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Executive Committee to Manage Eugene Weekly

Eugene Weekly is planning to publish by committee for the time being after letting go Publisher Sonja Snyder early this month. “We just had insurmountable differences as to the direction of the paper, and you can’t run a paper that way,” says Snyder, who helped found the weekly 19 years ago. (FULL STORY)
John Ferri  |  01-31-2002  10:54 am  |  Industry News

Bingo Barnes Buys Boise Weekly

Husband-and-wife team Bingo and Sally Barnes are the new owner/operators of Boise Weekly. The sale by City of Roses Newspaper Company was official on August 1 and formally inked on August 2. Present and former owners all agree the paper needs the kind of local stewardship the Barnes say they’ll provide.
• Read the Idaho Statesman's story on the sale.
(FULL STORY)
John Ferri  |  08-07-2001  11:52 am  |  Industry News

The Stranger Publishes Guide to Seattle

Since its mid-June release, “The Stranger Guide to Seattle: The City’s Smartest, Pickiest, Most Obsessive Urban Manual” has been flying off bookstore shelves and out of dot.com mail-order warehouses -- and not just in Seattle. (FULL STORY)
John Ferri  |  08-01-2001  11:50 am  |  Industry News

Eric and Erik Reunited at Coast Weekly

The founders of the Missoula Independent are back together again. Eric Johnson has been hired as editor of Coast Weekly in Monterey, Calif., and his cohort Erik Cushman was promoted from vice president and director of operations to publisher. Founder Bradley Zeve will concentrate on community relations and grassroots social projects. (FULL STORY)
John Ferri  |  07-06-2001  11:50 am  |  Industry News

City of Roses Puts Boise Weekly on the Block

Less than 18 months after acquiring Boise Weekly and shepherding the paper through a significant redesign, City of Roses Newspaper Co. announced early this week that the nine-year-old publication is once again on the trading block. (FULL STORY)
John Ferri  |  05-18-2001  11:49 am  |  Industry News

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