AAN News
Former New Haven Advocate Writer on the Tribune Co.
In a profile in the Jewish Ledger, Paul Bass explains why he left the Advocate Weekly chain after 15 years: "I was fed up with corporate journalism. I really liked the people at the Advocate but the Advocate got bought out by one of the largest corporate chains in America ... Their whole commitment was not just to the bottom line, which was fine, but to an unrealistic profit margin that meant continuous pressure for budget cuts, which in turn meant abandoning any commitment to quality journalism. More importantly, the corporate atmosphere drained the creativity. I went crazy with all the forms of bureaucracy and group think." The Advocate Weekly chain was acquired by the Tribune Co. in 1999. Bass now runs the Web site newhavenindependent.com, while his wife, Carole, continues to serve as associate editor of the New Haven Advocate.
10-28-2005 1:12 pm |
Industry News
Jackson, New Haven Alts Receive Diversity Grants
AAN Staff |
01-13-2005 9:51 am |
Association News
Reynolds, Sutcliffe Named Group Publishers
New Mass Media memo |
12-13-2002 12:33 pm |
Press Releases
Court Hears E-Jurisdiction Casenew
"Newspapers want the benefit of being read worldwide but not the responsibility that comes with it," an attorney told a federal appeals court June 3
in Stanley Young vs. The New Haven
Advocate. The libel lawsuit by a Virginia prison warden is an appeal of a federal district
court ruling in Virginia that granted
jurisdiction because the Connecticut
newspapers that he was suing
published their material on the
Web. AAN joined
amicus briefs in support of the publishers
in both Young and Gutnick vs. Barron's, a
similar case before Australia's highest
court. The case may be the first federal appellate ruling on whether a newspaper can be sued
anywhere its Web site is read.
Editor & Publisher |
06-11-2002 12:32 pm |
Industry News
Tags: New Haven Advocate
Virginia's "Long-Arm" Reaching to Connecticutnew
In a case against two Connecticut Tribune Co. papers, The Hartford Courant and AAN-member New Haven Advocate, knotty issues of jurisdiction and Web pages are at stake. Editor & Publisher examines the "long-arm statute" case involving coverage of housing Connecticut prisoners in Virginia jails and whether the two papers libeled a Virginia prison warden. AAN is one of more than two dozen newspapers and trade associations signing onto an amicus curiae brief in the case.
Editor & Publisher |
02-11-2002 2:54 pm |
Industry News
AAN Joins Amici in Tribune Co. Case
AAN, along with more than two
dozen other media companies and
organizations, has joined an Amicus
Curiae brief, filed Jan. 23 in federal
court in Virginia. The case involves news
coverage of the housing of Connecticut
inmates in Virginia prisons and whether a
newspaper’s Web site opens it
to jurisdiction in distant states.
(FULL STORY)
AAN Staff |
01-24-2002 6:08 pm |
Association News
Zankowski Named CEO of New Mass Media
Hartford Publisher to Head Advocate-Weekly Chain Under Times-Mirror.
(FULL STORY)
Patrick Sullivan |
08-05-1999 11:50 am |
Industry News
Advocate*Weekly Sale Final
Deal Gets Go-Ahead From Feds.
(FULL STORY)
Cory Zurowski |
05-03-1999 11:51 am |
Industry News
Reaction to the Advocate Sale
Within the Industry, A Wide Range of Opinion About What it Means.
(FULL STORY)
Cory Zurowski |
04-29-1999 11:51 am |
Industry News
Advocate Chain Bought by a Daily
Hartford Courant, Subsidiary of Times Mirror Company, Acquires Five AAN Weeklies.
(FULL STORY)
Cory Zurowski |
04-15-1999 11:50 am |
Industry News
