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Detroit's Metro Times Celebrates 25 Years with Special Issue

By AAN Staff

october 21, 2005 07:30 am

Detroit's Metro Times Celebrates 25 Years with Special Issue

The Metro Times staff

Bruce Giffin

The Oct. 19 issue spotlights the newspaper's past, from top stories to the "massive rhetorical demolition derby" of letters to the editor. Sarah Klein describes the "strange characters" who have staffed the office, W. Kim Heron provides updates on where some of those characters have gone, and in the editor's column, Ric Bohy and the present staff reflect on the aims of the Metro Times and the importance of alternative journalism. A special pullout section featuring artists' interpretations of the Metro Times is available as a PDF.

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