Bryan Osborn becomes the third publisher in the Augusta, Ga., alt-weekly's 18-year history. He was most recently advertising director of The Times and Democrat in Orangeburg, S.C. "Bryan comes to Metro Spirit with over 13 years of newspaper experience with industry leaders," says Steve Delgado, president of Portico Publications, Metro Spirit's parent company. "His passion for our business and track record of success will drive Metro Spirit's continuing growth and community prominence."
According to AAN executive director Richard Karpel, reporters often mistakenly apply the term "alternative newspaper" to the wrong publications. So in an effort to "make some small contribution to human understanding and the brand equity of our member papers," he decided to note every time he sees the term used incorrectly. In this first edition of "Hey, That's Not an Alt-Weekly!" -- an irregular series devoted to the correct use of the term "alternative newspaper" and all its variants -- Karpel explains what an alternative newspaper is and why The Sun News in Santa Fe, N.M., doesn't qualify.
The rights to the syndicated columnist's book, Revengerella: One Woman's Battle to Beat Some Manners Into Impolite Society, have been sold to McGraw-Hill. The book will feature "true stories of the spectacular ways a self-described 'manners psycho' pranks cell phone abusers, telemarketers, spamsters, road hogs, and other bad guys out of being rude."
Last month, the publishers of OPEN EXCHANGE MAGAZINE, a quarterly directory magazine in the Bay Area, began wondering why many of their news boxes were suspiciously empty. They started staking out locations in the early morning hours, and last week, they caught two people stealing their magazines, along with the East Bay Express, SF Weekly, San Francisco Bay Guardian and others. Since California law makes it a crime to steal more than 25 copies of any free paper, they filed this report with the Oakland Police Department.
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