AAN News
Monday Magazine to Unveil New Look April 14
The 35-year-old alt-weekly based in Victoria, British Columbia says its redesign debuting this week will "shak[e] off the dust to deliver a crisp, new design and updated content that better reflects its role as Victoria's alternative voice."
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Monday Magazine Press Release |
04-11-2011 8:59 am |
Press Releases
The Media Oxpecker: A New Twist on Performance-Based Pay
This week: incentive pay, debunking myths about journalism's future, clipping coupons online, and plenty of "very special content" and "weird porn."
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AAN |
04-08-2011 2:46 pm |
Media Roundup
Village Voice 'Making This Right' and Paying Contributors to Comics Issuenew
Village Voice editor Tony Ortega announced today that he will pay all of the cartoonists who contributed to the paper's Comics Issue without compensation. The Voice faced harsh criticism this week for not paying the contributors.
The Village Voice |
04-08-2011 1:20 pm |
Industry News
Creative Loafing Photographer was Charlotte's First Homicide Victim of 2011
Charlotte photographer Chris Radok was murdered in his home early this January, becoming that city's first homicide victim of 2011. The 55-year-old had been affiliated with Creative Loafing (Charlotte) for a long time, serving as photographer and photo editor, both freelance and full-time, from 1994 to 2006.
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AAN |
04-08-2011 10:10 am |
Industry News
Philadelphia Weekly Editor Releases Book on Philly's Dive Bars
If you want to know where to get down and divey in Philly but don't know where to start, don't worry, the new book from Philadelphia Weekly music/food editor Brian McManus is here to help.
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AAN |
04-07-2011 1:38 pm |
Industry News
Village Voice Comes Under Fire for Not Paying Contributors to Comics Issue
Several cartoonists are criticizing The Village Voice for not paying some contributors to its Comics Issue that came out this week.
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AAN |
04-07-2011 12:06 pm |
Industry News
Cartoonist Lloyd Dangle Ending 'Troubletown' Strip
After getting his start in alt-weekly cartooning with a strip in the San Francisco Bay Guardian in 1988, Lloyd Dangle is retiring his Troubletown comic.
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AAN |
04-07-2011 9:23 am |
Industry News
Colorado Springs Independent Uses QR Codes in 'Annual Manual' Issuenew
The Independent linked a dedicated QR code for each section in its "Primer" listings for its 2011 Annual Manual. The listings feature the top picks in the nightlife, food and drink, shopping, services, daylife and personalities categories of the paper's 2010 readers' poll.
Colorado Springs Independent |
04-07-2011 9:14 am |
Industry News
Cartoonist Ward Sutton's Village Voice Cover Called a 'Glorious Menagerie of Mashups'
The Village Voice released its Comics Issue this week, with an inventive and eye-catching cover done by longtime alt-cartoonist Ward Sutton.
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AAN |
04-06-2011 8:23 am |
Industry News
UPDATE: NOW Considering Legal Action Against Toronto Mayor's Officenew
NOW Magazine editor and publisher Michael Hollett says the paper is considering legal action against the office of Toronto mayor Rob Ford following last week's directive to remove copies of NOW from City Hall.
CBC News |
04-05-2011 9:36 am |
Industry News
MTV Greenlights Dan Savage's Sex Advice Shownew
MTV has approved a full season of Savage U, in which the ubiquitous sex advice columnist and Stranger editorial director takes questions while touring college campuses.
Inside TV |
04-05-2011 8:26 am |
Industry News
Willamette Week News Editor Leaving Paper for County Jobnew
Willamette Week managing news editor Hank Stern is leaving the paper to take a communications job with Multnomah County.
Portland Business Journal |
04-05-2011 4:00 am |
Industry News
The Media Oxpecker: Long-Form Lives On
This week: David Carr on the new long-form app The Atavist, more Groupon nightmares, and Clara Jeffery on her copious consumption of Twitter.
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AAN |
04-01-2011 5:33 pm |
Media Roundup
Dallas Observer Names Joe Tone As Editornew
Joe Tone has been tapped as editor of the Dallas Observer, where he will replace Mark Donald. Tone was most recently the editor of The Pitch in Kansas City.
Dallas Observer |
03-31-2011 3:00 pm |
Industry News
Toronto Orders City Employees To “Remove and Dispose” of NOW Magazine Issuesnew
The office of Toronto's Mayor Rob Ford ordered city employees to remove all copies of NOW Magazine from locations around the city, according to an email obtained by the paper.
NOW Magazine |
03-31-2011 5:55 pm |
Industry News
