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Analysts Concerned If Newspaper Industry Can Make Transitionnew

Editor & Publisher | 06-23-2006 8:18 am | Industry News

Cancer Lobby to Run Ad Campaign in LA Weeklynew

Cosmetics Design | 06-23-2006 8:15 am | Industry News

New Canadian Alt-Weekly To Launch Next Month

The Scope will be run by three staffers from Editor Elling Lien's apartment in St. John's, Newfoundland. CBC Radio reports that Lien was inspired by the Montreal Mirror and that the new weekly will include "articles on such subjects as food and sex." St. John's already has two free publications, Current and Express.

06-22-2006 1:40 pm | Industry News

Tags: Circulation, Financial, Management

Little Rock and Back Againnew

The Independent News was not admitted as an AAN member this year, but its representatives decided to stick around Little Rock anyway, "to meet as many people as we could, learn as much as possible and have as much fun as we could stand." Judging by this week's cover story, mission accomplished. Editor Duwayne Escobedo includes trivia (the Rolling Stones stayed in the same hotel in March, and didn't tip well) and advice gleaned from seminars (alt-weeklies can go too far!?). "There's no question about it," Escobedo says. "Our next road trip is to Portland, Ore., in 2007 for the next AAN annual convention."

Independent News | 06-22-2006 11:40 am | Association News

Westword Pranks 'The Real World' -- Sort Of

"The Real World" is filming its next season in Denver, and according to writer Jared Jacang Maher, the Westword crew "desperately wanted to be a part of this celestial sphere of reality television." They put together a fake cast, added cameramen, producers, and security, and hit the town. Young Denverites in bars reacted as you might expect, hurling insults, mugging for the camera, and hitting on the cast. They even encountered a legitimate MTV celebrity -- Holly Shand from "Road Rules: Latin America." The cast also filmed fake "confessionals" and edited the footage into a four-minute "episode," available for download here in MP4 format.

06-22-2006 9:56 am | Industry News

Tags: Design & Production, Editorial, Electronic Publishing, Westword

Jay Leno Finds Humor in Clinton's Speech

Ira Hocut, production manager for Arkansas Times, tells AAN News that Jay Leno referenced Clinton's speech in his monologue on Tuesday. According to Hocut, the joke went something like this: "Clinton gave a speech this weekend where he said that if Hillary were President, that he'd do whatever she wanted him to do. Yeah, right! Why start now?"

06-22-2006 7:57 am | Industry News