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Jackson Free Press Celebrates Its 101st Issuenew

Jackson Free Press  |  07-07-2005  2:06 pm  |  Industry News

Cleveland's Scene Turns 35new

Scene  |  07-07-2005  2:04 pm  |  Industry News

Goldman Sachs Expects Tepid Q2 Resultsnew

Editor & Publisher  |  07-07-2005  1:44 pm  |  Industry News

AAN Moves Headquarters Office

The new address is 1250 Eye Street, N.W., Suite 804, Washington, D.C. 20005, and the phone number is (202) 289-8484.
07-06-2005  12:27 am  |  Industry News

Parlez-vous Real Es-Speak?new

The Free Lance-Star  |  07-06-2005  3:57 pm  |  Industry News

Strike Averted: Village Voice Reaches Agreement with Unionnew

The New York Times  |  07-05-2005  3:53 pm  |  Industry News

Classified Ventures Buys Real Estate Sitenew

Online Media Daily  |  07-05-2005  8:04 am  |  Industry News

AAJ Grads Grab 2005 AltWeekly Awards

Both Ayana Taylor and Michael Marsh (pictured) attended the Academy for Alternative Journalism at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. Funded by AAN and its Alternative Newsweekly Foundation, the six-week summer program teaches students how to pick and structure stories, and it apparently teaches skills necessary for award-winning writing. (FULL STORY)
Lindsay Kishter  |  07-01-2005  2:54 pm  |  Association News

AltWeeklies.com’s Traffic Triples in June

After more than doubling in May, AltWeeklies.com’s traffic more than tripled in June. It had a record 73,051 unique visitors, with an average of 3,607 visits a day. Most of the increase can be credited to the free teasers of AltWeeklies content that Cincinnati CityBeat and Boise Weekly have put on their Web sites.
07-01-2005  1:46 pm  |  Industry News

AAN CAN Sales Contest Heats Up

Nine contestants are vying for the grand prize, which includes a free trip for two to New York and $3,000 cash. Jockeying for position as the July 29 finish line approaches are Micah Bellieuh of Boston Phoenix; Marc Desilets of Tucson Weekly; Clare Nisbet of Santa Barbara Independent; Shelby Kapka of San Luis Obispo New Times; Robby Robbins of Independent Weekly; Kenneth Roberts of Tucson Weekly; Kathleen Schroer of The Athens News; Mark Stevens of Independent Weekly; and Joel Valez-Stokes of New Times Broward-Palm Beach. Collectively, the contestants have sold more than $44,000 of national and regional ads to new clients, and earned more than $11,000 in commissions for their papers. With four weeks remaining in the contest, it’s not too late to join the race. Contact Tiffany Kildale at tkildale@aan.org for more information.
07-01-2005  11:30 am  |  Industry News

Taking Care of Business: AAN's Annual Meeting

Wells Dunbar  |  07-01-2005  1:21 pm  |  Association News

Dan Savage, Steve Bogira to Present at AAN/Medill Writers Workshop

Savage is editor of The Stranger and author of the ubiquitous Savage Love, and Bogira is a staff writer for the Chicago Reader and author of the recently released and highly-praised "Courtroom 302: A Year Behind the Scenes in an American Criminal Courthouse." Also on tap: Mike Sager ("Scary Monsters and Super Freaks: Stories of Sex, Drugs, Rock 'n Roll and Murder"), an award-winning writer for Esquire magazine who started his journalism career at Creative Loafing. The workshop will be held at the Medill School of Journalism on the Northwestern Univ. campus on Aug. 12-13; registration materials will be issued next week.
06-30-2005  5:03 pm  |  Industry News

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