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Boston's Weekly Dig Announces Big, Big, Big Editorial Changes

Joe Keohane will be stepping down as editor next month and will be replaced by current music/food/commerce editor Michael Brodeur, the Dig announced today. "Running this zoo has been enormously fun," says Keohane, "but I've always said that turnover is key to keeping an alt-weekly fresh, and Brodeur's the guy for the job." The Dig also announced that staff writer Paul McMorrow will be promoted to news and features editor; Jim Stanton has been hired "to rehabilitate the paper's disastrously bad website;" and Salon.com writer Cintra Wilson will soon begin contributing a semimonthly celebrity column. (FULL STORY)
Boston Weekly Dig press release  |  01-09-2007  7:31 pm  |  Press Releases

Rodney Carmichael Named Creative Loafing Music Editor

Former Rolling Out senior writer joined alt-weekly's staff Jan. 4 (FULL STORY)
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) press release  |  01-08-2007  5:34 pm  |  Press Releases

Willamette Week Raises Bundle of Dough for Local Non-Profits

Eyeballs popped at Portland's largest alt-weekly when the amount of money raised by its fundraising drive approached a quarter of a million dollars. This outpouring of beneficence was a product of the paper's "Give!Guide," which supports local non-profits by encouraging philanthropy among readers 35 and under. "We never expected anything like this," says Publisher Richard Meeker. "Obviously, this says a lot about our readers -- and Portland." (FULL STORY)
Willamette Week press release  |  01-02-2007  5:34 pm  |  Press Releases

Philadelphia Weekly Sponsors Free Music Doc Screening

Philadelphia Weekly  |  12-20-2006  5:11 pm  |  Press Releases

New Editor Named at Colorado Springs Independent

Ralph Routon, 54, a columnist and editor at the Colorado Springs Gazette for 24 years, will return to his adopted hometown to take the position of executive editor at the Pikes Peak region's alternative newspaper. Since leaving the area in 2001, Routon spent the past five years as an editor at daily newspapers in Florida and Texas. He will assume his new position in January, according to a release from the Independent. (FULL STORY)
Colorado Springs Independent  |  12-07-2006  10:50 am  |  Press Releases

NOW Celebrates 25 Years of Publishing

NOW Magazine Press Release  |  11-07-2006  4:02 pm  |  Press Releases

Boston Phoenix’s Adam Reilly to Revive Weekly Media Column

Boston Phoenix Press Release  |  11-02-2006  8:40 am  |  Press Releases

Monday Goes Glossy on Thursday

Monday Magazine Press Release  |  11-02-2006  8:30 am  |  Press Releases

Bill Jensen Takes the Digital Reins at VVM

Village Voice Media Press Release  |  10-26-2006  12:00 pm  |  Press Releases

Valley Advocate Publishes Case for Deval Patrick

Valley Advocate Press Release  |  10-26-2006  11:08 am  |  Press Releases

Worcester Magazine Celebrates 30th with Biggest Issue Ever!

Not to mention a massive party next weekend (FULL STORY)
Worcester Magazine Press Release  |  10-26-2006  10:33 am  |  Press Releases

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