AAN News
AAN Says TomPaine.com Piece "Filled With Misinformation"new
Responding to Michael Ryan's "It's Not Norman Mailer's Village Voice Anymore," which uses the anti-trust investigation of the New Times-Village Voice deal as a platform to excoriate alternative newspapers, AAN Executive Director Richard Karpel says, "The Village Voice and New Times are for-profit companies subject to the same economic rules as every other business: Their papers need to make money so they can pay employees and vendors, and if they don't they have to shut down."
TomPaine.com |
12-03-2002 6:31 pm |
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Chicago Free Papers Hold Up in Downturnnew
While publicly traded media companies are laying off employees and warning Wall Street of sharply diminished returns, Chicago's free circulation papers are holding their own, Kathy Bergen of the Chicago Tribune reports. "There isn't the voracious need to satisfy shareholders and start making layoffs," Richard Karpel, executive director of AAN, tells the Trib. Chicago Reader Publisher Jane Levine tells Bergen: "Our total revenue in 2001 will be about even with 2000, and I feel blessed for that."
Chicago Tribune |
12-11-2001 9:31 am |
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AAN Seeks Input on New Programs
Board to consider options for use of surplus
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AAN Staff |
10-02-2001 2:44 pm |
Association News
DesertNet Building New AAN Web Site
AAN has hired Tucson-based DesertNet to redesign the association's website, making it more powerful and user-friendly than the current site, AAN Executive Director Richard Karpel announced today.
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AAN Staff |
06-15-2001 11:51 am |
Association News
Editorial Contest Renamed "Alternative Newsweekly Awards"
AAN decided not to name its annual editorial contest after Seldes because a significant number of AAN members, given a choice between Seldes and fellow late journalist Andrew Kopkind, voted in favor of not naming the contest at all.
(FULL STORY)
AAN Staff |
05-23-2001 11:51 am |
Association News
AAN Hires Communications Director
Lyda Phillips will handle AAN News, PR effort.
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AAN Staff |
04-23-2001 11:50 am |
Association News
Members to Name Editorial Contest
George Seldes or Andrew Kopkind to be honored.
(FULL STORY)
AAN Staff |
04-04-2001 11:51 am |
Association News
AAN Rebates $140,000 to Member Papers
Payments distributed to AAN CAN participants.
(FULL STORY)
Christine Iwan |
10-17-2000 11:50 am |
Industry News
AAN Classified Network Passes $200K Revenue Mark
Advertisers respond favorably to national classified program.
(FULL STORY)
Christine Iwan |
05-18-2000 11:49 am |
Industry News
AAN Classified Ad Network Studied
Program Would Be Complex, But Could Generate Valuable Revenue Stream.
(FULL STORY)
Cory Zurowski |
11-02-1998 11:51 am |
Industry News
AAN/Medill Writing Workshop Scheduled
Alex Kotlowitz, Steve Albini, Four AAN Editors to Speak in Evanston Sept. 18-20.
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AAN Staff |
08-06-1998 11:51 am |
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