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More Fashion Designers Turn Alt-Weeklies into Dressesnew
Dresses made entirely of pages from the Sacramento News & Review were recently on display when the alt-weekly celebrated its 21st birthday and new green headquarters, as part of a Design Challenge the paper had put together. This comes on the heels of a LA Fashion Week show in March, "Paper Dresses," that featured clothes made out of the L.A. Weekly.
Alternative Weekly Network |
05-28-2010 11:52 am |
Industry News
Maui Time Art Director Creates Cool Covers on a Tight Budgetnew
Designer Robert Newman leaves the mainland for his latest profile of compelling alt-weekly cover designers. He says Maui Time's Chris Skiles creates "bright, bold, passionate, provocative, and engaging" covers on an average budget of about $20 per issue. "Normally for each cover I have about a day or two to figure out what I'm going to do and execute," Skiles says. "I usually can pull off my covers without using any budget, so I try to save up those unused budgets to hire illustrators from time to time. But even then, it's a bit of begging and bartering to make it happen."
Society of Publication Designers |
05-27-2010 11:06 am |
Industry News
Creative Loafing Names New Chief Digital Officernew
Creative Loafing, Inc. has named Alex Kam its chief digital officer to oversee the digital operations of the company's six publication. Most recently, Kam was vice president of digital media for ALM/Incisive Media North America (publisher of The American Lawyer and other journals), and he has also served as general manager of new media for Major League Baseball. "It's not about building something and they will come. It's about understanding what users want and bringing them to you," Kam says in a note to employees. "Digital allows you to do this in many different ways ... but it's driven first and foremost by content." He will work out of D.C.
Chicago Reader |
05-27-2010 9:14 am |
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Phoenix New Times Music Editor Gets Book Dealnew
New Times' Martin Cizmar has sold his book Chubster to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Publishers Marketplace describes it as an "appropriately snarky weight-loss and lifestyle guide for hipsters looking to shed pounds and stay cool," according to Grub Street New York. (Publishers Marketplace is available to subscribers only.) "Expect the core program to center around a regimen of street-cart tacos, Old Granddad, and cigarettes," Grub Street writes.
Grub Street New York |
05-26-2010 11:47 am |
Industry News
Appeals Court Sets June Hearing for SF Weekly/Bay Guardian Legal Fightnew
The California Court of Appeals has scheduled a June 11 hearing on SF Weekly's appeal of the San Francisco Bay Guardian's $21 million judgment in the 2008 predatory-pricing case.
The Stranger |
05-25-2010 9:17 am |
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Chicago Mayor Threatens to Shove Gun Up Chicago Reader Staffer's Butt
At a press conference last week on gun control, Reader staff writer Mick Dumke asked Mayor Richard Daley how effective he thought the city's restrictive gun laws have been, considering the shootings and murders have continued at a high rate. Daley, rather than addressing the issue, picked up a rifle and addressed Dumke directly. "It's been very effective," he said, chuckling. "If I put this up your butt, you'll find out how effective it is. Let me put a round up your, you know." The next day Daley said he regretted his choice of words, while his spokesperson said Dumke was "missing the point" with his line of questioning, a view not shared by the reporter. "Actually, they're missing the point, and they're of course doing it on purpose. They want to miss the point," Dumke writes. "The point is that there's a critical discussion that needs to take place around here about gun control, violence, an understaffed police force, neglected neighborhoods, chronic joblessness, the war on drugs, failing schools, and the priorities of public officials. But Mayor Daley has shown no signs of being interested in it. He's decided what needs to happen, and we're either with him or against him."
Chicago Reader | Chicago Tribune |
05-25-2010 9:07 am |
Industry News
2010 Primary Election Roundup
With primary elections taking place in several key states today, here's a sampling of what some AAN papers are saying.
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AAN |
05-18-2010 5:07 pm |
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Tags: Editorial
Former Mountain Xpress Editor Awarded Research Grantnew
Jon Elliston, former managing editor of Mountain Xpress in Asheville, N.C., has received the backing of a John F. Kennedy Presidential Library Foundation research grant for his book on the civil-rights era attacks on Camp Summerlane, a biracial children's camp in the North Carolina mountains. Elliston left the paper last month in order to pursue the book full-time, a project which evolved from a series of articles he wrote for Xpress in 2008. When the stories first appeared, Elliston wrote that the series would “explore why and how it was that incensed adults from a tranquil mountain town laid siege to a camp full of children.” Two years later, he tells his former paper that he intends to use the grant to delve into the Kennedy Library’s Justice Department records of the attack.
Mountain Xpress |
05-18-2010 11:29 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Jon Elliston
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) Names Henry Scott as New Publishernew
Henry E. Scott, who joined Creative Loafing, Inc. as vice president and chief marketing officer in February, has been named the publisher of the company's Atlanta paper. He replaces Luann Labedz, who announced her departure in March, and will be the paper's eighth publisher in six years. "With the declining circulation of the city's only daily, and its decision to move its newsroom [outside the Perimeter], we have emerged as Atlanta's largest-circulation hometown newspaper," he says. "That means we have an even greater responsibility to Atlantans who want to learn how to make the most of life in this sophisticated and cosmopolitan city."
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
05-13-2010 4:05 pm |
Industry News
Apple Store Approves Jackson Free Press Mobile Appnew
Jackson Free Press says that its app, JFP Mobile, received approval from the Apple Store today. The free app gives users access to the paper's headlines, music listings, and local restaurant menus. "One small step for a man, one nice little leap for the JFP," said Free Press publisher Todd Stauffer in an email. "We're really excited at the opportunity to get more 'mobile' with our readers and, hopefully, extend the reach of our content and brand onto the iPhone platform."
Jackson Free Press |
05-13-2010 3:31 pm |
Industry News
Gerald Posner Says He's Ready to Sue Miami New Times
Posner, who was fired from the Daily Beast earlier this year for lifting material from the Miami Herald, has retained attorney and author Mark Lane "to prepare litigation against the Miami New Times for accusations about his journalism and interfering with his career as an author," according to a press release issued this morning. The threatened suit comes on the heels of a series of New Times reports that revealed Posner had also plagiarized passages of his latest book, Miami Babylon (including parts from New Times). "We're delighted to have Mr. Lane, an 83-year-old Jonestown survivor, involved," New Times editor Chuck Strouse tells AAN News in an email. "We clearly have nothing against Mr. Posner, though we despise his admitted serial plagiarism. New details on this egregious literary theft -- which is crystal clear -- will be published soon."
AAN News |
05-13-2010 11:02 am |
Industry News
SEE Magazine Driver Dies on the Jobnew
Delivery driver Doug Fletcher suffered a fatal heart attack while delivering SEE last Thursday. He was 74 years old. "He was a very loveable personality," says Lorraine Canuel, Fletcher's wife of 16 years. "Anyone who would talk to him, with anybody that he saw or talked to he was always very personable. He was a good man, a very nice person."
SEE Magazine |
05-13-2010 10:14 am |
Industry News
Voice Editor to Blogger: Stop Apologizing for Dolan Dick Jokenew
In a blog post titled "MEMO TO FOSTER KAMER, RE: DICK JOKE," Village Voice editor Tony Ortega tells Voice blogger Foster Kamer to "stop apologizing for the damn dick joke" about Cablevision CEO James Dolan that has cost the Voice $1 million in advertising. "There's a reason I told Dolan's people to stuff it when they called to complain about your original blog post," Ortega writes. "And that's because your dick joke was spot-on, and a prime example of what we do around here."
The Village Voice |
05-12-2010 11:40 am |
Industry News
Metro Spirit Taps New Publisher, Buys Local Magazinenew
Portico Publications has acquired the Augusta, Ga. monthly event magazine Verge and tapped its founder, Matt Plocha, as the new publisher of Metro Spirit. Plocha replaces Bryan Osborn, who vacated the position last month.
Metro Spirit |
05-11-2010 4:53 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Management
Cablevision Head Pulls Even More Advertising from The Village Voicenew
A little over a month ago, Cablevision subsidiary Independent Film Center pulled its $400/week print ad from the Voice in reaction to a blog post that included a dick joke about Cablevision CEO James Dolan. "That same post has now resulted in all Madison Square Garden Entertainment advertising being pulled from the Village Voice," Foster Kamer reports. "Furthermore, LiveNation -- one of America's biggest concert promoters -- has now pulled all of its advertising from the The Village Voice at the behest of James Dolan, whose MSG Entertainment employs the services of Live Nation/Ticketmaster in their ticketing and promotions operations. In toto, a mediocre dick joke about a media acquisition has now cost this company upwards of $1M in yearly advertising revenue."
The Village Voice |
05-07-2010 4:07 pm |
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