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Group Set to Unveil Electronic Trading System for Traditional Media Buysnew

Media Daily News (reg. req.) | 07-25-2006 7:03 am | Industry News

Tags: Marketing, Retail Advertising

A Case for Newspapers: Schieffer on the Joys of Reading in Printnew

CBS News | 07-25-2006 6:37 am | Industry News

Tags: Editorial, Electronic Publishing, Management, Marketing

Gay Rights Groups Taking Out Ads in 50 Newspapersnew

AP via Editor & Publisher | 07-25-2006 6:34 am | Industry News

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Filmmaker Kevin Smith Holds Grudge Against L.A. Weekly Critic

In 2004, L.A. Weekly Film Editor Scott Foundas was notably unimpressed by the movie Jersey Girl: "The blame for this cosmically self-indulgent disaster lies with Kevin Smith, who directs like a proud father who can't stop showing you pictures of his kids. And here's the thing: The brats are ugly," Foundas wrote. Unfortunately, Smith has a long memory, Foundas reveals in his July 19 review of Smith's latest effort, Clerks II. Foundas says he was asked to leave a press screening because Smith thought he was biased against his work. But all's well that ends well: The critic was invited to a private screening the next day after he and the filmmaker "kissed and made up.

07-24-2006 11:17 am | Industry News

Tags: Editorial, L.A. Weekly, Scott Foundas

Seattle Weekly Will Take on New Times 'Look'new

Uncertainty about post-merger changes has led to multiple staff resignations at the Weekly, The Seattle Times reports. Most recently, Editor in Chief Knute Berger announced his departure, although he may continue to write for the paper. Publisher Kenny Stocker, who moved to Seattle Weekly from Riverfront Times last month, says that the new management doesn't have immediate plans for "wholesale changes," but the paper will take on some attributes common to the chain. "Some may say that's a cookie-cutter approach. All I can say is, it's worked in every market in the country," Stocker says.

The Seattle Times | 07-24-2006 7:15 am | Industry News

Tags: Editorial, Management, Seattle Weekly