AAN News
Tribune Co. Lays Off New Mass. Media Employees, Group Publishernew
The Tribune Company has laid off New Mass. Media group publisher Joshua Mamis along with two graphic designers. The company publishes publishes the Fairfield County Weekly, Hartford Advocate, and New Haven Advocate.
New Haven Independent |
07-11-2011 12:41 pm |
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Connecticut Alt-Weeklies Outsource This Week's Issue
When a news website in Pasadena made headlines last year for its decision to outsource City Hall coverage to reporters in India, the group managing editor of the Hartford Advocate, New Haven Advocate and Fairfield County Weekly wondered if his three alt-weeklies could do the same thing. While John Adamian's idea started as a joke, it quickly led to an actual exercise in outsourcing journalism -- and the results are this week's papers, which have been mostly generated by Indian freelancers. The papers say the experiment proves that outsourcing a local newspaper is possible, but not recommended. "Call us old-school, but we think good, old-fashioned shoe-leather journalism is worth the price," the staff writes in an editors' note. "Outsourcing could certainly fill pages, probably very cheaply, but what's lost is the very essence of local newspapers: presence."
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New Mass. Media Press Release |
05-27-2009 9:16 am |
Press Releases
Advocate Freelancer Weighs in on Tribune Bankruptcy Filingnew
"What does this mean for the Advocates? Who the fuck knows? We're so low in the Tribune food chain that we're not even mentioned in the annual reports," writes Christopher Arnott, who spent 17 years as an Advocate staffer before going full-time freelance. "The Advocate's sucked it up before and [stayed] alive in hard times. Let's hope the corporation gives it the chance to do it again."
New Haven Advocate |
12-09-2008 9:12 am |
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Tribune Co. Reportedly Considering Bankruptcy Filingnew
The embattled Tribune Company, which owns three AAN papers, has hired an investment bank and law firm in recent days to advise the company on a possible trip through Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to the Wall Street Journal. Tribune owns the Fairfield County Weekly, Hartford Advocate and New Haven Advocate. Sources tell the Journal that a filing could come as early as this week. UPDATE (4:05 pm): The company did indeed file for bankruptcy protection today, and will stop making interest payments on $12 billion in debt as it attempts to restructure its loans, the Los Angeles Times reports.
The Wall Street Journal |
12-08-2008 9:54 am |
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Fairfield County Weekly Combines Offices with New Haven Advocatenew
To save costs in an ever-tightening economy, two of the three New Mass. Media papers will now share office space in New Haven. Staff members have been given laptops and cellphones and will seemingly be traveling in the Fairfield County area -- about 20 miles from New Haven -- quite a bit.
Fairfield County Weekly |
11-05-2008 11:56 am |
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The Valley Advocate Celebrates 35th Anniversarynew
To mark the occasion, the paper has put together a package reflecting not only its 35th anniversary, but its purchase last winter by Newspapers of New England Inc. During "seven-plus years of corporate ownership" under the Hartford Courant and the Tribune Company, the Advocate "found itself in the hands of a corporation that prized uniformity over individuality, that worried more about its shareholders than its readers, that bought into a world view that has become endemic in mainstream publishing," editor Tom Vannah writes. "More than a simple marking of time, then, this 35th anniversary is part of the Valley Advocate's rediscovery of the virtues of being an independent alternative to the corporate brand of media we were born to challenge."
The Valley Advocate |
09-18-2008 9:38 am |
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Tribune Co. Daily Sells Valley Advocatenew
The Hartford Courant announced plans Tuesday to sell the Valley Advocate, an alt-weekly covering western Massachusetts, to Newspapers of New England Inc., which owns newspapers in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Editor & Publisher reports that the sale lets the Courant focus its attention on its properties in Connecticut. The Advocate will continue to share content and do cross-market sales with the remaining alt-weeklies the Courant purchased in 1999 from New Mass. Media: the Hartford Advocate, the New Haven Advocate and Fairfield County Weekly. The sale is expected to close later this month; terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Hartford Courant | Editor & Publisher |
12-12-2007 8:14 am |
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Hartford/Valley Advocate Group Publisher to Step Down
Janet Reynolds, a 20-year veteran of publishing group New Mass. Media, will leave the papers on Sept. 28 as part of a company-wide restructuring. "Publishing a
newspaper has always been a challenging business particularly in the last
few years," says Reynolds, who began as a listings
editor at the Hartford Advocate in 1986 and has since served as a reporter, managing editor, editor and publisher within the New England-based chain, which was acquired by the Tribune Company's Hartford Courant in 1999. "I feel that I met many of those challenges and am able to leave them in good shape and in good capable hands that will take them to the next level." Josh Mamis, currently group publisher of New Mass. Media's two other alt-weeklies, the New Haven Advocate and Fairfield County Weekly, was named group publisher for all four papers, their websites and other products. Sean Hitchcock and Do-Han Allen will assume associate publisher roles at Fairfield County Weekly and the Valley Advocate, respectively.
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New Mass. Media Press Release |
09-11-2007 11:00 am |
Press Releases
AAN Board Member to Step Down as CEO of New Mass. Medianew
On July 30, Fran Zankowski is leaving his role as chief executive officer of the company that publishes the Hartford Advocate, the New Haven Advocate and the Fairfield County Weekly, all in Connecticut, and the Valley Advocate in Massachusetts. He has been CEO of New Mass. Media since 1999, when the company was purchased by The Hartford Courant. Zankowski chairs the AAN board's Organization and Bylaws Committee, whose proposed amendments to the AAN bylaws were accepted at the annual membership meeting in June. He is also a member of the Admissions Committee.
The Hartford Courant Press Release |
07-08-2004 2:38 pm |
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Benjamin Joins Gambit Weeklynew
Eric
Benjamin, a 20-year alternative newsweekly veteran, becomes associate publisher of Gambit Weekly. The Boston native played a
significant role in the growth of the alternative newsweekly industry as board president
and founding board member of Alternative Weekly
Network, which represents more than 120 alternative newsweeklies
nationwide. He comes to Gambit directly from New Mass Media, where he was national sales director.
Gambit Weekly |
03-25-2003 11:49 am |
Industry News
Reynolds, Sutcliffe Named Group Publishers
New Mass Media memo |
12-13-2002 12:33 pm |
Press Releases
Tribune Co. Transfers Advocate Staff to Courant Offices
Saying it’s "just business," the Tribune
Co. has ordered five
Advocate*Weekly billing and
administrative
staff to move their offices into the
Hartford Courant building. The
Tribune Co. says the move will help
consolidate different billing and other
business practices. "People over here
are saying that if they do this, what's
… next?" Advocate*Weekly CEO
Fran Zankowski
tells AAN News.
(FULL STORY)
Matt Pulle |
10-28-2002 11:21 am |
Industry News
New Mass Media Launches Arts Magnew
Preview Connecticut, a free monthly magazine, will be devoted to a first look at Connecticut arts events rather than reviews, says New Mass Media Inc. in a news release. New Mass Media also publishes four AAN-member alt-weeklies, Hartford Advocate, New Haven Advocate, Valley Advocate and Fairfield County Weekly. The glossy magazine will appear the first week of every month and will be distributed statewide.
New Mass Media Inc. news release |
09-09-2002 2:47 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Management, New Mass. Media, Inc.
New Mass Media Launches Monthly Arts Magazine
09-09-2002 12:11 pm |
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