In a 4,000-word article that dominates the second issue of The Beast, co-editor Matt Taibbi says Jamie Moses wasn't happy about "Artvoice Death Toll at 7," an article in the Beast's inaugural issue which lampooned the AAN paper "for spending money on a color cover instead of on starving children abroad," or another that ridiculed Moses' physical features. Taibbi spent the past five years as an editor of eXile, an English-language biweekly newspaper published in Moscow "that among journalists acquired a reputation ... for being quite possibly the world's most outrageous and mean-spirited newspaper."
The gag order that was lifted last Wednesday prohibited the paper from publishing documentation of high school grade-tampering provided by former teachers of Crossroads Charter High School. In CL's June 19 issue, staff writer Tara Servatius reported that the teachers complained that school administrators changed grades so students could graduate. Creative Loafing Editor John Grooms hails the decision: "We're glad we were able to strike a small blow for freedom," he says.
Nashville Scene Editor Bruce Dobie has discontinued "Desperately Seeking the News," a hallmark of the Nashville Scene since its inception, the Nashville City Paper reports. Dobie reportedly says the column, which has traditionally served as a launching pad for strikes on The Tennessean, has gotten stale. Matt Pulle and Henry Walker, the two writers who have alternated weekly columns in the past year or so, say they're disappointed but defer to Dobie's judgment.
Dan Pulcrano, publisher of Metro Silicon Valley, says he's never "seen someone so blatantly try and enter a market by expropriating a trademark and associating it with a knockoff product as we have seen with the current 'SurfMetro/The Wave' folks." Federal Judge Claudia Wilken has issued a preliminary injunction against SurfMet Inc. barring them from using the Metro name on their publication and Web site. Wilken told SurfMet that she may allow them to use the mark "if you want to use it to sell toothbrushes in Des Moines—maybe."
The owner of Impact Weekly is discussing a sale of the paper to Kentucky-based Landmark Community Newspapers Inc., the Dayton Business Journal reports, although Landmark's president says, "We're not even close to making an offer." Yesse! Vice President Kerry Farley, who wants the weekly to focus more on suburban readers, says editorial changes may be in store even if the paper isn't sold. Meanwhile, Yesse! President Craig Hitchcock tells the business journal that ownership of Illinois Times may revert to former owner Fletcher "Bud" Farrar if Yesse! fails to pay the remaining balance on the paper.
In a letter to the editor (see "We deserved credit," third from top), Pittsburgh City Paper Editor Andy Newman notes that the daily's Dan Fitzpatrick relied on City Paper reporting but failed to credit the paper.
Saint Jack's bar and restaurant has withdrawn its ad in the Philadelphia City Paper depicting the king of Thailand (a demi-God to his people) as a "bling-bling hipster," but the letters and e-mails continue to roll in, Howard Altman writes. "One man explained. 'It's like if I dig your beloved parents body from the grave. And I kick them like toys then I drag them through the very long road. Finally, I leave your parent's body for dogs and the dogs might not eat them cuz they are so terrible ... can you take it if it's just my 'Joke' ha?!'"
The Nashville Scene’s series “Grading the Daily,” by Willy Stern, has won first prize for press criticism (single entry) in the 2002 National Press Club journalism awards competition. The series dissects The Tennessean’s slow decline from a crusading daily newspaper during the Civil Rights era to mediocrity under Gannett's ownership.
Who are the best writers out there? Which are the best magazines? In a candid exchange on the AAN editorial listserv, alt-weekly editors share views on who the best writers in America are, and who are some of the worst, with a smattering of fiction, foreigners, and dead writers. Grab your pen: Here’s an alt-weekly summer reading list.
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