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Jan. 27: On the front of today’s tbt* tabloid: Not exactly a horrific crime story (1)

tbt* — the free, youth-oriented tabloid published in St. Petersburg by the Tampa Bay Times — has a very unusual front page today. Check it out: That — and the bullet hole art — really gets your attention. The only clue that the story might not have a horrific ending is the little yellow text across the bottom, telling us [...]

Jan. 6: The year’s most deliciously naughty alt-weekly tab covers

Over at the Society of Professional Designers, magazine design guru Robert Newman has been posting the year’s best alt-weekly tab covers. A few of them we saw here in the blog this past year. Like, for example, the “comics issue” front of the Village Voice by master illustrator Ward Sutton: Or this amusing look at the predicted End of the [...]

Oct. 28, 2011: Pittsburgh alt-weekly prints Spanish edition as a protest

As a protest, this week’s Spanish edition of the Pittsburgh City Paper will get plenty of attention. The edition is a reaction to yet another proposal by a state legislator — Republican RoseMarie Swanger — to make English the official language of the state. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette‘s Mackenzie Carpenter reports: “We were having a little fun because this discussion always [...]

Sept. 1, 2011: Steve Cavendish named editor of weekly Nashville City Paper (3)

Longtime visual journalist Steve Cavendish — laid off this summer by the Chicago Tribune – is returning home to become editor of a weekly newspaper in Nashville. Business site Nashville Post reported Wednesday: “I am excited Steve is coming home to Nashville to take the helm of The City Paper. Steve brings years of experience at some of the best [...]

June 30, 2011: Baltimore Sun’s free daily ‘b’ youth tab going weekly

Poynter’s Jim Romenesko reports today that b — the free youth tab published daily by the Baltimore Sun — will be switching to weekly publication next month. Already, the spinning has started. Romenesko reports that Don Farley — publisher of the weekly Baltimore City Paper – says: Obviously cutting back to one issue is admitting it’s a failure. Yet, Tim [...]

Feb. 17, 2011: One more Valentine’s Day page for you… (1)

Reagan Branham of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch built a really interesting Valentine’s Day page this year. Being the humble type, she felt a little guilty about sending it to me. But after reading about some of the other Valentine’s Day packages I posted — here, here and here — she decided to share. Naturally, I’m glad she did. Reagan writes: [...]

Aug. 30, 2010: Fort Lauderdale’s Chris Mihal moves to Creative Loafing in Atlanta (1)

Chris Mihal — news design director at the SunSentinel of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. — is now the creative director of Creative Loafing, a weekly tabloid in Atlanta. Monday was his first day on the new job, he tells us: My last day at the SunSentinel was a couple Fridays ago, I think. I’m really excited about the opportunity to continue [...]