The Event, a 20-year-old free weekly in Salt Lake City, has closed its doors. Editor Clayton Scrivner says a tough newspaper market and sagging overall economy made publication a struggle, but Publisher James Major says he's walking away a winner..
Pittsburgh City Paper jumped on the chance to buy rival In Pittsburgh, says Publisher Michael Frischling. He promises City Paper will grow and improve now that the cross-town rival is gone. Meanwhile, few In Pittsburgh staffers have taken up City Paper's offer to interview.
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?
The deal between Steel City Media and Review Publishing was announced to both staffs at 2 p.m. yesterday, reports the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. In a press release, Review calls the deal an asset sale, and President Anthony Clifton praises the In Pittsburgh staff but says he was forced to sell "because the paper has not become economically self-supporting." City Paper Editor Andy Newman, who previously edited his former crosstown rival, tells the Post-Gazette, "I have to say I felt very somber about it. There are people over there that we like and respect ... We know this is a contact sport but it is not good news when the other guy hits the mat."
Is there really a personals manager at Austin Chronicle named Daniel Hardick, or is it just a clever nom de plume? Well, we met him at an AAN convention, so we know he exists. But we must confess that until now we were unaware of his "hardscrabble beginnings" and "humbling plummet."
