AAN News
San Diego CityBeat asks Mayor Murphy to Resign
04-25-2005 3:17 pm |
Press Releases
Study: Marketers Care More About Media Targeting Than Costnew
Media Daily News |
04-24-2005 3:25 am |
Industry News
Tags: Retail Advertising
Gannett Creates Free-Paper Distribution Company in Greenville
TDN was launched last year by the local Gannett daily, The Greenville News, and now controls about 400 retail locations in the area. Many of those retailers had previously distributed now-defunct AAN member MetroBeat for free, but when TDN took over, MetroBeat was forced out, making way for Gannett's faux-alt Link, and several other free publications. Alt-weeklies across the country are increasingly facing similar exclusive rack programs operated by large companies like Trader and DistribuTech. Marty Levine reports on how some AAN papers are working around -- or making the most of -- the arrangement.
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Marty Levine |
04-22-2005 6:06 pm |
Industry News
Apple Suit Explores Boundaries of "Journalism"new
Los Angeles Times |
04-22-2005 4:31 pm |
Legal News
DEADLINE: Early-Bird Registration Rates Expire April 22
Friday, April 22, is the final day to take advantage of early-registration bargain rates for this year's annual convention. Members and non-members who register before the close-of-business tomorrow will save $50 per attendee. For details, visit our San Diego Convention Web site and download a registration form.
04-21-2005 10:44 am |
Industry News
AltWeeklies.com Now Has RSS Feeds
The Association of Alternative Newsweeklies' story-sharing site now offers a variety of RSS feeds. Subscribers may choose to receive all newly posted articles, just those from a particular section, or all highlighted articles. Click here to subscribe to a feed, to see a list of RSS readers and to read about RSS technology.
04-20-2005 6:04 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Electronic Publishing
MetroBEAT, Battered, Stops the Presses
To outsiders, this month's closing of the Greenville, S.C., alt-weekly must have seemed sudden. There wasn't a farewell issue or ceremonious departure. But for insiders, the demise of the paper played out over months, if not years.
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Joy Howard |
04-19-2005 6:13 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Management, MetroBEAT
UK Daily Publishes Negative Article About Alt-Weeklies
"That Was the Weekly That Was," (registration required) published yesterday in leftist daily The Guardian, was penned by former New York Press editor Jeff Koyen. While the bulk of Koyen's piece is a strongly worded rehash of the by-now-cliched mainstream media take on the subject, he did add a few original tidbits. For instance, Koyen claims that alt-weeklies "paved the way for day time television, foul-mouthed primetime sitcoms and -- last, but by no means least -- blogs." Daytime TV? Sitcoms? Gotta confess we haven't heard that one before. And then there's his take on prostitutes. According to Koyen, their "revenue is crucial" to the alt-weekly biz, but they're "abandoning these libertarian print outposts as word gets around that their johns are being busted." And I believe this is the first time a journalist has ever hinted darkly about AAN's intentions in amending its bylaws, or reported rumors of a New Times-Village Voice Media marriage based on "fresh reports of closed-door meetings and furrowed editorial brows." Most remarkable, however, is that in an article in which the Voice is often portrayed in a negative light, the Guardian failed to inform its readers that until last month Koyen was employed by the Voice's primary competitor. -- Richard Karpel
04-19-2005 4:29 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Management
Alt-Weeklies Running Out of Steam?new
The Guardian |
04-19-2005 2:23 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Management
Riverfront Times Writer Nominated for RNA Award
Ben Westhoff, a staff writer at the St. Louis alt-weekly, has been nominated for the Religion Newswriters Association's Templeton Story of the Year award for a feature titled "Jesus For Juniors," which ran on June 23. Read RNA's announcement here.
04-18-2005 6:03 pm |
Industry News
Recruiter Demand for Applicants with MBAs on the Risenew
After a lull in demand for people with master's degrees in business administration, companies are once again looking for folks who have MBAs.
MSNBC |
04-18-2005 10:14 am |
Industry News
Tags: Classified Advertising
Study: Local Shoppers Turn to Web, TV, Newspapersnew
Local marketers who advertise on the Internet shouldn't be too quick to abandon newspaper, television, and other forms of traditional media--at least going by the results of the recently released Dieringer Research Group report, "How Consumers Use Media To Make Local Purchase Decisions."
Online Media Daily |
04-18-2005 10:00 am |
Industry News
Tags: Retail Advertising
Senate Restores Exception to "Do Not Fax" Rulenew
Independent Sector |
04-18-2005 12:53 pm |
Legal News
Tags: Marketing
2005 Alt-Weekly Awards: Dispatch from the PDF Trauma Center
Months ago, AAN Editor Ruth Hammond was carried away by a flood of tearsheets and PDF files. She reappears with this behind-the-scenes look at the Alternative Newsweekly Awards contest, for which she's served as administrator and medic.
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Ruth Hammond |
04-15-2005 4:30 pm |
Association News
Tags: Editorial, Ruth Hammond
Alt-Weeklies Dominate Green Eyeshade Nominations
The Society of Professional Journalists announced the 2004 Green Eyeshade Award finalists yesterday, and AAN papers received 17 of the 27 nominations in the weekly/monthly division. According to SPJ, the Green Eyeshades "have honored the best in professional journalism in 11 southeastern states for 55 years." New Times Broward-Palm Beach and its sister paper, Miami New Times, did particularly well, receiving eight and five nominations, respectively. (NTBPB swept the nominations in the sports reporting category.) Independent Weekly's FEMA story, which ran in over 20 AAN papers this fall as part of an editorial joint project, was nominated in the investigative reporting category. Here's SPJ's announcement.
04-15-2005 12:49 pm |
Industry News
