AAN News
New Weekly Launches in Omaha
Publisher Al Johnson, a media
sales veteran, launches Omaha
Pulp this week, with the help of three
former staffers from Omaha Reader --
editors Timothy Schaffert and
Leslie Prisbell and Production
Manager Justin Wolta. Johnson
says he hopes to be profitable by August.
John Heaston, publisher of the
Omaha Weekly Reader, says he
welcomes competition that will keep
Omaha's media scene lively.
(FULL STORY)
AAN Staff |
05-06-2003 1:35 pm |
Industry News
Omaha Reader ME Signs Book Deal
Timothy Schaffert’s first novel is to be published by BlueHen, a new literary division of publishing giant Penguin Putnam, in June 2002. The Phantom Limbs of the Rollow Sisters is about sisters damaged by abandonment. Schaffert, managing editor of the Omaha Reader says his day job is like a baby squalling in the next room, "a distraction from creativity, certainly, but an important distraction."
(FULL STORY)
AAN Staff |
08-31-2001 6:59 am |
Industry News
