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Massachusetts Considers Anti-Gay-Marriage Amendmentnew
Since suffering two life-threatening illnesses four years ago, the state's Senate president, Robert Travaglini, has adopted a conciliatory approach toward his colleagues. Next week the 51-year-old—who is pro-civil-union but draws the line at matrimony—will preside over a debate about amending the state constitution to prohibit same-sex marriage. Boston Phoenix writer Adam Reilly profiles the man who will lead legislators' response to Wednesday's Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling that the state must allow gay marriage. "What, exactly, " Reilly asks, "are the long-term ramifications of a governing style based on sharing power and making people feel good?"
Tags: Boston Phoenix
Former Boston Phoenix Sales Execs Acquire Local Weekliesnew
Sue O’Connell and Jeff Coakley
yesterday acquired the largest gay-and-lesbian
newspaper in New England and a Boston
neighborhood paper, according to Dan Kennedy.
Coakley was the Phoenix’s director of classified
advertising in the mid ’90s; O'Connell served two
tours of duty as the paper's entertainment sales
manager before leaving in 1998 to become associate
publisher of Bay Windows, a 22,000-
circulation publication targeting the region's GLBT
community.
Boston Phoenix |
08-21-2003 12:33 pm |
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Boston Phoenix Hires Two New Political Writers
David Bernstein and Adam Reilly
have both been hired to replace Seth Gitell,
who left in May to become Mayor Tom Menino's
press secretary, reports Boston Magazine's James
Burnett. The double-hire also helps to address a
vacancy created when Dorie Clark left the
paper to serve as a spokesperson on Howard Dean's
campaign. The Phoenix has been "a longtime
incubator for well-known national political scribes,"
says Burnett, who lists Joe Klein, Sid
Blumenthal, Michael Crowley and Ted Widmer
among the paper's distinguished alumnus.
Boston Magazine |
08-14-2003 1:04 pm |
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Phoenix Media Critic Switches Position on Pearl Photonew
Dan Kennedy, the Boston Phoenix's
media critic, originally opposed
publication of the video and photo of
Daniel Pearl's grisly slaughter. Now that
his paper has carried through with its vow
to publish the images, Kennedy has
changed his mind. "It's important to
see the Daniel Pearl video because it's
important to look into the face of the pure
evil we're up against," Kennedy writes.
"It's important to see it because merely
reading a description of it cannot do
justice to its full horror."
Boston Phoenix |
06-13-2002 9:37 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Boston Phoenix
Caroline Knapp, Former Phoenix Columnist, Dead at 42new
Knapp was hired as a lifestyle writer for the Boston Phoenix in 1988, and invented an alter ego, Alice K., who attracted a cult following in Boston. "As a writer Caroline had a signature style," the Phoenix writes in an article for Wednesday's paper. "Her grace sometimes masked the broad stretch of her range. As a reporter, she was dogged and inventive." Knapp was the author of two New York Times best-selling memoirs: "Drinking: A Love Story" and ''Pack of Two: The Intricate Bond Between People and Dogs.'' She died Monday of lung cancer. (Photo by Mark Morelli)
Boston Phoenix |
06-05-2002 1:58 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Boston Phoenix, Caroline Knapp
Boston Phoenix Controversy Intensifies Over Pearl Photosnew
The paper is already drawing heat for its Web site link to videos of reporter Daniel Pearl's gruesome murder in Pakistan. Now Publisher Stephen Mindich has told reporters he intends to publish photos of the slaying this week, if the grainy photos will reproduce, the Hartford Courant reports. "It has to be seen," Mindich told the Courant. "This is not a movie. It's not Hollywood. This is a human being [that] went through this thing. While I understand the pain felt by the Pearl family, the pain is as great for all of us in a different way. I think this brings the pain to everybody."
The Hartford Courant |
06-05-2002 11:07 am |
Industry News
Tags: Boston Phoenix
Boston Phoenix Links to Video Footage of Daniel Pearl's Murdernew
"This is the the single most gruesome,
horrible, despicable, and horrifying thing
I've ever seen,'' Boston Phoenix
Publisher Stephen Mindich says in an
editorial accompanying his paper's
link to the unedited video showing Pearl's
decapitation. In an interview with the
Boston Globe, Mindich decried the fact
that
the tape had not been more widely
viewed and discussed.
Boston Globe |
06-04-2002 11:32 pm |
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Phoenix Gets Laurel for Geoghan Coveragenew
Kristen Lombardi of the Boston Phoenix is singled out by CJR for her coverage of the story of pedophile priests being shielded by the Catholic hierarchy. "Her prodigiously
reported pieces documented the sorry history of
Geoghan's career, as well as the still sorrier
protection of that career, and too many others like it,
by the church and by Cardinal Law," CJR writes.
Columbia Journalism Review |
04-12-2002 11:21 am |
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Tags: Editorial, Boston Phoenix
Free Paper Boxes Yanked on Opening Daynew
Another front has opened in the Boston news box war. Still embroiled in a lawsuit over whether free-circulation newspaper boxes can be banned in Boston's Back Bay, plaintiffs say the city took their boxes away from sites near Red Sox stadium on opening day, while the paid daily boxes weren't touched, Seth Gitell of the Boston Phoenix reports.
Boston Phoenix |
04-11-2002 3:02 pm |
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Tags: Circulation, Boston Phoenix
Boston News Rack Ruling Imminentnew
A ruling on whether Boston can ban news-boxes in the Back Bay may be handed down as early as Monday, the Boston Phoenix, a plaintiff in the case, reports. "As far as the Back Bay is concerned, aesthetics are far more important than the exchange of ideas," Seth Gitell writes in the Phoenix.
Boston Phoenix |
03-01-2002 9:58 am |
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Tags: Boston Phoenix
Mindich Fires Back at Dailies in Flap over Son's Wild Partynew
Boston Phoenix |
01-10-2002 9:26 am |
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Tags: Boston Phoenix, Stephen Mindich
News Racks Corralled in Phillynew
News racks in downtown Philadelphia have been corralled by a non-profit charged with developing the center city. Philadelphia City Paper Publisher Paul Curci was supposed to be part of the committee planning the installation, but he says he got no chance to comment and was told only the day before the corrals were installed. Nevertheless, Curci says he has no complaints about them.
Philadelphia City Paper |
11-29-2001 11:34 am |
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Radio Stations, Alternative Newspapers Make a Nice Pair
Alternative weeklies and
radio stations go together
like love and marriage, say three
companies that own both mediums. The
synergy is easiest to exploit in
cross-promotion, but it can also
help on the news side. AAN News
interviews several executives who have
tried this combo and like it.
(FULL STORY)
Matt Pulle |
11-20-2001 2:09 pm |
Industry News
