AAN News
Independent Publisher to Take 3-Month Sabbatical
Fran Zankowski to Serve as "Visiting Publisher"
(FULL STORY)
02-24-2005 6:04 pm |
Press Releases
Alt-Weekly Ad Urges Readers to Ditch Nader for Kerrynew
Nader-supporting alt-weekly readers living in 10 swing states will see full-page ads next week urging them to vote Kerry in 2004. The ads promote a statement by more than 70 former Nader supporters -- including Noam Chomsky, Ben Cohen and Susan Sarandon -- who endorse voting for Kerry in states where he's running neck and neck with Bush. Colorado Springs Independent publisher John Weiss, who organized the campaign, says, "Our goal is to reach voters who have been almost entirely neglected in this campaign: swing voters on the left."
The Unity Campaign press release |
10-21-2004 5:07 pm |
Industry News
Real Musicians Have Day Jobs
They need to make a living but can't afford to let the conformity demanded by some day jobs sap their creative spirit. Independent Weekly's Leslie Land, Tucson Weekly's Marc Desilets and others explain the migration of musicians to the classified sales departments of alternative newsweeklies. What's the appeal? Good pay, good vibes -- altogether a decent daylight gig for a breed that Cincinnati CityBeat's Chuck Davis has dubbed "rawker-ad-hawkers."
(FULL STORY)
Noel Black |
08-04-2004 11:02 am |
Industry News
In Response to Critic, Publisher Admits Quoting Cheneynew
After Colorado Springs Independent Publisher John Weiss received a Small Business Person of the Year award from the local Chamber of Commerce, an office-supply store owner named Ed Bircham took out newspaper ads questioning whether Weiss deserved it. Responding to allegations made in Bircham's ads, Weiss admits in his latest column that, yes, the Independent had indeed used profanity in the paper recently when it quoted what Vice President Dick Cheney said to Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy. Weiss also pleaded guilty to running same-sex personal ads in the paper. But the alt-weekly publisher didn't sound the least bit remorseful.
Colorado Springs Independent |
07-26-2004 4:10 pm |
Industry News
Elected Official Eyed in Stolen Newspaper Investigation
05-24-2004 2:03 pm |
Press Releases
Colorado Springs Independent Turns 10new
And they're celebrating with a special issue and a
public birthday bash in a park across the
street from the paper's new office building. In
addition to a rear-view mirror look at the
paper's coverage of educational and environmental
issues, this week's Indy includes features like "Top
Ten Reasons the Independent Must Die" (No. 4:
"They're sex-crazed, amoral sodomists.") and, for
connoisseurs of the publisher's occasionally garbled
syntax, "Top Ten John Weissisms" (No. 1:
"We're growing like hotcakes!").
Colorado Springs Independent |
08-07-2003 3:57 pm |
Industry News
Huge Birthday Bash to Celebrate Colorado Springs Independent Turning 10!
08-05-2003 6:43 pm |
Press Releases
Alt-Weeklies Look to Media Rivals as Partners
Alternative newsweeklies have found
myriad ways to team up with competitors
for lucrative cross-promotional
arrangements. Radio is perhaps the
most common partner for alt-weeklies
and music events the most frequent
vehicle for cooperation, Ann Hinch writes
for AAN News. Television and even print,
however, have been mined by AAN
members “to reach a broader
audience and more diverse
demographic.”
(FULL STORY)
Ann Hinch |
11-18-2002 12:34 pm |
Industry News
City Drops Request for Gag Ordernew
Faced with a challenge from the ACLU,
the City of Colorado Springs cancels a
hearing on its request for an
injunction against the
Colorado Springs Independent and
drops all charges against the paper. The
city was trying to
block the paper from publishing any
information from Detective Jeffrey
Huddleston's personnel file. By mistake,
the detective's entire file was given to
Editor Cara Degette and
reporter John Dicker, who were
working on an investigative piece. When
the mistake was discovered, the City
demanded that Dicker turn over the
notes he'd been taking.
ACLU Foundation of Colorado |
11-08-2002 4:57 pm |
Industry News
Colorado Springs Drops Effort to Obtain Gag Order Against Weekly Newspaper
ACLU Foundation of Colorado |
11-08-2002 2:50 pm |
Legal News
ACLU Challenges City Government's Bid for Gag Order Against Colorado Springs Newspaper
ACLU Foundation of Colorado |
11-07-2002 4:46 pm |
Legal News
Colorado Springs Independent Reports That Indian Religious Freedom Threatenednew
Pamela White takes a look at a kind of religious violence that has been largely ignored by the media. In northern Arizona, Hopi Tribal employees bulldozed a Diné sacred site, in full view of federal authorities. The reason? “To prevent illegal political activity,” White writes.
Alternative Papers Rip Up Fronts to Cover Terrorist Nightmare
Across the country, alternative newsweeklies ditched their planned front pages as the awesome events of Tuesday unfolded. East Coast papers like The Village Voice and Washington City Paper are sharing stories and pictures with colleagues from Maine to California.
(FULL STORY)
AAN Staff |
09-12-2001 4:11 pm |
Industry News
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