AAN News
Another Free Daily to Launch in Washington, D.C.new
Journal Newspapers, Inc. will begin distributing the Examiner on Feb. 1, reports the Washington Post. (The Washington Post Co. publishes Express, the District's other free daily.) Journal Newspapers currently publishes free suburban tabloids in Northern Virginia and Maryland, and is owned by Phil Anschutz's Clarity Media Group Inc., which also owns the San Francisco Examiner. In October 2004, Clarity trademarked variations of the Examiner brand using the names of cities nationwide.
Washington Post |
01-04-2005 4:39 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial
Newspapers Make Gains in Political Ad Spendingnew
Now that the election dust has settled, an official tally of gains by medium during the 2004 political contest shows the newspaper industry's effort to hustle for dollars has paid off.
Editor and Publisher |
01-03-2005 10:31 am |
Industry News
Tags: Marketing, Retail Advertising
Westword Wins Utne 2004 Independent Press Awardnew
The Denver-based alt-weekly won the Local/Regional Coverage category of the progressive magazine's competition. According to Utne's Web site, Westword was selected because "the arts coverage is refreshingly unaffected, the columnists routinely surprise, and the award-winning investigative work is as gutsy as it is well written." Nominees for the awards were chosen from among 2,000 alternative media sources.
Utne |
12-29-2004 5:59 pm |
Industry News
New Game Teaches Leadershipnew
Virtual Leader is a simulated, training game that asks you to play pretend (but not necessarily nice) in real-life business situations. Developed by SimuLearn in Norwalk, Conn., the idea is to teach leadership. This is done by dropping the “player” into company meetings in which he or she has to manage relationships and solve problems, with a cast of five—including Rosa Lopez and Will Dunne (an African American).
Fusion |
12-29-2004 10:09 am |
Industry News
Tags: Management
Online Newspapers Drive Vehicle Buyersnew
The Internet's impact as a research tool for car buyers is greater than ever. It is both a persistent influence and a displacement medium for the more traditional ways auto manufacturers and dealers use to reach buyers. CNW Marketing Research of Bandon, Ore., has taken an in-depth look at which media influence buyers at various stages in their purchase decisions, and which formats Internet users consider to be effective.
The Digital Edge |
12-28-2004 9:32 am |
Industry News
Tags: Classified Advertising
Craigslist Costs Newspapers Millions in Ad Revenuenew
Popular community web site Craigslist, which launched in the mid-1990s, has cost newspapers in the San Francisco Bay area from $50 million to $65 million in employment advertising revenue, a consulting group said Monday.
INTERNETWEEK.com |
12-27-2004 6:10 pm |
Industry News
Nashville Scene Suspends Adult Ads During Reviewnew
In the wake of an ad salesperson's arrest on charges of promoting prostitution, the Scene has suspended the personal adult services section of its classified pages. During the suspension, incoming publisher Chris Ferrell will thoroughly review the paper's procedures for running such ads. The decision was made after an undercover police investigation resulted in the arrest of Nels Noseworthy, the Scene's adult ad salesperson, office assistant and receptionist. The probe has its roots in a crackdown on prostitution that began in the late '90s, writes Scene reporter Matt Pulle.
Nashville Scene |
12-22-2004 9:49 pm |
Industry News
Former Voice Writer Jack Newfield Dies of Cancernew
Newsday reports that Newfield -- who worked at the Village Voice from 1964 to 1988, first as a columnist and reporter, and later as senior editor -- died Monday night at the age of 66. After leaving the Voice, he went on to write for the New York Daily News and the New York Post, and was most recently a columnist at the New York Sun. He also authored 10 books, including biographies of Robert Kennedy and Rudy Giuliani. Wayne Barrett, Newfield's colleague at the Voice, tells Newsday: "I think [Newfield] invented a whole new form of personal investigative journalism that was rooted in a consuming ethic and a brilliant search for truth."
Newsday |
12-21-2004 4:08 pm |
Industry News
Tags: The Village Voice, Wayne Barrett
Boston Phoenix Article Ruled Libelousnew
The Boston Globe reports that a jury awarded $950,000 to plaintiff Marc Mandel, a Maryland prosecutor, in his suit against the alt-weekly. In January 2003, Mandel was involved in a bitter custody dispute when the Phoenix published an article detailing allegations that he had sexually abused children from two marriages. He sued for libel in April of that year. According to his attorney, the jury found two of Mandel's claims actionable, one of which was a subheadline reading, "Losing custody to a child molester." Phoenix editor Peter Kadzis says the paper plans to appeal.
Boston Globe |
12-20-2004 3:19 pm |
Industry News
Nashville Scene Ad Exec Charged with Promoting Prostitutionnew
The indictment accuses Nels Noseworthy of promoting prostitution by coordinating the placement of adult ads for the Nashville Scene, reports the Tennessean. The investigation leading to a grand jury's indictment lasted more than a year, and included undercover officers placing ads in the paper that, police contend, Noseworthy knew to be for prostitution. Scene Publisher Albie Del Favero calls the arrest retaliation for a story the paper recently ran about a DUI received by the police chief's son. A police spokesman brands that accusation "ridiculous."
Nashville Tennessean |
12-17-2004 11:28 am |
Industry News
Good Design Gets Museum Show for Amsterdam Weekly
Amsterdam Weekly joins Brazilian flip-flops and biodegradable toilet paper rolls in an exhibition opening Dec. 3 at London's Design Museum.
(FULL STORY)
12-17-2004 5:06 pm |
Press Releases
Tags: Design & Production
Veteran's Wife Thanks "Soldier's Heart" Writer
12-17-2004 3:05 pm |
Letters to the Editor
Tags: Editorial
Changing of the Guard at Boston's Weekly Dig
Growing Weekly Switches Music Editors
(FULL STORY)
12-17-2004 1:12 pm |
Press Releases
Tags: Boston's Weekly Dig
Gary Webb Remembered at Sacramento News & Reviewnew
Investigate reporter Gary Webb is remembered at Sacramento News & Review, where he had been on staff since August 2004. In a special feature, the paper compiles links to his articles, remembrances by friends and colleagues and retrospections upon his body of work. Webb is best known for his "Dark Alliances" series for the San Jose Mercury News and the subsequent (many contend unjust) virulent backlash against it in the mainstream press. A piece by Bill Forman and Melinda Welsh concludes with a transcript of a talk Webb gave in 1999, in which he tells his audience, "It's really kind of scary when you think about how capricious life is sometimes."
Sacramento News & Review |
12-16-2004 4:45 pm |
Industry News
Cell Phone Mergers Not Bad for Newspapers, Yetnew
During the newspaper recession and the last few years of shaky recovery, wireless telephone service providers were aggressive and steady advertisers, all the more important because they pumped up revenues in the anemic national-ad category.But with Wednesday's announcement of the $35 billion merger of wireless giants Sprint and Nextel Communications -- which comes two months after Cingular's $41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless -- newspapers now must ask: With all this consolidation, will cell phone service providers hang up on newspapers?
Editor & Publisher |
12-16-2004 1:14 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Retail Advertising
