AAN News
Alt-Weekly Cartoonist Releases New Book
Earlier this month, syndicated cartoonist Lloyd Dangle released his latest collection of "Troubletown" comic strips, Troubletown Told You So: Comics That Could've Saved Us From This Mess. With an introduction by the Stranger's Dan Savage, the book "captures the current situation in America, a moment in time that will go down in history as our country's most boneheaded," Dangle says in a statement. "Crude comics full of insults and nasty takedowns are the only fitting way to explain it." First published in the San Francisco Bay Guardian in 1988, "Troubletown" now appears in over a dozen AAN member papers.
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Troubletown Books Press Release |
05-21-2007 10:42 am |
Press Releases
Alt-Weeklies Win 14 Awards from Florida Press Groupnew
AAN members were well-represented when the South Florida Chapter of the Society for Professional Journalists announced the winners of the 2007 Sunshine State Awards Saturday night. New Times Broward-Palm Beach took home three first-place awards, and Miami New Times had one first-place finish. Those two papers and Creative Loafing also accounted for 10 second- and third-place awards in the yearly contest.
South Florida Society for Professional Journalists (PDF file) |
05-21-2007 8:33 am |
Honors & Achievements
New East Bay Express Owner On the Changes to Comenew
Stephen Buel, co-owner and editor of the newly independent Express, tells the San Francisco Chronicle that he will aim for a "better mix" of story lengths and more community and government meeting coverage, and will bring back calendar listings and staff-generated movie reviews. The paper will also be redesigned, in print and online. "Readers won't see the changes next week," Buel said. "But in six or so months, they can decide whether they like them or not."
San Francisco Chronicle |
05-18-2007 1:27 pm |
Industry News
City Pages Wins Four First-Place Awards in State Contestnew
In the Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists' Page One Contest, the alt-weekly came out on top in News and Feature - Investigative; Sports - Feature; Graphics and Illustrations - Spot News; and Photojournalism - Portrait. The paper also had four second- and third-place finishes.
The Star Tribune |
05-18-2007 8:34 am |
Honors & Achievements
Media Groups Urge Senators to Vote on the OPEN Government Act
Sunshine in Government Initiative Press Release |
05-18-2007 1:33 pm |
Press Releases
Tags: Editorial, Management
Group of Alt-Weekly Vets to Buy East Bay Express
In a press release issued this afternoon, Village Voice Media says it is selling its Emeryville-based paper to an investment group led by current editor Stephen Buel, AAN veteran Hal Brody, and Express co-founder Kelly Vance. Monterey County Weekly founder and CEO Bradley Zeve is also one of the investors. Brody, who owned Pitch Weekly in Kansas City until he sold it to New Times in 1999, will take over as publisher. The Express, which was founded in 1978, has been owned by New Times/VVM since 2001. "It's great that Hal and Steve will be taking over the Express," VVM chief executive officer Jim Larkin says. "They are amazingly talented people who will devote themselves to continuing the paper's excellence." Editing the Express "is the best job I've ever had," Buel says. "It will be an honor to build upon the legacies left by the founders and Village Voice Media."
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Village Voice Media Press Release |
05-17-2007 5:09 pm |
Press Releases
Michael Musto Meets Keith Olbermann ... Finally!new
After talking pop culture on MSNBC's Countdown from a remote location for four years, the Village Voice columnist got to meet Olbermann in the flesh last week when the TV news anchor was awarded the first annual Molly Ivins Award by AAN. "The patron saint of skeptical liberals turned out to be as appealing as he is on the tube," he says in his La Dolce Musto column.
The Village Voice |
05-17-2007 4:38 pm |
Association News
CVS Stops Carrying Alt-Weekly; Protests & Arrests Ensuenew
When CVS took over Osco Drug in Milwaukee, the Shepherd Express was told to remove its news racks from the stores. Since then, free-lance journalist Jeff White has been standing vigil in protest outside one of the stores for about 20 hours a week. Last week, White and a man he was chatting with were arrested after a CVS manager called the cops to complain. Shepherd publisher Louis Fortis says he's called the company's headquarters to determine why they stopped carrying the paper, but hasn't received a response. But he says he's heard that a customer complained about the paper's criticism of President Bush and the Iraq War. "CVS has every right to not carry the Shepherd, but I don't believe that the top management at CVS would want to politicize their retail stores," Fortis says. "It would be a shame if CVS became a pharmacy that only catered to conservative Republicans."
Shepherd Express |
05-17-2007 2:01 pm |
Industry News
David Carr: City Pages is 'A Great Paper'new
That's his take after picking up a copy this week, though he says he has "hurt feelings" about City Pages "running the Twin Cities Reader [a now-defunct AAN paper he used to edit] out of business." Carr, who also served as editor of Washington City Paper and is now a reporter for the New York Times, tells the Minnesota Monitor: "I share newspaper approaches with [Village Voice Media]. I've always been equal opportunity in terms of choosing opponents and choosing targets." He adds that VVM papers "in general are far superior to most weeklies, and they fund great journalism, pay a living wage, pay healthcare."
Minnesota Monitor |
05-17-2007 1:02 pm |
Industry News
Huffington, Taibbi and Hamsher to Talk Politics in Portlandnew
That's Arianna Huffington (pictured) of Huffington Post and NPR, Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone, and Jane Hamsher of firedoglake.com. They'll share ideas about national and local election coverage in a Friday afternoon panel at this year's convention. The panel will be moderated by Willamette Week editor Mark Zusman.
PortlAANd 2007 |
05-17-2007 11:40 am |
Association News
Film Festival Taps Two Alt-Weekly Critics for Selection Committeenew
The New York Film Festival has added the LA Weekly's Scott Foundas and the Village Voice's J. Hoberman to the roster of critics choosing the 2007 festival slate. They join the Film Society Of Lincoln Center's Richard Pena and Kent Jones and Entertainment Weekly critic Lisa Schwarzbaum on the committee.
Screen Daily |
05-17-2007 8:12 am |
Industry News
Alt-Weeklies Clean Up at Arizona Press Club Awardsnew
Phoenix New Times and Tucson Weekly took home a total of 13 first-place awards, with New Times winning in eight categories and the Weekly placing first in five. New Times staff writers Sarah Fenske and Paul Rubin both triumphed in two categories, and the Weekly's Margaret Regan managed the same feat. Both AAN papers also received a number of second- and third-place prizes. Winners of the awards, which honor the best in Arizona print journalism, were announced last week at a Phoenix banquet.
Arizona Press Club |
05-17-2007 7:53 am |
Honors & Achievements
Variety, AMC Team for Film Festival Sitenew
Media Daily News |
05-17-2007 1:49 pm |
Industry News
Looking for Some Web Training?new
We'll have it for you next month in Portland, where there will be at least a dozen different Web-focused presentations and panels, from an eyetracking seminar by a representative of Poynter Institute to sessions on web metrics and analytics, and online real estate marketing.
PortlAANd 2007 |
05-16-2007 12:11 am |
Association News
AltWeeklies.com: The Week in Review
In this week's installment: Leaving death row, Mother's Day, gun control, obsessive vegans, summer movies, Bob Barker, and more.
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AAN News |
05-16-2007 4:38 pm |
Association News
Tags: Editorial, Electronic Publishing
