Monday, June 16, 2008

June 16, 2008 News


ENDINGS AND BEGINNINGS FROM LA OBSERVED


1) Tu Ciudad ceases publication. Details here.


2) Nikki Bazar is leaving for graduate school and Joshua Lurie becomes editor of New Angeles Monthly.



FROM MEDIA BISTRO'S REVOLVING DOOR


Time's arts editor Belinda Luscombe rotates out into an editor-at-large role and will return to writing features, while her replacement is the surprising outsider Radhika Jones, managing editor of the Paris Review...



COME ONE, COME ALL


944 Magazine is all about getting emails from us PR types. You'll find the details here.


Also, Martine Bury has replaced the departed Emmy Kasten as editor in chief.



OLDER NEWS


This happened weeks ago, but it takes effect July 1. From this story:


Copley News Service will be sold to Creators Syndicate by The Copley Press, the companies announced Wednesday [May 28]. The sale, for an undisclosed price, takes effect July 1. On that date, Copley News Service will be renamed Creators News Service. The sale is the latest in a series by The Copley Press, which appears to be focusing on its main asset, the San Diego Union-Tribune.