The Independent linked a dedicated QR code for each section in its "Primer" listings for its 2011 Annual Manual. The listings feature the top picks in the nightlife, food and drink, shopping, services, daylife and personalities categories of the paper's 2010 readers' poll.
The Village Voice released its Comics Issue this week, with an inventive and eye-catching cover done by longtime alt-cartoonist Ward Sutton.
NOW Magazine editor and publisher Michael Hollett says the paper is considering legal action against the office of Toronto mayor Rob Ford following last week's directive to remove copies of NOW from City Hall.
MTV has approved a full season of Savage U, in which the ubiquitous sex advice columnist and Stranger editorial director takes questions while touring college campuses.
Willamette Week managing news editor Hank Stern is leaving the paper to take a communications job with Multnomah County.
This week: David Carr on the new long-form app The Atavist, more Groupon nightmares, and Clara Jeffery on her copious consumption of Twitter.
The office of Toronto's Mayor Rob Ford ordered city employees to remove all copies of NOW Magazine from locations around the city, according to an email obtained by the paper.
Joe Tone has been tapped as editor of the Dallas Observer, where he will replace Mark Donald. Tone was most recently the editor of The Pitch in Kansas City.
North Bay Bohemian published its annual "Best Of" issue using QR codes—which are typically hyped as an advertising tool—and used them to supplement the issue's editorial content.
Nashville Scene accidentally posted a draft version of a theater review on its website, which included portions that some readers found racist.
