AAN News
Phoenix Publisher Stephen Mindich to Fight Subpoenasnew
A court has ordered Mindich to release his private emails concerning a rape case in which his wife Maria Lopez was judge. Friends and family of the victim say the sentence Lopez gave the defendant was too lenient and claim Mindich’s emails are part of a “whisper campaign” to discredit the victim. Mindich says the content of the emails is irrelevant and that he’s ready to go to the Supreme Court if necessary to prove his private correspondence is private.
Boston Herald |
07-13-2001 11:50 am |
Industry News
Alternative Newsweekly Awards Presented in New Orleans
Convention host Gambit Weekly in the spotlight
(FULL STORY)
AAN Staff |
07-12-2001 11:51 am |
Association News
Tags: Editorial
Eric and Erik Reunited at Coast Weekly
The founders of the Missoula Independent are back together again. Eric Johnson has been hired as editor of Coast Weekly in Monterey, Calif., and his cohort Erik Cushman was promoted from vice president and director of operations to publisher. Founder Bradley Zeve will concentrate on community relations and grassroots social projects.
(FULL STORY)
John Ferri |
07-06-2001 11:50 am |
Industry News
Alt-Weeklies Face Decline in Tobacco Advertisingnew
The category is off more than 50 percent
this year, says AWN's Mark
Hanzlik, who expects cig ads to
remain in the ashcan for the foreseeable
future. We already knew it, but now
everyone else does too, since Frank
Lewis reported it in the Philadelphia
City Paper.
Philadelphia City Paper |
07-05-2001 11:51 am |
Industry News
Dan Kennedy Honored with Arthur Rowse Awardnew
The National Press Club recognizes the
Boston Phoenix media critic for
his work in
2000, which the Phoenix says
"ranged from local media stories to
analyses of national and international
events such as the presidential
campaign and violence in the Middle
East."
Boston Phoenix |
06-26-2001 11:50 am |
Industry News
Alternative Newsweekly Awards Announced
The results are in for the 2001 Alternative
Newsweekly Awards, and Gambit
Weekly is this year's big winner with
nine prize-winning entries. Meanwhile,
Texas Observer Editor Nate
Blakeslee collected the most
awards-booty among individual
contenders, with winning entries in three
separate categories. But hold the
champagne corks for a couple of weeks:
The order of finish won't be announced
until July 12, during the annual awards
lunch in New Orleans.
(FULL STORY)
AAN Staff |
06-25-2001 11:51 am |
Industry News
Voice Scribe Barred from Hip-Hop Summitnew
Peter Noel says he was kicked
out of the Hip-Hop Summit, an
event Def Jam founder Russell
Simmons helped organize at the
New York Hilton. Noel tells the Daily
News' Mitchell Fink that he was barred
from the meeting because Simmons
didn't want him there. "When Russell
found out I was a part of (a media panel
on mainstream press hip-hop coverage)
he went off." Simmons says nothing
could be further from the truth.
New York Daily News |
06-21-2001 11:51 am |
Industry News
Tags: The Village Voice, Peter Noel
Real Estate May Drive Times Movenew
TIMELY ANNOUNCEMENT: Seattle Times Cashing in on Soaring Property Values?
Tags: Circulation, Management
An Alt-Weekly for the Outer Boroughsnew
Brooklyn and Queens are about to get
their own alternative weekly, say
James Morrow, Erin Franzman and
Mike Vago. The three are preparing
an August launch of New York
Metropolis, which, according to the
New York Post, "will run on a basic
alternative weekly model of a small
editorial and design team complimented
by freelancers and supported by local
advertisers." Morrow is executive editor of
the Webzine Ironminds, where Franzman
is a writer.
New York Post |
06-21-2001 11:50 am |
Industry News
Tags: Financial, Management
New Times Reporter Considered for State Positionnew
Award-winning Miami New Times reporter Tristram Korten is being considered for a job with the Miami-Dade Office of Inspector General, which sniffs out corruption in county government. "I'm down with their agenda," Korten tells the Daily Business Review.
Miami Daily Business Review |
06-21-2001 11:50 am |
Industry News
Kaz Allegedly Falls Victim to NYPress' 10-Year Rulenew
First, it was film critic Godfrey Chesire. Now it's the cartoonist Kaz ("Underworld"), who tells The Comics Journal that he ran afoul of New York Press' "10-year rule," under which the paper reportedly fires veteran contributors to keep its content fresh. Meanwhile, the Press' John Strasbaugh denies the existence of said rule.
The Comics Journal |
06-21-2001 11:49 am |
Industry News
