AAN News
Erstwhile AANies Elected Mayor in Minneapolis and Raleigh
The path between journalism and
politics is well worn, and now two
pols with alt-press connections have
taken over City Halls. R.T. Rybak,
erstwhile publisher of the defunct
Twin Cities Reader, was elected
mayor of Minneapolis, and Charles
Meeker, brother of Willamette
Week publisher Richard Meeker
and
a former Independent Weekly
shareholder, seized the reins in Raleigh,
N.C. Not since former Pacific Sun
reporter Barbara Boxer was
elected to the
U.S. Senate have AANies made such
political hay.
(FULL STORY)
AAN Staff |
11-26-2001 4:30 pm |
Industry News
Examiner Examines the Bay Guardiannew
The San Francisco Bay Guardian is "choking on its own success," the San Francisco Examiner says in a guest column by Martin F. Nolan. "The newspaper's political opponents are products of a 'machine.' Bay Guardian heroes come from a 'movement,' even if they march in Tammany Hall lockstep. The favorite B.G. pejorative is 'corporate.' Does it take money for its ads? Or is it nonprofit?" Nolan writes.
San Francisco Examiner |
11-26-2001 10:06 am |
Industry News
Radio Stations, Alternative Newspapers Make a Nice Pair
Alternative weeklies and
radio stations go together
like love and marriage, say three
companies that own both mediums. The
synergy is easiest to exploit in
cross-promotion, but it can also
help on the news side. AAN News
interviews several executives who have
tried this combo and like it.
(FULL STORY)
Matt Pulle |
11-20-2001 2:09 pm |
Industry News
AAN Hires Marketing Firm
Planning meeting scheduled Wednesday, Nov. 21
(FULL STORY)
AAN Staff |
11-20-2001 3:02 pm |
Association News
ABC Considers Audits of Free Papersnew
The nation's big dailies are squealing about a proposal to audit free-circulation newspapers. Advertisers and ad agencies like the idea, and they dominate the membership of the prestigious Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC). "Free papers are taking money away from the newspapers you print. Going forward, there is going to be a need for an ABC audit of these publications," Terry Prill, newspaper strategist and special projects, tells the dailies in an Editor & Publisher article.
Editor & Publisher |
11-19-2001 2:41 pm |
Industry News
