Many alt-weekly editors feel they spend most of their time putting out fires, but Bob Snell is leaving Folio Weekly to do it full-time, literally. Anne Schindler moves from associate editor to editor and says she already misses Snell, a former Peace Corps volunteer who has "a real sensibility about hands-on helping people".
Kerry Farley, now general manager of Impact Weekly, says Yesse Communications "will probably only continue to exist as long as it owes money." Meanwhile, several key employees are back on the job at Impact, and Farley tells AAN News a sale of the paper is not imminent. In Springfield, Ill., Bud Farrar is busy taking back Illinois Times, a paper he owned for 20 years before selling it to Yesse in 1997.
Jim Rizzi has been named vice president of sales and marketing for Salt Lake City Weekly, Publisher John Saltas announced today. Rizzi has had a 20-year career with New Times Inc., most recently as publisher of New Times Los Angeles.
Marc Brancaccio leaves New Times Los Angeles to become publisher of Pasadena Weekly, replacing Charles Gerencser, who has moved to San Diego to start up San Diego CityBeat. At Ventura County Reporter, Sharon McKenna, also an alt-weekly veteran, becomes editor, replacing David Rolland, who is editor at CityBeat.
Terry Coe, former publisher of Riverfront Times, is the new publisher of Seattle Weekly, David Schneiderman, CEO of Village Voice Media announced today. Coe resigned from the St. Louis newsweekly in May after 17 years with the New Times organization.
Publisher Mark Bartel of City Pages (Twin Cities) has fired Editor Tom Finkel because they disagreed on whether the paper should change direction, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. Finkel came to City Pages in 1997 from Miami New Times. "I don't want to play this like Tom and I have been butting heads for 4 1/2 years; I really like Tom," Bartel tells the daily. "I just felt like I wanted the editorial to take more chances, to be edgier."
Batimore City Paper Editor Andy Markowitz and his wife, Barbara Frye, plan to travel and perhaps work in Europe for the next few years. Markowitz has served on the AAN Editorial Committee since 1999 and is the most prolific contributor to the aan.org editorial discussion group. Arts Editor Lee Gardner will move into the editor’s chair upon Markowitz’ departure.
New Times has named Dawson Fercho, former director of e-business for Seventhwave Technology Corporation, as publisher of PitchWeekly in Kansas City.
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