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Annual Convention Finds Alt-Weeklies Skittish

By AAN Staff
june 6, 2002  10:23 am
Annual Convention Finds Alt-Weeklies Skittish
Willamette Week columnist "The Nose," a.k.a. Mark Zusman and John Schrag, says AANies can party hardy, but may be suffering from a deep malaise. Ads are down and that strikes fear deep in the hearts of publishers of all stripes. "The alties have gotten more scared and less idealistic," the column sniffs. "One wag told the Nose that these two developments are not unrelated. 'Hey, schmuck,' he fondly told me, 'when times get tough, ideals are always the first to go.'" The Nose duo placed second in the column-writing category of this year's Alternative Newsweekly Awards.
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