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Fox Film Unit to Focus on Youthnew

New York Times  |  12-20-2005  8:02 am  |  Industry News

Ohio 'Studying' Village Voice-New Times Mergernew

According to Cleveland's The Plain Dealer, Attorney General Jim Petro is looking for potential antitrust violations that would result from the merger. The paper quotes a senior attorney with Petro's office who said the deal "raises new concerns that combining these two publishing companies would eliminate or restrain competition between them in some markets where they operate rival newsweeklies with overlapping advertising and news coverage." (Ed.: VVM and New Times no longer operate "rival newsweeklies" in the same market.) The attorney was commenting in response to a letter complaining about the merger written by Terry Smith, the editor of AAN-member paper The Athens News.
The Plain-Dealer  |  12-19-2005  3:19 pm  |  Industry News

Bush Issues Order to Ease Access to Government Infonew

New York Times (registration req'd)  |  12-19-2005  4:23 pm  |  Legal News

Executive Order Promotes Greater Access to Recordsnew

Houston Chronicle  |  12-19-2005  4:14 pm  |  Legal News

Google to Purchase Stake in AOLnew

Online Media Daily (reg. req.)  |  12-19-2005  8:12 am  |  Industry News

A Blue Christmas for Retailers?new

Editor & Publisher  |  12-19-2005  7:35 am  |  Industry News

Michael Shavalier: Setting the Visual Stage

To create his award-winning editorial layout, "Coffin Classics," Miami New Times art director Michael Shavalier mixed studio shots of older Goths with shots of modern, drinking, club-going Goths. When designing in black and white, arresting images and good typography are key, he says. This is the 28th in a "How I Got That Story" series highlighting the AltWeekly Awards' first-place winners. (FULL STORY)
Joy Howard  |  12-18-2005  8:52 pm  |  Association News

Adult Ad in Scene Newspaper Led to Blackmail of Amish Man

According to a United Press International story, a prostitute who advertised her nude house-cleaning service in Cleveland's Scene newspaper was arrested along with her boyfriend for allegedly scamming $67,000 from a 75-year-old Amish customer. The woman and her boyfriend were charged with extortion, theft from an elderly person and burglary for threatening to distribute incriminating pictures of the man to his church community.
12-16-2005  10:42 am  |  Industry News

Chronicle Gift Guide Recommends AAN's AltWeekly Contest Book

This year the Austin Chronicle gift guide features an item close to our hearts: Best AltWeekly Writing and Design 2005. Reviewer Nora Ankrum writes, "This is the gift for the writer or journalist on your shopping list, to be kept on the reference shelf next to the OED and the Chicago Manual and the most recent Best American Magazine Writing, but you won't find it at a bookstore, so order it online, soon." And no, the Austin Chronicle does not have a winning entry included in the book, although it has received AltWeekly Award recognition in earlier years.
12-16-2005  9:33 am  |  Industry News

Editorial: Pentagon Agency Seeks Blanket Exemption From FOIAnew

Albany Times Union  |  12-16-2005  3:49 pm  |  Legal News

Editorial: Congressional Spooks Conceal the Truthnew

The Roanoke Times  |  12-16-2005  3:42 pm  |  Legal News

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