AAN News
Detroit's Metro Times Celebrates 25 Years with Special Issuenew
The Oct. 19 issue spotlights the newspaper's past, from top stories to the "massive rhetorical demolition derby" of letters to the editor. Sarah Klein describes the "strange characters" who have staffed the office, W. Kim Heron provides updates on where some of those characters have gone, and in the editor's column, Ric Bohy and the present staff reflect on the aims of the Metro Times and the importance of alternative journalism. A special pullout section featuring artists' interpretations of the Metro Times is available as a PDF.
Metro Times |
10-21-2005 7:30 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Metro Times
Web Audio Gives Metro Times Readers Inside Track on Detroit Mayoral Race
07-25-2005 10:55 am |
Press Releases
Tags: Editorial, Metro Times
Metro Times Announces Return of Reader's Choice Music Awards
01-06-2005 11:51 am |
Press Releases
Metro Times Editor Firednew
Jeremy Voas, editor of Detroit's Metro Times since October 2001, was fired last week, reports the Detroit News. He contends the dismissal was prompted by his disagreement with publisher Lisa Rudy over the paper's mission in general and its emphasis on special sections in particular. "I thought if the paper wanted to do more of that kind of thing they needed to hire a special staff to do more promotional issues," he says. Curt Guyette, news editor at the Metro Times, says Voas' departure will be addressed in Wednesday's issue.
Detroit News |
08-10-2004 4:16 pm |
Industry News
Metro Times Names New Publishernew
Following a nine-year absence, former account
executive Lisa Rudy (pictured) returns to
Detroit's
alt-weekly to replace David Jost, who
resigned as publisher last month. Rudy says Metro
Times is her kind of paper: “I like everything it
stands for. It’s just so community-based. It's
hip, but it's real. I like the kind of reader that is
interested in Metro Times, readers that like to be
challenged.”
Metro Times |
10-22-2003 11:02 am |
Industry News
Tags: Metro Times, Chris Sexson
Newsweekly War in Detroitnew
The Detroit Free Press looks at the brawl between AAN-member Metro Times and upstart Real Detroit Weekly. In this corner, Metro Times -- 20 years old and sophisticated, laden with narrative journalism, investigative stories, in-depth arts and music criticism, a paper for "people who read without moving their lips," Editor Jeremy Voas tells the daily. In the other, the challenger Real Detroit -- "all style and flash and talking trash," and unabashedly giving advertisers favorable coverage. Readers -- and advertisers -- will determine the winner, but Real Detroit has carved out a niche that's giving it about half the readership of the dominant Times, freelancer Christopher Walton reports.
Detroit Free Press |
06-30-2003 10:41 am |
Industry News
Tags: Metro Times
Jeremy Voas Named Editor of Metro Timesnew
Voas, the highly decorated former editor of Phoenix New Times, takes over the editorial helm in Detroit on Oct. 22. Working under Voas, New Times writers won the past seven consecutive Journalists of the Year awards in Arizona, and also won the state's top investigative reporting prize for five consecutive years.
Metro Times press release |
10-12-2001 7:36 am |
Industry News
Metro Times Seeks New Editor
Larry Gabriel says he left Detroit's Metro Times because he was burned out and wanted to concentrate on writing. W. Kim Heron is acting editor. Gabriel's departure leaves a gap in the thin ranks of African-American editorial staff at AAN papers.
(FULL STORY)
Dann McDorman |
09-18-2001 7:46 am |
Industry News
David Jost Named Publisher at Metro Times
Replaces Jim McCarter, who resigned in February.
(FULL STORY)
Rebekah Gleaves |
04-27-2001 11:51 am |
Industry News
Metro Times Partners With African American Paper
A New Kind of "Joint Operating Agreement."
(FULL STORY)
Amanda Fazzone |
09-27-1999 11:50 am |
Industry News
