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City Pulse Story Prompts Lansing Mayor to Request Additional Resources for Cold Cases

Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero tells City Pulse: "After reading your article and talking to the chief and the captains, I concluded that we weren't doing enough." (FULL STORY)
City Pulse  |  04-09-2013  2:30 pm  |  Honors & Achievements

Meijer Stores Delay Removal of Newspaper Racksnew

Meijer will delay the removal of its free publication racks from the Lansing market until March 15, reports City Pulse.
City Pulse  |  02-24-2012  2:20 pm  |  Industry News

Mich. Grocery Chain To Remove Free Publications From Storesnew

Lansing's City Pulse stands to lose 15 percent of its total distribution.
City Pulse  |  02-16-2012  11:04 am  |  Industry News

Lansing's City Pulse Wins Libel Suitnew

City Pulse did not defame businessman Paul Vlahakis by calling him a tax delinquent in a December 2009 story, judge rules.
City Pulse  |  11-21-2011  11:28 am  |  Legal News

Michigan's Alt-Weeklies Weigh In on Auto Industry Bailout

As chatter increases about a potential federal bailout of the foundering American automotive industry, Michigan's alt-weeklies are addressing the crisis. Lansing's City Pulse is "having some serious doubts about this bailout," adding: "Like giving spare change to an alcoholic outside a liquor store, it would be a waste to hand these companies $25 billion and expect everything to be OK." In Detroit's Metro Times, longtime columnist Jack Lessenberry takes a different tack, arguing that it would be "extremely foolish" to let the auto makers fail, and that it would lead to "something very like the Great Depression."
City Pulse | Metro Times  |  11-20-2008  8:24 am  |  Industry News

City Pulse Publisher Says 'Thank You'

Berl Schwartz thanks the AAN membership for admitting City Pulse on Saturday in a letter to the editor. "This was our fourth time to apply, and I am sure the membership committee was tired of looking at us, so allow me to thank you on behalf of its members as well," he writes. He also says he's printing a banner to hang in the paper's office that quotes from a membership committee report on City Pulse: "It's still not perfect." (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  06-12-2008  8:18 am  |  Letters to the Editor

Gannett's "Alternatives"new

Can Gannett Co. create alternatives to itself? Burl Gilyard, himself a former alt-weekly staff writer, looks into Gannett's plans to launch entertainment weeklies in Lansing, Mich., and Boise, Idaho, for AJR. Berl Schwartz, editor of the alt-weekly City Pulse in Lansing, says Gannett's targeting these small markets because it "wants to feed on the guppies before it heads to the deeper waters."
AJR  |  10-01-2002  4:35 pm  |  Industry News

Gannett Launching Weeklies in Lansing, Boise

Media giant Gannett Co. is launching its first salvo in a war to win the elusive 25-to-34 year old reader away from alternative newsweeklies. In Lansing, Mich., and Boise, Idaho, Gannett dailies are set to begin publishing "alternative" weeklies this fall. Established alts in those markets are bracing for the ruthless competition described by Richard McCord in his book "Chain Gang." Berl Schwartz, publisher of City Pulse in Lansing, scoffs at the notion the Gannett weekly will be an edgy alternative publication. "What is it an alternative to?" he asks. "Itself?" (FULL STORY)
Ann Hinch  |  08-15-2002  11:13 am  |  Industry News

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