AAN News
Chicago Reader Staff Writer Diesnew
Grant Daniel Pick, 57, died Feb. 1 of a heart attack. Editor Alison True tells the Chicago Tribune: "There was a generosity of spirit that was typical of him no matter what he was writing about." Pick "produced stories on topics ranging from religion to transgender individuals," and won a Peter Lisagor Award for exemplary journalism from the Chicago Headline Club, the Tribune reports. A story he wrote about Uday Hussein's hypnotist is set to run in Friday's edition of the Reader.
Chicago Tribune |
02-04-2005 5:31 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Chicago Reader, Alison True
Broad Vision, Focused Effort Yield Chicago Reader's New Look
Predictability took a tumble at the Chicago Reader Sept. 17 when the paper adopted a fresh new design. Freelance writer Nora Ankrum tells the story behind the 33-year-old paper's transformation, accomplished through a collaboration between the paper's staff and Spanish design firm Jardí + Utensil. While some readers may miss the old Reader, advertisers say they like the way the new look captures readers' eyes.
(FULL STORY)
Nora Ankrum |
12-09-2004 12:50 pm |
Industry News
Utne Awards Acknowledge Altsnew
Utne magazine has announced the nominees for its 2004 Independent Press Awards, and Association of Alternative Newsweeklies member papers dominate the "Local/Regional Coverage" category. Austin Chronicle, Chicago Reader, The Stranger, The Texas Observer and Westword all received nominations, as did Los Angeles CityBeat, an upstart alt-weekly that's only been publishing for 16 months. Nominees were chosen from among 2,000 alternative media sources. According to the Utne Web site, selection depended partly upon which publications were "most apt to go missing from the Utne library."
Utne |
10-27-2004 5:06 pm |
Industry News
Redesign Gives Reader "A New Air of Vibrancy"new
Chicago Tribune media critic Steve Johnson weighs in on the Chicago Reader's recent redesign, writing, "Suddenly a publication that looked a little murky and, perhaps, vulnerable, has a new air of vibrancy." Next year, Time Out New York is scheduled to launch its Chicago edition, which will compete directly with the Reader by publishing comprehensive entertainment listings. Reader editor Alison True tells Johnson, however, that the redesign wasn't prompted by Time Out's imminent arrival. "A paper that takes 12 years to redesign doesn't make impulse decisions," she says. (Free registration required.)
Chicago Tribune |
09-27-2004 1:37 pm |
Industry News
Chicago Reader Gets a Faceliftnew
The Chicago Reader will hit stands on Thursday, Sept. 16, with a colorful front page and new layout, marking its first redesign in 12 years, reports the Chicago Sun-Times. Rather than feature the text of the lead story, the new front page will read vertically and be highlighted by color photos and art above the fold. An advertisement will be below the fold. The paper's inner sections will also get front-page makeovers to prominently feature week-at-a-glance calendars and critics' picks. Editor Alison True tells reporter Eric Herman that the goal of the redesign was to put "a lot more information on the covers."
Chicago Sun-Times |
09-15-2004 4:01 pm |
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E&P Picks Chicago Reader As a Paper That Does It Rightnew
Chicago Reader has been named to Editor & Publisher's "10 That Do It Right" list. It is cited for its singular achievement in attracting young, single readers while producing a thick, substantive paper that doesn't fit the mold. "Long-form journalism is a staple, but screechy commentary on national issues isn't," E&P's Greg Mitchell comments. The Reader and nine other winners are profiled in an online article available only to E&P subscribers.
Editor & Publisher |
06-29-2004 8:17 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Chicago Reader
Michael Crystal to Become Publisher and COO of Chicago Readernew
The former publisher of the Seattle Weekly will begin his new dual role in April. He succeeds Jane Levine, who will remain with the
Reader but step aside from day-to-day operations after 10
years as its publisher and chief operating officer. Crystal will also
serve as COO of Washington City Paper, the Reader’s sister
publication in Washington, D.C. Crystal and Levine once worked together at Seattle Weekly, both as vice presidents.
Chicago Reader Inc. news release |
03-11-2004 6:23 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Management, Chicago Reader
Amsterdam Weekly Debuts with Help from Chicago Reader
It's an extra challenge to be alternative in a town where marijuana coffee shops and prostitutes posing in brothel windows are the norm. Todd Savage, a former Chicago Reader freelancer, didn't let that daunt him. He debuted his new English-language alt-weekly in the Netherlands' largest city this week. The Reader is a major investor in the enterprise.
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Matt Pulle |
03-11-2004 1:40 pm |
Industry News
Michael Crystal Joins Chicago Reader as Publisher and COO
Chicago Reader Inc. news release |
03-11-2004 5:57 pm |
Press Releases
Entertainment Listings Magazine to Debut in Chicagonew
Time Out Chicago will debut next September, entering an already crowded field of publications with extensive entertainment listings in that city, David Carr reports for The New York Times. Distribution of the weekly magazine will be through mailed subscriptions and newsstand sales. “They have been successful in a number of markets, but I don’t think they have ever come into a market that does listings as well as we do,” Jane Levine, publisher of the Chicago Reader, told Carr. Time Out Group also publishes Time Out New York and Time Out London.
New York Times |
12-03-2003 5:25 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Chicago Reader
RedEye Hasn't Hurt Reader's Existing Advertisingnew
So says Chicago Reader Publisher and COO
Jane
Levine (pictured), who admits that Tribune
Publishing's new youth-oriented daily tabloid has
made it more
difficult to reach Tribune clients who don't
advertise
in the Reader. "It's just easier for them and
way
cheaper" to add RedEye to their Tribune
media
spend, Levine tells Media Daily News. "These
papers
are going after, and I don't think very successfully,
an age," Levine says. "They want 18 to 34, period,
young for young's sake. What the reader of our
paper
is and always has been is more of
psychographic
and a lifestyle."
MediaPost's Media Daily News |
09-17-2003 4:14 pm |
Industry News
Chicago Reader Inc. Considers Investment in European Alt-Weeklynew
The publisher of alternative weeklies in Chicago and Washington is talking with Todd A. Savage, a former Reader contributor who lives in Amsterdam, about starting an alt-weekly in the Netherlands, Crain's Chicago Business reports. Savage would be editor and publisher. "We hope it happens," Publisher Jane Levine tells Crain's. The Reader views it more as an investment in Savage's publication than the Reader starting its own European publication, Levine tells AAN News. Chicago Reader Inc. also has a stake in Seattle's Index Newspapers, which publishes The Stranger and the Portland Mercury.
Crain's Chicago Business |
06-30-2003 10:15 am |
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Levine Changing Role at Chicago Reader
Jane Levine, chief operating officer of Chicago Reader, Inc., is beginning the search for a publisher, who will handle day-to-day operations. When that person is in place and trained, Levine will step back and decide what her role will be at the company. Levine has been in alternative newsweeklies since she started as an intern at the Reader in 1973. "I can't even think what the next step will look like
until we have a great publisher in place and I know what their skills
are," she says. "Right now there are too many trees in my way to see
the forest."
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AAN Staff |
04-17-2003 10:36 am |
Industry News
Washington City Paper Has Resident Publishernew
Long-time General Manager Amy
Austin was promoted to publisher of
D.C.'s alt-weekly, taking over from
Thomas Yoder, who also has
responsibilities in Chicago with CP's
sister paper. "I think we've gotten to the
point now where this is just a mature,
strong paper with not only a great person
in Amy, but a good management staff
under Amy," COO Jane Levine
tells the Washington Business Journal.
Washington Business Journal |
01-09-2003 1:27 pm |
Industry News
Chicago's Alt-Weeklies Seeing Rednew
Chicago's new weekday tabloids RedEye
and Red Streak are pulling the same
display advertisers as AAN members
Chicago Reader and Chicago Newcity,
Jeremy Mullman reports in Crain's
Chicago Business. "This will have some
short-term impact on the Reader,"
newspaper consultant Scott Stawski tells
Mullman. "I believe it'll put Newcity
out."
Crain's Chicago Business |
11-12-2002 9:42 am |
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