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Tom Cotton Campaign Bars Arkansas Times Editor From Press Callnew

Arkansas Times Senior Editor Max Brantley said he was surprised that he was on the campaign's press list in the first place.
Talking Points Memo  |  11-11-2014  11:30 am  |  Industry News

Longtime Arkansas Times Editor Max Brantley Steps Downnew

Arkansas Times editor Max Brantley is stepping down after nearly 20 years at the helm. Lifestyle editor Lindsey Millar has been named as his replacement.
Arkansas Times  |  06-29-2011  10:06 am  |  Industry News

Former Arkansas Official: I Resigned After Being Told to Dodge Alt-Weekly's FOIA Request

Teresa Belew, the former executive assistant to Arkansas Secretary of State Mark Martin, says she quit after being told to delete a sensitive email rather than release it to the Arkansas Times under a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  04-18-2011  10:05 am  |  Industry News

Arkansas Times Editor Wins Award 'For Valor in Journalism'new

The University of Arkansas has named Max Brantley the recipient of the 2009 Ernie Deane Award. "I am surprised, honored and pleased to learn I've been chosen to receive the Ernie Deane award," Brantley says. "I realized when (Larry Foley, a professor of journalism and Ernie Deane committee member) called and gave me the news I may not have sounded very gracious. My first thought was surely there was someone better." He will receive the award at a ceremony this fall.
Arkansas Times  |  04-29-2009  8:41 am  |  Honors & Achievements

Arkansas Times Publishes Concealed Weapons Data, Causes Backlashnew

The alt-weekly recently published on its blog a state database containing the names and addresses of Arkansans who hold permits to carry concealed handguns, but after an uproar from gun lobby and death threats made against Times editor Max Brantley and his family, the paper took the database down. Not long after, the state House of Representatives introduced and passed by a 98-1 vote a bill that would prohibit revealing "the identities or other information concerning concealed handgun licensees." Sponsors of the bill argued that doing so put handgun owners at risk.
Arkansas Times  |  03-12-2009  11:49 am  |  Industry News

Arkansas Times Editor Talks About the Impact of Blogging on the Paper

The Times made the jump to blogging in 2004 at a time when many AAN papers had yet to do so with the simply-named Arkansas Blog. Since then, its website, which started as a niche resource for its print readers, has evolved into a daily must-read for just about everyone in the state, from politicians to daily newspaper editors and, with the additional in-house blogs Rock Candy and Eat Arkansas, music and food junkies. AAN News recently spoke with editor and full-time blogger Max Brantley on what blogging has done for the Times. (FULL STORY)
AAN News  |  11-21-2007  10:57 am  |  Industry News

Arkansas Times Nabs Clinton Exclusive

AAN paper only local media granted exit interview. (FULL STORY)
Christine Iwan  |  01-22-2001  11:51 am  |  Industry News

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