The Burlington, Vt., alt-weekly has entered into a content-sharing agreement with WPTZ NewsChannel 5. As part of this agreement, Seven Days contributors will appear twice a week during the station's 11 pm newscast. Elements of Shay Totten's political column will appear on Tuesday nights, in advance of the Seven Days' Wednesday distribution, and on Thursdays, music editor Dan Bolles will recommend upcoming events from "Notes on the Weekend," the paper's email newsletter.

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Pittsburgh City Paper will be able to see the court order sealing details of the divorce between local publisher Richard Mellon Scaife and his wife, but it won't get access to the official schedule of proceedings. The alt-weekly hoped to see the docket "in order to keep abreast of future developments" in the case. MORE: City Paper editor Chris Potter weighs in on a "surreal few days."

Continue ReadingJudge Unseals Some but Not All Records Requested by Alt-Weekly

Under increasing pressure from attorneys general across the U.S., Craigslist says it is eliminating the Erotic Services ad section and replacing it with an Adult Services section where each post will be manually reviewed and where no "nude or graphic photos" will be allowed. MORE: Read the company's statement here.

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Envision Central Texas, which advocates for regional cooperation and planning, has awarded Chronicle staff writer Katherine Gregor with a 2008 Community Stewardship Award for Raising Public Awareness. "Katherine presents an in-depth, objective, and realistic angle, even in the face of controversy," Envision says in a release.

Continue ReadingAustin Chronicle Staffer Wins Award from Planning Nonprofit