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More Newspapers' Web Sites Feature Outside Blogsnew

AP via San Jose Mercury News  |  05-04-2006  6:12 am  |  Industry News

AAN Awards Book Is Semi-Finalist for Independent Publisher Award

"Best AltWeekly Writing and Design 2005" is one of nine semi-finalists in the "Current Events" category of the 2006 IPPY Awards, it was announced today. Winners will be posted online May 10. The Independent Publisher Book Awards were launched in 1996 "to bring increased recognition to the deserving but often unsung titles published by independent authors and publishers."
05-03-2006  2:21 pm  |  Industry News

Early Registration Deadline for the 2006 Annual Convention Is This Friday

To receive a $50 early bird discount, members, associate members, and individual non-members should register online or by fax between now and end of day Friday, May 5. The cost will subsequently increase to $345 for members and $475 for non-members.
05-03-2006  12:58 pm  |  Industry News

Ark. Governor Responds, Says Times Editor 'Is Behaving Like a Hobo'new

In a surprisingly vitriolic statement distributed by e-mail and posted on the Arkansas state Web site, Governor Mike Huckabee addresses complaints he has faced since he dropped Arkansas Times from his official media list. Huckabee claims that Editor Max Brantley "feels he is entitled to special treatment and should be given personal notice every time I conduct interviews with members of the press." A couple of political bloggers have differing opinions of the statement's significance for Huckabee's potential presidential candidacy: On The New Republic Online, Noam Scheiber writes that "You've really got to read the whole thing to appreciate how unhinged he sounds. The tone is not exactly what the political pros refer to as 'presidential.'" Meanwhile, Wonkette, tongue firmly planted in cheek, reaches the opposite conclusion: "So Mike Huckabee is an Arkansas governor with a bad temper and an adversarial relationship with certain media outlets. Perhaps he has a better shot at the presidency than we thought."
Arkansas Governor's Official Web Site  |  05-03-2006  11:33 am  |  Industry News

Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Huckabee Is Being Pettynew

Arkansas Democrat Gazette  |  05-03-2006  1:28 pm  |  Industry News

Advertisers Sue Yahoo! for Syndication Fraudnew

Washington Post  |  05-03-2006  8:40 am  |  Industry News

Santa Fe Reporter Columnist Publishes First Book

Robert Wilder pens a regular column titled "Daddy Needs a Drink" for the Reporter; now he's published a book by the same name that is "a funny look at Wilder’s life with his wife, artist Lala Carroll, and their two children, Poppy and London," according to the weekly. The TV rights have already been sold for adaption into a potential sitcom. The Reporter promoted its own last week with a cover story and a two-chapter excerpt from the book.
05-02-2006  2:37 pm  |  Industry News

Save the Date: Portland in 2007

The 2006 convention is still more than a month away, but plans are already being made for next year. Keep June 14-16, 2007 clear on your calendar -- host paper Willamette Week is promising sunshine, pinot noir, and "a vigorous discussion about the future of independent journalism." (FULL STORY)
Amy Gill  |  05-02-2006  11:49 am  |  Association News

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