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State AG's Push FTC to Crack Down on Alcohol Adsnew

Media Daily News (reg. req.)  |  10-08-2006  6:36 am  |  Industry News

Young People Not 'Unplugged' From Newsnew

Editor & Publisher  |  10-08-2006  6:30 am  |  Industry News

Google Eyes New Ad Marketsnew

AP via Editor & Publisher  |  10-08-2006  6:27 am  |  Industry News

Madison Couple Eat Their Way Through Isthmus Dining Guidenew

Eager eaters JonMichael Rasmus and Nichole Fromm are munching their way alphabetically through the restaurant guide of Madison's alternative weekly Isthmus, posting the results as they go on their popular Web site, Eating in Madison A-Z. The Wisconsin State Journal catches up with them at restaurant No. 202.
The Wisconsin State Journal  |  10-06-2006  10:40 am  |  Industry News

Weekly Dig Sales Rep Howls at Nightnew

A humble sales guy for Boston's Weekly Dig by day, by night Alan Levesque plays bass and sings for The Radio Knives, a "primal garage rock" band. "It's the kind of thing that makes cave men jump up and down," Levesque tells The Boston Herald, which gives the trio props.
The Boston Herald  |  10-06-2006  10:03 am  |  Industry News

AAN Hires New Editor

A 15-year veteran of D.C.-based publications, Davolt (pictured) will be responsible for the content of AAN.org and AltWeeklies.com. He served as a writer and editor at the Washington Business Journal from 1999-2005, followed by a stint at Employee Benefit News. Davolt is eager to bring his diverse experience to bear on his new job. "Given the forces of darkness arrayed against the free press right now, this is an exciting time to support alternative newsweeklies," he says. (FULL STORY)
AAN Staff  |  10-06-2006  8:29 am  |  Association News

Bay Guardian Makes 40th Annual Election Endorsements

San Francisco Bay Guardian Press Release  |  10-06-2006  3:50 pm  |  Press Releases

Legendary Editor Clay Felker Enters Nursing Homenew

After battling cancer and pneumonia, pioneering editor Clay Felker, 78, has entered a nursing home. The founder of New York magazine exerted a seminal influence in new journalism and the alternative press. Felker owned and edited The Village Voice from 1974 to 1977, and founded California-based alternative magazine New West. But not everyone saw his influence as benevolent. A capsule history in The Village Voice's 50th anniversary issue claimed that Felker "dulled the Voice's radical edge by crimping the style of some of its more free-spirited writers, giving undue prominence to fluffy lifestyle pieces, and taking articles off the front page." One-time protégé James Brady pays tribute in Forbes magazine.
Forbes  |  10-05-2006  8:25 am  |  Industry News

Community Web Editor Shares Hard Lessons Learnednew

Cyberjournalist.net  |  10-05-2006  2:13 pm  |  Industry News

A Scoop Is a Scoop, Online or Offnew

American Journalism Review  |  10-05-2006  1:24 pm  |  Industry News

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