AAN News
Target of Memphis Flyer's Jab Lashes Out
In the Flyer's April 14 issue, Chris Davis tweaked the Main Street Journal, a Memphis-based monthly magazine, for the cover of its April issue. Davis's item reads, in its entirety: "The locally produced Main Street Journal, a magazine devoted to all things conservative, appears to be reaching out to African Americans -- a demo the GOP has traditionally failed to attract. Although the most recent issue has little in the way of Afro-centric content, the cover does feature the image of a black man ... and a truckload of watermelons." The Journal posted a lengthy, literal-minded response on its Web site -- arguing, in part, that its covers were designed to capture "mainstreet America." The Journal also takes a shot at the Flyer, saying that the Memphis community "deserves more than what the Flyer offers: a steady diet of liberal commentary and local insult gossip seasoned with ads for gentlemen’s clubs, phone sex hotlines and casinos."
04-17-2006 11:10 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, The Memphis Flyer
Zanone: Smaller Markets Have Seen No Impact From Craigslistnew
The Pulse |
03-01-2006 7:48 am |
Industry News
New York Times Catches Up to Flyer After Seven Monthsnew
In the Sept. 8 issue of The New York Times, columnist Nicholas D. Kristof casts doubt upon President Bush's fulfillment of his Air National Guard duties in 1972. He produces a "compelling witness" named Bob Mintz, who served at the same Alabama base where Bush claims to have been. Mintz remembers actively searching for Bush to no avail. Kristof asks Mintz, "Why speak out now?" The honest answer is that Mintz first spoke out on the matter to The Memphis Flyer, an AAN-member paper, many months ago. Jackson Baker quoted Mintz in a groundbreaking story posted to The Flyer's Web site on Feb. 12 and updated four days later. Kenneth Neill, publisher of The Flyer, has written a letter to the editor of The New York Times to point that out.
New York Times |
09-08-2004 4:40 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, The Memphis Flyer
Web Turns Some Alt-Weeklies into Dailies
Reporters with a great scoop no longer have to sit tight trying not to burst while they wait for the next week’s paper to roll out, freelance writer Charlie Deitch reports for AAN News. It’s possible to publish online 24/7. Several AAN papers are moving away from the static Web site that remains the same for seven days and then has its contents refreshed all at once. A few alt-weeklies post new material daily, and others turn first to the Web whenever they’ve got an especially hot story.
(FULL STORY)
Charlie Deitch |
03-18-2004 6:50 pm |
Industry News
Two Pilots Claim Bush Never Showed Up at Guard Basenew
Two members of the Air National Guard unit in Alabama that President Bush was supposed to join in 1972 tell Jackson Baker of The Memphis Flyer that they were expecting Bush, they were waiting for him, and they're sure they never saw him. The Memphis Flyer posted on its Web site today its late-breaking, copyrighted story that responds to the question plaguing Americans: Was George W. Bush AWOL at a time he claims to have been serving in the National Guard?
Tags: The Memphis Flyer
Devastating Storm Rocks The Memphis Flyer
After publishing more than 750 consecutive
issues, the Flyer was forced to skip an edition
when a July 22 storm shut the city down. The blend
of heavy rains and powerful winds forced
three employees from their homes, including
Publisher Ken Neill, who had an 100 foot
oak tree fall on his house, rendering it uninhabitable
until Christmas. The national press, focused on Uday
and Qusay, barely noticed the storm. "We have a
joke," Neill says. "If a tree falls in Memphis, does
it make a sound?"
(FULL STORY)
Matt Pulle |
08-08-2003 5:02 pm |
Industry News
Tags: The Memphis Flyer
AAN Papers Dominate Green Eyeshade Awardsnew
Six AAN member papers in the Southeast
picked up 61 percent of the awards in
SPJ's Green Eyeshade Awards' print
(weekly/monthly) division. SPJ has
announced the finalists for the awards,
and the order of finish will be announced
at the Green Eyeshade Banquet April 5.
Creative Loafing Atlanta and New Times
Broward-Palm Beach picked up six each,
while Miami New Times snagged four.
Memphis Flyer has two nominations, and
Mountain Xpress and Creative Loafing
Charlotte came in with one each.
SPJ news release |
03-26-2003 12:41 pm |
Industry News
A Prayer for Dennis Freelandnew
Dennis Freeland, the sports writer — and former editor — of the Memphis Flyer has been diagnosed with brain cancer, but this grim news has not robbed him of his wit or his friends, just his future, writes Geoff Calkins, a sports columnist for The Commercial Appeal.
The Commercial Appeal |
08-09-2001 11:49 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, The Memphis Flyer
Memphis Flyer Editor Resigns
Dennis Freeland will continue to write for local publications.
(FULL STORY)
Christine Iwan |
05-25-2000 11:49 am |
Industry News
Tags: Management, The Memphis Flyer
Sales Wizards to Lead Display Stream
Larry Levine Wants Attendees to "Think Outside the Box"; Julio Melara Promises His Audience Will Be "Changed Forever."
(FULL STORY)
AAN Staff |
03-25-1999 11:50 am |
Industry News
