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Association Of Alternative Newsweeklies
The Association of Alternative Newsmedia (AAN) is a trade association of alternative weekly newspapers in North America. It provides services to many generally liberal or progressive weekly newspapers across the United States and in Canada. AAN also operates AltWeeklies.com — a web portal that highlights the best news stories, features, arts criticism, and political commentary from its member newspapers. History The Association of Alternative Newsweeklies was founded in 1978 in Seattle, Washington, with 30 newspapers from America's largest cities. In July 2011, the organization's name was changed to the Association of Alternative Newsmedia by a vote of members attending the group's annual meeting. Members The association is made up of 131 newspapers which are published in 42 states, Washington D.C., and four Canadian provinces. States not represented are Alaska, Delaware, Kansas, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Dakota, South Dakota, and West Virginia. Former members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
501(c)(6)
A 501(c) organization is a nonprofit organization in the federal law of the United States according to Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. § 501(c)) and is one of over 29 types of nonprofit organizations exempt from some federal income taxes. Sections 503 through 505 set out the requirements for obtaining such exemptions. Many states refer to Section 501(c) for definitions of organizations exempt from state taxation as well. 501(c) organizations can receive unlimited contributions from individuals, corporations, and unions. For example, a nonprofit organization may be tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) if its primary activities are charitable, religious, educational, scientific, literary, testing for public safety, fostering amateur sports competition, or preventing cruelty to children or animals. Types According to the IRS Publication 557, in the ''Organization Reference Chart'' section, the following is an exact list of 501(c) organization types and their corresponding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Dakota
South Dakota (; Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux Native American tribes, who comprise a large portion of the population with nine reservations currently in the state and have historically dominated the territory. South Dakota is the seventeenth largest by area, but the 5th least populous, and the 5th least densely populated of the 50 United States. As the southern part of the former Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889, simultaneously with North Dakota. They are the 39th and 40th states admitted to the union; President Benjamin Harrison shuffled the statehood papers before signing them so that no one could tell which became a state first. Pierre is the state capital, and Sioux Falls, with a population of about 192,200, is South Dakota's largest city. South Dakota is bordered by the states of No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Newspaper
''City Newspaper'' is the alternative weekly newspaper of Rochester, New York. It was first published October 5, 1971 and is free in over 600 locations across Rochester and the Finger Lakes region. Owned by founders Mary Anna and Bill Towler from 1971 until 2019, the paper was sold to the WXXI Public Broadcasting Council in May 2019 when the founders decided to go into retirement. CITY Newspaper is part of WXXI's for-profit arm. CITY is a member of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies The Association of Alternative Newsmedia (AAN) is a trade association of alternative weekly newspapers in North America. It provides services to many generally liberal or progressive weekly newspapers across the United States and in Canada. AAN .... References External links * Alternative weekly newspapers published in the United States Newspapers published in Rochester, New York {{newYork-newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cincinnati CityBeat
''Cincinnati CityBeat'' is an independent local arts and issues publication covering the Cincinnati, Ohio area. It has the second largest readership in the Cincinnati area behind ''The Cincinnati Enquirer'' daily newspaper. History ''CityBeat'' was founded in November 1994. It was backed by local entrepreneur Thomas Schiff and co-founded by John Fox, who left his editor position at ''Everybody's News'' (at that point Cincinnati's only print source for independent news) to start the paper. ''CityBeat'' has won numerous national, statewide and local journalism and design awards, most recently being named Best Weekly Paper in the state of Ohio in 2005 by the Society of Professional Journalists. In 2012, ''CityBeat'' was acquired by SouthComm Communications. In 2018, it was sold to Euclid Media Group. https://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20180117/news/148856/euclid-media-group-acquires-cincinnati-alt-weekly Affiliations ''CityBeat'' is a member of the Association of Alternative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
News & Review
The ''News & Review'' is a group of free alternative weekly newspapers published by Chico Community Publishing, Inc. of Chico, California. The company publishes the ''Chico News & Review'' in Chico, California, the ''Sacramento News & Review'' in Sacramento, California, and, through Jan. 30, 2022, the ''Reno News & Review'' in Reno, Nevada. On January 31, 2022, the Reno News & Review was sold to Coachella Valley Independent LLC. The chain started out as an on-campus newspaper for California State University, Chico called ''The Wildcat'', but after a dispute with the administration, the newspaper moved off campus to become an independent publication. Print publication of the newspapers was temporarily suspended after publisher Jeff vonKaenel told employees on March 16, 2020, that the COVID-19 pandemic led to a drastic downturn in advertising revenue that had already been in decline. Although a digital presence was maintained on the three newspapers' websites, much of the staff was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago Reader
The ''Chicago Reader'', or ''Reader'' (stylized as ЯEADER), is an American alternative weekly newspaper in Chicago, Illinois, noted for its literary style of journalism and coverage of the arts, particularly film and theater. It was founded by a group of friends from Carleton College. The ''Reader'' is recognized as a pioneer among alternative weeklies for both its creative nonfiction and its commercial scheme. Richard Karpel, then-executive director of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, wrote: e most significant historical event in the creation of the modern alt-weekly occurred in Chicago in 1971, when the ''Chicago Reader'' pioneered the practice of free circulation, a cornerstone of today's alternative papers. The ''Reader'' also developed a new kind of journalism, ignoring the news and focusing on everyday life and ordinary people. After being owned by same four founders since 1971, by the early 2000s profits and readership of the ''Reader'' were dropping, and o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charleston City Paper
This is a list of newspapers in South Carolina, United States. Current news publications The following is a list of current (print and web-based) news publications published in the U.S. state of South Carolina. Defunct 18th century Charleston Newspapers published in Charleston, South Carolina: * The Charleston Evening Gazette. D., T.W., July 11, 1785- Oct. 18, 1786. * The Charleston Morning Post, and Daily Advertiser. D., Jan. 18, 1786-Nov. 5, 1787. * Charlestown Gazette. W., Aug. (?), 1778-Jan. 18, 1780. * The Chronicle of Liberty, or, the Republican Intelligencer. W., Mar. 25, 1783. * The City Gazette & Daily Advertiser. D., Jan. 2, 1792- Dec. 31, 1800+ * The City Gazette, and the Daily Advertiser. D., Nov. 6- Dec. 17, 1787. * The City Gazette or, the Daily Advertiser. D., Dec. 18, 1787-Jan. 1, 1792. * The Columbian Herald & Daily Advertiser. T.W., Sept. 1792- 1793(?). * Columbian Herald, and the General Advertiser. T.W., 1792(?)-July 25 (?), 1793. * The Columbian Heral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boulder Weekly
''Boulder Weekly'' is an alternative newsweekly that publishes every Thursday in Boulder, Colorado. The paper is a member of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies (AAN) and is owned and published by Stewart Sallo. Overview Following the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989, Sallo decided it was time to leave Santa Cruz, Calif., where he owned and published two other publications — ''Summer Santa Cruz'' and ''Student Guide''. By 1992, he had set his sights on Boulder, Colo. He moved to Boulder in 1993, and the first edition of ''Boulder Weekly'' hit the stands on Aug. 19 of that year. In the years since, ''Boulder Weekly'' has garnered numerous state journalism awards for opinion, news, features, and entertainment writing. For several years, from 1996 to 2000, the Weekly had a competitor in the Boulder Planet; Sallo considers the Weekly's perseverance over the well-funded competitor a source of pride and professional accomplishment. The paper is currently the only independent n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DigBoston
''DigBoston''—formerly known as the ''Weekly Dig'' and known colloquially as ''The Dig''—is a free alternative newspaper in Boston, Massachusetts. It covers news in the Greater Boston area and offers commentary on music, arts, politics, business, film, sex, food, drink and more, as well as providing local bar, entertainment and club listings. ''DigBoston'' is distributed Thursdays, free of charge, in self-serve newspaper dispensers located throughout the city, as well as in local businesses. History The ''Weekly Dig'' was founded in September 1999, by Jeff Lawrence. Previously, Lawrence had published a monthly magazine called ''Shovel'' founded in 1997. ''Shovel'' discontinued publishing in the Spring of 2000, where it had become an insert to the ''Weekly Dig''. In September 2003, Lawrence moved to change the editorial direction by dismissing founding Editor Joe Bonni. Assistant Editor (and junior partner) Seth McM. Donlin was named interim editor; Joe Keohane was appointed t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boise Weekly
''Boise Weekly'' is a newspaper in Boise, Idaho, United States. It was founded in 1992 by Andy and Debi Hedden-Nicely and Larry Regan. It is owned by Adams Publishing Group's Western Division and is part of ''The Idaho Press''. It has an unaudited circulation of 35,000 and is published weekly on Wednesday. Its market is southwestern Idaho from McCall on the northwest to Sun Valley to the east. In February 2000, the paper was sold to the Portland, Oregon-based City of Roses Newspaper Company, which also owns two other alt-weekly newspapers, ''Willamette Week'' and the '' Santa Fe Reporter'', but only a year and a half later, in August 2001, City of Roses sold the ''Boise Weekly'' to Mark ("Bingo") Barnes and Sally Barnes (''nee'' Freeman). Bingo Barnes became its publisher and editor-in-chief. The Barneses were married, but they later divorced and Sally Barnes resumed using her unmarried name of Sally Freeman. In 2007, Bingo Barnes left to become publisher of the ''Anchora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black & White (Birmingham Newspaper)
''Black & White'' was a biweekly alternative newspaper covering news and culture in Birmingham, Alabama. It was established in 1992 by Chuck Geiss, who continued to own and publish the paper until it shut down in early 2013. A member of the Association of Alternative Newsmedia The Association of Alternative Newsmedia (AAN) is a trade association of alternative weekly newspapers in North America. It provides services to many generally liberal or progressive weekly newspapers across the United States and in Canada. AAN ..., it described itself as "Birmingham's oldest and largest non-daily publication". When ''Black & White'' suspended publication in 2013, Geiss initially intended to relaunch it with a new business model, but this plan never came to fruition, and the paper ended up permanently shutting down. AL.com described ''Black & White'' as "...a victim of the contraction of the print news industry nationwide in the face of advancing digital alternatives." References Ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baltimore City Paper
''Baltimore City Paper'' was a free alternative weekly newspaper published in Baltimore, Maryland, founded in 1977 by Russ Smith and Alan Hirsch. The most recent owner was the Baltimore Sun Media Group, which purchased the paper in 2014 from Times-Shamrock Communications, which had owned the newspaper since 1987. It was distributed on Wednesdays in distinctive yellow boxes found throughout the Baltimore area. The paper folded in 2017, due to the collapse of advertising revenue income to print media. The Media Group's closure announcement happened at the same meeting immediately after recognizing ''City Paper'' staff joining the Washington-Baltimore News Guild. History Russ Smith and Alan Hirsch started the Baltimore City Paper in May 1977 while students at Johns Hopkins University. It was originally named the ''City Squeeze'', and Smith and Hirsch published it using the offices of the Johns Hopkins student newspaper. In 1978, they took the paper out of the university and sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
