AAN News
Metro Spirit Names New Publisher
Bryan Osborn becomes the third publisher in the Augusta, Ga., alt-weekly's 18-year history. He was most recently advertising director of The Times and Democrat in Orangeburg, S.C. "Bryan comes to Metro Spirit with over 13 years of newspaper experience with industry leaders," says Steve Delgado, president of Portico Publications, Metro Spirit's parent company. "His passion for our business and track record of success will drive Metro Spirit's continuing growth and community prominence."
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Portico Publications Press Release |
11-14-2007 10:23 am |
Press Releases
Portland Phoenix Reveals Ugly Side of Verizon/FairPoint Merger
Fairpoint-Verizon Deal Depends on Union Workers Not Getting a Raise for Seven Years
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Portland Phoenix Press Release |
11-14-2007 5:39 pm |
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Boston's Weekly Dig Says Goodbye to McMorrow, Hello to Day
Boston's Weekly Dig Press Release |
11-05-2007 4:22 pm |
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SelectAlternatives AAN Papers See Double-Digit Revenue Growth
Study looks at 12 AAN papers' performance in Oct. 2007 versus Oct. 2006.
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Sutcliffe Associates Press Release |
11-02-2007 9:05 am |
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Oklahoma Gazette's Halloween Parade Celebrates Artistry, Diversity
Oklahoma Gazette Press Release |
10-31-2007 10:39 am |
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The Village Voice Unleashes Roller Disco Zombies Upon New York City
Serve as Opening Float at Annual Village Halloween Parade;
Voice is Exclusive Print Sponsor;
Hotline and Website Set Up to Distribute Latest Info to Public (FULL STORY)
Voice is Exclusive Print Sponsor;
Hotline and Website Set Up to Distribute Latest Info to Public (FULL STORY)
The Village Voice Press Release |
10-30-2007 11:28 am |
Press Releases
Style Weekly Launches 25th Anniversary Issue
In a letter to readers in the special issue hitting the streets of Richmond, Va., today, publisher Lori Collier Waran and editor Jason Roop take stock of their successes and look back at the optimism with which Style launched in November 1982. "It's difficult to imagine such optimism today, considering the publishing landscape," they write. "But here we are, hundreds of stories, thousands of pages and millions of words later, celebrating a milestone. Thank you for reading us and supporting us with your advertising."
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Style Weekly Press Release |
10-24-2007 12:57 pm |
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Alt-Weeklies Protest Arizona Officials' Outrageous Abuse of Power
To show solidarity with Phoenix New Times, members of AAN are providing links on their websites that direct their readers to the many
places on the internet where the home address of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is listed. Last week, New Times disclosed that its executives, writers, and even its readers were the target of a sweeping grand jury probe relating to the paper's publishing the sheriff's home address online; this disclosure led to the paper's co-founders being arrested. One day later, all charges against New Times were dropped. "Our association and its members won't tolerate this
sort of attack on the right of a member paper to publish information that is
and ought to be public record," says Tim Redmond, AAN First Amendment Chair Tim Redmond and executive editor of the San
Francisco Bay Guardian.
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Association of Alternative Newsweeklies Press Release |
10-23-2007 11:10 am |
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Film Critic J. Hoberman Celebrates 30 Years at The Village Voice
The Village Voice Press Release |
10-23-2007 2:30 pm |
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Society of Professional Journalists Condemns New Times Arrestsnew
Society of Professional Journalists Press Release |
10-23-2007 8:35 am |
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Phoenix New Times a Target of Grand Jury Probe
The alt-weekly revealed today that Maricopa County grand jury subpoenas are targeting its editors, reporters, and online readers. The inquiry stems from the paper's posting of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's home address on its site as part of a 2004 story on "America's Toughest Sheriff." By revealing the mere existence of this grand jury, New Times exposes itself to criminal penalties, but faced with what a judge deemed "highly inappropriate" behavior by prosecutors, the paper felt it had no choice but to go public. "We started this newspaper because we believed in the public's right to know," the paper's co-founders Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin explain. "Nothing has changed."
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Village Voice Media Press Release |
10-18-2007 3:09 pm |
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Tags: Phoenix New Times
Texas Observer Pushes for Public Records Withheld by State Police
Two years ago, the AAN member biweekly attempted to obtain security tapes to confirm that multimillionaire James Leininger was secretly lobbying for school vouchers at the state capitol. The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) immediately blocked the release of the tapes, saying it would compromise "homeland security." The Observer appealed to the state attorney general, who agreed that the DPS was obligated to release the videos. But the story doesn't end there. Instead of complying, DPS filed suit in state court, lost, and appealed the court's decision. Now documents obtained by the Observer and posted online show the department has spent more than $160,000 on the suit. "Beyond this being a frivolous lawsuit, what I find a little depressing is the DPS is proceeding like there is this bottomless bag of money from which to draw," Observer editor Jake Bernstein tells the Austin American-Statesman. "It just never occurred to us that they would carry this as far as they have."
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The Texas Observer Press Release |
10-18-2007 8:40 am |
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Tags: Editorial, The Texas Observer
Federal Shield Law is Passed by House of Representatives
More than 50 media organizations, including AAN, applaud the House's passage of the Free Flow of Information Act of 2007 (H.R. 2102). The bill, passed yesterday by a veto-proof vote of 398-21, would ensure that reporters don't face federal prosecution for refusing to identify confidential sources except in special circumstances. The Senate version of the shield law was strongly passed earlier this month by the Senate Judiciary Committee, but has not been scheduled for a full Senate vote, according to the Washington Post. The Post also reports that President Bush threatened to veto the bill, saying the protections it would afford "could severely frustrate -- and in some cases completely eviscerate -- the federal government's ability to investigate acts of terrorism and other threats to national security."
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Shield Law Coalition Press Release |
10-17-2007 8:43 am |
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Tags: Editorial, Management
The Village Voice's 8th Annual Best of NYC Issue Is Out
The Village Voice Press Release |
10-17-2007 2:34 pm |
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Tags: The Village Voice
Nashville Scene Names New Associate Publisher
Mike Smith will replace Chris Ferrell, who announced his departure to start a new media company last month. Smith, who has been with the company since 1997, will also be associate publisher of Nfocus magazine. "It was important to me and the Scene to search internally for Chris
Ferrell's successor," says Stuart Folb, group publisher of Village Voice Media, which owns the Scene. "After interviewing Mike, there was no doubt that my search was over and that he was the right person for the job."
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Nashville Scene Press Release |
10-12-2007 8:06 am |
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Tags: Management, Nashville Scene
