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AAN Board Member to Step Down as CEO of New Mass. Medianew

On July 30, Fran Zankowski is leaving his role as chief executive officer of the company that publishes the Hartford Advocate, the New Haven Advocate and the Fairfield County Weekly, all in Connecticut, and the Valley Advocate in Massachusetts. He has been CEO of New Mass. Media since 1999, when the company was purchased by The Hartford Courant. Zankowski chairs the AAN board's Organization and Bylaws Committee, whose proposed amendments to the AAN bylaws were accepted at the annual membership meeting in June. He is also a member of the Admissions Committee.
The Hartford Courant Press Release  |  07-08-2004  2:38 pm  |  Industry News

Publisher Says She's Creating an Alternative to Alternativesnew

Catherine M. Nelson, publisher of Madison's new Core Weekly, tells reporter Judy Newman of the Wisconsin State Journal that she's not going after readers of AAN member Isthmus. But Isthmus publisher Vince O'Hern says it's obvious that the arts-and-entertainment paper backed by Capital Newspapers will try to challenge the 28-year-old weekly. In the face of competition, alt-weeklies have to be sharp and good at what they're doing, he says.
Wisconsin State Journal  |  07-08-2004  11:48 am  |  Industry News

Boulder to Get New Daily-Owned Youth-Oriented Papernew

Dirt is the name of the free weekday newspaper Boulder Publishing Co. will debut Aug. 20. The paper, which is geared toward the 18- to 24-year-old market, will be distributed in and around the University of Colorado campus, reports the Daily Camera, which is also owned by Boulder Publishing. The new paper will compete in the same market as AAN member Boulder Weekly.
The Daily Camera  |  07-08-2004  11:23 am  |  Industry News

Daily Newspaper Publisher to Launch Free Weekly in Madisonnew

Capital Newspapers, the publisher of The Capital Times and the Wisconsin State Journal, is investing in a new arts and entertainment weekly to be distributed in the same city as longtime AAN member Isthmus. The youth-oriented Core Weekly will launch in late August, The Capital Times announced. Catherine Nelson, associate publisher of Milwaukee's The Shepherd Express, has been named Core Weekly's publisher.
The Capital Times  |  07-07-2004  5:31 pm  |  Industry News

Political Ads to Flow Online Via 527'snew

The word on the street (K Street) is that cash from 527 group coffers will start to flow online just as the broadcast ad ban hits, 60 days prior to the election. Dollars from these tax-exempt issue advocacy and voter mobilization organizations have already begun to trickle toward the 'Net, albeit tentatively. Prominent groups like America Coming Together and The Club for Growth, as well as lesser-knowns such as The Committee for the Advancement of Stem Cell Research, are poised to--or are currently running--Web ad campaigns.
Media Daily News  |  07-06-2004  9:48 am  |  Industry News

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