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Former NY Press Editor in Chief on CNN's 'Reliable Sources'
Harry Siegel, one of four editorial staffers who resigned from New York Press last week, participated in a discussion of the Muhammad cartoons with Mike Luckovich, an editorial cartoonist, and Jim Warren, deputy managing editor of The Chicago Tribune (which did not run the cartoons). Siegel called the cartoons "very amateurish and very vile" before arguing that "it seems Orwellian to talk about this at such length without showing the images." Siegel also tangled briefly with Warren, who asserted that "characterizing the cartoons in great detail" was sufficient to cover the story.
02-13-2006 8:40 am |
Industry News
Opinion: Weekly Alibi Letter Writer Has Been Effectively Silencednew
The Albuequerque Tribune |
02-13-2006 4:50 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Weekly Alibi
Boston Phoenix Wins 20 NEPA Awards
02-13-2006 12:33 pm |
Press Releases
Opinion: Interesting Omissions in Coverage of Pointblank Lawsuitnew
Des Moines Business Record |
02-13-2006 9:04 am |
Industry News
Another Former Dallas Observer Writer Running for Mayor?
Erstwhile Observer Music Editor Zac Crain confirmed to his former employer: "Yes, I'm running, and I'm very excited. I'm not high, and it's not a joke." The current mayor of Dallas, Laura Miller, wrote a column for the Observer before launching her political career. The Observer describes Crain as a "great writer" and "nice guy" and jibes, "On balance, among former Observer staffers, Dallas could do worse for mayor -- not that we have anyone particularly in mind when we say that." Crain, now an associate editor at American Way magazine, plans to make an official announcement on April 24.
02-10-2006 11:33 am |
Industry News
SLO New Times Apologizes for Meth Storynew
The public reaction to the alt-weekly's Feb. 2 issue, which contained a recipe for methamphetamine, dominates this week's issue. In the cover story, Jim Mullin, the paper's new editor, apologizes for provoking community outrage and laments lost readers, distribution points and advertising. Mullin, who was editor of the Miami New Times for 18 years before joining the San Luis Obispo paper, says the meth story "strained to the breaking point a trust that had steadily developed over two decades." He says the paper chose not to use a "scolding" tone in order to avoid alienating young readers, but the "use of sarcasm, designed to hold reader interest, alienated some who believed the subject was too serious to be treated flippantly." This week's issue also includes dozens of angry letters, including those sent by the city's mayor and chief of police.
San Luis Obispo New Times |
02-10-2006 10:29 am |
Industry News
Appeals Court Rejects Billion-Dollar Lawsuit Against Dallas Observernew
According to the Dallas Voice, the civil suit stemmed from a Dec. 4, 2003 article on financial mismanagement within a Dallas church, in which the Observer named an HIV-positive volunteer who it claimed was on the church's employee health plan. The volunteer, who filed the lawsuit under the name John Doe, alleged that the Observer had violated the Texas Health and Safety Code, which prohibits the disclosure of HIV test results. The court's written opinion rejected the lawsuit on the grounds that the newspaper did not have access to test results or other confidential medical information; the newspaper had learned of the plaintiff's HIV-positive status through another member of the church. The Dallas Observer's Feb. 2 issue reported the "happy ending to a silly lawsuit" and again named the plaintiff, who still may request a rehearing or appeal to the Texas Supreme Court.
Dallas Voice |
02-10-2006 9:04 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Dallas Observer
Dan Savage: The Muslim Community in Seattle 'Gets It'new
AP via Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
02-10-2006 2:24 pm |
Industry News
Weekly Alibi Reprints Letter That Led to 'Sedition' Chargenew
Weekly Alibi |
02-10-2006 1:42 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Weekly Alibi
David Carr on Alt-Weeklies, the Web, and the Merger
In an extensive interview in Rochester, N.Y.'s City Newspaper, the NY Times' media reporter and incipient blogger doled out some advice for the industry that used to provide him with a paycheck. Alternative journalism is "lippy discourse plus culturally literate recommendations plus listings," he said. Problem is, the same "fundamental assets" are also available on the Web, where they're "far more searchable." So alt-weeklies need to do a "better job of putting their brand into digital realms," and they need to compete with the Web "to keep refreshing that sort of children's crusade of talented young reporters (that) make alternative newspapers vital." Carr isn't troubled by the New Times-VVM merger because he's "a fan of the New Times version of newspapering. They do very robust, city-oriented coverage that I think is a force for good, or at least accountability in the cities that they do them in."
02-09-2006 9:37 am |
Industry News
Rocky Mountain Bullhorn Shutterednew
Bullhorn Publisher Joseph Rouse announced yesterday that the newspaper's Feb. 2 issue had been its last, according to the Coloradoan. Rouse said negotiations to merge with another alt-weekly had been underway but ended abruptly on Wednesday. The Bullhorn was founded as a monthly in 2000 by Rouse and former editor Vanessa Martinez, then both 22. The newspaper was relaunched with a weekly format in 2003 and was awarded AAN membership in 2004.
The Coloradoan |
02-09-2006 8:17 am |
Industry News
California Closes Investigation of New Times-VVM Merger
Contrary to a Feb. 8 report in the San Francisco Bay Guardian that was linked from our Web site yesterday, AAN has learned that California Attorney General Bill Lockyer announced on Feb. 6 (PDF) that his office has closed its investigation of the merger without taking any enforcement action. In addition, the Bay Guardian article was in error in stating that "the two chains were caught in 2002 in an illegal market-allocation agreement." In fact, New Times and Village Voice Media signed a consent degree without admitting guilt in that case. Lockyer's letter stated that his office "will continue to monitor" the merged company's compliance with the settlement.
To read the Bay Guardian's Letter to the Editor in response to the item above, click here.
To read the Bay Guardian's Letter to the Editor in response to the item above, click here.
02-09-2006 11:04 pm |
Industry News
VA Nurse Investigated for 'Sedition' for Letter to Weekly Alibinew
The Progressive |
02-09-2006 3:26 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Weekly Alibi
The Stranger Publishes Muhammad Cartoonsnew
The Seattle Times |
02-09-2006 11:28 am |
Industry News
NY Press GM: Printing Cartoons Would 'Fan the Flame'new
AP via Newsday |
02-09-2006 10:19 am |
Industry News
