AAN News
Weekly Paper for College Students Faces Obstacles in Columbus
In September, two media entrepreneurs launched U Weekly, an arts and entertainment paper for students at Ohio State University. As reported in the New York Times, U Weekly has faced resistance from university officials and from Ohio State's traditional, student-run newspaper, The Lantern. The Lantern's faculty advisor comes off as savvy, however, remarking that "competition in journalism is good because it raises the bar and gets folks thinking about how to differentiate publications from others."
U Weekly's owners have successfully launched college weeklies in Baton Rouge, La., and Lexington, Ky., but Columbus already has two alternative weeklies with entertainment coverage: The Other Paper and Columbus Alive.
11-15-2005 4:29 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Circulation
Final Gambit Relief Fund Payments Are Issued
Now that it has distributed a total of $2,797.71 to each of Gambit Weekly's 48 staffers, AAN has closed the relief fund designed to help the paper's employees overcome the blow delivered by Hurricane Katrina. In the 10 weeks since it was established, the Gambit Relief Fund received donations totaling $135,558 from 33 organizations and more than 240 individuals. A complete list of contributors appears at the bottom of the story.
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AAN Staff |
11-15-2005 3:53 pm |
Association News
Tags: Gambit
Village Voice's Schanberg Says New York Magazine "Chose to Omit" the Truthnew
Village Voice (2nd item) |
11-15-2005 2:00 pm |
Industry News
Americans Say Fa-La-La to Holiday Adsnew
Brandweek Magazine |
11-15-2005 8:48 am |
Industry News
Tags: Retail Advertising
Online Newspapers Enjoy Double-Digit Annual Growthnew
Yahoo! News (press release) |
11-15-2005 8:35 am |
Industry News
Tags: Electronic Publishing, Marketing
Katrina Will Cause Media Spending Decline of $1.13 Billion in 2005-06new
eMediaWire (press release) |
11-15-2005 8:33 am |
Industry News
Conference Board: Online Job Ads Took Drastic Fall in Octobernew
Reuters |
11-15-2005 8:29 am |
Industry News
Tags: Classified Advertising, Financial
XM Satellite Radio Launches "Large" Ad Campaign, Includes Newspapersnew
Top40-Charts.com |
11-15-2005 8:26 am |
Industry News
Tags: Retail Advertising
New Information in Sexual Harassment Suit Against the Village Voice
TheSmokingGun.com has posted the July 15 letter that former Voice writer Richard Goldstein received from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in response to his discrimination complaint. In stiff language, the letter provides some details of the Village Voice Media's defense against the charges of sexual harassment and age discrimination before stating that the EEOC was "unable to conclude that the information establishes violations of statutes." The letter also warns Goldstein that he "may only pursue this matter by filing suite (sic)" within 90 days, which he did on Oct. 12. The 14-page complaint that Goldstein filed in court is also posted on the Smoking Gun Web site.
11-14-2005 3:10 pm |
Industry News
Philadelphia City Paper's Editor in Chief Authors 'Gory' Novel
"The Wheelman" is not only Duane Swierczynski's second novel, it's his second novel this year. His first, "Secret Dead Men," was published in January. Reviewer David J. Montgomery called "The Wheelman" a "slim gem of a crime novel" in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Swierczynski is also the author of nonfiction books on the topics of crime, scams, and beer.
11-14-2005 1:33 pm |
Industry News
Pre1 Software Receives Accolades for FileMaker Development Work
First, Pre1 was named one of 25 "Filemaker Partner" companies worldwide in recognition of its six years of SmartPublisher development. Then, at the annual FileMaker Developer's Conference, Pre1 received the "Excellence Award" for being the top revenue generator of all FileMaker developers. Following that recognition, Jim Abeles, Matt Navarre and Mark Jockin of Pre1 were interviewed for this FileMaker-related podcast.
11-14-2005 10:43 am |
Industry News
Tampa's Weekly Planet Deals With Circulation Problemsnew
In a story published Saturday, the alt-weekly and its parent company, Creative Loafing, Inc., announced that return figures had been inaccurate, possibly for years, under former Circulation Director Zarko Bajsanski. The paper has taken steps to correct the problem, including firing Bajsanski and at least one driver. "I feel like I'm a victim in this as well," says publisher Amber Abram. Bajsanski blames the drivers for providing inaccurate return sheets. The Weekly Planet has also dropped its print run from 95,000 to 85,000 copies and eliminated financial incentives for drivers to keep returns low. Advertising materials have not been changed, and the paper's management expects an upcoming Media Audit report to be consistent with the quality of readership figures provided to advertisers.
Weekly Planet |
11-14-2005 10:09 am |
Industry News
Harvey A. Silverglate: Railing Against Injustice
Harvey A. Silverglate brings to his commentary on legal issues for The Boston Phoenix an impressive background. He is not only a journalist but a practicing lawyer, one with an acute sense of the failings of the criminal-justice system. His political column, Freedom Watch, won a 2005 AltWeekly Award. This is the 14th in a "How I Got That Story" series highlighting the AltWeekly Awards' first-place winners.
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Andrew Vanacore |
11-14-2005 8:32 am |
Association News
Weekly Planet Will Address Rumors of Inflated Circulationnew
St. Petersburg Times |
11-14-2005 9:22 am |
Industry News
Hot Housing Market Cools Nationwidenew
Green Bay Press Gazette |
11-14-2005 8:22 am |
Industry News
Tags: Classified Advertising
