AAN News
Missoula Independent Names New Editor
The Missoula Independent tapped arts and entertainment editor Skylar Browning to be its next editor and hired freelance contributor Erika Fredrickson to take over the arts desk. Browning, who has edited the arts section for four years, will replace Brad Tyer, who left late last year. "Skylar was the guy we wanted from the start," says Independent publisher Matt Gibson. "He's very, very good at the work he does -- smart, funny, ambitious. And he exudes personal confidence and professional cool. He's a truly admirable colleague, and I'm thrilled he agreed to step up."
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Missoula Independent Press Release |
06-26-2008 1:45 pm |
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Chicago Reader Releases First Annual Best of Chicago Issue
Chicago Reader Press Release |
06-26-2008 10:16 am |
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Tags: Management, Chicago Reader
Times-Shamrock Buys Cleveland Free Times, Cleveland Scene
The other shoe has dropped. Times-Shamrock just announced that it is buying Cleveland Free Times as well as the Cleveland Scene, and will merge the two publications into a single paper on July 23. The new paper will be called the Scene, and current Free Times publisher Matt Fabyan will run it. "This is a great addition to our existing group of alternative
newsweeklies," says Don Farley, group publisher of Times-Shamrock's stable of alt-weeklies, which now numbers five. "We look forward to serving the greater
Cleveland community for many, many years." UPDATE: Fabyan tells the Plain-Dealer that the deal had "been in the works for a while," and Crain's Cleveland Business reports that staffers at each paper are being asked to reapply to the new paper.
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Times Shamrock Alternative Newsweekly Group Press Release |
06-20-2008 10:27 am |
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VVM to Sell Cleveland Scene to Times-Shamrock
Village Voice Media announced today it is selling the Cleveland Scene to Times-Shamrock Communications. Terms of the purchase agreement are not being disclosed; the deal is expected to close on June 25. "We more than achieved our journalistic goals in Cleveland," VVM CEO Jim Larkin says of the paper the company bought in 1998. "This is a staff of remarkably talented and hard-working people. Unfortunately, after ten years, we weren't able to achieve our financial objectives." Times-Shamrock also owns AAN members Baltimore City Paper, Metro Times, the Orlando Weekly, and the San Antonio Current.
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Village Voice Media Press Release |
06-20-2008 9:24 am |
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Chicago Drinks is Online and in Print
Chicago Reader Press Release |
06-20-2008 1:40 pm |
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Boise Weekly Wins 'Small Business of the Year' Award from Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce
Surprise for Idaho's only alternative paper
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Boise Weekly Press Release |
06-20-2008 9:53 am |
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Tags: Management, Boise Weekly
Boise Weekly named winner by Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce of 'Small Business of theYear' awards
Surprise for Idaho's only alternative paper
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06-19-2008 5:00 pm |
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Tags: Boise Weekly
The Village Voice Announces Additional Artists for Siren Music Festivalnew
The Village Voice Press Release |
06-18-2008 1:24 pm |
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The East Bay Express Presents Wedding Wednesdays
East Bay Express Press Release |
06-17-2008 12:44 pm |
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Tags: Marketing, East Bay Express
Cleveland Scene Clubs Editor Publishes His First Book
Continuum Books has published D.X. Ferris' book, 33 1/3: Reign in Blood, which examines the classic heavy metal record by Slayer. It is part of Continuum's 33 1/3 series, a growing collection of volumes about and inspired by classic albums. "Writing the book, I had two goals in mind," Ferris says. "First, I didn’t want to be the guy who screwed up a Slayer book. Second, I wanted present the story in a way that's compelling to both rabid Slayer fans and to NPR listeners who love pop music, but have never lost a shoe in a mosh pit."
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Continuum Publishing Press Release |
06-13-2008 9:18 am |
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Village Voice Staff Writer Michael Feingold's Play Opens in New York
Japanoir previews Friday, June 6th and Saturday, June 7th; opening Sunday, June 8th in the
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Village Voice Press Release |
06-10-2008 7:58 am |
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Phoenix Media Group and AWN Launch National Converged Media Platform
Sponsored post by Associate Member Alternative Weekly Network
The new venture, called MediaX Partners, is a national advertising and marketing solutions company that will focus on "the creation and management of integrated media programs that use the power of a fully-integrated print, online, radio, mobile and promotions platform," according to a press release. "With major brands now looking for, and expecting, streamlined network buys, creative solutions and more value for their buy, the timing has never been better for AWN to leverage its experience and take the lead in this 'new media' world," Phoenix Media/Communications Group president Bradley Mindich says. The group will be open to all AAN members, not just those currently served by AWN.
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MediaX Partners Press Release |
06-03-2008 1:13 pm |
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LEO Names New Editor and Sales Manager
The Louisville Eccentric Observer, which was acquired last month by Nashville-based SouthComm Communications, has named Stephen George as editor and Tammy Norkiewicz as sales manager, according to a press release. George, who previously served as managing editor, has been with LEO since January 2005, and Norkiewicz has been an account executive with the paper since December 2005. LEO has also named former associate editor Sara Havens as the new arts & entertainment editor, and has hired 2008 Academy for Alternative Journalism fellow Phillip Bailey as staff writer. Reached via email, George tells AAN News that Bailey will still participate in the scholarship program this summer; the paper is giving him a leave of absence to do so.
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Louisville Eccentric Observer Press Release |
06-02-2008 11:01 am |
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Boise Weekly Names New Editor
After a year leading the Boise Weekly's editorial team, Shea
Andersen is headed out, "to work at a newspaper that does not feature a
cartoon devoted to making fun of idle chatter overheard in the
offices of Boise," according to a press release. He will be replaced by Rachael Daigle, who has been a staff writer and editor at the Weekly for five years. "Rachael knows what we are about and understands what
needs to be done to move Boise Weekly forward," publisher Sally Freeman
says in a statement. "I am very excited about our future with her leading our
editorial team." The paper also took this opportunity to announce two new hires: Nathaniel
Hoffman as news editor and Tara Morgan as staff writer.
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Boise Weekly Press Release |
05-30-2008 11:02 am |
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Deadline is Approaching for Knight-Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalismnew
American University's School of Communication's J-Lab |
05-30-2008 1:08 pm |
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Tags: Editorial, Management
