News racks in downtown Philadelphia have been corralled by a non-profit charged with developing the center city. Philadelphia City Paper Publisher Paul Curci was supposed to be part of the committee planning the installation, but he says he got no chance to comment and was told only the day before the corrals were installed. Nevertheless, Curci says he has no complaints about them.
Alternative weeklies and radio stations go together like love and marriage, say three companies that own both mediums. The synergy is easiest to exploit in cross-promotion, but it can also help on the news side. AAN News interviews several executives who have tried this combo and like it.
The work of a half dozen alternative newsweekly music writers appears in “Da Capo Best Music Writing 2001”, published this month. Guest editor, Nick Hornby, calls the collection “a dip full of good stuff.”
A Boston judge urges the city to reconsider its ordinance that bans news boxes in the Back Bay. The Boston Phoenix, a plaintiff in a suit against the law, reports that the city has agreed not to enforce the ban for three months.
