AAN News

Sales Webinar: Strategies for Building Online Revenue

Join Louise Phelps from Phelps Cutler Media Associates for a webinar that will dive into effective strategies for growing online display revenue. (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  02-21-2012  1:06 pm  |  Association News

Research Report on 'The Local Merchant' Available

AAN members are eligible for a 25% discount on Street Fight's white paper research report, "The Local Merchant: Inside the Minds and Motivations of the Business Owners Driving a $43 Billion Advertising Market." (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  02-16-2012  10:25 am  |  Association News

Alternative Press Can’t Think So Traditionally When It Comes to Advertisingnew

Don't just sell your inventory. Figure out how to leverage your (loved, valued) brand and create some larger value.
Digitaria  |  02-13-2012  1:03 pm  |  Industry News

AdPerfect Partners With Pre1 Software

AdPerfect  |  01-24-2012  5:23 pm  |  Press Releases

The Media Oxpecker: Cynical Traffic-Trawling is Bad for the Soul (and other lessons learned while favela paintballing)

David Carr explains why SOPA is a bad idea; Gannett equips its employees with iPads and iPhones; and a surprise candidate for the Most Sought-After Demographic Group of 2012. (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  01-06-2012  2:54 pm  |  Media Roundup

The Media Oxpecker: Rethinking the Pyramid of Desirable Media Jobs

What does it look like when a news story "shows its work"? Does compensating bloggers based on pageviews encourage them to write offensive material? And is working at the New York Times no longer the end-all, be-all job for journalists? (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  12-16-2011  6:05 pm  |  Media Roundup

The Media Oxpecker: Google and the Death of Content Farms

Yahoo sends 75,000 content farm articles into retirement; shield law doesn't apply to "Internet blogs," says judge; advertising execs prepare for a bleak 2012; and Groupon (allegedly) sinks to a new low. (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  12-09-2011  3:42 pm  |  Media Roundup

2012 Web Conference, Annual Convention Dates Set

AAN's Web Conference will return to San Francisco January 26-28, 2012. The Annual Convention will take place in Detroit from June 7-9, 2012. (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  12-01-2011  4:40 pm  |  Conference News

DEA Quotes Seattle Weekly Marijuana Review in Search Warrantnew

The affidavit also mentions dispensary ads that ran in both Seattle Weekly and The Stranger.
Seattle Weekly  |  11-18-2011  4:01 pm  |  Legal News

The Media Oxpecker: Live From Las Vegas

Inside Groupon; new circulation data moves sideways; a new way to read the articles in Playboy; and much, much more. (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  11-04-2011  2:12 pm  |  Media Roundup

David Carr: Being Selective About Sex Ads Contributed to the Twin Cities Reader's Demisenew

New York Times columnist David Carr says of the battle over online sex ads, "If Backpage.com retreats ... some other alternative will immediately take its place."
The New York Times  |  11-01-2011  12:42 pm  |  Industry News

Advertising Does Not Create Trafficking, Ending Advertising Will Not Stop Itnew

If we are really serious about stopping trafficking, we need to start caring about the lives of sex workers.
The L Magazine  |  10-31-2011  2:05 pm  |  Industry News

Village Voice Media Responds to Religious Coalition

A coalition of 36 clergy members placed a full-page ad in The New York Times demanding the closure of the Backpage.com adult classified section. (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  10-26-2011  11:30 am  |  Industry News

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