AAN News
Jackson Free Press Presents 2004 Youth Voting Rally
09-27-2004 3:56 pm |
Press Releases
Tags: Marketing, Jackson Free Press
New York Press Co-Founder Says Weeklies "At a Crossroads"new
Russ Smith, founder of Baltimore City Paper and co-founder of New York Press, talks to Gawker about the state of alternative papers. He thinks the industry is dealing with "the brain drain of talented youngsters who, 20 years ago, would be fresh blood but are now involved with Internet projects." Smith then tells writers Andrew Krucoff and Chris Gage that editors hoping to sustain alt-weekly success need to "focus on the quality of writing, rather than knee-jerk politics and Quentin Tarantino hagiography."
Gawker |
09-24-2004 6:47 pm |
Industry News
Boulder Weekly Columnist Hammers Home a Pointnew
Wayne Laugesen of Colorado's Boulder Weekly believes there are times when a member of the media must cease being a spectator and take action. As such, he traded his usual pen for a sledgehammer and smashed a bunch of windows, reports Westword media critic Michael Roberts. Laugesen felt that an order directing homeowner Paul Wenig to reinstall antiquated windows he'd removed from his historic residence needlessly endangered two children who lived there. To Laugesen, destroying the windows was the obvious solution. Of the incident, he wrote in his Sept. 9 column: "Every broken window was a score for fatherhood, husbandry, and God-given liberty."
Westword |
09-24-2004 6:43 pm |
Industry News
Offshore Gambling Ads a Bad Bet
Alice Neff Lucan |
09-24-2004 10:41 am |
Legal News
"Bottom-Up" Collaboration Yields FEMA Story for AAN Papers
Ryan Learmouth |
09-23-2004 11:56 am |
Association News
Industry Identifies $50 Billion in Ad Wastenew
For years Madison Avenue's leading thinkers have pondered the same fundamental question: How much of their advertising actually works? In what is likely the grandest post-buy analysis of all time, the Advertising Research Foundation this week will release findings of a review of more than a dozen of the most sophisticated cross-media case studies ever conducted. Its conclusion: About $50 billion in U.S. ad spending is "wasted." That figure equates to about 18.8 percent of the $266 billion in U.S. ad spending estimated by Universal McCann for 2004, but the precise number isn't as important as the fact that the ad industry now claims to have identified some of its biggest and most obvious areas of waste.
Media Daily News |
09-21-2004 9:55 am |
Industry News
Goldman Sachs Calls Newspaper Ad Trends "Sloppy"new
Any goodwill towards newspaper companies for strong performances in August may be short-lived. September is more than halfway through and already several companies are warning that in the end it won't look pretty.
Editor & Publisher |
09-21-2004 9:52 am |
Industry News
Phoenix Articles Lead to Newly Released Book
09-21-2004 2:50 pm |
Press Releases
Tags: Editorial, Boston Phoenix
Alt-Weekly Writers Bag Book Deals
Freelance journalist Becky Oberg wanted to expand her reportage for NUVO, an Indianapolis alt-weekly, into a book. Carlo DeVito, publisher of Chamberlain Bros., a Penguin imprint, was looking for new projects. Despite the fact that Oberg was, in her words, "an unknown, unagented, first-time author," DeVito called her and asked if she'd turn her story about an Army private's desertion to Canada via an "underground railroad" into a book. Why was a publisher scouring alt-weeklies for book ideas? Says DeVito: "We're always looking for a good story and a new point of view, and that's what a lot of these papers express."
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Joy Howard |
09-20-2004 4:02 pm |
Industry News
In Harm's Way, Alt-Weeklies Weather Hurricanes
Readers of Gambit Weekly, New Times Broward-Palm Beach, Miami New Times, Weekly Planet (Tampa), Weekly Planet (Sarasota), Folio Weekly and Orlando Weekly have lately seen Mother Nature at her worst. Distributed in areas affected by the hurricanes that have pounded Florida and surrounding states since August, these alt-weeklies have come out on schedule -- thanks to determined staffers and contingency plans.
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Ann Hinch |
09-17-2004 6:06 pm |
Industry News
Westword Editor Boards the Silver City Expressnew
Patricia Calhoun, editor of Denver's Westword, joined director John Sayles and others associated with his new film, Silver City, on a promotional tour through Colorado. She has a cameo appearance as a journalist in the film. From her seat on the Silver City Express bus, she observes what happens as the movie premieres in several cities. Also on the tour was cartoonist Tom Tomorrow, whose work appears in many alt-weeklies.
Westword |
09-16-2004 5:12 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Westword, Patricia Calhoun
AAN Member to Address State Press Association Conventionnew
Catherine Nelson, associate publisher of AAN member Shepherd Express in Milwaukee, Wis., is scheduled to deliver a lecture titled "There Are Alternatives" at the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association convention next month. The PNA Web site describes Nelson, who was formerly publisher of two Pittsburgh alt-weeklies that went out of business, as "an industry guru on alternative papers." In addition to her position at Shepherd Express, Nelson presently serves as publisher of the new, daily-owned Core Weekly, which competes with AAN member Isthmus in Madison, Wis. (Scroll down the linked page to read about Nelson's lecture.)
Pennsylvania Newspaper Association |
09-16-2004 3:01 pm |
Industry News
New Times and VVM Face New Lawsuit over L.A.-Cleveland Dealnew
Twelve former employees of the Cleveland Free Times have filed a lawsuit in Ohio against New Times and Village Voice Media, reports the San Francisco Bay Guardian. The suit is the latest fallout from an October 2002 deal between the two companies that shuttered Free Times and New Times Los Angeles. The deal led to a Justice Department antitrust investigation that culminated in a consent decree in which neither company admitted guilt. The suit alleges that the workers who lost their jobs when the two papers closed were terminated illegally; the lawyer who filed the suit is seeking class-action certification.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
09-16-2004 3:55 pm |
Industry News
