AltWeeklies Wire
The News on Newsnew
Local CBS affiliate KION-TV set out to do a hit piece questioning the appropriateness of the Weekly's student guide. And then they ran a picture of a toddler dressed as a hooker.
Monterey County Weekly |
Mary Duan |
09-22-2011 |
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News Wars: The Rise and Fall of The Clarion-Ledgernew
The Gannett-owned daily newspaper in Jackson, Miss., went from a racist rag to a Pulitzer winner in 1983. In the past 20 years, it's become a corporate paper that doesn't understand its readers.
Jackson Free Press |
Valerie Wells |
09-08-2011 |
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The Florida Times-Union’s Very Bad Daynew
The Florida Times-Union’s announcement that it was going to shed another 9.5 percent of its already anemic workforce was met, not surprisingly, with shock and disappointment. Employees, who’ve watched as dozens of high-profile, high-powered colleagues have jumped ship in recent months, reacted with slack-jawed horror as the ax fell on the diminished newsroom.
Folio Weekly |
Anne Schindler |
09-02-2011 |
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Paper Lossesnew
The Colorado Springs Gazette sees continuing decline, with paid home delivery now below 50,000.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pam Zubeck |
08-31-2011 |
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A Farewell to the New York Pressnew
The New York Press instilled in me a sense of how to call bullshit on nonsense that's widely accepted as cool, or clever, or delicious – no matter how rare or indie it is, and regardless of consensus in the so-called alt media.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Faraone |
08-29-2011 |
Media
Tags: New York Press
The Life Span of an Alternative Weeklynew
The history of the New York Press, which published its final issue on Wednesday.
New York Press |
New York Press Staff |
08-26-2011 |
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Google that Sh!t: Search Alec -Baldwinnew
This super-advanced Googling procedure rids your results of those pertaining to that bleeding heart actor (that's what the "minus" sign is for, in boolean terms), and lands you smack down in the middle of pure evil.
Flagpole Magazine |
Matthew Pulver |
08-05-2011 |
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The Dallas Morning News Shutters Quicknew
The editorial and sales teams of Quick, the Dallas Morning News' free, alt offshoot, were told at 10:15 a.m. this morning that next week's issue of the weekly publication would be the last to hit stands.
Dallas Observer |
Merritt Martin |
07-27-2011 |
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Tags: Faux Alt
A Black Heart of Revengenew
It thumps in Glenn Stewart’s chest, but it won’t silence investigative journalism in our fair city.
Tags: Cherry Fisher May, Glenn Stewart
I Read the News Today, Oh Boynew
The rise and fall of Gannett's Louisville weekly, Velocity, and how LEO lived to tell about it.
LEO Weekly |
Sarah Kelley |
07-01-2011 |
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Can Journalism Survive the Newspaper’s Tribulations?new
The Chicago Tribune, "The Deal From Hell," and the uncertain future of print journalism.
Chicago Newcity |
Brian Hieggelke |
06-29-2011 |
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Chuck Philips vs. L.A. Timesnew
Former Los Angeles Times investigative reporter Chuck Philips, whose career was ruined when the Times published a rare front-page retraction of his March 17, 2008, article about the infamous 1994 shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur, is demanding that the newspaper apologize and take back its retraction of his story, “An Attack on Tupac Shakur Launched a Hip-Hop War.”
L.A. Weekly |
Simone Wilson and Dennis Romero |
06-27-2011 |
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Gannett's Faux-Alt in Rochester Closesnew
Gannett will no longer publish Insider, its entertainment and lifestyle weekly in Rochester, N.Y.
City Newspaper |
Mary Anna Towler |
06-24-2011 |
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Blogger Jailed Over Bad Beef Noodle Reviewnew
A Taiwanese blogger was recently sentenced to 30 days in detention, two years of probation and ordered to pay NT$200,000 in compensation to a noodle shop she criticized on her blog. What did she say that was so awful?
L.A. Weekly |
Elina Shatkin |
06-23-2011 |
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Gannett Shuts Down NOISE, Its Faux Alt-Weekly in Lansing, Mich.new
After nine years, the Gannett Corp. has pulled the plug on one of the prototypes for the wave of weeklies that were supposed to bring young readers back to print. After this week, NOISE becomes online only.
City Pulse |
Andy Balaskovitz |
06-22-2011 |
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