AAN News
The Media Oxpecker: Google Is Not Impressed By Your Clever Headlines
The New Yorker offers iPad subscriptions, ASNE issues social media best practices, and the decline of witty headlines in the age of SEO.
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AAN |
05-16-2011 10:00 am |
Media Roundup
The Media Oxpecker: Twitter's 'CNN Moment'
Twitter has its 'CNN moment' with the death of #OBL, the PR industry will swallow us all, and another look at Groupon's business model.
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AAN |
05-06-2011 6:07 pm |
Media Roundup
The Media Oxpecker: Facebook Slips A Shiv Into Groupon
This week: Facebook launches its Daily Deal program in five cities, why newspaper ad revenue won't rebound anytime soon, and Jack Shafer's response to Arthur "Shiv" Brisbane.
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AAN |
04-29-2011 1:31 pm |
Media Roundup
Mountain Xpress Director of Business Development Departs
Longtime advertising leader James Fisher is leaving the Mountain Xpress. Since joining the paper in 1995, he has been an ad rep, sales manager, ad director and most recently, director of business development.
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AAN |
04-20-2011 11:29 am |
Industry News
The Media Oxpecker: Copyright Wrong Turns
This week: new adventures in copyright law, Photoshop on your tablet, drama at Twitter, and much more.
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AAN |
04-15-2011 12:16 pm |
Media Roundup
Revamped Diversity Committee Accepting Grants on a Rolling Basis
AAN's Diversity Committee is continuing its work to make alt-weeklies more diverse as it tries to move the panel's mission beyond editorial and reconfigures the process for applying for Diversity Grants.
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AAN |
04-14-2011 8:10 am |
Association News
Registration Now Open for Annual Convention in New Orleans
On July 21 through 23, industry leaders from all over will descend on New Orleans to share knowledge, network and enjoy the Big Easy as the 34th annual AAN Convention comes to town. Want to join them? Register today to take advantage of unbeatable early bird rates that are only available for a short time.
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AAN |
04-13-2011 1:28 pm |
Association News
The Media Oxpecker: A New Twist on Performance-Based Pay
This week: incentive pay, debunking myths about journalism's future, clipping coupons online, and plenty of "very special content" and "weird porn."
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AAN |
04-08-2011 2:46 pm |
Media Roundup
The Media Oxpecker: Long-Form Lives On
This week: David Carr on the new long-form app The Atavist, more Groupon nightmares, and Clara Jeffery on her copious consumption of Twitter.
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AAN |
04-01-2011 5:33 pm |
Media Roundup
C-Ville Weekly Publishes QR Code Issue
C-Ville Weekly of Charlottesville, Va., published its first themed advertising issue this week. The issue highlights the new technology of “QR” codes that make print advertising interactive.
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C-Ville Weekly |
03-29-2011 11:50 am |
Press Releases
AAN Offers Webinar on Monetizing Digital Sales
Bryan Quinn and Andy Levi of Cox Digital Solutions will share their recent research and knowledge with regards to digital ad sales trends and best practices during a free webinar for AAN members, taking place on March 31.
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AAN |
03-28-2011 10:00 am |
Association News
The Media Oxpecker: RSS Edition
Every Friday we round up media & tech industry news you may have missed while you were busy exposing the laziness of the mainstream media.
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AAN |
03-25-2011 6:38 pm |
Media Roundup
Serial Vandal Targeting Alt-Weekly Newsracks in Seattlenew
The Stranger caught the perpetrator on video and Seattle Weekly circulation manager Jay Kraus says he just wants the guy to quit making his job suck.
Seattle Weekly |
03-15-2011 1:29 pm |
Industry News
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Save the Date: AAN's Annual Convention, July 21–23rd in New Orleans
Save the date for the 2011 AltWeeklies Annual Convention, July 21–23rd at the Ritz Carlton in New Orleans, hosted by Gambit. For $499, AAN member publications can bring their entire staff to New Orleans, reward them for their hard work and fill their heads with information and inspiration.
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AAN |
03-07-2011 4:15 pm |
Association News
While You Were #Winning
Starting today, every Friday we'll round up media & tech industry news you may have missed while you were busy winning the week.
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AAN |
03-04-2011 1:04 pm |
Media Roundup
