AAN News
Elected Official Eyed in Stolen Newspaper Investigation
05-24-2004 2:03 pm |
Press Releases
A Politician's Alleged Philandering; a County Dumping Illegallynew
Here are a few recent stories posted at AltWeeklies.com, the new site showcasing the best work in alternative weeklies. One of Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's security officers and a former deputy police chief claim their careers were ruined when it appeared they might reveal the mayor’s "philandering," Curt Guyette reports in Metro Times. And the Long Island Press discovers that Nassau County is illegally using one of its public beaches as a trash dump.
Cleveland Free Times Editor-in-Chief Moves to TVnew
Cleveland Free Times editor-in-chief David Eden is leaving the alt-weekly to become the new managing editor of that city's sister television stations, WOIO Channel 19 and WUAB Channel 43, The Plain Dealer reports. Free Times Publisher Matt Fabyan is seeking a replacement.
The Plain Dealer |
05-21-2004 11:57 am |
Industry News
AltWeeklies.com Debuts This Weeknew
AAN launched a new Web site this week providing links and summaries to some of the most interesting stories in its 122 member papers. AltWeeklies.com debuted on Wednesday with a collection of 100 stories on the economy, politics and social issues, as well as movies, music, books and other arts and entertainment. The site's primary goal is to allow AAN editors to exchange articles and ideas. But it's also a place where readers will discover many more of the same type of intriguing and provoking stories they've found featured in AAN.org's This Week in Alternative Weeklies section.
Association of Alternative Newsweeklies |
05-20-2004 11:30 pm |
Industry News
Weekly Planet (Tampa) to Replace Editornew
The outgoing editor, Jim Harper, told the St. Petersburg Times that Weekly Planet president and CEO Ben Eason "wants a different kind of editor" and is conducting a nationwide search. Harper will retain his post during the hunt for his replacement. He has been the Planet's editor for 15 months. Before that, he worked for more than 20 years at the Times.
St. Petersburg Times |
05-20-2004 11:59 am |
Industry News
Fired Philadelphia City Paper Editor-in-Chief Got Mixed Reviewsnew
Howard Altman cleaned out his desk on Friday, May 14. He was fired by Publisher Paul Curci after a little over a year in the top editorial job and nearly a decade at the paper. Mike Newall reports in the rival PW-Philadelphia Weekly that some former staffers describe Altman as too disorganized, too wrapped up in his own reporting and weekly column to fulfill his leadership responsibilities, and too much of a news hound to appreciate the work of the arts staff. Others praised him as a hard-boiled reporter and an editor who nurtured reporters by not interfering with their writing voices.
PW-Philadelphia Weekly |
05-20-2004 10:15 am |
Industry News
LEO Responds to Being Removed from Krogernew
The Louisville, Kentucky, weekly was among four publications banned from Kroger, three of them for having sexually suggestive content (in LEO's case, apparently, its adult ads). But what about the sexual content of Cosmopolitan, which is still on the racks, asks executive editor and founder John Yarmuth. He argues that the selective banning constitutes censorship. In an accompanying article, Tom Peterson interviews public relations professionals about Kroger's strategy.
Louisville Eccentric Observer |
05-19-2004 3:42 pm |
Industry News
Story of Buchanan Baby Helped Bush Win White Housenew
During the 2000 presidential campaign, longtime Republican dirty-tricks operative Roger Stone pushed an unsubstantiated story that Reform Party candidate Patrick Buchanan had had an illegitimate child while he was a Georgetown undergraduate. The rumor had dogged the candidate in earlier races, but this time the allegation was spiced up with a rumor that Buchanan had made payments to the mother to kill the story, Wayne Barrett writes in a Village Voice article that has special reporting by Jessie Singer.
Tags: The Village Voice
Oregon Rocked by Revelation of Leader's Abuse of Girlnew
Since Willamette Week broke the story that former Oregon Governor Neil Goldschmidt had had sex over a three-year period with a girl who was only 14 at the start, Oregonians have been obsessed with the story, Blaine Harden reports on the front page of Monday's Washington Post. One of the questions people are asking, he writes, is why the state's most powerful newspaper, The Oregonian, in its first-day coverage of Goldschmidt's confession, seemed "to go so easy on him, calling his behavior an 'affair' and describing his apology as 'heartfelt.'"
The Washington Post |
05-18-2004 3:06 pm |
Industry News
New Orleans Students Write about Brown v. Board of Educationnew
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision abolishing segregation in public schools, Gambit Weekly asked New Orleans high school students to write about the ruling's impact on them. Segregation takes many forms, the students observe. Ninth grader Vinnessia Shelbia contends that the school system, by focusing on black "high achievers," belittles African American students' futures. The result: too many "end up cleaning up after the ones who went to good schools."
Tags: Gambit
New Acts Added to The Village Voice 4th Annual Siren Music Festival
05-17-2004 5:28 pm |
Press Releases
New Summer/Fall 2004 Diversity Internship Grants Deadline Is May 24
AAN Staff |
05-17-2004 5:31 pm |
Association News
Writer Confronts Man Who Raped Him 26 Years Agonew
At age 7, Westword reporter David Holthouse was raped by the teenage son of his parents' friends. A year ago, he became obsessed with the idea of finding and killing the man who had darkened his childhood, in order to prevent him from harming others. And then Holthouse's parents discovered one of his childhood diaries, and the secret was out.
Tags: Westword, David Holthouse
Paid Links are Easy, Cross-Media Still a Hard Sellnew
Two forms of online advertising -- one very hot today, the other a little cold -- were central in online publishers' minds Wednesday at the Interactive Media Conference & Trade Show sponsored by E&P and Mediaweek magazines. Paid links, which have accounted for much of the growth in online advertising revenues, will remain hot, according to Patrick Keane, head of advertising sales strategy for Google, one of the leaders in this space. He said that while only 5% of Web pages are search pages, consumers actually are making buying decisions just about everywhere on the Web -- as they randomly surf, read news, or conduct research. "We want to help publishers get a piece of that," said Keane, referring to Google's ongoing contextual ad partnerships with publishers.
Editor & Publisher |
05-13-2004 4:22 pm |
Industry News
