AAN News
City Pulse Story Prompts Lansing Mayor to Request Additional Resources for Cold Cases
Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero tells City Pulse: "After reading your article and talking to the chief and the captains, I concluded that
we weren't doing enough."
(FULL STORY)
City Pulse |
04-09-2013 2:30 pm |
Honors & Achievements
Tags: City Pulse
Meijer Stores Delay Removal of Newspaper Racksnew
Meijer will delay the removal of its free publication racks from the Lansing market until March 15, reports City Pulse.
City Pulse |
02-24-2012 2:20 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Circulation, City Pulse
Mich. Grocery Chain To Remove Free Publications From Storesnew
Lansing's City Pulse stands to lose 15 percent of its total distribution.
City Pulse |
02-16-2012 11:04 am |
Industry News
Lansing's City Pulse Wins Libel Suitnew
City Pulse did not defame businessman Paul Vlahakis by calling him a tax delinquent in a December 2009 story, judge rules.
City Pulse |
11-21-2011 11:28 am |
Legal News
Michigan's Alt-Weeklies Weigh In on Auto Industry Bailout
As chatter increases about a potential federal bailout of the foundering American automotive industry, Michigan's alt-weeklies are addressing the crisis. Lansing's City Pulse is "having some serious doubts about this bailout," adding: "Like giving spare change to an alcoholic outside a liquor store, it would be a waste to hand these companies $25 billion and expect everything to be OK." In Detroit's Metro Times, longtime columnist Jack Lessenberry takes a different tack, arguing that it would be "extremely foolish" to let the auto makers fail, and that it would lead to "something very like the Great Depression."
City Pulse | Metro Times |
11-20-2008 8:24 am |
Industry News
City Pulse Publisher Says 'Thank You'
Berl Schwartz thanks the AAN membership for admitting City Pulse on Saturday in a letter to the editor. "This was our fourth time to apply,
and I am sure the membership committee was tired of looking at us, so
allow me to thank you on behalf of its members as well," he writes. He also says he's printing a banner to hang in the paper's office that quotes from a membership committee report on City Pulse: "It's still not perfect."
(FULL STORY)
AAN |
06-12-2008 8:18 am |
Letters to the Editor
Gannett's "Alternatives"new
Can Gannett Co. create alternatives to
itself? Burl Gilyard, himself a former
alt-weekly staff writer, looks into Gannett's
plans to launch entertainment
weeklies in Lansing, Mich., and Boise,
Idaho, for AJR. Berl Schwartz, editor
of the alt-weekly City Pulse in Lansing,
says Gannett's targeting these small
markets because it
"wants to feed on the guppies
before it heads to the deeper waters."
AJR |
10-01-2002 4:35 pm |
Industry News
Gannett Launching Weeklies in Lansing, Boise
Media giant Gannett Co. is launching its first salvo in a war to win the elusive 25-to-34 year old reader away from alternative newsweeklies. In Lansing, Mich., and Boise, Idaho, Gannett dailies are set to begin publishing "alternative" weeklies this fall. Established alts in those markets are bracing for the ruthless competition described by Richard McCord in his book "Chain Gang." Berl Schwartz, publisher of City Pulse in Lansing, scoffs at the notion the Gannett weekly will be an edgy alternative publication. "What is it an alternative to?" he asks. "Itself?"
(FULL STORY)
Ann Hinch |
08-15-2002 11:13 am |
Industry News
