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The New LEO Debutsnew
When the Louisville Eccentric Observer's new creative director joined the paper last year, she said it "looked crappy" and the logo was "dated and silly." Those problems were erased today when LEO hit the streets with a fresh design, coated stock and a new logo that editor Stephen George calls "mature and refined yet still with some kink." George also says the paper expanded several sections, added new features, and wrapped it all within an improved navigation scheme. The radical makeover at LEO coincides with a redesigned website that launched late last year.
Louisville Eccentric Observer |
02-05-2009 7:28 pm |
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Former Metro Pulse Owner Offers $13.3 Million for Creative Loafingnew
Knoxville, Tenn.-based real estate developer Brian Conley tells Atlanta magazine his offer price for the six-paper chain was based on cash flow estimates submitted last fall by CL in the company's bankruptcy proceedings. Conley sold Metro Pulse to the EW Scripps Co. in 2007 after owning the paper for four years. He recently made an investment in the Sunday Paper, a free-circulation competitor to CL's flagship paper in Atlanta; his investment was intended to help the company start new papers and go head-to-head with CL in Tampa and Charlotte.
Atlanta Magazine |
02-05-2009 11:08 am |
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Pittsburghers Take Offense to Phoenix New Times Storynew
"An article in the free weekly Phoenix New Times is filled with insults about Steelers' fans. The article calls them "grubby, loud and nasty," reports Pittsburgh TV station KDKA. "The insults are not being taken lightly here." The New Times story in question ran as a preview to last weekend's Super Bowl matchup between the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers. "That guy from Arizona better come up here and see what it is," one Pennsylvania resident tells KDKA. "Bring his face up here."
KDKA-TV |
02-05-2009 9:10 am |
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Newsweek Does Tick-Tock on Willamette Week's Sam Adams Scoopnew
"After last week, Portland's politicians may think twice about trying to put one over" on Willamette Week's Pulitzer-winning reporter Nigel Jaquiss, according to Newsweek reporter Winston Ross. On Jan. 19, Jaquiss broke the news that Portland mayor Sam Adams had sex with an 18-year-old legislative intern and then lied about it. Newsweek notes that WW trumped other news outlets that were pursuing the story: "Jaquiss's scoop is significant not only because it represents the second huge political figure his journalism has humbled in a period of four years, but also because of whom he beat out to get the story: the much larger and much more heavily financed Oregonian."
Newsweek |
02-04-2009 11:38 am |
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Gambit Weekly Editor Chats About the State of Alt-Weekly Cartoonsnew
"The cutback in cartoons has less to do with the budget than it does with page counts going down," Kevin Allman tells "Idiot Box" cartoonist Matt Bors. "What you see as $25 for a cartoon, the publishers see as potential ad space that could sell for 10x that amount." Allman says that in New Orleans, they ended up sticking with local cartoonists rather than nationally syndicated ones. "Their drawings are the equivalent of local news stories," he says. "And I try to treat them with as much respect as I do the columnists, but they have to suffer too with the smaller page layouts."
Bors Blog |
02-03-2009 11:21 am |
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Oklahoma Gazette Wins 12 State SPJ Awardsnew
The Gazette's winnings in the Division A Newspaper category included first-place finishes in the Blog and Story/Photo Essay categories. Winners were announced yesterday.
Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists Pro Chapter (PDF) |
02-03-2009 8:45 am |
Honors & Achievements
One Paper Explains Why it Doesn't 'Unpublish' Stories Onlinenew
The Toronto Star |
02-03-2009 11:41 am |
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Alt-Cartoonist Says the 'End Of Alternative Comic Strips' May Be Herenew
"Call me a pessimist, but I think relying on alternative weekly papers to sustain alternative comics after this week is a dream," says "Rehabilitating Mr. Wiggles" cartoonist Neil Swaab. He lays out three ways forward for working alt-cartoonists: a subscription-based model, more interactivity, and donations. UPDATE (Feb. 3, 1 pm): Swaab has removed the post due to what many saw as disparaging comments about web-based comic artists.
Rehabilitating Mr. Wiggles |
02-02-2009 1:12 pm |
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Creative Loafing (Tampa) Unveils New Website
Creative Loafing (Tampa) Press Release |
02-02-2009 11:08 am |
Press Releases
Another Cartoonist is Dropped by Alt-Weekly Clientsnew
Lloyd Dangle reports that The Stranger and Metro Silicon Valley have cut his "Troubletown" cartoon. "[The papers] said that they might bring Troubletown back when things get better," Dangle writes, "but for newspapers, I don't know anybody who thinks it's going to get better." Meanwhile, Max Cannon of "Red Meat" has posted "an urgent message" on his website, saying "the alternative comics apocalypse has begun."
Troubletown Blog |
01-29-2009 2:58 pm |
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East Bay Express Article Helps Save the Plug-In Hybrid Industrynew
The California Air Resources Board backed away last Friday from strict new regulations that would have put Berkeley startup 3 Prong Power out of business and dealt a severe blow to the nascent plug-in hybrid industry, the Express reports. 3 Prong president Daniel Sherwood credited an Express cover story published a little more than a week before the air resources board meeting with helping save the rapidly-growing industry. After the story came out, the board received more than 130 comments on the proposed strict new rules, the vast majority of which were opposed to them.
East Bay Express |
01-29-2009 9:08 am |
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Ten AAN Members That Bucked the Trends and Grew in '08new
In the old days, when the media reported on problems in the newspaper industry, alternative newspapers weren't included. But alt-weeklies are immune no longer: In 2008, many AAN papers faced some of the same issues afflicting their mainstream brethren in the print media. However, you can still find alt-weeklies that had a pretty good year in 2008. That's just what AAN's editor Jon Whiten did, and he reports on 10 papers that increased revenue in a story published by Editor & Publisher.
Editor & Publisher |
01-28-2009 1:42 pm |
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VVM Suspends Syndicated Cartoonsnew
Tom Tomorrow broke the news yesterday on his blog that the ailing economy is forcing Village Voice Media to suspend publication of syndicated cartoons "at least through the rest of the first quarter, and quite possibly beyond." City Pages editor Kevin Hoffman tells the Minnesota Independent he expects some reader backlash, but says the suspension is part of an effort to "trim where we can while inflicting the least damage -- realizing that we're already cutting bone." MORE: Syndicated cartoonists Jen Sorensen and Derf weigh in.
This Modern World | Minnesota Independent |
01-27-2009 4:10 pm |
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City Pages Story Up for GLAAD Media Awardnew
Bradley Campbell's story examining the Evangelical Lutheran Church's complex relationship with gays and lesbians seeking to lead congregations has been nominated in the Outstanding Newspaper Article category in the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation's (GLAAD) 20th annual media awards. The 2007 Academy for Alternative Journalism alum's piece was nominated alongside work done in the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Hartford Courant and Nashua, N.H., Telegraph. Winners will be announced in March.
GLAAD |
01-27-2009 12:31 pm |
Honors & Achievements
Creative Loafing Critic Finds Himself in Conflict-of-Interest Controversynew
St. Petersburg Times journalist John Fleming claims that CL theater critic Mark E. Leib faces a conflict of interest working as both a critic and a playwright in the Tampa Bay area, and that objectively reviewing plays at a theater that also happens to be staging one of Leib's works should be frowned upon. "I've been theater critic for Creative Loafing for more than ten years, and this is the first time that anyone has suggested that my opinions have been influenced by any sort of favoritism for any sort of reason," Leib writes. "I don't like it and I'm not going to sit back quietly while it happens." MORE: Village Voice critic Michael Feingold, who is also a playwright, offers his take.
Creative Loafing (Sarasota) |
01-27-2009 9:48 am |
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