AAN News
Who Knew CJR Was So Thin-Skinned?
Natalie Green Tessier |
09-16-2003 10:57 pm |
Letters to the Editor
Times Shamrock Papers Move to AWNnew
The Alternative Weekly Network announces six
new members, including the Times Shamrock
Alternative Newsweekly Group's four alt-weeklies,
which moved over from the Ruxton Group.
Three of the papers -- San Antonio Current,
Detroit's Metro Times and Orlando Weekly (all
except Baltimore City Paper) -- were former AWN
members that shifted to Ruxton when their parent
company, Alternative Media, Inc., was purchased
by Times Shamrock in 1999. "They’re back
now…and we could not be more pleased," AWN
says in its September newsletter.
AWN AdRap |
09-15-2003 4:59 pm |
Industry News
YouthPulse Study: Gen Y Earns $211 Billion; Spends $172 Billion Annuallynew
American kids, teenagers, and young adults,
aged 8 to 21 years, have annual incomes totaling
$211 billion, according to latest projections based
on the findings of Harris Interactive YouthPulse,
an online study of the Generation Y population.
Results show that this group is spending at a rate
of approximately $172 billion per year and is
saving at a rate of $39 billion per year.
Center for Media Research |
09-15-2003 4:41 pm |
Industry News
Industry Expert Lowers '03 Ad Forecastnew
Citing weak job growth and economic risks
including war, terrorism, and rising federal and
private debt, newspaper economist and
consultant Miles E. Groves lowered his forecast
for 2003 newspaper ad spending but raised his
outlook for 2004.
Editor & Publisher |
09-15-2003 4:36 pm |
Industry News
Dailies Aim to Grab Ad Biz From Cablenew
The Newspaper National Network (NNN) has
hired a cable industry veteran as it prepares to
expand from four to 15 the number of national ad
categories it will target in an attempt to grab share
from television, particularly cable.
Editor & Publisher |
09-15-2003 10:13 am |
Industry News
Arnold, Uncutnew
He's done drugs, participated in orgies, and
doesn't hold a grudge against a Nazi war criminal.
No wonder he's doing well in the polls.
Sacramento News & Review's staff looks into the
life of actor-turned-candidate Arnold
Schwarzenegger and came up with 30 things
voters should know about the man who
would be
California's governor.
Nielsen to Use Print to Recruit TV Ratersnew
n an ironic twist, Nielsen Media Research this
week began informing clients it will test a series of
ad campaigns intended to boost cooperation from
people it wants to recruit for its TV ratings panel,
especially Hispanics, African American and
young adult segments that are more difficult to
recruit through conventional means.
MediaPost's Media Daily News |
09-12-2003 12:50 pm |
Industry News
Celebrities Line Up to Criticize Bush in New ACLU Campaignnew
A new advertising campaign by the American
Civil Liberties Union has been rolling out to
oppose the tactics of the Bush administration.
New York Times |
09-12-2003 9:59 am |
Industry News
Senate Pushes Media Ownership Measurenew
Senators opposed to new media ownership rules
pressed their attack Thursday, hoping to build on
victories in the House and the courts and roll back
changes they say will give large media
companies too much control.
Editor & Publisher |
09-12-2003 9:53 am |
Legal News
The Unresolved Death of a Transsexualnew
Buddy Jo Rishel was born in a man's
body but lived as a woman named Jennifer
Pate. She was found dead, apparently having been dragged behind a pickup truck after a night
spent drinking with two long-haul
truckers. The two men were cleared by a coronor's
jury of any criminal acts, but the death
haunts Jennifer's mother. “They got away with
killing her. That’s how it looks to me,” she tells Missoula Independent's Mike Keefe-
Feldman. "And I will never rest until I think
justice is done.”
