AAN Association of Alternative Newsmedia

Gannett to Launch New Louisville Weekly Dec. 3

By AAN Staff

october 20, 2003 12:19 pm

Gannett to Launch New Louisville Weekly Dec. 3

Although Velocity is aimed at young adults, it is "not being positioned as a direct competitor" to the 13-year-old AAN-member Louisville Eccentric Observer, claims Ed Manassah, publisher of the local Gannett daily responsible for the new paper. Nevertheless, Manassah sends a shot across LEO's bow when he claims the young-adult "marketplace" is "not being serviced." The new publication's name "is a play off the word `city,' but then there's also the connection to a faster pace and speed," the paper's new editor explains helpfully.

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