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Political Ad Spending Could Hit $1.6 Billion This Yearnew

Advertising Age | 09-14-2006 7:33 am | Industry News

Tags: Retail Advertising

Yahoo Taps Newspaper Vet for New Classifieds Divisionnew

Online Media Daily (reg. req.) | 09-14-2006 7:30 am | Industry News

Tags: Classified Advertising, Electronic Publishing

Traditional Media Takes Large Share of Online Adsnew

Financial Times | 09-14-2006 7:28 am | Industry News

Tags: Electronic Publishing, Management, Marketing

ABC Abandons CPM, Charges Flat Rates for Broadbandnew

Media Daily News (reg. req.) | 09-14-2006 7:26 am | Industry News

Tags: Electronic Publishing, Retail Advertising

New Ruling in High Plains Reader Publisher's Lawsuit

In-Forum reports that the North Dakota Supreme Court has put the legal issues between John Strand and Cass County (mostly) to rest, and "both sides claimed victory." (The article is available here for $1.95.) Strand, the publisher of the High Plains Reader, first sued the county back in 2003, claiming that it illegally demolished a jail without a public vote. The county countersued, alleging Strand was responsible for the costs of delaying the demolition for six days. Strand then alleged that the county was penalizing him for using his right to petition the government. A district court jury last year found that Strand was not responsible for the delays, nor did the county violate his rights, and the state Supreme Court upheld those rulings. However, the justices ruled that the lower court judge did not address all Strand's claims in his motion for attorney's fees, so that question has not been settled. Strand said he was "very relieved" by the verdict, because his legal fees total about $110,000. The High Plains Reader applied for AAN membership in 2002, 2004 and 2005.

09-13-2006 2:49 pm | Industry News

2006 Diversity Internship Recipient Offers a Fresh Perspective

Tasha Ho-Sang (pictured) parlayed an insightful letter to the editor into a summer internship at the Philadelphia City Paper, with funding assistance from AAN's Diversity Internship program. Ho-Sang had a wealth of story ideas, and during her two months at the alt-weekly she was able to develop a few of those ideas into successful articles. "Stories she pitched came from a realm that we wouldn't have found if we hadn't had the chance to bring Tasha on," Managing Editor Brian Hickey says. (FULL STORY)

Amy Gill | 09-13-2006 9:42 am | Association News

Tags: Editorial, Philadelphia City Paper, Tasha Ho-Sang