AAN News
Mother Jones Offers Free Content to AAN Papers
The independent nonprofit magazine's gratis offer includes a recurring graphically-oriented feature called Exhibit, which presents an intriguing array of statistics on different subjects each issue. The current piece, from the magazine's March/April issue, is This New House, which overlays a series of factoids about the environmental and social footprint of huge suburban homes on a cutaway illustration of a McMansion. (The only charge for this particular piece is a $50 or $75 illustrator's fee.) For an example of how one AAN paper used the piece, see the City Newspaper story, "Supersizing the American Home," which is featured this week on AltWeeklies.com. For more details on the program, contact Richard Reynolds at reynolds@motherjones.com.
04-15-2005 12:28 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial
Des Moines Daily to Unveil Faux Altnew
TheIowaChannel.com |
04-15-2005 5:53 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Management
Montana Close to Passing Legal-Notices Law
Spurred by the lobbying effort of Missoula Independent publisher Matt Gibson, a bill extending legal-notice advertising to free-circulation newspapers passed the Montana state legislature yesterday. The bill must now be signed by Governor Brian Schweitzer to become law. Ironically, Gibson's primary opposition was the Montana Newspaper Association, for which he serves as a member of the board of directors. According to Gibson, a former member of the AAN Board, "AAN publishers need to be alerted to the practical reality that a periodical mailing permit, as commonly required in legal notice statutes, accomplishes very little to protect the people’s right to know. It does not ensure minimum reach or distribution, nor does it require independent verification of circulation. It's superfluous, and legislators can be convinced to change to law."
04-14-2005 1:01 pm |
Industry News
66 Papers Participate in Financial Standards Survey
Financial consultant Seija Goldstein reports that the number of papers participating this year in AAN's annual financial benchmarking study declined slightly from the previous year's total of 69. Since 1999, the number of AAN members participating in the survey has held relatively steady, from a high of 73 papers in 2002 to this year's low of 66. Survey results will be mailed to participants two weeks prior to the AAN Convention in San Diego.
04-14-2005 12:17 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Financial, Management
Rating the Value of Section Pricingnew
Facing an ever-growing number of media competitors, a handful of daily newspapers have recently taken a page from their broadcast brethren. Rather than charging advertising rates based loosely on their total print circulation, the common metric employed throughout the industry, each paper is experimenting with a rate structure based on the number of people who are actually reading or using each individual section.
Presstime |
04-14-2005 9:54 am |
Industry News
Schedule Announced for Columbus Deep Focus Film Festival
04-14-2005 2:15 pm |
Press Releases
Tags: Columbus Alive
Prof's Study: Chicago Faux Alts Succeedingnew
Editor & Publisher |
04-14-2005 10:37 am |
Industry News
What Does RSS Mean for Alt-Weeklies?
An increasing number of media Web sites, including those of alternative weeklies, are exploiting the potential of RSS feeds to improve online traffic and visibility. AAN News takes a look at the benefits and drawbacks of these one-click wonders.
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Joy Howard |
04-13-2005 12:42 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Electronic Publishing, Management
Southland Publishing Launches New Magazine
Arroyo Monthly is direct mailed targeting affluent San Gabriel Valley residents
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04-13-2005 2:06 pm |
Press Releases
Greenville, SC's MetroBeat Shuttered
Editor James Shannon announced yesterday that 20,000-circulation MetroBeat has ceased publication. The paper was known as Creative Loafing-Greenville until its sale by that chain to its founder, Debby Eason, in August, 2001. Of the 14 papers that applied for AAN membership in 2002, MetroBeat was the only one that was accepted. A letter from Shannon announcing that he will continue the publication as an online magazine is posted at MetroBeat.net .
04-12-2005 11:16 am |
Industry News
Boston Phoenix to Unveil "Major Redesign" in Junenew
Boston Herald |
04-11-2005 2:30 pm |
Industry News
Schanberg Takes Over as Voice Media Criticnew
New York Post |
04-11-2005 12:33 pm |
Industry News
Massive Expands Videogame Ad Networknew
In a nod to the popularity of video games, Massive Incorporated, a video game advertising network, today will announce the signing of 12 new advertisers, including Paramount Pictures, which will promote the movies "The Longest Yard," "Aeon Flux," and "The War of the Worlds." Other advertisers include Coca-Cola, Intel Corp, Universal Pictures, Comcast G4, Nestle, Honda, T-Mobile, UPN, New Line Cinema, Verizon DSL, and Dunkin' Donuts.
Media Daily News |
04-10-2005 12:00 pm |
Industry News
Welcome to the New AAN Web Site
For years now, AAN.org has had interesting features and content, but a great deal of it was hidden behind an opaque interface. The redesign unveils these formerly hidden features; starting today, you should be able to figure out how to use them without an instruction manual. There's still work to do, but the redesigned site clearly is simpler, requires less scrolling, and offers faster access to important content. Also new: AAN Wire and the AAN Library.
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Richard Karpel |
04-10-2005 12:37 am |
Association News
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