AAN News
Online Classifieds Firm Adstar Looks for Capitalnew
Facing growing losses, electronic ad-submission
service provider AdStar Inc. announced Tuesday
it risks possible delisting from Nasdaq after its
shareholder equity fell below the minimum listing
requirement of $2.5 million. AdStar's shareholder
equity stood at $2.08 million as of June 30.
Editor & Publisher |
09-25-2003 9:06 am |
Industry News
The Stranger's Leaders Avoid the Pollsnew
Dan Savage (in photo) and Tim Keck
haven't fully participated in the electoral
process lately, and their cross-town rivals are
calling
them on
it. Seattle Weekly's Mark Fefer culled
county voting records and determined that Editor
Savage missed several recent elections and
Publisher
Keck isn't registered to vote. Fefer contrasts their
actions with The Stranger's brash
encouragement to its readers to join the
political process.
Seattle Weekly |
09-25-2003 1:07 am |
Industry News
Tags: Dan Savage, Tim Keck
Anthrax vs. the Curenew
During the height of the anthrax scare two years
ago, Cipro was widely seen as a silver
bullet against the fatal illness, and Bayer
Pharmaceutical vowed to keep the nation
armed. Now a class action lawsuit against Bayer
claims the antibiotic left many users with a
variety of debilitating ailments, including
severe joint pain, tendinitis and muscle ache, severe
anxiety and panic attacks, insomnia and depression.
Although those claims are open to dispute,
Patrick Rucker reports that the decision to
widely use Cipro against the anthrax attacks “now
seems to have been hasty and made without a
full appreciation of the consequences.”
Medill Workshop Generates Heat, Inspires and Challenges
AAN Staff |
09-25-2003 5:32 pm |
Association News
Why Go With the Flow?new
On September 5, the FDA approved Barr
Laboratories' Seasonale, a form of birth control
that will allow women to have just four periods a
year. The first reaction of many women upon hearing
this news is that it sounds too much like
messing with Mother Nature. But women
who take the pill are already interfering with their
bodies' natural rhythm -- just without the benefit
of not bleeding.
Giving birth is the primary biological goal
of the female body and without modern
contraceptives women would be having a lot more
babies and a lot less bleeding. Audrey Van
Buskirk talks to researchers and women in their
childbearing years and encounters some pretty
intense weirdness when it comes to discussing
Aunt Flo.
New Times Dominates NABJ Awardsnew
Newspapers in the Phoenix-based alt-weekly chain
picked up seven of the 11 awards handed
out last month in the under 150,000 circulation
category of the National Association of Black
Journalists' annual contest. Dallas Observer's Jim
Schutze and Julie Lyons, Cleveland
Scene's Thomas Francis and Riverfront
Times' Jeannette Batz all were named
first-place winners.
National Association of Black Journalists |
09-24-2003 1:05 pm |
Industry News
Adage.com Expands Searchable Archivesnew
Ad Age print edition is now searchable to 1992
via PayPoints Access System.
Advertising Age |
09-24-2003 9:45 am |
Industry News
Pennysaver to Target Dailies' Retail Ad Basenew
At first listen, the plan seems borderline
delusional. After all, asking buyers and planners
to forsake must-buys like The New York Times
and Newsday in favor of shopping circulars is the
kind of request that gets salespeople escorted out
of the building by security guards. But two of Tri-
State's marketing minions, advertising director
Stacie Boering and media consultant Don
Andrews, argue their case persuasively.
MediaPost's Media Daily News |
09-24-2003 9:39 am |
Industry News
Court Halts "Do Not Call" Listnew
Washington Post |
09-24-2003 12:13 pm |
Legal News
New Campaign for Southern Comfortnew
The company has unearthed the story of M. W.
Heron, a bartender in New Orleans who created
Southern Comfort in 1874. Brown-Forman is
betting that Heron will help consumers develop a
greater connection with the brand. The goal is to
parlay consumer interest into an increase in sales
and a national campaign for Southern Comfort,
which Brown-Forman has brought to television for
the first time.
New York Times |
09-23-2003 11:32 am |
Industry News
Out of the Ashesnew
For 13 years the worst arson-murder in Dallas
history went unsolved. Two years ago, police
caught a break and have slowly traced the roots
of the intentional act of savagery that killed five
children ranging in age from 2 to 18. Dallas
Observer Editor Julie Lyons reports that
the
investigation is turning up a lot of unpleasant
memories about the strange culture of
violence that once terrorized the south Dallas
neighborhood.
Constant Terror Fear Closing Cultural Bordersnew
Even bringing a Spanish flamenco troupe into the
United States these days is a monumental hassle,
OC Weekly's Jim Washburn learns. The
endless
War on
Terror could starve American artists of
the kind of cultural cross-pollination that brought
James Brown to Africa's Fela Kuti and the
recharged African rhythms back to artists such as
Karl Denson (pictured). "Okay, I don’t mind flying
without scissors, and I could get to like taking my
shoes off at airport checkpoints. ... But it’s a bad,
bad thing when we’re also bringing the steel
shutters down on our artistic windows to the
world."
Conspiracy Theories Over Inky Publisher's Resignationnew
Philadelphia Weekly |
09-22-2003 10:34 am |
Industry News
Indy Week Publishes Private Memos from N&O's Community Panelnew
Independent Weekly |
09-22-2003 10:30 am |
Industry News
