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Longtime Editor Leaves Isthmus as Part of Cutbacksnew
Marc Eisen, who is currently executive editor of the Madison alt-weekly, is leaving the paper at the end of August as a part of cost-cutting measures, publisher Vince O'Hern says in a column. Eisen was editor until he moved into the executive editor spot last fall to have more time to write. He worked for Isthmus from 1978-1986, and then rejoined the paper in 1988. "These are difficult, challenging times in journalism," Eisen tells the Capital Times. "There's no one more expendable than the executive editor." The other staffer that falls victim to the cuts is 18-year veteran writer Tom Laskin. "These departures were not pleasant decisions to make and we do not relish saying goodbye to these folks. We hope to work with them again in the future," O'Hern writes. "Change can be and, in this instance, is hard. But the consequences of not changing, of not responding to the challenges of the business climate, would ultimately be harder."
Isthmus | The Capital Times |
07-29-2008 8:49 am |
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Gambit Weekly Picks Up a Dozen Local Press Club Awardsnew
Gambit won a total of 12 awards at the 50th annual Press Club of New Orleans awards competition, including four first-place finishes. The paper took the Ashton Phelps Sr. Memorial Award for excellence in editorial writing, and finished first in column, general news, and headline writing. In addition, former Gambit intern and current contributor Lauren LaBorde was one of three students to receive a journalism scholarship at the ceremony.
Gambit Weekly |
07-29-2008 8:42 am |
Honors & Achievements
Federal Judge Rules Fair Use in Michael Savage/CAIR Casenew
Online Media Daily |
07-29-2008 11:11 am |
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Study: Social Marketing Limited by Advertiser Confusionnew
Online Media Daily |
07-29-2008 9:02 am |
Industry News
After Inaugural Issue, Cleveland's Daily Looks at the New Scenenew
Publisher Matt Fabyan tells the Cleveland Plain-Dealer that his fears of newsroom tension between employees of former competitors Cleveland Free Times and Scene were unfounded. "After the first day, people have jelled really well," he says. The Plain-Dealer runs down some facts about the new paper, which debuted last week after the two papers were merged by new owners Times-Shamrock. The first issue came in at 100 pages, which was up from 72 in Free Times' last issue and 60 in Scene's last one. The new paper's circulation is 60,000, which is 10,000 more than pre-merger circulation totals for each paper, but down from a high of 100,000 a few years ago. Fabyan also tells the P-D that total staff loss was about 10 people. Each paper had about 25 staff members pre-merger, and the new paper comes in around 40, half from the old Free Times and half from the old Scene.
Cleveland Plain-Dealer |
07-28-2008 12:53 pm |
Industry News
The AP Leads $3 Million Round of Financing for Verve Wirelessnew
The Associated Press, which has used Verve for mobile publishing since May, led the way in the company's second round of financing, the New York Times reports. "Mobile is actually a better way to reach people than print or even web. It's versatile, immediate, travels and is just as compelling," Verve CEO and former Village Voice Media president Art Howe says. One analyst tells the Times that newspapers need to tap into the fast-growing mobile market before it's too late. "It's important and smart for newspapers to get out in front on the mobile phenomenon and not make the mistake they made in waiting too long to embrace the internet," says Greg Sterling, who studies the mobile internet for Opus Research.
The New York Times |
07-28-2008 10:24 am |
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At Comic-Con, Matt Groening Rips San Diego Readernew
As he's been doing for, "like, 15 years," the Simpsons creator and cartoonist behind the "Life in Hell" comic criticized the Reader while in San Diego for Comic-Con. The strip, which runs in LA Weekly and other alts, "used to be in the San Diego Reader, but they don't like portrayals of gay couples in their publication, like with the characters Akbar and Jeff," Groening said, according to Variety. "So now every year I come to Comic-Con and denounce the San Diego Reader." Groening was also asked if he had any plans to turn the strip into an animated series. He said it was possible but explained, "There is a satisfaction in working in a collaborative process in animation," but "there's another kind of creative fulfillment of doing something completely by yourself."
Broadcasting & Cable | Variety |
07-28-2008 9:11 am |
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Boston Phoenix Critic Hits Back on Ethics Questionnew
"I'm surprised that some people think that artists shouldn't write criticism," says Phoenix classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz, who last week faced questions about his ethics from the Boston Globe because an orchestra he covers was setting his poetry to music. "I can't believe that there is anything wrong with anyone, let alone a teacher and artist who also happens to be a critic, taking part in a worthy educational enterprise such as this one, a modest effort to further the education of a handful of young classical musicians," says the Pulitzer-winning critic. "It's a sad state of affairs that anyone thinks this service to a new generation of composers and musicians compromises my standing as a critic."
The Boston Globe |
07-28-2008 8:26 am |
Industry News
Readership Tracking Study Has Good and Bad News for Newspapersnew
Northwestern University's Readership Institute |
07-28-2008 9:32 am |
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Bucking Trend, Magazines Distributed in Newspapers are Doing Wellnew
MediaDailyNews |
07-28-2008 9:13 am |
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Growing Ad Exchange Market Spawns Trading Advisersnew
The New York Times |
07-28-2008 9:04 am |
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Sacramento News & Review Restaurant Critic Launches Literary Publishing Housenew
The Sacramento Bee |
07-28-2008 8:30 am |
Industry News
2000 SF Weekly Satire Has Come to Fruitionnew
California recently joined 10 other states in compelling Anheuser Busch to stop selling caffeine-spiked beer products like Tilt and Bud Extra. "The watchdogs might have saved steps by looking up a 2000 SF Weekly satire column, which facetiously predicted the introduction of an 'energy beer' that would be viewed as a public menace, and run into trouble with the law," columnist Matt Smith notes. The satire was part of a regular dot-com-boom-era feature called "South to the Future," in which the writers Becky Bond and Jose Marquez "concocted made-up news stories about improbable, absurd, yet somehow believable technological advances." Energy beer was one of those advances, and as Smith points out, "eight years later, the Bond and Marquez column reads like current news."
SF Weekly |
07-25-2008 10:23 am |
Industry News
14 Tips for Print Publications in the Digital Worldnew
PopMatters |
07-25-2008 12:05 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Electronic Publishing, Management
iPhone Spawns New Ad Networksnew
Online Media Daily |
07-25-2008 10:25 am |
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