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Borrell: Auto Ad Slide to Continuenew

Editor & Publisher  |  05-14-2007  9:23 am  |  Industry News

Westword Editor's Life, Adapted for the Stagenew

This week, Denver's Curious Theatre Company put on their annual "Denver Stories" benefit show, and Act One featured the story of longtime Westword editor Patricia Calhoun. In Dee Covington's "The Showdown at Straight Creek, Or How the Westword Was Won," Martha Harmon Pardee "played a raucous Calhoun, getting Westword off the ground between saloon stops," the Denver Post reports. Calhoun, who served as AAN President in 1999-2000, currently chairs the association's Editorial Committee.
The Denver Post  |  05-11-2007  8:57 am  |  Industry News

Minister is Suspended Following Dallas Observer Reports of Sexual Abusenew

In February, Observer editor Julie Lyons reported on her "Bible Girl" blog that Pentacostal Minister Sherman Allen had a decades-long history of alleged sexual abuse. Her investigation also revealed that several women have alleged that the minister, who is being sued by a former employee and church member, is also involved in the occult. Now, the Church of God in Christ has suspended Allen "from all national and local pastoral roles and activities" until his trial is settled, according to the Observer. The Church of God in Christ is the largest Pentecostal denomination in the United States, as well as the fourth-largest Christian church organization in the country, with some 6 million members.
Dallas Observer  |  05-11-2007  8:08 am  |  Industry News

Facebook to Offer Free Classifiedsnew

New York Times  |  05-11-2007  11:20 am  |  Industry News

2008 Political Ads ‘Slow Going’ for Local Onlinenew

The Local Onliner  |  05-10-2007  5:15 pm  |  Industry News

Cops: Alt-Weekly Film Reviewer Tried to Meet Underage Girl for Sexnew

John Boonstra, a 54-year-old film reviewer for the Hartford Advocate, had arranged a meeting with what he thought was an underage girl on Friday, police tell the Courant. Instead, he found the officers who had been posing as the girl online and was arrested. Boonstra was charged with criminal attempt at risk of injury to a minor and criminal attempt at second-degree sexual assault, although police say additional charges related to the incident are expected.
Hartford Courant  |  05-09-2007  8:02 am  |  Industry News

Runaway Teen Found With Help of Alt-Weekly Escort Adsnew

A 14-year-old girl who ran away from home last month was found by police at a motel after her photo was seen in the Sacramento News & Review's escort ads, the Sacramento Bee reports. Two people were arrested on suspicion that they provided the girl for lewd and lascivious acts.
Sacramento Bee  |  05-08-2007  12:32 pm  |  Industry News

Macy's Exec Tells Papers How to Win Back Their Businessnew

Editor & Publisher  |  05-08-2007  4:20 pm  |  Industry News

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