AAN News
AAN Announces Film-Industry Event in Los Angeles
On Sept. 14, AAN will host AANtourage, a reception for film-industry ad buyers designed to showcase the alternative-newspaper business and demonstrate gratitude to our clients for their support. AAN members who attend will have an opportunity to schmooze with studio and ad-agency reps while enjoying gourmet food and an open bar poolside at the Bel Age Hotel in West Hollywood. "Many of the regional agencies that we used to visit on a regular basis are no longer placing the media buys (for movies)," notes Austin Chronicle's Carol Flagg. "This party will allow us to introduce ourselves directly to the L.A. agencies that place this business."
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AAN Staff |
07-17-2006 12:05 pm |
Association News
Tags: Retail Advertising
DNA Tests Clear Suspect in Prostitute Killings, L.A. Weekly Reports
Last month when L.A. Weekly broke the story that a police detective had connected the violent deaths of several prostitutes as the work of one individual, Fresno inmate Roger Hausmann was named as the leading suspect. However, L.A. Weekly revealed Friday that a DNA test has subsequently cleared Hausmann, who remains imprisoned on unrelated charges. "Obviously there is still someone out there," said Captain Ed Winter from the L.A. County coroner’s office.
07-17-2006 8:40 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, L.A. Weekly
Through Google, Writer Is Haunted by L.A. Weekly Past
When Kerry Madden wrote "9 Tips for Surviving the Holidays at Your Republican Parents' Home" back in 2004, there was little chance of her computer-illiterate mother finding it. So Madden felt safe including tidbits such as: "When your mother tells you the thing she really admires and finds so clever about Bill O’Reilly is that you can’t tell what he is -- a Democrat, a Republican, a Liberal -- keep the chopping knife steady, focus on the onions and garlic or the gentle rolling of pie dough. Do not make eye contact." (Here, third list.) But times have changed, Madden reports in Sunday's L.A. Times. Her mother recently signed up for high-speed Internet access and began exploring. With a quick search on her daughter's name, she found the L.A. Weekly article about her family. "It wasn't to humiliate or hurt them. It wasn't to attack them," Madden writes. "It wasn't even for their eyes, but Mother found it anyway, googling." Madden reports that she and her parents aren't speaking. The L.A. Times article, which provides further details on the family's political differences, probably won't help.
07-17-2006 4:01 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial
Digg Taps 'The Wisdom of the Crowd' to Prioritize Newsnew
Christian Science Monitor |
07-17-2006 8:13 am |
Industry News
Tags: Electronic Publishing
Marketers Look to Ad Agencies for "Big Ideas"new
Center for Media Research (reg. req.) |
07-17-2006 7:37 am |
Industry News
Newspaper Sites Becoming Hotbed of Experimentationnew
Media Life Magazine |
07-17-2006 7:31 am |
Industry News
Tags: Electronic Publishing
OhMyNews Forum's Lessons on Citizen Journalismnew
Center for Citizen Media |
07-17-2006 7:24 am |
Industry News
Tags: Electronic Publishing
Burst: 74% Use Web to Plan Summer Vacationsnew
iMedia Connections |
07-17-2006 7:08 am |
Industry News
Survey: Online Spending Surges 14%new
Online Media Daily (reg. req.) |
07-17-2006 7:05 am |
Industry News
Online Editors Confirm News Stories' 36-Hour Half-Lifenew
The New York Times (reg. req.) |
07-17-2006 7:05 am |
Industry News
Tags: Electronic Publishing
CBS Delivers Marketing Message on Eggsnew
New York Times (reg. req.) |
07-17-2006 7:00 am |
Industry News
Tags: Marketing
Eccentric Topeka Sex Offender and Lobbyist Profiled by The Pitch Found Dead
Back on Mar. 9, The Pitch's Justin Kendall profiled David Owen, a man convicted of possessing child pornography who later found an unusual purpose in life -- lobbying to reunite the homeless with their families. Kendall detailed the confrontational and occasionally violent encounters Owen had with homeless men, to whom he would offer use of his cell phone. "He estimates that he's been beaten up three or four times. His glasses have been broken and his face bloodied. Owen says his father has bought him a burial plot in Cimarron in case a homeless man kills him," Kendall wrote. The Associated Press reports that "Owen's father was right to worry," because Owen's body was found July 2, and four homeless men have been arrested in his death. A July 13 follow-up story in The Pitch says, "Topeka's David Owen was annoying, but we hope he rests in peace."
07-14-2006 10:49 am |
Industry News
Veteran Santa Barbara News-Press Columnist Moves to Independentnew
After 46 years at the News-Press, Barney Brantingham resigned during a staff exodus last week; he explains why in the Santa Barbara Independent: "You can't do good journalism if you're worried about offending someone 'important.' This, coupled with pressure from the business side, has a chilling, intimidating effect," he writes. He calls the reign of owner Wendy McCaw "Amateur Hour."
The Independent also announces that it has hired Brantingham as a regular columnist, calling him "perhaps Santa Barbara’s most beloved writer."
Santa Barbara Independent |
07-14-2006 4:23 am |
Industry News
Photojournalist Chronicles Daily Paper's Efforts To Integrate Videonew
digicade |
07-14-2006 9:35 am |
Industry News
Tags: Electronic Publishing
Dailies and Yahoo! in Talks to Share Ad Revenuenew
BusinessWeek |
07-14-2006 8:54 am |
Industry News
