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Independent Weekly Lawsuit Update: Land-Trade Deal Is Offnew
The Independent Weekly (Lafayette, La.) |
07-19-2006 7:38 am |
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The Independent Weekly Files Records Lawsuit Against Universitynew
The Independent Weekly (Lafayette, La.) |
07-05-2006 1:16 pm |
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Article from 'Submerged' Series Wins Press Association Contest
Former Gambit Weekly Editor Michael Tisserand won first place in the Individual Feature Writing Category of the 2005 Louisiana Press Association journalism competition, the LPA announced this weekend. Tisserand won for an entry from his "Submerged" series that also ran as a cover story for Lafayette's Independent Weekly, which competes in the Free Circulation/Special Interest Publication category against other weeklies in the state. Tisserand's ten-part series chronicling the Katrina-evacuee experience was commissioned by AAN and ran in dozens of AAN member papers and Web sites. The Independent, a three-year old publication applying for AAN membership this year, earned 50 awards in the competition, including 21 first-place honors. Gannett's competing weekly in Lafayette, the Times of Acadiana, picked up 27 awards.
05-16-2006 9:46 am |
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New Weekly Goes After Gannett on its Own Turf
Steve May and his wife Cherry Fisher
May are picking a fight where other publishers
might fear to tread, readying themselves for head-
to-head competition with Gannett.
Beginning this Friday, they will begin publishing an
alternative newsweekly in Lafayette, La., where
Gannett owns both the daily newspaper, The
Daily Advertiser, and its 23-year-old weekly,
The Times of Acadiana. The Mays used to
own The Times, and their anger over what it has
become is fueling their launch of a paper they have
pointedly named The Independent.
"Gannett has destroyed The Times," Steve May says.
"These guys are Sears managers who have a one-
size-fits-all approach to local publishing."
(FULL STORY)
Angie Drobnic Holan |
08-12-2003 11:29 pm |
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