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Media Daily News (reg. req.)  |  11-11-2005  6:06 am  |  Industry News

Alternative Newspaper Involved in Altercation, We Think

This report in the Parkersburg (W. Va.) News & Sentinel is pretty confusing, but it appears that a story published in "an alternative newspaper from Columbus, Ohio" caused Kevin Radcliff ("also known as Amanda Love") and Steven Lantz to engage in fisticuffs inside Radcliff's Club Utopia. Radcliff was acquitted of battery, says the paper.
11-10-2005  11:34 pm  |  Industry News

Ann Mullen: Righting a Wrongful Conviction

A young man was serving a life sentence for second-degree murder, and a forensic psychologist who worked on the case didn't believe the teenager had done it. So he turned to Ann Mullen, then a writer at Detroit's Metro Times. She dug around and wrote an in-depth story on the flaws in the Detroit Police Department's investigation. Six months later, the young man was freed. This is the 13th in a "How I Got That Story" series highlighting the AltWeekly Awards' first-place winners. (FULL STORY)
Erika Beras  |  11-10-2005  6:58 pm  |  Association News

Seven Days Wins Vt. Press Association Accolades

For the first time, Seven Days was named Vermont's best non-daily newspaper, beating out 59 other non-dailies in the annual competition. The alt-weekly also won six writing awards. "We've clearly grown from being just 'that arts paper' over 10 years," says co-publisher Pamela Polston.
11-10-2005  11:59 am  |  Industry News

Settlement Reached in Personals Lawsuitnew

The details of the out-of-court settlement are confidential, but it does include the terms on which Sutcliffe Associates' SelectAlternatives program will license Tele-Publishing Inc.'s patents and other intellectual property, the two companies announced yesterday. TPI and SA are both AAN Associate Members and both will continue to provide personal advertising technology to newspapers. "The settlement provides publishers with some choices going forward," says TPI President David Dinnage. "We feel that this is a win for all parties involved."
Press Release  |  11-10-2005  9:24 am  |  Industry News

New Media Targets Local Adsnew

Mediaweek  |  11-10-2005  3:44 pm  |  Industry News

A Tribute to Reporter Chris Limberisnew

Tucson Weekly  |  11-10-2005  3:18 pm  |  Industry News

Indications Point to Humbug Holiday Retail Season in Canadanew

The Globe and Mail  |  11-10-2005  8:18 am  |  Industry News

Federal Government: Web Sites Should Police Real Estate Adsnew

Inman News (reg. req.)  |  11-10-2005  8:13 am  |  Industry News

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