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Boise Weekly Founder Takes Issue With Opinion Column
Boise Weekly writer Bill Cope addressed his June 28 column to his former boss Andy Hedden-Nicely, who founded the "United Party" in Idaho and is running as its candidate for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Cope praised Hedden-Nicely as an individual, but suggested that his third-party candidacy was a mistake in judgment. Hedden-Nicely's response in the paper's July 5 issue apes Cope's column structure. "I know you as a man of intelligence and integrity, and I'm confident that when you finally come to your senses and realize that the train has left the station -- that the Democrats are still hiding in the shadows trying to come up with a politically correct response -- you can jump on the United Party train," Hedden-Nicely writes.
07-06-2006 11:07 am |
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Tags: Editorial, Boise Weekly
Gannett Distribution Networks for Dummies
The battle against Gannett's exclusive newspaper-distribution networks has heated up in the last two months, with Jackson Free Press and The Independent Weekly (Lafayette, La.) publishing details in their print editions, JFP launching a "Goliath blog" to track Gannett's progress in Mississippi, and Editor & Publisher covering the controversy in its latest issue. For anyone still confused about how the "networks" are harmful to alt-weeklies, Darren Schwindaman has explained the process in a cartoon (available here), which ran as a full page in JFP's print edition.
07-06-2006 10:21 am |
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Tags: Editorial, Jackson Free Press
Knute Berger Leaves Seattle Weekly After 15 Yearsnew
The Weekly's editor in chief tells the Seattle Post-Intelligencer that his autonomy has decreased since the merger between New Times and Village Voice Media, but that he was not forced out by the new ownership. Berger has left the alt-weekly twice before, each time to be asked back. Berger announced his resignation July 3 on his blog. "I've been through four ownership groups, five publishers, and have seen the paper into the online era. Now we're six months into the Village Voice/New Times merger era, and I've decided it's time to be a free-range mossback again," he wrote.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
07-06-2006 9:07 am |
Industry News
Seipp: Friedman Made 'Harmless Attempt To Humanize' Finkenew
Cathy's World |
07-06-2006 12:08 pm |
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Tags: Editorial, Nikki Finke
Feit: New Times' Frat-Boy, Hard-News Formula Is at Odds With Berger’s Hippie Vibenew
The Stranger |
07-06-2006 9:20 am |
Industry News
Jim DeFede Picks Up Radio, Magazine Gigs
Jim DeFede, former columnist for Miami New Times and the Miami Herald, is reportedly about to sign with Clear Channel for a morning talk show. "Whatever people are talking about in South Florida, that's what I'm going to be talking about," DeFede tells the Herald (here, second item). He will also write a regular column for Living Real Miami, a local magazine, in addition to keeping his current job as a commentator for WFOR-TV.
07-05-2006 11:48 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Jim DeFede
The Independent Weekly Files Records Lawsuit Against Universitynew
The Independent Weekly (Lafayette, La.) |
07-05-2006 1:16 pm |
Industry News
Seattle Weekly Editor Announces Resignationnew
Seattle Weekly |
07-05-2006 9:46 am |
Industry News
Film Ad in Mag Further Blurs the Line Between Edit and Advertisingnew
New York Times (reg. req.) |
07-03-2006 11:47 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Retail Advertising
Former Gambit Journalist Wins Katrina Media Fellowship
Katy Reckdahl is one of 31 recipients of the Katrina Media Fellowships, announced Thursday by the Open Society Institute. The grants were created "to promote a national conversation on racism and inequality in America." The recipients will split $950,000; special consideration was given to applicants who were
displaced from or residents of the Gulf Region. Reckdahl, a staff writer for Gambit Weekly at the time of the storm, will use her fellowship "to write about the
daily life in New Orleans' Tremé and Irish Channel neighborhoods,
focusing on people living in poverty and the challenges they face in
terms of jobs, housing, health care, and indigent defense."
06-30-2006 12:59 pm |
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Tags: Editorial, Katy Reckdahl
LA CityBeat Investigation Sparks Call for Nuclear Dump Clean-Upnew
During the height of the Cold War, UCLA and the U.S. Veteran's Administration dumped radioactive waste underneath a field where kids now play and Brentwood residents walk their dogs, CityBeat revealed in articles published May 18 and May 25. Over two dozen citizens met to discuss the issue on June 13, CityBeat reports, and the neighborhood's City Councilman wrote a letter to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs expressing support for a clean-up. In addition, Rep. Henry Waxman tells CityBeat that he is "concerned about the possible environmental hazards" at the site. The V.A. continues to insist the area is safe, but has committed to additional study since the CityBeat articles appeared.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
06-30-2006 11:13 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Los Angeles CityBeat
The Village Voice Revives 'Worst Landlords' Feature
06-30-2006 12:00 pm |
Press Releases
Tags: Editorial, The Village Voice
Finke: Profile Started Dialogue About Sexism in Journalismnew
Deadline Hollywood |
06-30-2006 11:29 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Nikki Finke
LEO Editor's Letter From Little Rock and the AAN Conventionnew
Louisville Eccentric Observer |
06-30-2006 7:36 am |
Association News
Miami New Times Steps Into Hispanic Journalist Controversy
Chuck Strouse's June 29 column addresses "hypocrisy, bullying, and misplaced priorities among the nation's top Latino journalists," specifically focusing on an argument between Sam Diaz, Washington Post assistant technology editor and financial officer for the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, and Monica Rhor, an Orange County Register reporter who edited the newspaper for the recent NAHJ convention. The point of contention is a quote by Diaz printed in the convention newsletter: Diaz alleges it was inaccurate and misleading, but Rhor refused to run a correction. Both Rhor and the NAHJ president, Rafael Olmeda, respond to the Miami New Times column in letters printed on Romenesko. "It saddens me that the accomplishments of such a talented group are being overshadowed by a debate which I consider unwarranted," Rhor says.
06-29-2006 9:40 am |
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