Alternative Weekly Association Gets a New Name

The Association of Alternative Newsweeklies–of which the LA Weekly, OC Weekly, Pasadena Weekly and San Diego CityBeat are members–just voted to give itself a name change. The organization will now be called the Association of Alternative Newsmedia. The name change was apparently inspired by the acceptance of The American Independent News Network–an online only news venture which operates sites in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Texas, and Washington–into the AAN fold.