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Alt-Weekly Writer's 'Cowboy Cookbook' Examines Texas Food Historynew

Houston Press food critic Robb Walsh's seventh book, The Texas Cowboy Cookbook: A History in Recipes and Photos, was released earlier this month by Broadway Books. The Post-Gazette says it's "full of hearty and luscious recipes as well as lore about, and photos of, cowboys that'll lasso you, even if you never cook one of these multiculturally inspired dishes." These dishes include the adventerous "Son of a Bitch," which features tongue from a suckling calf, chitterlings, half a liver, a heart, a kidney, skirt steaks and brains. "I've tasted it," Walsh says. "I've never cooked it."
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  |  04-25-2007  12:26 pm  |  Industry News

Recently Passed News Box Legislation in Connecticut Favors Dailiesnew

The City Council of West Haven voted unanimously in favor of Councilwoman Gail Burns' proposal to limit how many news boxes can go on a block, and it was signed into law earlier this month. When space is an issue, "dailies get first dibs, then twice-weeklies, then weeklies and so on," according to the Advocate. The law seems to have been thought up, drafted and passed in haste, as Burns tells the Advocate no one did an inventory of the boxes, and no one bothered to notify any of publishers before the law was passed. "Anyone can attend a public hearing," Burns says. The law "flies in the face of the First Amendment," Advocate publisher Joshua Mamis says. "Plus, the prioritization is puzzling. Why would the town give preferential treatment to a publication owned by an out-of-state company that has over the years reduced its commitment to local news gathering?"
New Haven Advocate (fourth item)  |  04-25-2007  7:50 am  |  Industry News

Should Newspapers Buy Keywords Related To Tragic News Events?new

MediaPost's Search Insider  |  04-25-2007  11:05 am  |  Industry News

NAA: Housing Slump Hits Real Estate Classifiedsnew

Media Daily News  |  04-25-2007  9:25 am  |  Industry News

New Scarborough Report Shows Newspaper Audience Growingnew

Editor & Publisher  |  04-24-2007  6:37 pm  |  Industry News

Fenton Acquires Donordigitalnew

press release  |  04-24-2007  4:33 pm  |  Industry News

Nashville Scene Editor Liz Garrigan a New Mothernew

The City Paper (fourth item)  |  04-24-2007  12:04 pm  |  Industry News

Lime Launches Green Online Ad Networknew

Mediaweek  |  04-24-2007  11:01 am  |  Industry News

Mobilizing Mobile Technology for Alt-Weeklies

They're everywhere -- bars, clubs, Laundromats, post offices, even churches: people busily typing away on the small keypads that are built into the various phones, Sidekicks, Blackberries, Treos and PDAs without which they couldn't survive. We take a look at what a few alt-weeklies are doing to get their content to this new mobile set. (FULL STORY)
AAN News  |  04-23-2007  3:00 pm  |  Industry News

Phoenix New Times Story Helps Push Congressman from Committeenew

Last week, U.S. Rep. Rick Renzi (R-AZ) said he would step down from the House Intelligence Committee after a FBI raid on his offices. The New York Times reports the investigation "involves accusations that he improperly used his influence as a congressman to engineer a land swap benefiting a business associate" -- accusations first revealed by New Times last October. In addition, the federal prosecutor who began the investigation was one of the eight U.S. Attorneys fired by the Bush administration last year. But as the Times notes, thus far documents released by the Justice Department "detail a handful of reasons" for officials' unhappiness with Paul Charlton, but do not mention the Renzi investigation.
Prescott Daily Courier | The New York Times  |  04-23-2007  9:15 am  |  Industry News

Online Ad Growth Slows for Major Dailiesnew

Wall Street Journal  |  04-23-2007  12:11 pm  |  Industry News

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