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Former NOW Magazine Writer Becomes Mayoral Candidate Spokespersonnew
By taking the job as spokesperson for Toronto mayoral candidate (and current deputy mayor) Joe Pantalone, former NOW writer Mike Smith is giving himself the chance to potentially replace another former NOW writer in City Hall. Don Wanagas, who wrote for the alt-weekly until 2005, is the communications director for current mayor David Miller. Miller is not running for re-election.
The Globe & Mail |
04-28-2010 9:44 am |
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Worcester Mag Publisher Talks About the Daily's Decision to Go Behind Paywallnew
NECN |
04-28-2010 9:55 am |
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Michael Schaffer Named Washington City Paper Editornew
Schaffer was named the paper's new editor on Monday, replacing Erik Wemple, who departed for a local news website earlier this year. Schaffer, who currently lives in Philadlphia, was a reporter and senior editor at City Paper from 1997 to 2000. He went on to work at U.S. News & World Report and the Philadelphia Inquirer, and is the author of the best-selling book One Nation Under Dog, which examines America's mania for pets. "I'm sort of over the moon right now," Schaffer says. "City Paper was the first job I ever had and the most fun I've ever had at a job. I cherish the place." MORE from Politico.
Washington City Paper |
04-27-2010 9:40 am |
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Anthrax Hoaxer Who Mailed Package to News & Review Sentencednew
Marc Keyser has been sentenced to four years and three months in prison for perpetrating a nationwide anthrax hoax in 2008. Before mailing out 100 packages in 2008, Keyser sent a hoax anthrax package to the Sacramento News & Review in January 2007. He was questioned and warned by FBI agents, but not arrested, after he mailed a cylinder marked "anthrax" to the alt-weekly because he wanted publicity for a novel he had written.
Sacramento Bee |
04-27-2010 9:31 am |
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Boston Phoenix: New York's Palin Cover Story 'Looks Awfully Familiar'new
The Phoenix points out that New York's cover story this week, "Palin Inc.," is pretty similar to its July 2009 story "Sarah, Inc." Both pieces explore how Palin is set to make tons of cash in what the Phoenix called "the burgeoning right-wing marketplace," and they use similar imagery.
Boston Phoenix |
04-27-2010 9:26 am |
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Former LA Weekly Classical Music Critic Alan Rich Diesnew
Rich died on Friday at his home in West Los Angeles. He was 85. Rich was the chief classical music critic at the Weekly from 1992 to 2008; he later briefly found a home at LA CityBeat before it closed up shop. On Twitter, Weekly food critic Jonathan Gold eulogized Rich as "the last great critic in LA."
The New York Times |
04-27-2010 8:15 am |
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Metro Silicon Valley Redesigns Paper as it Celebrates 25th Anniversarynew
Metro Silicon Valley celebrated its 25th anniversary with a new look and a swanky bash last week, the Mercury News reports. Metro publisher and co-founder Dan Pulcrano says that passion for the product has been what's kept the paper alive for this long. "It's a hard business. You have to love it," he says. "You have to be incredibly passionate about it." Meanwhile, the paper's new design, which features a glossy cover and a new logo, is Metro's first major overhaul in its first 25 years.
Mercury News |
04-26-2010 12:22 pm |
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San Diego Reader Publisher Explains the 'Typo Patrol'new
The Reader's "Typo Patrol" is a contest of sorts for readers to spot typographical errors in the paper; each person gets $10 for each mistake they point out (capped at $300 a year per person). Publisher Jim Holman tells Copyediting.com that they pay out "between $100 and $200" per week to successful typo-catchers. He says there was a little trepidation when the Reader first rolled out the patrol, since it employs professional copyeditors and proofreaders. But Holman says those staffers haven't taken offense. "All of them see it as a challenge," he says, "to make sure there are no typographical errors."
Copyediting.com |
04-23-2010 11:37 am |
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Metro Spirit Publisher Steps Down
Bryan Osborn has left his position as publisher of Augusta, Ga., alt-weekly Metro Spirit, AAN News has learned. Osborn had been with the paper since November 2007; a replacement has not yet been named.
AAN News |
04-22-2010 2:06 pm |
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Google Rolls Out More Tools for Local Businessesnew
Business Insider |
04-22-2010 9:17 am |
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'Tom the Dancing Bug' Weekly Comic Strip Picked Up by BoingBoingnew
BoingBoing |
04-22-2010 8:29 am |
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East Bay Express & Others Pushing 'Bank Local' in Addition to 'Buy Local'new
Local sustainability advocate Stacy Mitchell writes that independent business groups across the nation have brought the "bank local" message into their already existing push to urge people to "buy local." She points to an campaign the Express was a part of last year that highlighted the benefits of using a local credit union or bank, and also produced a guide to community-conscious financial choices.
Huffington Post |
04-20-2010 12:37 pm |
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Newman: Ivylise Simones' Voice Covers Were 'Brash, Graphic, Funny, Provocative, and Immediate'new
The former Village Voice art director (she left in January of this year) is the latest alt-weekly designer spotlighted by Robert Newman on the Society of Publication Designers blog. "She used bold photography and strong original illustration to give the covers a unique sense of power and imagination," he writes, adding that the look she cultivated was informed by "low budgets, [a] quick production schedule, and [her] own street smart design." Simones tells Newman her influences include NYC street art and Village Voice Media design director Michael Shavalier. "His work in the past 10 years for numerous alt-weeklies across the country blew my mind! I feel our craft in editorial design is one of a kind, and he set the bar," she says. "I used to spend hours just looking at his past covers for ideas."
Society of Publication Designers |
04-20-2010 11:44 am |
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Redmond, Saltas Discuss the State of the Alt-Weekly Worldnew
The San Francisco Bay Guardian's Tim Redmond and Salt Lake City Weekly's John Saltas are joined by Amy Mitchell of the Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism for a wide-ranging discussion on the alt-weekly industry on Salt Lake City public radio station KUER. Among the topics covered: how alt-weeklies are faring on the web, the future of the industry and competing with the daily press.
KUER-FM |
04-20-2010 11:15 am |
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Facebook Launches 'Community Pages'new
Online Media Daily |
04-20-2010 11:16 am |
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