AAN News
Legal Dispute Over Control of the Santa Barbara Independent Continues
Santa Barbara Independent publisher Randy Campbell will appeal a judge's decision which ordered him to sell his shares of the paper to editor-in-chief Marianne Partridge.
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Santa Barbara Independent |
12-01-2011 10:47 am |
Legal News
Judge Grants Injunction Sought by Santa Barbara Independent Editornew
Judge Denise deBellefeuille has granted an injunction sought by Independent co-owner and editor-in-chief Marianne Partridge in her contract dispute over the paper's sale with publisher and majority owner Randy Campbell. The injunction effectively bars Campbell from selling or distributing his shares of the Independent until the conflict with Partridge over the sale of his shares is finally resolved, the paper reports.
Santa Barbara Independent |
03-25-2010 12:11 pm |
Industry News
Santa Barbara Independent Editor Sues Publisher Over Proposed Salenew
Editor-in-chief Marianne Partridge has sued publisher Randy Campbell in Santa Barbara County Superior Court for breach of contract in a legal dispute that Independent reporter Nick Welsh says "could have major ramifications for the ownership structure" of the paper. Partridge, a minority shareholder, claims that Campbell -- who owns 51 percent of the company -- is in violation of contract language that requires him to offer to sell his stock to Partridge or one of the other two minority owners before selling to anyone else. The dispute stems from Campbell's apparent desire to sell his share of the Independent to Valley Printers, which prints the paper and is owned by Southland Publishing, the parent company of four Southern California AAN member papers.
Santa Barbara Independent |
02-16-2010 1:39 pm |
Industry News
Pasadena Weekly Celebrates 25 Years
This week's issue includes columns by former owner Jim Laris and current editor Kevin Uhrich, who has been with the paper since 1996. There's also a timeline and a series of short reminisces from a number of alumni, including former LA Reader owner James Vowell and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Steve Coll, the paper's first editor.
Pasadena Weekly |
08-03-2009 4:17 pm |
Honors & Achievements
Los Angeles CityBeat Shuttered
Southland Publishing president Bruce Bolkin announced this morning that the alt-weekly's March 26 issue will be its last. "For 6 years, the Los Angeles CityBeat has offered a fresh perspective to the readers of Los Angeles, and Southland is extremely proud of its writers and entire staff who have contributed to the paper," says Bolkin.
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Southland Publishing Press Release |
03-27-2009 12:47 pm |
Industry News
Charles Gerencser Leaves Southland Publishing for the Obama Campaignnew
The executive publisher of Southland's Los Angeles CityBeat and executive vice president of sales for the chain's other AAN papers announced yesterday that he's leaving on Oct. 17 to join the Barack Obama campaign as a fundraiser and committee leader for California and Nevada. "As a life-long Republican I am seen as a crucial leader in the fight to win votes and raise money for the Senator amongst undecided Republicans and Independents, particularly in the States of Nevada and Colorado which are key Western battleground states," he wrote in an email to colleagues. Gerencser was also a member of the AAN Marketing Committee. As for life after the campaign, he notes that he's applied to two doctoral programs for admission as early as Spring 2009.
LA Observed |
10-09-2008 11:15 am |
Industry News
Southland Publishing to Launch New Monthly Magazine
Southland Publishing, Inc. Press Release |
04-05-2007 8:18 am |
Press Releases
Southland Publishing Adds a Glossy Monthly to the Mixnew
The publisher of AAN members San Diego CityBeat, Los Angeles CityBeat, ValleyBeat and Pasadena Weekly announced today that Los Angeles New City Monthly will debut in June. The magazine will "celebrate the intellectual and cultural 'renaissance' of LA's Eastside" and will largely be distributed via direct mail, according to a Southland press release. Nikki Bazar, who previously freelanced for Pasadena Weekly, will be editor. The design and production will be handled by the art and production team at CityBeat and ValleyBeat.
Southland Publishing Inc. Press Release (PDF) |
03-21-2007 10:56 am |
Press Releases
Southland Publishing Buys Inland Empire Weekly
The sale of IE Weekly was announced yesterday; the 21-week-old California publication serves a large market in
Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. Publisher Jeremy Zachary, editor Stacy Davies and managing editor Rich Kane -- all former employees of OC Weekly -- will continue in their positions. "In today's merger climate it makes sense that we join the Southland Publishing family, allowing us to
better serve our advertisers locally, regionally and nationally," Zachary says.
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Southland Publishing Press Release |
08-31-2006 5:12 pm |
Press Releases
Southland Publishing Launches New Magazine
Arroyo Monthly is direct mailed targeting affluent San Gabriel Valley residents
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04-13-2005 2:06 pm |
Press Releases
Southland Won't Compete Head-to-Head With LA Weekly
In an area as large as Los Angeles, there are plenty of opportunities to serve niches, says Group Publisher David Comden, who recently launched two new weeklies in the market. Southland has assembled an all-star cast of alternative journalism veterans at LA CityBEAT and ValleyBEAT, and with the company's paper in Pasadena, now circulates 140,000 papers each week in the L.A. basin. Comden says he'll offer low-price options to advertisers and an "alternative to the alternative" for LA's younger readers.
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John Ferri |
07-01-2003 9:23 am |
Industry News
LA CityBEAT, ValleyBEAT Debutnew
"You need this," claims the debut editorial
as Southland Publishing
launches two new alternative papers in
the Los Angeles area after buying the
assets of New Times L.A. "In recent years
local readers have experienced their own
pain when two local weeklies -- the Los
Angeles Reader and the New Times L.A.
-- were prematurely shuttered for
no reason other than financial
expediency," the editorial states. "They
mattered, and then they were gone." For
their part, the mantra of LA CityBEAT and
ValleyBEAT is "to explore, to challenge,
and to celebrate the substance and
irreverence of our vast city."
LA City Beat |
06-13-2003 12:44 pm |
Industry News
LA Weekly Dissects Competitorsnew
Howard Blume says no "upstart"
among the "lower-budget alternatives"
springing up in the LA Basin will
challenge LA Weekly citywide. The paper
has fired Valley Business
Printers, owner of its
newest competitor, Southland Publishing
Co., Blume reports. Southland purchased
the assets of the closed New Times LA,
plans a summer launch of weeklies in
L.A. and the Valley, and has hired
Editorial Art Director Dana
Collins away from LA Weekly. Plus
former LA Weekly Publisher
Michael Sigman is consulting
with Southland, Blume writes.
LA Weekly |
04-17-2003 2:08 pm |
Industry News
Los Angeles CityBEAT and ValleyBEAT Slated for Early Summer Launch
Southland Publishing |
04-08-2003 1:48 pm |
Press Releases
