Mediapassage, an electronic ad placement firm for newspapers, closed its doors effective Monday, September 24. In the alternative newsweekly world, both Ruxton and AWN did business with Mediapassage. The Seattle-based company says it cannot honor commitments past September 21.
Michael Sigman will replace Judy Jablonski as publisher of LA Weekly and OC Weekly at the end of this year. Jablonski is starting her own media consulting firm and takes the two alt pubs with her as her first clients.
Jeff Cole has joined Village Voice Media as national account executive. Cole has both trade and alternative publishing experience and will focus on national sales for all the seven papers in the company.
New York Press loses its Web site after the attacks on the World Trade Center. Publisher Russ Smith also was evacuated from his apartment a few blocks from the site of the terrorist attacks.
