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Michael Crystal to Become Publisher and COO of Chicago Readernew
The former publisher of the Seattle Weekly will begin his new dual role in April. He succeeds Jane Levine, who will remain with the
Reader but step aside from day-to-day operations after 10
years as its publisher and chief operating officer. Crystal will also
serve as COO of Washington City Paper, the Reader’s sister
publication in Washington, D.C. Crystal and Levine once worked together at Seattle Weekly, both as vice presidents.
Chicago Reader Inc. news release |
03-11-2004 6:23 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Management, Chicago Reader
Amsterdam Weekly Debuts with Help from Chicago Reader
It's an extra challenge to be alternative in a town where marijuana coffee shops and prostitutes posing in brothel windows are the norm. Todd Savage, a former Chicago Reader freelancer, didn't let that daunt him. He debuted his new English-language alt-weekly in the Netherlands' largest city this week. The Reader is a major investor in the enterprise.
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Matt Pulle |
03-11-2004 1:40 pm |
Industry News
FBI Wants to Know Alt-Weekly Reporter's Sourcesnew
John Sugg wasn't too pleased to receive a call from an FBI agent telling him he was "all over the wiretaps" the agency had made of fired University of South Florida professor Sami Al-Arian. Judging from the cover of Weekly Planet Tampa, Sugg even feels a little defiant; he's not naming any confidential sources. The former editor of the Planet and now senior editor of Creative Loafing Atlanta is on the FBI's tapes because he's been covering the investigation of the accused mastermind of terrorism Al-Arian for eight years. In a story for the Planet, Sugg reflects on disclosures he's made about officials working on the government's case.
Weekly Planet (Tampa) |
03-11-2004 12:03 pm |
Industry News
Michael Crystal Joins Chicago Reader as Publisher and COO
Chicago Reader Inc. news release |
03-11-2004 5:57 pm |
Press Releases
Election Reformer Takes Message from Web to Real Worldnew
Literary publicist Bev Harris sounded the alarm about the integrity of voting software after she discovered that Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., had an ownership share in Election Systems & Software, one of the big three companies that make electronic voting machines. She posted that revelation on her Web site, following it with other evidence that raised doubts about the reliability of vote-counting software. George Howland Jr. describes in Seattle Weekly Harris's evolution from Web advocate to media darling. He questions whether she and her allies will be successful or "like presidential candidate Howard Dean—an online tiger and an analog kitten."
Tags: Seattle Weekly, George Howland Jr.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach Wins Two EWA Awards
03-10-2004 10:28 am |
Press Releases
Young Male Exodus Continues, Older Males Watching More TVnew
Young male viewers are continuing their exodus from network TV, according to a new report from a top media shop that reveals another lesser publicized, but equally profound shift appears to be taking place in the TV universe. Slightly older men are actually watching more network TV.
Media Daily News |
03-09-2004 11:11 am |
Industry News
Print Outpaces Electronic Medianew
Contrary to perceptions that the growth in U.S. ad spending is coming from electronic media, print media--thanks to a surprising boost from local newspapers--expanded its market share during 2003.
Media Daily News |
03-09-2004 11:08 am |
Industry News
Officials Didn't Want Dan Savage to Be Marital Test Casenew
King County Executive Ron Sims had to race ahead with his plan to challenge state law prohibiting gay marriage after the editor of The Stranger showed up at the courthouse on March 5 seeking a marriage license. Bob Young reports in The Seattle Times that gay marriage proponents wanted to have "hand-picked couples" challenge the law but feared the controversial author of the sex advice column Savage Love (pictured) might beat them to it.
Seattle Times |
03-09-2004 9:56 am |
Industry News
Fourth Annual Cartoon Contest Deadline Is April 9
AAN Staff |
03-09-2004 7:21 pm |
Association News
Tags: Design & Production, Editorial
Warning: After 9/11, Liberty May Never Be Recoverednew
Far more dangerous to Americans than the USA Patriot Act is the Bush administration's assault on another class of liberties, which Harvey A. Silverglate and Carl Takei define as "threshold rights." These include fair elections, the right of the accused to a public jury trial, separation of powers among the three branches of government, and the right to free expression. Once lost, the authors assert in The Boston Phoenix, "the only thing that stands between any of us and arbitrary imprisonment is the good will of the president, the attorney general, and the secretary of defense."
Prostitute Says She Killed Three to Prove Love for Pimpnew
"When you're out there and you're living that fast life, you can never say what you wouldn't do," Falicia Blakely tells Mara Shalhoup in a jailhouse interview. Shalhoup reconstructs the events that led an 18-year-old to commit murder. The nude dancer was seduced by a club patron who bought diapers by the caseload for her baby and later insisted she sell herself to bring in cash. When her pimp made the ultimate demand, she delivered. The Creative Loafing Atlanta cover story is the first in a series.
Revamped Orlando Weekly Debuts
03-08-2004 11:21 am |
Press Releases
Tom Vail's Book on Creationism Sells at Grand Canyonnew
Writing in Boston's Weekly Dig, Paul McMorrow tries to figure out why a book arguing that the Grand Canyon was created in the Great Biblical Flood is being sold in a park bookstore overseen by the National Park Service. "Nearly 80 years after Tennessee v. John Scopes supposedly made the world safe for science, militant creationism has returned with a vengeance," he writes. "And this time, it's seeking government sanction."
Music Shipments Decline in 2003new
According to statistics released yesterday from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), U.S. music shipments from record companies to retail outlets declined 4.3 percent in 2003 and unit shipments declined 2.7 percent. Sounds bad, but compared to 2002, where music shipments declined 6.8 percent and unit shipments went down 7.8 percent, it seems like the decline rate is slowing down. The year 2003 was important for the recording industry, with record companies offering consumers the widest choice and variety of ways to access music, including through satellite radio and webcasting streams,exclusive release deals, different pricing strategies, new formats and value-added CD/DVD combinations in retail outlets.
Media Daily News |
03-05-2004 10:34 am |
Industry News
