AAN News
Washington City Paper Has Resident Publishernew
Long-time General Manager Amy
Austin was promoted to publisher of
D.C.'s alt-weekly, taking over from
Thomas Yoder, who also has
responsibilities in Chicago with CP's
sister paper. "I think we've gotten to the
point now where this is just a mature,
strong paper with not only a great person
in Amy, but a good management staff
under Amy," COO Jane Levine
tells the Washington Business Journal.
Washington Business Journal |
01-09-2003 1:27 pm |
Industry News
AAN CAN Sales Contest Winners Announced
AAN Staff |
01-09-2003 3:24 pm |
Industry News
Ethics Pundits Disagree on Willamette Week's Trashy Tacticsnew
Editor Mark Zusman tells E&P's Joe Strupp that going through the trash of city officials was "a straightforward and simple way to hold
their feet to the fire." After all, police had used evidence found in a police officer's trash to obtain a search warrant, saying that trash is public property once it reaches the curb. The Oregonian and Seattle Times disagree on whether the stunt was warranted, and journalism ethics experts are equally divided. The Poynter Institute's Keith Woods says it "borders on abuse of the tool
of journalism." Tim Gleason, dean of the School of Journalism &
Communications at the University of Oregon, however, finds it "quite appropriate."
Editor & Publisher |
01-08-2003 2:49 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Willamette Week
New York Press Owners Staying with Smith's Editorial Mix
Chuck Colletti and Doug Meadow, the new owners of the New York Press, tell AAN News they don't plan any changes in its eclectic mix of politics, arts and commentary. They have made what they describe as "a few" staff reductions, fired Editor John Strausbaugh and promoted former Managing Editor Lisa Kearns to that position. As for taking on The Village Voice, they say the Press will compete with, but can't dethrone, that venerable alt-weekly.
(FULL STORY)
Ann Hinch |
01-08-2003 12:11 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Management, New York Press
Austin Named Publisher of Washington City Paper
Chicago Reader Inc. news release |
01-08-2003 1:09 pm |
Press Releases
Tags: Management, Washington City Paper
Vonnegut at 80new
Asked how he's doing, Kurt Vonnegut says, "I'm
mad about being old and I'm mad about being
American. Apart from that, OK." Vonnegut has just
turned 80. Although he claims he's retired from
writing, he has just finished an introduction for a
book of anti-war posters by artist Micah Ian
Wright. Publishing aside, Vonnegut continues to
be a cultural presence, speaking out against war
with Iraq to 10,000 protesters at a rally in New
York?s Central Park and making a spoken-word
contribution to the new multimedia world music
production One Giant Leap. David Hoppe of NUVO talks to the novelist, whose hometown is Indianapolis.
Reporter Becomes Believernew
Pittsburgh City Paper sends a reporter, Sharmila Venkatasubban, to do a feature story on Landmark Forum, an EST offshoot for yuppies. She goes to the seminar ready to expose it as a cult,
but emerges as a believer and takes what she learns to her own family dynamics. "What the Forum taught me was not an easy pill to swallow at first, but
now I find myself craving another dose," Venkatasubban writes.
Girl Battles One of History's Worst Cases of Epilepsynew
Jamie Libenstein's slow descent into hell began midway through her kindergarten year. That's when the little girl suffered her first
epileptic seizure--which, sadly, was only a taste of the horror to
come. Jamie's since been diagnosed as having one of the worst cases
of epilepsy ever seen by medical science. She's endured "starvation
diets," narcotic comas that have put her near death, and seemingly
medieval surgical procedures. She's watched as her case has led to
bitter arguments between some of the world's most gifted
surgeons--and hastened the breakup of her parents' marriage. Still,
she and her family have persevered, pushing past personal hardship
to keep fighting for a cure. In the medical mystery "Jamie's
World," former New Times Los Angeles staff writer Susan
Goldsmith tells the story of a truly remarkable eleven-year-old girl.
Alt-Weeklies Tighten Lock on Young Readers
AAN Staff |
01-03-2003 2:21 pm |
Association News
Tags: Marketing
Some Alts Breaking with Sex Advertisersnew
Some alternative weekly publishers tell
AJR they have cut back on ads
from adult advertisers because
raunchy ads scare away traditional
advertisers. Others, like the Memphis
Flyer, insist on tops for their advertisers'
topless dancers. Alison Draper,
publisher of the Dallas Observer, says
she just wants to "clean up the book"
to attract higher-end advertisers.
Others are taking the same steps,
breaking with a traditionally significant
sector of alt-weekly advertising.
AJR |
01-02-2003 5:27 pm |
Industry News
Fugitive Crime Mastermind Started as Pudgy Nerdnew
Douglas Havard was
salutatorian,
senior
class
president and
co-captain of
the
football team at
his
high school.
Only
later did
authorities
discover he
was also the criminal mastermind
behind
a slew of
scams being pulled off by the rich
kids of
Dallas --
and a young man for whom thug-life role
playing
suddenly turned deadly serious. "Crazy
White Mother" by
Dallas Observer's Glenna
Whitley looks at the now-fugitive
Havard, who provided guns, drugs, fake
IDs -- veritable "one-stop shopping for
Dallas' spoiled
rich kids."
