AAN News
Human Trafficking Evokes Outrage, Little Evidencenew
The Washington Post |
09-23-2007 10:31 am |
Legal News
Tags: backpage.com
Alibi Turns 15, Redesigns, Loses Editornew
The Albuquerque alt-weekly celebrates it's quinceañera by tracing its history from Oct. 9, 1992: the 12-page, black-and-white debut as NuCity, threats of a lawsuit from Chicago's Newcity, the name change to the Weekly Alibi, all the way to, well, this week's 15th anniversary issue and a newly unveiled print redesign. But it's not all good news in Duke City: editor Steven Robert Allen is leaving the paper on Oct. 1 to become executive director of Common Cause New Mexico. "I fully expect the paper's best days are ahead of it," he writes in a farewell column. "That's one reason why I don't mind making an exit, not too much, anyway. To tell you the truth, I'm eager to just be an ordinary reader, to pick up the Alibi on Thursday from one of those ubiquitous blue metal boxes, just like everyone else, and take a peek inside."
Alibi |
09-21-2007 3:56 pm |
Industry News
The Stranger Clarifies Post-Intelligencer Reportnew
"I'm not leaving The Stranger, and I'm still in charge of The Stranger's
editorial content," says Dan Savage in a blog post, adding some
detail to Wednesday's item in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer announcing
Christopher Frizzelle's promotion to editor. "So Frizzelle is taking over the day-to-day management of the editorial department as well as overseeing more to most of The Stranger's features," Savage says. "I am still going to be sitting in my coveted corner office, watching helmetless hipsters ride by on their brand-new fixies, posting obsessively to Slog, working with Christopher -- and the rest of the editorial staff -- to create, shape, and direct our editorial content online and in print."
The Stranger |
09-21-2007 12:37 pm |
Industry News
Boston Phoenix Writer Pens 'History of Boston Rock & Roll'new
Longtime music critic Brett Milano's new book, The Sound of Our Town: A History of Boston Rock & Roll, surveys 50 years of Beantown's popular music. "Brett's book is something this city has needed," a former program director for local radio station WBCN tells the Globe. "As a whole scene, maybe [Boston] didn't have the national impact of some other towns, but take Mission of Burma or the Pixies. Look how many people have said those bands are an influence. Sometimes we don't get the recognition we deserve."
The Boston Globe |
09-21-2007 11:41 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Boston Phoenix
Seven Days Takes Home a Handful of State Press Awardsnew
The Vermont Press Association awarded the alt-weekly first place in its General Excellence (non-daily newspapers) category, The Barre Montepelier Times-Argus reports. Seven Days won five additional awards, with a one-two-three sweep of the Arts Criticism (daily and non-daily) category, and a second place finish in both the Feature Writing (non-daily) and Photo Feature (non daily) categories. Winners were announced at a luncheon yesterday.
The Barre Montepelier Times-Argus |
09-21-2007 8:18 am |
Honors & Achievements
One Complaint May Lead to Phoenix New Times' Removal from Librarynew
Larry Edwards has voiced his objections to the alt-weekly being available at a suburban Phoenix library branch shared by a high school, and now the Chandler Library Board will hear the details today, the Arizona Republic reports. Library manager Brenda Brown said Edwards "questioned the appropriateness of the alternative newspaper's advertisements and articles for teenagers." Brown tells New Times' Stephen Lemons that this is the first complaint against the paper she's heard in the three years she's worked at the library. "New Times is nearly ubiquitous in this part of the world," Lemons writes. "And if the Chandler book-barn bows to what one local gum-smacker has to say, it's gonna make Chandler look like a town full of first-class hayseeds." Also on the Library Board's indecency agenda: a children's book about a racing sperm, a fairy tale DVD narrated by Robin Williams, and George Carlin's audiobook When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? A decision from the Board isn't expected until November.
The Arizona Republic | Phoenix New Times |
09-20-2007 8:43 am |
Industry News
Shepherd Express Icon Announces Candidacy for 'Pretty Much Everything'new
Shepherd Express Press Release |
09-20-2007 4:00 pm |
Press Releases
Tags: Shepherd Express
Alt-Weekly Cartoonist Married by Another Alt-Weekly Cartoonistnew
Mikhaela Reid, whose cartoons appear in Metro Times and the Boston Phoenix, was wed earlier this month to fellow cartoonist Masheka Wood by none other than syndicated alt-weekly cartoonist Ted Rall, Editor & Publisher reports. According to EditorialCartoonists.com, "this is only the second time two cartoonists have been married by a third cartoonist."
Editor & Publisher | EditorialCartoonists.com |
09-19-2007 12:30 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Design & Production
L.A. Weekly Columnist Joins Huffington Post Citizen Journalism Projectnew
Marc Cooper will be the editor of OffTheBus, the Huffington Post's project to cover the 2008 campaigns via citizen journalists, Wired reports.
Wired |
09-19-2007 9:56 am |
Industry News
The Stranger Names New Editornew
Christopher Frizzelle is replacing Dan Savage as editor of the Seattle alt-weekly, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. The 27-year-old Frizzelle has also worked at crosstown rival the Seattle Weekly, where "he was fired for leaking internal tidbits to the Stranger and trying to get a job there," according to the P-I. His time at the Stranger has thus far included stints as books editor, and most recently, as arts editor. "I'll report to Dan, who is now editorial director, and everybody else reports to me," he says. Asked what changes he wants to make, he said none. "The paper's really good right now. I work with 20 of the most talented people I know."
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
09-19-2007 8:18 am |
Industry News
AAN Board Member Resigns, Two Others Appointed
Executive editor Mike Lenehan (pictured) left Chicago Reader, Inc. on Aug. 30, and
as a result he has stepped down from his position as Diversity Chair on the
AAN Board of Directors. AAN president Stephen Leon appointed Jackson Free Press editor and current at-large
board member Donna Ladd to serve the one year remaining in Lenehan's term as
Diversity Chair, and appointed East Bay Express publisher Jody Colley to take Ladd's
at-large seat for the one year remaining in her term. "I think I speak for everyone on the board in expressing our gratitude for
Mike's service over the years," Leon says. "We're going to miss his dry wit, and also his common sense." Lenehan has served on the board since 2002 and was elected as the association's first Diversity Chair in 2004.
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AAN News |
09-18-2007 10:17 am |
Association News
Alt-Weekly Partners With Local Media to Launch Classified Web Portal
The Colorado Springs Independent has joined local TV and radio stations to launch a free classified portal covering Southern Colorado called SoCoAds.com. In addition to the Indy's free classifieds, SoCoAds will draw ads from national portals like Monster.com, CareerBuilder, HotJobs, AutoMart and eBay. "Southern Colorado now has easy, one-stop online shopping for jobs, apartments, cars, pets, roommates ...
virtually anything," says Ethan Beute, creative services director media partner KOAA-TV, in a press release.
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SoCoAds.com Press Release |
09-18-2007 8:24 am |
Press Releases
Dailies Jump on the Widget Bandwagonnew
Editor & Publisher |
09-18-2007 9:34 am |
Industry News
Journal Sentinel Inc. Signs Contract to Print the Chicago Readernew
Journal Communications, Inc. Press Release (via BusinessWire) |
09-18-2007 8:39 am |
Press Releases
Tags: Management
Gustavo Arellano Honored by National Hispanic Media Coalitionnew
The group, which works to "improve the image of American Latinos as portrayed by the media," presented the OC Weekly writer and "Ask a Mexican!" columnist with an Impact Award for Excellence in Print Journalism. Awards were presented at a luncheon last Thursday.
OC Weekly |
09-17-2007 7:46 am |
Honors & Achievements
