AAN News

Seattle Attorney Gives Tips to Avoid Libel Suits

Joy Howard  |  07-06-2004  4:40 pm  |  Association News

Stalking Charges against Reporter Droppednew

Westword staff writer David Holthouse won't face criminal charges for allegedly having a friend follow a man he accused of raping him when he was a child. The man and his wife had contacted police when they noticed they were being followed, but the case fell apart when they refused to help prosecutors, John Ingold reports in the Denver Post. Holthouse defended his decision to have the man followed in an interview with 9News reporter Paula Woodward.
DenverPost.com  |  07-02-2004  5:30 pm  |  Industry News

Cox Enterprises Sells Minority Stake in Creative Loafingnew

The owner of the Atlanta Journal- Constitution no longer has a 25 percent stake in the chain of alternative weeklies. Tensions between Creative Loafing, Inc., and Cox executives erupted last year when the Journal-Constitution launched its own entertainment weekly, AccessAtlanta in the same market as Creative Loafing Atlanta, Caroline Wilbert reports in the the Journal-Constitution. Cox executive Charles "Buddy" Solomon told the Atlanta daily he agreed to the sale "to put all of this behind us."
ajc.com  |  07-01-2004  1:28 pm  |  Industry News

Boston Phoenix Reveals Identity of "Anonymous" CIA Officernew

The unidentified author of "Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror" is Michael Scheuer, a CIA analyst based in Langley, Va., according to Jason Vest. The freelance writer reports in the Phoenix that Scheuer doesn't want to be anonymous at all but is compelled to keep his identity secret because of arcane classified regulations. Vest earlier wrote an article about a secret memo on Iraq that appeared in dozens of AAN papers.
Editor & Publisher  |  06-30-2004  6:04 pm  |  Industry News

AAN Amends Bylaws to Adapt to Changing Times

AAN Staff  |  06-30-2004  9:11 pm  |  Association News

E&P Picks Chicago Reader As a Paper That Does It Rightnew

Chicago Reader has been named to Editor & Publisher's "10 That Do It Right" list. It is cited for its singular achievement in attracting young, single readers while producing a thick, substantive paper that doesn't fit the mold. "Long-form journalism is a staple, but screechy commentary on national issues isn't," E&P's Greg Mitchell comments. The Reader and nine other winners are profiled in an online article available only to E&P subscribers.
Editor & Publisher  |  06-29-2004  8:17 pm  |  Industry News

Four Newcomers Gain Seats on AAN Board

AAN Staff  |  06-29-2004  4:06 pm  |  Association News

Four New Papers Admitted to AAN

AAN Staff  |  06-29-2004  3:23 pm  |  Association News

Alternative Newsweekly Award Winners Announced

AAN Staff  |  06-27-2004  8:53 am  |  Association News

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