The owners of the Long Island Press, one of the seven applying papers voted into the association at the Pittsburgh convention, "have begun plotting how to take the paper daily to compete with Newsday," reports the New York Post. Jed Morey, CEO of the paper's parent company, the Morey Organization, which also owns three radio stations on Long Island, tells the Post: "We consider the weekly a trial balloon. The size of this market lends itself to two dailies."
The AAN Admissions Committee's often barbed recommendation report to the members will be released during the June 5-8 AAN Convention, giving thumbs up or down to the 12 papers applying for admission this year. Last year's report, which included such memorable digs as "this paper should be taken out back and shot," is still causing a stir a year later. Several members tell AAN News they plan to temper their written remarks this year.
