The former columnist for Los Angeles CityBeat and the New York Press passed away yesterday afternoon, the Los Angeles Times reports. Despite being a non-smoker, Seipp was diagnosed five years ago with the lung cancer that ultimately killed her. Although she's probably best known for her National Review column and her Wall Street Journal op-eds, Seipp was a longtime writer for alt-weeklies on both coasts. She wrote the "Letter from L.A." column for the New York Press in the 1990s, and in 2003 she started writing the "Media Circus" column for Los Angeles CityBeat. The Advice Goddess Amy Alkon, a close friend of Seipp's, reports that a public funeral will be held at 10 am Friday, at L.A.'s Mt. Sinai Hollywood Hills (map). On Seipp's blog, her daughter notes that instead of flowers, she had requested that people make donations to the Humane Society or the Lung Cancer Alliance.
After trying -- and failing -- to reach the youth demographic with a tabloid insert, the Roanoke Times has turned to the web instead. BigLickU.com, which launched Monday, features listings, social networking and video, and is thus far completely supported by ads, according to Editor & Publisher. Landmark Communications, the parent company of the Roanoke Times, also owns Virginia-based AAN members Style Weekly and Port Folio Weekly.
That's the first thing he'd say to them, Ted Kissell tells Fishbowl LA. "I was impressed in general with the paper," he says. "I know a lot of people who have respect for Will Swaim and what he accomplished there ... I'm happy to be going there and picking up where he left off." Kissell takes the helm as editor April 2.
Alcatraz Island tour guide Dan Cooke has been fired by the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy (GGNPC) in the wake of the alt-weekly's article that quoted him complaining about a sewage spill, the Guardian reports. Cooke has filed an administrative complaint with the U.S. Dept. of Labor against the GGNPC and the National Park Service, claiming he should be protected as a whistleblower. Members of the state assembly are also investigating the firing, according to the Guardian.
The publisher of AAN members San Diego CityBeat, Los Angeles CityBeat, ValleyBeat and Pasadena Weekly announced today that Los Angeles New City Monthly will debut in June. The magazine will "celebrate the intellectual and cultural 'renaissance' of LA's Eastside" and will largely be distributed via direct mail, according to a Southland press release. Nikki Bazar, who previously freelanced for Pasadena Weekly, will be editor. The design and production will be handled by the art and production team at CityBeat and ValleyBeat.
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