AAN News
Weekly Dig Welcomes Compatriots to DNC 2004
06-17-2004 7:15 am |
Press Releases
Tags: Boston's Weekly Dig
National Critics Association Has First Alt-Weekly Leader
06-16-2004 4:43 pm |
Press Releases
Tags: Cincinnati CityBeat
Bloggers Contribute to Coverage of Latino Issues
06-16-2004 3:36 pm |
Letters to the Editor
Creative Loafing Seeks to Be Free of Cox Enterprisesnew
Ben Eason, CEO of Creative Loafing Inc., confirmed last week that his company's board has agreed to buy out Cox's minority stake in the alt-weekly chain, Steve Fennessy reports in Creative Loafing Atlanta. In addition to the Atlanta paper, the alt-weekly chain publishes newspapers in Charlotte, Tampa and Sarasota. Cox bought a 25 percent stake in Creative Loafing in 2000, but friction resulted when the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, a Cox-owned daily, launched its own free entertainment weekly last year. Eason says that if all goes well, the deal could be completed by mid-July.
Creative Loafing Atlanta |
06-15-2004 8:24 pm |
Industry News
Latino Coverage Is Crucial for Many Alt-Weeklies
According to the latest U.S. census, Latinos are now the country's largest
minority group. With this in mind, the question of how alt-weeklies serve
this important segment of the population becomes one of increased urgency. Marty Levine reports for AAN News on how papers from Miami, Fla., to Columbus, Ohio, to Orange County, Calif., are addressing the issue of Latino coverage in their area. It may surprise no one that, for each paper, the questions
-- as well as the answers -- are unique to the community they serve.
(FULL STORY)
Marty Levine |
06-15-2004 6:06 pm |
Industry News
14 Candidates Running for Election to AAN Board
06-14-2004 6:21 pm |
Association News
Survey: Papers Could Do Better with Ad Salesnew
As advertising springs back, here's something newspapers should keep in the back of their minds: Sixty-seven percent of marketers surveyed indicated that newspapers and magazines could do a better job selling themselves against other media, especially television, according to the Association of National Advertisers, which released its findings today.
Editor & Publisher |
06-11-2004 3:04 pm |
Industry News
Pulp, a Pittsburgh Arts and Entertainment Weekly, Is Extinguishednew
Citing economic reasons, the general manager of Indiana Printing and Publishing Co. Inc. told Pittsburgh Business Times that the last issue of the arts and entertainment paper is on the streets this week. The two-year-old Pulp was unable to compete successfully for advertising with the larger and more established Pittsburgh City Paper, an AAN member owned by Steel City Media.
Pittsburgh Business Times |
06-11-2004 2:11 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Pittsburgh City Paper
Anti-War Fathers Remember Sons Lost to Warnew
Fathers Day is not an easy time for children who've lost their dads, but it is especially difficult for dads who have lost their children, as hundreds of fathers have during the conflict in Iraq. Paul Rockwell reports on some of those bereaved men in San Luis Obispo New Times this week. He tells of Bill Mitchell, who was carrying a protest sign reading "Bring my son home now" a week before his son, Sgt. Michael Mitchell, was killed attempting a rescue in Iraq. Find Rockwell's stories and more at AltWeeklies.com.
Rise in Tech Ad Spending Expectednew
The newspaper industry is starting to feel the effects of a rebound as overall spending on equipment and technology is expected to go up 74.1%, according to the Newspaper Association of America's annual Capital Equipment Expenditures Survey. The total amount projected for 2004 is $623.8 million, up from $358.3 million of actual spending in 2003. A total of 179 newspapers responded to the survey.
Editor & Publisher |
06-10-2004 11:20 am |
Industry News
Video Games for Social Changenew
These days, advertisers brand interactive games to promote their wares, the U.S. Army uses them for recruitment, and police departments employ them to run virtual drills. Now, some groups are educating with Web games to promote social and policy issues. Serious Games themes range from HIV/AIDS and poverty to public policy and New York City's budget.
Media Daily News |
06-10-2004 11:17 am |
Industry News
Westword's Laura Bond Wins Casey Medalnew
The Denver alt-weekly writer won a 2004 medal in the nondaily newspaper category for her story “Nowhere Boy,” which chronicles the struggle of an adoptive family to obtain mental health services for their severely emotionally troubled son. The article "touches on funding of the mental-health system, high-risk adoption and the various mental disorders and conditions linked to fetal alcohol syndrome. It’s a compelling subject done nicely," the judges commented. The awards are sponsored by the Casey Journalism Center on Children and Families.
Casey Journalism Center |
06-10-2004 8:16 am |
Industry News
Alt-Weekly Commentators Don't Remember Reagan So Wellnew
The opinion pieces about the late president are missing the sentimentality found in much of the media this week. Recalled not so fondly are the Iran-contra affair, appointments of right-wingers to the bench, attacks on welfare mothers, soaring deficits and trickle-down economics. Political commentaries can be found in the Opinion section of AltWeeklies.com.
Westword Writer Ties for a First in Livingston Awardsnew
The Denver alt-weekly's Julie Jargon, 29, tied for first in the national reporting category for "The War Within," a series on rape of female cadets at the United States Air Force Academy. The Livingston Awards are given only to journalists under the age of 35. The $10,000 awards are the largest all-media, general-reporting prizes in the country.
The Livingston Awards Site |
06-09-2004 12:57 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Westword, Julie Jargon
Columnists Cover Media's Dark Underbelly and Successes, Too
Someone's got to keep an eye on the Fourth Estate. Media columnists at AAN papers, like The Village Voice's Cynthia Cotts and Westword's Michael Roberts, tackle the challenge of covering the local journalism scene without coming across as too tedious or self-absorbed. John Dicker reports for AAN News on several columnists who make meaty stories of plagiarism scandals, stiffed freelancers and toppled editors.
(FULL STORY)
John Dicker |
06-09-2004 12:04 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial
