research: Most Mobile Users Indifferent To Or Don't Want Adsnew
Online Media Daily |
11-20-2009 10:14 am |
Industry News
AdMob Brings Interactive Video Ads to iPhonenew
CNET |
11-18-2009 10:23 am |
Industry News
Google To Acquire Mobile Ad Provider AdMob For $750 Millionnew
Online Media Daily |
11-10-2009 8:35 am |
Industry News
Free Classified Advertising Roundtable Webinar Coming Up
The first in a series of sales webinars exclusively for AAN members -- a Classified Advertising Roundtable -- has been scheduled for Nov. 19 at 2 pm EST. The open, free-wheeling conversation will be moderated by former Austin Chronicle advertising director Carol Flagg. To register for the free webinar, click here.
(FULL STORY)
AAN |
11-09-2009 2:30 pm |
Association News
VVM Building Web Revenues by Collecting Niche Partnersnew
Village Voice Media CEO Jim Larkin tells Forbes that for web revenues, the company is continuing to focus on its "Voice Local Network," which sells ads on niche websites that partner with VVM. Larkin also says that VVM is on track to pull in $120 million in ad revenue this year (down from $141 million last year), and that the company is running at a profit.
Forbes |
11-09-2009 12:33 pm |
Industry News
