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Ad in City Pages Comes Under Firenew
An advertisement in this week's City Pages that shows an apparently suicidal man with a gun to his head has upset some readers and advocacy groups. Critics say the ad, for R.F. Moeller Jeweler, treats mental illness as a punch line rather than a serious illness. The ad was created by columnist T.D. Mischke, who puts together a different ad for the jeweler, a column sponsor, each week. "Certainly I'm sorry to the people who were hurt by it," he tells KSTP-TV. "I'm not in the business of going out to hurt people so anytime I hurt somebody I have to apologize for that." MORE from MinnPost.com and the Consumerist.
KSTP-TV |
04-08-2010 10:01 am |
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Huffington Post Launches Separate 'Twitter Edition'new
paidContent.org |
04-08-2010 1:11 pm |
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Boston Phoenix Unveils This Year's 100 Unsexiest Mennew
From The Pope to The Situation, from Glenn Beck to Tiger Woods, the Phoenix has rolled out its annual list of the year's 100 unsexiest men. "Nike's robotically perfect pitchman took that whole 'Just Do It' slogan a smidge too literally -- with virtually any hooker, cocktail waitress, golf groupie, substitute teacher, den mother, and rodeo clown within a chip shot of his 5-iron," the Phoenix says of Woods, who took top honors this year. "Making matters worse, to repair his nuked image, he hired evil former Bush White House press secretary Ari Fleischer as his public-relations caddy."
The Boston Phoenix |
04-07-2010 9:55 am |
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Judge Sets Hearing on Bay Guardian's Contempt Claim Against Banknew
A San Francisco Superior Court judge last week granted a motion by the San Francisco Bay Guardian to set a hearing to determine if Bank of Montreal, the lead bank for SF Weekly, should be held in contempt of court for telling the Weekly's advertisers that it has first right to that paper's money. The Guardian contends that the March ruling allowing the Guardian to take half of the Weekly's ad revenue means it has first right to any money from the Weekly, not the bank. The hearing is set for April 30.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
04-05-2010 5:13 pm |
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Survey: Web Updates, Social Media Equal Heavier Workloads for Journosnew
Continuing a trend from previous suveys, more than 70 percent of respondents in the 2010 PRWeek/PR Newswire Media Survey indicate a heavier workload as compared to last year. The survey finds the workloads being driven up by web reporting and social media, with 62 percent of respondents now required to write for the web, and 37 percent of the American respondents required to maintain a Twitter account.
PR Newswire |
04-05-2010 12:57 pm |
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Salem, Ore., Alternative Newspaper to Increase Frequencynew
On May 6, the Salem Monthly, a six-year-old alternative newspaper in Oregon's state capital, will become the Salem Weekly and be distributed every other Thursday.
Salem Monthly |
04-05-2010 9:26 am |
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Tags: Management
Former Village Voice Jazz Critic Mike Zwerin Has Diednew
The New York Times |
04-05-2010 5:18 pm |
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Big Changes Afoot at Many AAN Papers
Alt-weeklies all over the country are reporting big news today, with several trying out new revenue streams, some having been bought and others having done some buying themselves. Here's the rundown:
- The Southland Publishing group, which owns four AAN members, has been sold to MediaNews Group.
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has acquired Salt Lake City Weekly, "the popular alternative publication seen by many as a Mormonbashing, gay-loving and tattoo-promoting tabloid."
- Detroit's Metro Times has purchased the The Detroit News and will reinvent itself as a daily titled, appropriately, The Detroit Daily.
- The Monterey County Weekly has dropped its print edition and gone exclusively online and mobile, changing its motto from "To inspire independent thinking and conscious action, etc." to "Less content; (almost) no cost. What you want."
- The Chico News & Review is mining new revenue sources, including a large-scale yard sale, medical-marijuana dispensary, monthly topless carwashes and a weekend nightclub.
AAN |
04-01-2010 4:21 pm |
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Independent Weekly's Hopscotch Festival Announces Lineupnew
Public Enemy, Broken Social Scene, Panda Bear, Fucked Up, No Age and Atlas Sound are among the big-name acts lined up for the Weekly's inaugural music festival, which will take place in Raleigh this September. The festival is being directed by Indy account executive Greg Lowenhagen and curated by music editor Grayson Currin.
The News & Observer |
04-01-2010 1:18 pm |
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NY Times: Village Voice's Foster Kamer One of Web Gossip's 'Rising Stars'new
"Mr. Kamer may cite The Village Voice's co-founder, Norman Mailer, as a personal inspiration, but online he comes off a bit like a wifi era hybrid of J. J. Hunsecker and H. L. Mencken, delivering missives on the news media, politics and New York culture in an acerbic, knowing tone -- even by Gawker alumni standards -- sometimes at lengths that call to mind Op-Ed essays more than gossip items," the Times writes in a story on nine "rising stars of gossip blogs."
The New York Times |
04-01-2010 12:15 pm |
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Gerald Posner Says Miami New Times is Out to 'Destroy' His Booknew
Miami New Times has reported that Posner, who was fired from the Daily Beast last month after Slate's Jack Shafer revealed Posner had lifted from the Miami Herald, also plagiarized passages of his latest book, Miami Babylon (including from New Times itself). In a blog response, Posner says New Times' reporting is part of a "coordinated effort to destroy" his book.
Miami New Times |
03-31-2010 1:21 pm |
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Westword Staff Writer Gets CJR Laurelnew
Calling Alan Prendergast's reporting on how a Wisconsin-based insurance company fought one of its policyholders in court a "riveting tale," CJR's Trudy Lieberman says he "revealed much about the inner workings of an insurance company ... provid[ing] a kind of an insurance 101." She concludes that Prendergast's work proves that the alternative press "can expose the real story" while the mainstream media "continues its obsession with politics and pony races."
CJR |
03-31-2010 9:27 am |
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Designers Turn Copies of L.A. Weekly into Dresses at L.A. Fashion Weeknew
A show called "Paper Dresses" that hit runways during the recent L.A. Fashion Week featured clothes made out of the L.A. Weekly. "It might have had a Project Runway challenge feel, but there was no denying the crafting skills, creative construction and whimsy of each and every piece on display," the Weekly's Lina Lecaro writes. "The presentation also served as a reminder of one thing print journalism will always have over web: cool, colorful cover pages."
L.A. Weekly |
03-31-2010 9:10 am |
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Bay Guardian Editor: The SF Weekly Suit 'Wasn't Personal'new
San Francisco Bay Guardian executive editor Tim Redmond writes that while he thought Eli Sanders' recent story on the feud between the Guardian and SF Weekly in The Stranger was mostly right, he faults Sanders (and others) for casting the legal battle as a clash of egos. "The thing is, Bruce [Brugmann] and Mike [Lacey] haven't hated each other for decades," Redmond writes. "They weren't terribly close, but they got along fine -- and sometimes, they were political allies." He points to their unlikely alliance at the 1997 AAN Convention (three years after New Times purchased SF Weekly) to push a bylaws measure (and digs up a photo of the two arm-in-arm) as proof. "They were almost, sorta, kinda pals," he writes. "At least for a few minutes."
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
03-30-2010 10:27 am |
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After Pitch Story on Alleged Assault, Missouri Pol Won't Run Againnew
Missouri state Rep. Roman LeBlanc announced on Friday that he won't be seeking reelection after a story in The Pitch detailed his sexual involvement with an 18-year-old college student who he had mentored since she was 15. The student accused LeBlanc of sexually assaulting her, but prosecutors decided there was not enough evidence to file charges against LeBlanc, who has maintained his innocence.
The Pitch |
03-29-2010 12:37 pm |
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