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SF Weekly Names Mark Kemp as Editornew

Mark Kemp has previously served as editor-in-chief of Creative Loafing Charlotte.
SF Examiner  |  01-20-2015  12:20 pm  |  Industry News

Todd Vogt Likely to Sell SF Weekly, Bay Guardiannew

In an "all-hands meeting," San Francisco Print Media Company president Todd Vogt told the assembled workforces of the SF Weekly, Bay Guardian, Examiner, and Bay Area Reporter that he's heavily leaning toward selling his share of their papers' parent company to his partners, Oahu Press, Inc.
SF Weekly  |  05-07-2014  3:40 pm  |  Industry News

SF Confidential: Todd Vogt on Owning Two Alt-Weeklies in the Same City

"Somebody had to buy the Guardian because the Guardian wasn't going to survive." (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  04-21-2014  11:00 am  |  Industry News

CNPA Honors Nine AAN Publications

Palo Alto Weekly picked up the coveted general excellence award from the California Newspaper Publishers Association. (FULL STORY)
CNPA  |  05-06-2013  1:35 pm  |  Honors & Achievements

SF Weekly Loses Super Bowl Bet With Baltimore City Papernew

SF Weekly managing editor Brandon Reynolds makes good on bet by penning "An Ode to Baltimore" and posing in Ravens gear.
Baltimore City Paper  |  02-06-2013  4:00 pm  |  Industry News

Seattle Weekly and SF Weekly Sold in Separate Transactions

Voice Media Group has sold Seattle Weekly to Sound Publishing, a Washington state-based community news group. SF Weekly has been acquired by the San Francisco Newspaper Co., which owns the SF Examiner and the San Francisco Bay Guardian. (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  01-09-2013  3:08 pm  |  Industry News

Village Voice Media Holding’s 13 Alternative Newsweeklies Sold to Newly Formed Voice Media Group

Today is a good day for the future of alternative newsmedia, thanks to a shrewd business move by the newly-created Voice Media Group, headed by Scott Tobias. (FULL STORY)
AAN Staff  |  09-24-2012  8:26 am  |  Industry News

Village Voice Media Cuts Editorial Staff, Cites Economic Challenges

Editorial staffers at City Pages (Twin Cities), Dallas Observer, OC Weekly, Seattle Weekly, and SF Weekly are hit. (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  09-28-2011  12:53 pm  |  Industry News

SF Weekly Writer to be Included in 'Best Food Writing 2011'new

SF Weekly restaurant critic Jonathan Kauffman's article about the controversies surrounding shark consumption will appear in Best Food Writing 2011.
SF Weekly  |  09-23-2011  11:01 am  |  Honors & Achievements

Best of the West 2011 Honors Seven Altsnew

The recent Best of the West journalism contest honored several alt-weeklies, including the Houston Press, Phoenix New Times, SF Weekly and Denver's Westword, which each picked up first-place honors.
The Best of the West  |  06-22-2011  4:06 pm  |  Honors & Achievements

S.F. Bay Area Alt-Weeklies Snag Awardsnew

East Bay Express, Palo Alto Weekly, San Francisco Bay Guardian and SF Weekly were honored by the San Francisco Peninsula Press Club on Saturday.
San Francisco Peninsula Press Club  |  05-25-2011  2:28 pm  |  Honors & Achievements

Three Alt-Weekly Writers Are Livingston Finalistsnew

Among the finalists are Sarah Fenske for her work that appeared in Phoenix New Times, former Riverfront Times writer Kristen Hinman, and SF Weekly staff writer Peter Jamison.
The Livingston Awards  |  05-02-2011  4:11 pm  |  Honors & Achievements

Eight Alt-Weeklies Honored in CNPA Awardsnew

San Francisco Bay Guardian picked up the coveted General Excellence award from the California Newspaper Publishers Association. Palo Alto Weekly led all alt-weeklies with ten awards.
California Newspaper Publishers Association  |  04-22-2011  5:31 pm  |  Honors & Achievements

Did the Daily Mail (U.K.) Rip-Off an SF Weekly Story?new

SF Weekly's Lauren Smiley noticed striking similarities between her cover story on U visas and a piece that ran in yesterday's Daily Mail.
SF Weekly  |  03-21-2011  6:27 pm  |  Industry News

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