Bailee Martin, club advertising coordinator for the Seattle alternative weekly, served one too many masters. Martin, along with one of those masters, Music Editor Dave Segal, resigned when it was discovered Segal had solicited Martin to contribute music pieces, which she did under the nom de plume "Keenan Bowen." Editor Dan Savage wastes no time posting a full disclosure.

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Long-time Syracuse New Times wordsmith Walt Shepperd has earned his place on the Syracuse Press Club's Wall of Distinction. Although he recently took the editorial helm of City Eagle, a local weekly, Shepperd spent first 35 years at the alternative weekly, under the varied hats of columnist, writer and editor. He joins five other journalists with their names newly emblazoned in the theater lobby of the John H. Mulroy Civic Center, reports The Post-Standard.

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