AAN News
Feds Taking Testimony in New Times/VVM Dealnew
Sources tell the Los Angeles Times that
federal investigators may be pursuing a
legal solution that would actually
re-open alternative newsweeklies in
Los Angeles and Cleveland, the two
cities where Village Voice Media and New
Times agreed to close papers and
eliminate competition. The federal
anti-trust investigation is "unusually
fast-paced," The Times' Tim Rutten
reports. "Clearly, they've decided to
move before the bodies get too
cold," an anti-trust attorney tells
Rutten.
Los Angeles Times |
11-20-2002 9:58 am |
Industry News
Rep. Nancy Pelosi: Not a Clean Break from Past Lethargynew
Doug Ireland reports in LA
Weekly
that the new House minority leader
carries heavy baggage of money and
special interests. Although she's broken
the glass-ceiling as the first woman to
lead a U.S. legislative party, "she's never
been
known as a policy innovator and has only
a slim record of legislative
accomplishment," he writes. In a
time when the Democratic Party needs a
strong, consistent message, Pelosi is
"capable of convenient
political pirouettes," he concludes.
Colorado Detective and a Transgendered Female: What Happened?new
Shawna Stone doesn't try to hide her
transsexuality, and she says a
Colorado Springs police detective wanted
to try something different with her
in exchange for having an old assault
charge dropped. John Dicker of
the Colorado Springs Independent
breaks the wall of silence the police threw
up around the case and asks questions
about whether the public trust has been
betrayed.
Alt-Weeklies Look to Media Rivals as Partners
Alternative newsweeklies have found
myriad ways to team up with competitors
for lucrative cross-promotional
arrangements. Radio is perhaps the
most common partner for alt-weeklies
and music events the most frequent
vehicle for cooperation, Ann Hinch writes
for AAN News. Television and even print,
however, have been mined by AAN
members “to reach a broader
audience and more diverse
demographic.”
(FULL STORY)
Ann Hinch |
11-18-2002 12:34 pm |
Industry News
University Journo Dissects Chicago's New Youth Tabsnew
RedEye and Red Streak both "suck
to similar degrees, and both emulate
the clichés of
youth-oriented marketing: brevity, snark,
'edginess' ... and color," Whet Moser of
The Chicago Maroon writes. But their
other, more important, failures
include not being a substitute for the
"brevity and depth" of the Internet or either
a viable substitute for or a precursor to
reading the regular daily, the University of
Chicago columnist writes.
The Chicago Maroon |
11-18-2002 11:30 am |
Industry News
Portland's Latest Gay Filmmaker Is Critical Successnew
Todd Haynes, director of "Far From
Heaven," is a different filmmaker, who's
opted to live in a Portland, Ore.,
Craftsman bungalow amid three lots'
worth of verdant vegetation. He's a
genuine critics' favorite, a poster boy for
independent film.
But
what really sets Haynes apart from other
moviemakers is "a devotion to the
cinematic theme of
homosexuality that goes beyond merely
having fey characters," Byron
Beck writes in Willamette Week.
"He's made only a handful
of
films--all critical, if not all commercial,
successes. And each of them, in its own
way,
looks at life through a lavender
lens. "
