AAN News
Orlando Weekly Launches New Nightlife Magazine
Orlando Weekly Press Release |
04-02-2009 2:34 pm |
Press Releases
Dan Savage to Host AltWeekly Awards Luncheon
The Stranger's editorial director and
syndicated sex columnist has been tapped
to reprise his role as host of the AltWeekly Awards Luncheon at this year's AAN
Convention.
(FULL STORY)
AAN |
04-01-2009 1:44 pm |
Association News
AAN Members Across the Country Unveil Major Changes
- The Mountain Xpress is ending its 14-year run as a print publication today, "suspending its regular online news reports and converting its entire news operation to Twitter dispatches from staff and trusted community journalists."
- The San Francisco Bay Guardian has settled its lawsuit with Village Voice Media, agreeing to drop its legal action and "shut the fuck up" about PG&E, sunshine, media concentration, rent control, and over-development.
- Publisher Sally Freeman has sold the Boise Weekly to N-Corp-Al, which quickly shut the alt-weekly down and relaunched it as the Treasure Valley Weekly Post.
- The Washington City Paper has relaunched as the Huffington City Paper.
- Salt Lake City Weekly announced it has purchased SLUG magazine and will bring new features like "Cute Baby of the Month" and "Those Wacky Pets" to the long-running local underground-music magazine.
- Athens, Ga., alt-weekly Flagpole has relaunched as "a celebrity 'zine about fun and style, now to be known as Starpole."
- The East Bay Express is changing editorial course, introducing new procedures like "user-generated copyediting" and "reader-assigned stories."
AAN News |
04-01-2009 12:22 pm |
Industry News
Writers (and One Photographer) Mourn the Loss of Los Angeles CityBeatnew
Mediabistro's Fishbowl LA has gathered some blog posts by writers and photographers who were involved with the alt-weekly, which ceased publication last week. Photographer Ted Soqui and writers Donnell Alexander, Dennis Romero and Luke Y. Thompson all weigh in.
Fishbowl LA |
04-01-2009 12:01 pm |
Industry News
Politician Sues Style Weeklynew
Democratic state delegate Joseph D. Morrissey has filed a $10.35 million libel suit against Style Weekly for an article the alt-weekly published last April about the politician's finances and related legal battles.
The suit, which seeks $10 million in compensatory damages and $350,000 in punitive damages, names Style's parent company, TWCC Holding Corp., along with editor Jason Roop and the story's authors, Amy Biegelsen and Chris Dovi. When contacted on Monday by the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Roop said he hadn't seen the suit and therefore couldn't comment on it.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch |
04-01-2009 11:47 am |
Legal News
Three VVM Papers Win Criminal Justice Reporting Awardsnew
Seattle Weekly, The Village Voice and Westword have all won 2008 Prevention for a Safer Society (PASS) Awards, which honor journalists "who try to focus America's attention on our criminal justice system, juvenile justice system, and child welfare systems in a thoughtful and considerate manner." The awards are sponsored by the National Council on Crime and Delinquency.
The National Council on Crime and Delinquency |
04-01-2009 8:31 am |
Honors & Achievements
Arkansas Times Institutes Temporary Pay Cuts for Some Staffnew
Publisher Alan Leveritt said yesterday that about a third of the 41 people who work at the Times and the company's other publications will see temporary pay reductions of 4-7 percent starting next month. Lower paid employees were exempt from the cuts. The paper says it also recently laid off a receptionist and converted a full-time job on El Latino, its Spanish language weekly, to part-time.
Arkansas Times |
04-01-2009 8:25 am |
Industry News
Google Now Showing Local Results On Non-Local Queriesnew
Search Engine Land |
04-01-2009 3:17 pm |
Industry News
MySpace Partners with Citysearch for Local Servicenew
Online Media Daily |
04-01-2009 11:49 am |
Industry News
Tags: Electronic Publishing, Management
Inland Empire Weekly Changes Editorsnew
LA Observed |
04-01-2009 10:34 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Management
The Onion Launches 'Decider' Site in San Francisco and D.C.new
The Onion |
04-01-2009 8:33 am |
Industry News
Village Voice Media Extends Moratorium on Syndicated Cartoonsnew
This Modern World |
04-01-2009 8:27 am |
Industry News
Ben Eason Retains Control of Creative Loafingnew
Judge Caryl E. Delano has ruled in the CL CEO's favor, denying major creditor Atalaya's motions to take control of the company, Wayne Garcia of Creative Loafing (Tampa) reports from the courthouse. Though Eason will retain control, the judge is suggesting mediation for the two sides to come up with a mutually compatible reorganization plan instead of using the one put forth by Eason earlier in the bankruptcy proceedings.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
03-31-2009 3:04 pm |
Industry News
Fort Worth Weekly Wins Investigative Reporting Prizenew
A story published in the Weekly that exposed environmental abuses by Texas energy producer TXU has won a 2008 Investigative Reporters and Editors Award in the local-circulation weeklies
category. The story, which analyzed more than 25 million EPA emissions records over 10 years, was a joint project of the Weekly and the Center for Public Integrity.
Investigative Reporters and Editors |
03-31-2009 1:48 pm |
Honors & Achievements
Metroland Gets Sued for $65 Millionnew
The controversial executive training program known as NXIVM has filed a lawsuit against the Albany alt-weekly for allegedly conspiring with one of NXIVM's critics to publish false information about the organization in a story published last year. The suit seeks $65 million in damages. Metroland editor and publisher Stephen Leon says NXIVM does not have a strong case and that the paper hasn't been served with the lawsuit yet.
The Albany Student Press |
03-31-2009 12:12 pm |
Legal News
