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Village Voice Staff Writer Heads to New York Observernew
Felix Gillette is leaving the Voice to report on media for the salmon-colored broadsheet tabloid, according to an internal e-mail leaked to Gawker. Gillette, who also previously served as a staff writer for the Washington City Paper, joins a procession of young writers with alt-weekly experience who have been hired to do media reporting for the Observer. Other hires include Tom Scocca and Sridhar Pappu. CORRECTION: The New York Observer has not been a "salmon-colored broadsheet" since Feb. 14, when it switched to a tabloid format.
Gawker |
03-14-2007 2:46 pm |
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Dallas Observer Stories Play Key Role in Nabbing 'Religious Charlatan'new
Sandra Camille Powers was arrested in South Carolina last week with an assist from the Dallas alt-weekly, the Brunswick Beacon reports. Powers, a two-time Observer cover subject, faces five felony fraud charges for swindling an elderly woman. Powers' con unraveled when a suspicious local realtor did a Google search and discovered the articles written by the Observer's Glenna Whitley. The crucial information on Powers' past motivated the realtor to report her, and led to her eventual arrest.
The Brunswick Beacon |
03-14-2007 2:05 pm |
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Style Weekly Editor to Make Appearance on Basic Cablenew
Deveron Timberlake, the food & drink editor for the Richmond alt-weekly, is one of two local judges on an upcoming episode of Throwdown! With Bobby Flay, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports. The Food Network show pits celebrity chef Bobby Flay against a local chef known for a regional speciality. The show arrived this week in Richmond for a ribs cookoff, where Flay challenged -- and lost to -- Buz Grossberg of Buz & Ned's Real Barbecue.
Richmond Times-Dispatch |
03-14-2007 11:03 am |
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Former Alt-Weekly Classified Sales Director Charged With Murdernew
Fernando Loughlin, who left East Bay Express in 2005, has been charged with murdering his 3-month-old son, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Loughlin claimed he accidentally dropped the child in a bathtub, but an autopsy determined that the boy's injuries could not have resulted from an accidental fall, according to authorities. Mila Marques, who formerly worked at the Express with Loughlin, says he left the Bay Area weekly in part to spend time with his older son. "He wouldn't have done it," she says. "(He) was the sweetest man on Earth."
San Francisco Chronicle |
03-14-2007 9:02 am |
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Cincinnati CityBeat Editor Found Guilty of Criminal Trespassingnew
Yesterday, Judge David Stockdale sentenced News Editor Greg Flannery and three other defendants to one day in jail. The defendants also received six months probation and were ordered to pay court costs and perform 20 hours of community service, Flannery writes on the CityBeat blog. The sentences were suspended pending appeal. The defendants were arrested last September when they conducted a sit-in at U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot's office to protest the Iraq War.
Cincinnati CityBeat |
03-14-2007 7:51 am |
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Tags: Cincinnati CityBeat, Greg Flannery
SGI Applauds House for Improving Freedom of Information Act
Sunshine in Government Initiative Press Release |
03-14-2007 11:00 pm |
Press Releases
Tags: Editorial
Apartments.com and Associated Cities Announce Partnershipnew
PR Newswire via SYS-CON Media |
03-14-2007 4:31 pm |
Press Releases
Online Movie Marketing Spend Creeps Upwardnew
eMarketer (reg. req.) |
03-14-2007 4:26 pm |
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RedEye Introduces a Weekend Editionnew
Tribune Press Release via Poynter Online |
03-14-2007 12:11 pm |
Press Releases
Top 20 Web Display Advertisers For 2006new
Online Media Daily |
03-14-2007 9:27 am |
Industry News
Trial Date in SFBG Lawsuit Against VVM Pushed Backnew
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
03-14-2007 9:24 am |
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LA Weekly Writer 'Believed to Be' Pulitzer Finalistnew
Sources tell Editor & Publisher that the alt-weekly's food writer, Jonathan Gold, is a finalist in Criticism, along with the Los Angeles Times' Christopher Knight and Mark Swed. Gold finished in first place for Food Writing in 2005's AltWeekly Awards, and placed second last year. Pulitzer winners will be announced April 16.
Editor & Publisher |
03-13-2007 2:48 pm |
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Tags: L.A. Weekly, Jonathan Gold
AAN to Name Annual Award After Molly Ivins
The Association of Alternative Newsweeklies will honor Ivins' contribution to journalism by bestowing an annual First Amendment award to a North American journalist whose work best embodies the spirit of Ivins' legacy. "She got her basic training at one of our
member newspapers, and when she left she continued to speak truth to power
with wit and style. Her work speaks for itself, and speaks volumes about how much difference one courageous journalist can make," says Kenneth Neill, AAN President and publisher of The Memphis
Flyer.
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Association of Alternative Newsweeklies Press Release |
03-13-2007 11:20 am |
Press Releases
OC Weekly's Founding Editor to Launch New Papernew
Will Swaim, who resigned in January over "philosophical differences" with the alt-weekly's new owners, is starting The District, a weekly paper covering Long Beach, Orange County Business Journal reports. Swaim has heavily recruited ex-OC Weekly staffers to work at The District, including the Weekly's former art director, sales director and sales manager. Former staff writers Steve Lowery, Dave Wielenga and Theo Douglas have also migrated to The District, which launches April 11, according to the Long Beach Press-Telegram. Meanwhile, LA Observed reports ex-staff writer Ellen Griley is also on board. For Swaim, the new location was a no-brainer. "Long Beach is the largest North American city without an independent newsweekly," he says.
Orange County Business Journal (Reg. req.) |
03-13-2007 8:15 am |
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