Mediapassage, an electronic ad placement firm for newspapers, closed its doors effective Monday, September 24. In the alternative newsweekly world, both Ruxton and AWN did business with Mediapassage. The Seattle-based company says it cannot honor commitments past September 21.
Michael Sigman will replace Judy Jablonski as publisher of LA Weekly and OC Weekly at the end of this year. Jablonski is starting her own media consulting firm and takes the two alt pubs with her as her first clients.
Jeff Cole has joined Village Voice Media as national account executive. Cole has both trade and alternative publishing experience and will focus on national sales for all the seven papers in the company.
New York Press loses its Web site after the attacks on the World Trade Center. Publisher Russ Smith also was evacuated from his apartment a few blocks from the site of the terrorist attacks.
Co-associate publishers at Worcester Magazine are taking the pressure off owner-publisher Allen Fletcher as the parent company grows. Kathleen Real and Betsy Abeles-Kravitz, both seasoned alt-pub editors, continue to work with former publisher Peter Stanton, who’s now the parent company’s COO.
Witnessing the destruction of the World Trade Center and hearing the news reports linking the tragedy to Arab terrorism, Arab-Americans feel like they're "caught between the horse and the horseshoe," The Village Voice reports.
Larry Gabriel says he left Detroit's Metro Times because he was burned out and wanted to concentrate on writing. W. Kim Heron is acting editor. Gabriel's departure leaves a gap in the thin ranks of African-American editorial staff at AAN papers.
Dave Retik of Boston-based venture capital firm Alta Communications Partners and a colleague were headed for Los Angeles on a business trip when American Airlines Flight 11 sliced into the World Trade Center. ''He was incredibly smart. He was incredibly funny. I never saw anyone travel like he did or work as much as he did,'' New Times CEO Jim Larkin tells The Boston Globe about his financial partner. ''We miss him terribly.''
In light of this week's horrendous events, a double latte may seem a small thing. Nevertheless, coast to coast, Starbucks shut down so employees could go home to be with families and friends and then patted itself on the back for it in a “mawkish press release,” Dan Savage reports in The Stranger.
From coast to coast newspapers and broadcasters have expressed their horror and outrage after the terrorist attacks on Washington and New York. AAN members are no exception. Here is a sampling of alternative newsweekly opinion.
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