AAN News
Twenty-Five Years: The King Is Still Deadnew
More than
50,000 Elvis fans will pour into Memphis this week for the
25th anniversary "death week." Can the King's legend rocket on another 25 years, or could the Elvis
industry be on its last legs? The Memphis Flyer looks at the Elvis phenomenon, including stories on the clothes, the food, the hype, the trivia, the excesses and oh, by the way, the music, of the King of Rock 'n' Roll.
Alt-Weeklies Cooperate on Married Priest Project
AlterNet recently posted an unprecedented collaborative project by 36 alternative newsweeklies across the country on the plight of married priests and the effect of that talent drain on the Catholic Church. Jeff von Kaenel, a past president of AAN and a member of the AlterNet board, conceived the project as a way to demonstrate the national reach of the alternative weekly industry. Don Hazen, executive director of AlterNet, says the project helps "the public understand that there is an industry out there that is independent of the traditional, corporate media; and ... that when you go from city to city, you have a newspaper that represents that."
(FULL STORY)
John Ferri |
08-12-2002 2:48 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Jeff von Kaenel
TPI Reassures Voice Personal Clientsnew
Tele-Publishing International issues a news release explaining legal issues regarding MCI, the only national 900 number carrier, and how WorldCom's bankruptcy might affect the short-term and long-term future of voice personals. "MCI has
assured Tele-Publishing that the 900 business is a high profit margin division for
MCI and it is highly unlikely that it would be terminated during any reorganization," the TPI release states. Nevertheless, the company is exploring non-900 number options for voice personals.
Tele-Publishing International news release |
08-12-2002 11:43 am |
Industry News
Writer Fights the Hayman Firenew
Denver Westword's Eric
Dexheimer details his
experiences fighting
the Hayman Fire, a monster that
consumed 137,000
acres of Colorado forest. At times
it was horrifying, writes
Dexheimer. As for the rest of
the time? Well,
between the scrounging opportunities
that could make a U.S.
Army quartermaster blush, the
spectacular grub, the
huge amounts of money
changing hands via a
bureaucratic ballet, and the
constant struggle
between bawdy firefighter humor
and the federal
"sensitivity police," let's just say this
wasn't your
grandfather's forest fire.
Tele-Publishing International on MCI’s 900 Service
Looking at non-900 options
(FULL STORY)
08-12-2002 11:31 am |
Industry News
Boulder Bucks Herd Immunity Assumptionsnew
Boulder, Colo., has one of the lowest childhood immunization rates in the state. Pamela White of Boulder Weekly looks at this resistance to the principle of "herd immunity" that drives vaccination campaigns and the effects of immunization on both individual families and society.
Pulse Publisher's Hilleary Profile Questionednew
The Tennessean reports that Joe Sullivan, publisher of Knoxville, Tenn.'s, Metro Pulse, wrote a withering profile of GOP gubernatorial candidate Van Hilleary without disclosing that he had made a $2,500 contribution to Hilleary's primary opponent's campaign. The profile was also published in the Nashville Scene. Sullivan tells the Nashville daily he is a political activist and sees nothing inherently wrong with the two roles -- journalist and contributor. Nashville Scene Editor Bruce Dobie, however, says he wouldn't have run the article had he known about the contribution.
The Tennessean |
08-08-2002 3:56 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial
Well-Meaning Gun Law Goes Badnew
Michael Frattini allegedly pistol-whipped a man outside a restaurant; he spent one night in jail. His friend Willie Beasley took the gun away and threw it in the street; he's going to prison for almost four years. Gabrielle Banks of the San Francisco Bay Guardian looks at Operation Triggerlock, a well-intentioned law that lets police go around a liberal D.A., federalize crimes and send young men to jail for "ridiculously long times."
California Trying Mentally Disabled Teens as Adultsnew
California's Proposition 21, a result of the state's recent get-tough-on-crime kick, allows prosecutors unprecedented power to drag mentally retarded minors into the adult court system and demand the harshest penalties. Sacramento News & Review's Cosmo Garvin follows one such case: a 15-year-old autistic boy with an IQ of about 60 who is being tried in adult court for attempted premeditated murder.
