AAN News
Michael Musto On Being 'The Mario Cuomo of Gossip Columnists'new
The Village Voice columnist talks with Seema Kalia for her regular Huffington Post column, "My Favorite Mistake." For the most part, Musto says he doesn't have huge career regrets.
"I'm very comfortable being the 'alternative weekly guy in the corner' who's attained a nice level of success, but is never going to blow up into the big time," he says. He does go into detail about how he lost a spot in a Amaretto di Saronno ad campaign back in 1987, for submitting a press clipping of himself dressed in a hoop dress. "It wasn't cool to be gay then," Musto says. "Sometimes it still isn't."
The Huffington Post |
02-22-2008 8:31 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, The Village Voice
Cole Smithey Launches Web Syndication of Weekly Film Review Video Blog
Cole Smithey Entertainment Syndicate Press Release |
02-22-2008 11:01 am |
Press Releases
Twelve Newspapers Apply for AAN Membership
This year's crop of applying newspapers hail from 10 U.S. states and one Canadian province, and seven of them have previously applied for membership. AAN's Membership Committee will review the papers over the next several months and will discuss their findings when the committee meets in Washington, D.C. on May 3. The committee will then issue its recommendations regarding each application prior to the Annual Meeting, which will take place in Philadelphia on June 7, the last day of the annual AAN convention. The 12 applying papers must be approved by two-thirds of the members voting at the meeting in order to join AAN. In addition, as we reported in December, the status of five current member papers will be reviewed this year.
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AAN |
02-21-2008 12:45 pm |
Association News
Bay Guardian Expert Testifies in VVM Trial
Damages expert Clifford Kupperberg continued his testimony on Wednesday in the Guardian's predatory pricing trial against SF Weekly and Village Voice Media. He put forth six "damage models," which estimated the financial toll on the Guardian by the Weekly's alleged below-cost sales at anywhere between $4 million to $11.8 million. For more details, check out the reports from the Bay Guardian and from the Weekly. The trial resumes today with continued cross-examination of Kupperberg.
San Francisco Bay Guardian | SF Weekly |
02-21-2008 12:14 pm |
Industry News
L.A. Weekly Series on Skid Row Leads to Documentarynew
Between Dec. 2005-March 2006, Sam Slovick wrote a series of Weekly cover stories on the everyday tragedies and triumphs found on Los Angeles's Skid Row, and now he's used that work as a jumping-off point for a five-part documentary. The short film, which is written and directed by Slovick and sponsored by GOOD Magazine, debuted this week on MySpace TV. "We couldn't be prouder of Sam and the light he's helped shine on this issue," Weekly deputy editor Joe Donnelly says.
L.A. Weekly | MySpace TV |
02-21-2008 10:40 am |
Industry News
Phoenix New Times Files Prelude to Lawsuit in Grand Jury Probe Fiasconew
The paper yesterday filed a formal Notice of Claim against the officials responsible for the October blowup which ended with the paper's founders in jail. The notice, which is required by Arizona law to be filed before government officials can be sued, accuses the defendants of violating Michael Lacey's and Jim Larkin's constitutional rights, with malicious prosecution, racketeering and conspiracy. The paper is asking for $15 million in damages if the matter is settled before April 15. "If New Times is required to pursue litigation, the settlement demand will increase," the notice warns. "This is not a decision undertaken lightly," says Lacey. "But I feel like if we don't do something, it's an invitation for this kind of behavior to continue." The County Attorney's office, which is named in the claim, dismisses the legal maneuver as "frivolous," with a spokesman telling the Arizona Republic: "We are confident that it will be exposed as the bunk it is."
Phoenix New Times | The Arizona Republic |
02-21-2008 8:20 am |
Industry News
Former Alt-Weekly Editor Introduces Sex-Positive Journalism Awards
The Sex-Positive Journalism Awards Press Release |
02-21-2008 2:32 pm |
Press Releases
Tags: Editorial
Google Plans Push to Sell Ads to Appear Inside Videosnew
The New York Times |
02-21-2008 8:55 am |
Industry News
Two More Witnesses Testify in Bay Guardian/VVM Trial
SF Weekly publisher Josh Fromson took the stand on Friday and remained there until Tuesday (there was a day off on Monday for President's Day), and Bay Guardian expert witness Clifford Kupperberg also appeared before the court Tuesday. For more details, check out the reports from the Weekly, which says Kupperberg talked about "imaginary profits and damages," and the Guardian, which says Fromson "dodge[d] the facts."
SF Weekly | San Francisco Bay Guardian |
02-20-2008 1:55 pm |
Industry News
Baltimore Sun's Free Youth Tabloid to Launch April 14new
b, a free daily tabloid with an initial planned distribution of 50,000, will target younger readers, the Sun says. In addition to original content, the paper will feature user-generated content and repurposed material from RedEye, the daily youth tabloid run by the Sun's sister publication, the Chicago Tribune.
Baltimore Sun |
02-20-2008 1:36 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Management
East Bay Express Redesigns With Trimmed Size, Expanded Contentnew
"This week's issue marks a thorough redesign of the paper, only the fourth new design in the paper's 29 years," writes editor Stephen Buel. "It also is the culmination of the transformation we intended to make when a group of investors bought the Express last year and returned it to independence and local control." Changes include a 1.5 inch reduction in the height of the paper and four additional pages of editorial content.
East Bay Express |
02-20-2008 12:51 pm |
Industry News
Photos in Riverfront Times Story Lead to Lawsuitnew
"Jane Doe," a woman who had cosmetic surgery to remove excess skin, is suing her doctors for providing before-and-after photographs to the St. Louis alt-weekly for a 2006 story on one of the surgeons, UPI reports. She claims she was told the photos were only for the doctors' internal use. The Times, which is not a party in the suit, has more on the case here.
United Press International | Riverfront Times |
02-20-2008 9:25 am |
Industry News
Tags: Riverfront Times
Columnist: 'Prosecutors Need to Settle' Orlando Weekly Casenew
Legal proceedings for the Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation's case against three Weekly employees and the paper on charges related to adult advertising are scheduled to get underway later this month. Orlando Sentinel columnist Mike Thomas thinks the case, which "smacks of payback," should be settled, and suggests a way forward: "Immediately drop all charges against the employees," he writes. "Drop all felony charges against the Weekly and ask the judge to withhold adjudication on misdemeanor charges of aiding and abetting prostitution. In exchange, the Weekly reimburses all costs and agrees in writing to stop taking ads from prostitutes and unlicensed massage parlors."
Orlando Sentinel |
02-20-2008 8:58 am |
Industry News
L.A. Weekly Cartoonist Cited as Important 2008 Election Voicenew
Mr. Fish, a.k.a. Dwayne Booth, who creates political cartoons for the Weekly, was listed as number one on "the 10 most important voices to listen to this election cycle" list by Best Life Magazine. "Political cartooning hasn't evolved much since the days of Ben Franklin, but the art form may have found a new voice that can help bring back the edge," Best Life says.
Best Life Magazine |
02-19-2008 1:15 pm |
Honors & Achievements
Salt Lake City Weekly Copy Editor Wins Word-Creation Contestnew
Brandon Burt coined the winning term "describification" for Addictionary's "Writer's Block" contest, which asked folks to create new words pertaining to the recently ended Writers Guild of America strike. Describification, a noun, is defined as "the removal of creative writers from the entertainment industry's talent pool, creating a marketplace void and subsequent explosion of brainless reality programming." Addictionary is "an online open dictionary for words that don't exist in the English language, but perhaps should."
Salt Lake City Weekly |
02-19-2008 11:14 am |
Honors & Achievements
