Associate Editor Charles Mudede, who already has one film to his credit, wrote "Zoo," a feature-length documentary about, ahem, bestiality. Mudede tells the Seattle Times that he became fascinated by the notion that sex with animals was legal in the state of Washington until news reports circulated last year about a man who died from a ruptured colon after having sex with a horse. "Zoo" was bought by THINKFilm and is scheduled to premier at the Sundance Film Festival in January.

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Alternative newspapers interested in applying for membership in the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies have until Friday, Jan. 5 to submit an application. To learn more about what they may be getting themselves into, we encourage prospective applicants to first read our Membership Committee Guidelines (Word doc). If that doesn't scare you away, please contact the AAN office for an application.

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The Internet this year will account for 10.5 percent of British ad spending, or almost twice as much as the percentage in the U.S., the New York Times reports. Reasons for the disparity: In Britain, most advertising is national and advertisers work directly with Web publishers, while in the U.S., local advertisers have been slow to move money online and ad buyers have less control over the placement of their ads since much of the advertising is sold through online networks.

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