Longtime New Times exec Lee Newquist is the new owner of Fort Worth Weekly. Newquist bought the paper from his now-former employer, ending a 19-year career with the Phoenix-based chain. Prior to the sale, Newquist was executive vice president of operations for New Times and publisher of both Fort Worth Weekly and the Dallas Observer.
A spurned St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist laments being passed over for best columnist in Riverfront Times "Best of St. Louis" issue. Bill McClellan plots revenge: maybe some columns about his old friend Mike Lacey?
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.''
Across the country, alternative newsweeklies ditched their planned front pages as the awesome events of Tuesday unfolded. East Coast papers like The Village Voice and Washington City Paper are sharing stories and pictures with colleagues from Maine to California.
Part 2 of Susan Goldsmith's series on LA's Mexican Mafia tells the "Greek Tragedy" story of Max Torvisco, a "nerdy kid" who grew up to become one of the underworld's most feared and sadistic capos. Using exclusive documents obtained from the FBI and Torvisco's testimony against other gang members, Goldsmith spent two months researching and writing the series for New Times Los Angeles..
