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Exhibit Featuring Houston Press Rock-Concert Photos Opens Tonightnew
Shot In the Dark: Houston Press Concert Photography opens tonight in Houston and features more than 40 printed and matted shots by 12 photographers who work with the Press' "Rocks Off" music blog.
Houston Press |
04-21-2011 10:27 am |
Industry News
Westword Pot Critic Helps Change Colorado Driving-While-Stoned Bill
A Colorado Senate committee this week amended a proposed bill that would have set THC driving limits, saying the limit needed further study, thanks to an assist from Westword's pot critic.
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AAN |
04-20-2011 2:40 pm |
Industry News
Mountain Xpress Director of Business Development Departs
Longtime advertising leader James Fisher is leaving the Mountain Xpress. Since joining the paper in 1995, he has been an ad rep, sales manager, ad director and most recently, director of business development.
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AAN |
04-20-2011 11:29 am |
Industry News
Boise Weekly Distributes Free Condoms in Latest Issue
In what publisher Sally Freeman is calling the "largest distribution of condoms ever" in Idaho's history, Boise Weekly is including a free condom in each copy of this week's issue.
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AAN |
04-20-2011 9:07 am |
Industry News
AAN-Commissioned 'Tax Myths' Piece Crashes Willamette Week's Website
Traffic to David Cay Johnston's piece on tax myths, which ran in 40 alt-weeklies last week, caused Willamette Week's website to crash for about three hours Monday.
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AAN |
04-20-2011 8:23 am |
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NOW Files Integrity Complaint Against Toronto Mayor
The publishers of NOW Magazine have filed a complaint with Toronto's integrity commissioner in response to Mayor Rob Ford's alleged attempt to have all copies of the March 31 edition of the magazine removed from city facilities.
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AAN |
04-19-2011 10:03 am |
Industry News
Miami New Times Columnist Running for Mayor
Miami New Times' most famous columnist -- former 2 Live Crew frontman Luther Campbell -- is running for mayor of Miami-Dade County.
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AAN |
04-19-2011 9:06 am |
Industry News
LA Weekly's Jonathan Gold is a 2011 Pulitzer Prize Finalist
When the Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists were announced today, there was a familiar alt-weekly name on the list: LA Weekly's Jonathan Gold was one of two finalists for criticism, a category Gold won in 2007.
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AAN |
04-18-2011 6:11 pm |
Industry News
Former Arkansas Official: I Resigned After Being Told to Dodge Alt-Weekly's FOIA Request
Teresa Belew, the former executive assistant to Arkansas Secretary of State Mark Martin, says she quit after being told to delete a sensitive email rather than release it to the Arkansas Times under a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.
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AAN |
04-18-2011 10:05 am |
Industry News
Willamette Week Brings On Award-Winning Investigative Reporter as News Editor
Brent Walth, who shared in a Pulitzer Prize for public service reporting while at The Oregonian, has been named Willamette Week's news editor. He replaces Hank Stern, who is leaving the paper to work for the county.
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AAN |
04-18-2011 8:30 am |
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Maui Time Publisher Videotapes His Own Assault by Police
"On the evening of April 12, I was assaulted by a member of reality star Duane 'Dog the Bounty Hunter' Chapman's security team," Maui Time publisher Tommy Russo writes. "Soon after, I was assaulted again, and had my First Amendment rights violated, by a member of the Maui Police Department."
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AAN |
04-15-2011 11:54 am |
Industry News
Metro Spirit Returns
After being closed down last month by parent company Portico Publications, then sold to a new owner, Augusta alt-weekly Metro Spirit is once again being published.
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AAN |
04-15-2011 10:58 am |
Industry News
Chicago Reader Reporter Sues City Over FOIA Rejections
The Chicago Reader's Mick Dumke this week filed a complaint in Cook County Circuit Court against the city, Mayor Daley and two Freedom of Information officers with the Chicago Police Department after they allegedly rejected his legitimate requests for information.
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AAN |
04-15-2011 7:11 am |
Industry News
The Latest Way to Recycle an Alt-Weekly? Make it a Planting Pot!
Seven Days this week released its Green Issue, the cover of which features potted plants wrapped in old issues of the Burlington alt-weekly. And the paper also includes a handy step-by-step guide on how to do the same with your old newspapers.
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AAN |
04-15-2011 7:01 am |
Industry News
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The Stranger's First-Ever Fashion Show Gets Rave Reviews
Last Friday, Seattle's The Stranger hosted its first-ever fashion show, Worn Out, which delighted a sold-out crowd with work by 13 Seattle-based designers.
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AAN |
04-14-2011 7:36 am |
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