AAN News
Hollywood Sniffing at "Transit of Venus"new
A Hollywood producer has asked about the rights to Philadelphia City Paper's serialized novel "Transit of Venus" by Anonymous D, says Philadelphia Daily News columnist Stu Bykofsky. "Among the cast of characters so far is a self-cent ered, prima-donna female anchor,
defiant photographers, an ineffectual news director, a lesbian PR person, naive
production assistants, horndog salespeople, a bearded, lecherous general manager and a
police commissioner with a brogue," Bykofsky writes. Could Hollywood resist a cast of characters like that??t
Philadelphia Daily News |
01-30-2002 11:26 am |
Industry News
Ironminds Deal Falls Throughnew
Two weeks ago, St. Pete Weekly Newspapers of Florida announced it
would operate the alternative journalism site Ironminds.com. Now the deal is off
after the publisher lost its funding.
Meanwhile, SiliconAlleyDaily.com reports that Ironminds founder Andy Wang may sell
his print alternative startup, Metropolis in New York City, to AAN-member Philadelphia City Paper.
Editor & Publisher |
01-30-2002 10:13 am |
Industry News
Tags: Electronic Publishing
Metro Newspapers' Split Complete
Two old friends and business partners, David Cohen and Dan Pulcrano, complete their amicable divorce, splitting their alternative and community newspaper businesses. Metro Newspapers’ plans no major changes immediately and hopes for $10 million in revenues this year, CEO Pulcrano says.
(FULL STORY)
Ann Hinch |
01-29-2002 12:58 pm |
Industry News
Ousted C*Ville Editor Starting New Weekly
Earlier this month. Hawes
Spencer, editor and co-owner of
C*Ville Weekly in Charlottesville,
Va., was ousted from the paper by the
other two owners, Bill Chapman
and Rob Jiranek. The two
remaining C*Ville owners are quiet on
the subject, but Spencer plans to launch
a new weekly, The Hook, on Feb.
7 and has taken four C*Ville staff with
him..
(FULL STORY)
Seth Wharton |
01-28-2002 9:22 am |
Industry News
SLC Weekly Goes for Olympic Gold
The Winter Olympics in Salt Lake
City are boosting the Salt Lake City
Weekly first-quarter bottom line. The
alt-weekly is also producing its first
City Guide for the games and
plans to make it an annual publication.
Publisher John Saltas expects a
20 percent circulation jump in the
next couple of months helped along by a
10 percent increase in ad rates
for the five Olympic issues.
(FULL STORY)
AAN Staff |
01-28-2002 8:55 am |
Industry News
Seattle Weekly Ad Director Steps Down
Jill Mogen, advertising director of
the Seattle Weekly, has left her
position, David Schneiderman, CEO of
Village Voice Media, says. Mogen had
been at the newspaper for more than 11
years and was the first president of
the Alternative Weekly Network in
1996-97. It is the second management
shakeup at a West Coast VVM paper this
month and follows Alisa
Cromer's resignation as publisher of
Seattle Weekly in November.
Schneiderman has said he wants to
spend more time personally
managing Seattle Weekly and LA/OC
Weekly. Cromer is now with Metro
Newspapers on an interim basis.
(FULL STORY)
AAN Staff |
01-25-2002 5:35 pm |
Industry News
VVM Wants Broader Sales Reach at LA Weekly
David Schneiderman, CEO of Village Voice Media, wants to move LA Weekly/OC Weekly into "a larger media world in terms of advertising," he tells AAN News. He says asking Michael Sigman to resign as president and publisher last week was "not fun" and says the decision to cut the 20-year veteran loose was not driven by VVM investors. "My goal is to bring in as much revenue as possible so that I can keep putting money back into editorial and grow the editorial quality," he says.
(FULL STORY)
John Ferri |
01-25-2002 10:05 am |
Industry News
Tags: Management, David Schneiderman
Bus Drivers, and the Groupies Who Love Them
What is it about men — and women — in uniform? The Hartford Advocate was inspired to ask about bus driver groupies after a bus driver complained one day about having slept little the night before: A groupie had appeared loudly on his front lawn at 3 a.m., he explained. He described the event as though it was as typical and wearisome as the electric bill. It didn't sound like a boast or a lie, so The Advocate's Edward Ericson, Jr., found out more --
much more.
Columbus Alive Launches Spanish-Language Section
Column, advertising reaches
city's fastest-growing ethnic
group
(FULL STORY)
01-25-2002 4:21 pm |
Press Releases
Tags: Editorial, Columbus Alive
Second Annual Cartoon Contest Announced
Entries solicited in two categories
(FULL STORY)
AAN Staff |
01-25-2002 10:27 am |
Association News
Tags: Design & Production, Editorial
Membership Application Forms Available
March 1 is deadline for applying papers
(FULL STORY)
AAN Staff |
01-25-2002 10:20 am |
Association News
