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MEDIAware August 2013 Media Briefs

You can follow all of the latest media moves and news from PR Newswire's Audience Research Department on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/PRNmedia. Also, check out the "Blog & Web Notes" section after the Briefs in this section.

CNN (http://www.cnn.com) is bringing back one of its most successful programs of all time. "Crossfire" will be re-launched in the Fall. The panel will include former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former MSNBC Host S.E. Cupp as well as former White House advisor Van Jones and Stephanie Cutter, a Barack Obama campaign consultant. The Executive Producer is long-time CNN Producer Rebecca Kutler (rebecca.kutler@turner.com) while Supervising Producer is David Chalian (david.chalian@turner.com). The show will not be filmed in front of a live audience as it was for the last three years of its airing. The show ran for 19 seasons in total ending in 2005. CNN can be followed on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/cnn.

Gannett Inc. (http://www.gannett.com) has laid off over 200 employees across the country. Print advertising revenue is being targeted as the cause. It was down in the second quarter and this was the fourth quarter in a row that the revenue has dropped. The Gannett Blog covers all the news on the layoffs at: http://gannettblog.blogspot.com/

The Tribune Company (http://www.tribune.com) plans to split its broadcasting and publishing divisions into separate companies. Only the newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times and flagship publication, Chicago Tribune, as well as publishing assets would move to the new company, Tribune Publishing Company. The broadcasting side, which includes 42 television stations, as well as its radio properties, will be retained by Tribune Company. Tribune Company has also acquired 19 local television stations in 16 different markets. The sale is to close in late 2013. Read more here: http://corporate.tribune.com/pressroom/?p=5734

Canada's Sun Media announced plans to close 11 newspapers and three urban dailies across the country. The newspapers closed include: The Lindsay Daily Post, The Beausejour Review, The Midland Free Press, Le Magazine Saint-Lambert, L’Action Régionale in Montérégie, The Meadow Lake Progress, The Lac du Bonnet Leader and Le Progrès de Bellechasse. The three "24 Hours" urban dailies that were closed were based in Edmonton, Calgary and Ottawa. Over 350 layoffs have occurred with these changes. In addition to the newspaper cutting Editor James Wallace of the Toronto Sun has left and Editor-in-Chief Stephen Ripley of the Winnipeg Sun was let go. Wendy Metcalfe is the new Editor at the Toronto Sun.

Syndicated Dallas-based radio (KKHS-FM) and television personality David “Kidd “ Kraddick (http://www.kiddnation.com) past away suddenly at the age of 53. Kraddick's death occurred in New Orleans at a charity golf event that he created for chronically and terminally ill children. His show was broadcast on more than 75 stations across the United States.

Free weekly alternative newspaper, the Nashville City Paper, has shut down. The last issue is on stands now. The paper launched in 2000 as a daily but then switched to a weekly when bought by its current owner SouthComm. SouthComm (http://www.southcomm.com) is the country's second largest publisher of alternative weeklies. Eight employees have lost their job as a result of the shutdown. However, many employees were able to find positions with some of SouthComm's other publications including nFocus, Nashville Scene and Nashville Post. Another SouthComm publication, Her Nashville, ceased last year.

Al Jazeera America (http://america.aljazeera.com/) is still creating its reporting team at the news channel and now is installing 12 bureaus across the country with correspondents to cover those areas. The new Bureaus and Correspondents include: Seattle (Allen Schauffler); Miami (Natasha Ghoneim); Dallas (Heidi Zhou Castro); New Orleans (Robert Ray); Detroit (Bisi Onile-Ere); Washington (Libby Casey); Los Angeles (Jennifer London); Denver (Paul Beban); Chicago (Ash-har Quraishi) and Nashville (Jonathan Martin). New York and San Francisco are still open. And Richelle Carey, Morgan Fogarty, Del Walters and Jonathan Betz are all new Anchors at the network.

The Plain Dealer in Cleveland has made some major cuts to about a third of its newsroom staff. An estimated 50 reporters, photographers, page designers and other Newspaper Guild-covered employees received layoff notifications. Amid those laid off employees are Business Editor Randy Roguski and Editorial Cartoonist Joe Heller.

Our Wisconsin is a new regional lifestyle magazine about residents who share their stories and photos, as well as regular contributors covering various aspects of life in Wisconsin. The magazine will be distributed every other month. Editor and Publisher Mike Beno can be contacted at editors@ourwisconsinmag.com. For additional information, please go to the website http://ourwisconsinmag.com.

The New York Times added Phillip Swagel (pswagel@nytimes.com) as a Contributor to the paper’s Economix Blog (http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com). Corporate Media Reporter Amy Chozick (achozick@nytimes.com) changed beats, she will now cover politics. Former Atlantic Wire Deputy Editor Matt Sullivan (https://twitter.com/sullduggery) joined the Opinion Page as a Staff Editor. Finally, Talk Columnist Andrew Goldman has parted ways with The New York Times Sunday Magazine.

Bill Masterson, President of Tulsa World (http://www.tulsaworld.com) has announced in a memo that the paper will undergo a reorganizational plan that will reduce about 50 positions within the next several months. The memo also stated that 12 positions were immediately terminated in departments such as Administration, Production and the Information Technology Department. The publication was bought by BH Media Group early this year.

Baton Rouge's The Advocate (http://theadvocate.com) announced they are offering buyouts to employees. The deal is being offered to 15-year veterans at the newspaper. The goal is to trim five percent of the employees from their payroll. If they do not receive enough takers for the offer there will be layoffs to cut the payroll as the next step.

The Society of Professional Journalists (http://www.spj.org) will honor Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Al Martinez (https://twitter.com/almtz13) with the Societies' highest honor, Fellow of the Society. Martinez will be recognized at the Excellence in Journalism 2013 conference. http://www.spj.org/news.asp?REF=1192

Veteran Journalist and Style/Grammar Guru Paul Martin has announced he will be retiring after a 53 year tenure with The Wall Street Journal. Martin began early on as Copy Desk Chief for the paper in 1972 and moved on to become Assistant Managing Editor. Furthermore, he compiled and edited “The Wall Street Journal Stylebook” since its inception in 1981.

David Keene (dkeene@washingtontimes.com) has been hired to be the Editorial Page Editor at The Washington Times. Keene was the President of the National Rifle Association and recently stepped down in June. He had written occasional columns for the Times in the past and you can check out his style here: http://www.washingtontimes.com/staff/david-keene/

PC World Magazine (http://www.pcworld.com) has ceased its print publication to focus on the website and digital editions.

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre's WDMT-FM "The Mountain" (http://www.102themountain.com/) is tackling a new vista as it switches from a rockin' format to Sports and will be called "The Sports Hub 102.9". They will primarily be using the NBC Sports Radio Network feed but are putting together their own afternoon drive program. You can still here the mountain music it will be on WKRZ-FM's HD2 multicast channel and also be on the Internet at: http://player.tritonmedia.com/entercom/WDMTFM.

Congratulations to WPTE-FM and WNVZ-FM in the Norfolk/Virginia Beach market on winning at the 76th annual Virginia Broadcasting Awards. WPTE-FM is an Adult Contemporary station at 94.9 on the dial while WNVZ-FM is a Top 40 format station on 104.5. They are both Entercom stations. Follow the stations on Twitter at https://twitter.com/949thepoint and https://twitter.com/z104fm, respectively.

The Denver Post (http://www.denverpost.com) and ABC affiliate KMGH-TV (http://www.kmgh.com) are teaming up to deliver news. The partnership brings the two newsrooms together to report the top stories in Colorado.

Next month WGCL-TV in Atlanta is adding a half hour to its popular "Better Mornings Atlanta" show. Now it will start at 4:30am and run to 7:00 am. The earlier start is scheduled to coincide with the beginning of the 2013-2014 school year. The Anchors will remain Jennifer Valdez (jennifer.valdez@cbsatlanta.com) and Tracye Hutchins (trayce.hutchins@cbsatlanta.com). Former Morning Anchor Brandon Rudat has left the station. Besides on the air, "Better Mornings Atlanta" can be followed on various social media including Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Better-Mornings-Atlanta/111437092213898, Twitter at  https://twitter.com/bettermornings and the CBS station's website: http://www.cbsatlanta.com/category/209315/bettermornings.

Cleveland Fox station, WJW-TV is expanding its evening newscasts an additional hour. The new program, “Fox 8 News at 4 PM” will debut with Anchor Gabe Spiegel (gabe.spiegel@fox8.com) and Meteorologist Melissa Mack (melissa.mack@fox8.com). Spiegel has most recently served as a Reporter and Noon Anchor for the station. Mack previously served as a Morning Meteorologist for the station.

Chicago ABC station, WLS-TV has announced plans to cancel “ABC 7 News at 11AM,” its midday newscast. The station (http://twitter.com/abc7chicago) plans to launch a Web-only newscast called “ABC 7 to Go.” The webcast is scheduled to air at noon, anchored by Alan Krashesky (http://twitter.com/KrasheskyABC7). The station will move Chicago focused show, "Windy City Live" (http://twitter.com/windycitylive) from the 9:00 a.m. time slot to 11:00 a.m., to make way for syndicated talk show “LIVE! with Kelly and Michael” (http://twitter.com/KellyandMichael).  

Zolo Media, part of the BendBroadband companies, has announced it will buy Bend, OR ABC affiliate KOHD-TV (http://www.kohd.com). BendBroadband said employees of KOHD will join the Zolo Media staff. Zolo Media will move into the KOHD building and operate the station under a local marketing agreement until FCC approval. Zolo Media also owns Bend’s CBS affiliate KBNZ.

Los Angeles Newpaper Group (http://www.langnews.com) welcomes Ron Hasse as the new President and Publisher, replacing Jack Klunder. LANG publishes nine daily newspapers in Los Angeles County.

Don Imus' nationally syndicated show returns to the Philadelphia market: "Imus in the Morning" (http://www.imus.com) joins the Philly region at WWiQ-FM (http://www.iq1069.com/). Imus replaces morning newsman Lionel to make this station a 24 hour syndicated only station.

WWSI-TV became an official station of Telemundo after this month's acquisition. http://www.telemundophiladelphia.com/

Valu-Publishing released two new bi-monthly magazines entitled Paint-it…Today and Bead-it…Today. Paint-it…Today covers indoor and outdoor décor paint projects while Bead-it…Today covers budget-friendly jewelry and accessory projects. Linda Heller (editor@paint-it-today.com) will serve as editor of Paint-it…Today, and Joanna Tiritilli (editor@bead-it-today.com) will edit the latter.

Long-time WXII-TV fixture Reynard Corley passed away at 75. Corley was General Manager at the Winston-Salem station for 20 years. All told Corley worked in the television industry for more than 40 years. He also volunteered at numerous charities including Goodwill, March of Dimes and Habitat for Humanity. Continue to follow the news on Corley's station at https://twitter.com/WXII. See the full story at http://www.journalnow.com/news/local/article_84b18f26-e298-11e2-856f-001a4bcf6878.html.

Veteran Atlanta newsman Ray Moore passed away at 90. Moore started with the WSB-TV family in 1951 when he started in its radio division. He then switched to the television division working as an Anchor/News Director. Next he joined rival station WAGA-TV. Moore also worked at Georgia Tech University. Moore is a member of the Georgia Broadcast Hall of Fame.

BLOG & WEB NOTES:

JustLuxe (San Diego, CA) -- Fashion Editor Nicolle Keogh (https://twitter.com/NicolleKeogh) has left the luxury publication. She has been replaced by Marissa Stempien. She can be reached through her Twitter https://twitter.com/MarissaStempien or the outlet's main email media@justluxe.com.

Samuel Adams (https://twitter.com/SamuelAAdams) has recently been hired by the online news site IndieWire (https://twitter.com/IndieWire). He is the new Editor and Head Blogger of the outlet's movie review blog Criticwire (https://twitter.com/IWCriticwire). Adams brings over a decade
of experience as a critic to the blog which was implemented last year.

Engadget (Tampa, FL) -- Editor-in-Chief Tim Stevens (https://twitter.com/Tim_Stevens) has left Engadget (https://twitter.com/Engadget). Marc Perton (https://twitter.com/MarcPerton) has been hired as Executive Editor until they find a replacement. He can be reached at marc@engadget.com

Adweek (New York, NY) -- Writer Kelly Liyakasa (kelly@adexchanger.com) (https://twitter.com/KellyLiyakasa) has started writing for Adexchanger.com (https://twitter.com/Adexchanger).

The Daily Beast (Internet) -- Anna Brand (https://twitter.com/TheBrandGirl) has started at the The Daily Beast (http://www.thedailybeast.com/) as the Homepage Editor. Nico Hines (https://twitter.com/NicoHines) was hired by the online news outlet as the London Editor.

Entertainment Weekly (New York, NY) -- Nick Catucci (https://twitter.com/Catucci) is the new Music Critic at Entertainment Weekly (https://twitter.com/EW).

Essence Magazine (New York, NY) -- Aretha Busby (https://twitter.com/ArethaBusby has been hired as Beauty Director at Essence (https://twitter.com/EssenceMag).

IEEE Spectrum (Internet) -- IEEE Spectrum (http://spectrum.ieee.org/) has hired Stephen Cass (https://twitter.com/StephenCass) as a Contributing Editor.

Fitness Magazine (Internet) -- Associate Web Editor Marianne Magno (https://twitter.com/FitnessMarianne) is no longer at Fitness (http://www.fitnessmagazine.com/).

Joystiq (Internet) -- Susan Arendt (https://twitter.com/SusanArendt) is the new Managing Editor at Joystiq.com (https://twitter.com/Joystiq).

Huffington Post (Internet) -- Erin Schumaker (https://twitter.com/ErinLSchumaker) has started at The Huffington Post (https://twitter.com/HuffingtonPost) as the Associate Blog Editor.

Med Page Today (Internet) -- Health Reporter Ivan Oransky (https://twitter.com/IvanOransky) is the new Global Editorial Director.

The New York Times (New York, NY) -- The New York Times (https://twitter.com/NYTimes) blog "Diner's Journal" has ceased.

OnEarth Magazine (New York, NY) -- Melissa Mahony (https://twitter.com/Mahony128) has gone from Associate Web Editor to Senior Web Editor at OnEarth Magazine (https://twitter.com/OnEarthMag). Susan Cosier (https://twitter.com/SusanCosier) has been hired at the outlet as Online Managing Editor.

Talking Points Memo (Internet) -- Dylan Scott (https://twitter.com/DylanLScott) & Daniel Strauss (https://twitter.com/DanielStrauss4) have been hired by Talking Points Memo (https://twitter.com/TPM) as Staff Reporters.

Time Magazine (New York, NY) -- Health Reporter Bonnie Rochman (https://twitter.com/BRochman) has left Time Magazine (https://twitter.com/TIME). Alex Fitzpatrick (https://twitter.com/AlexJamesFitz) is the new Homepage Editor for the publication's website (http://www.time.com/time/).

MEDIAware July 2013 Media Briefs

You can follow all of the latest media moves and news from PR Newswire's Audience Research Department on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/PRNmedia. Also, check out the "Blog & Web Notes" section after the Briefs in this section.

Pink Floyd vs. Pandora: The renowned art rock band is speaking out for all music artists in an editorial at USAToday.com about Pandora's (http://www.pandora.com) attempt to get Congress to cut artists' royalties on Internet play by music sites by a large percentage (85% Pink Floyd claims) of what they are currently receiving. Pandora's side of the argument is that it pays too much in royalties to artists compared to what over the air radio stations pay for per song to ever turn a profit. Their goal is to lower costs in order for Internet radio to survive. Ironically Pink Floyd recently signed a deal with Pandora compeititor Spotify (https://www.spotify.com) for their entire catalog. The full Pink Floyd editorial is here: http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/06/23/pink-floyd-royalties-pandora-column/2447445/

Instagram (http://instagram.com), the social picture site, took imaging to another level by adding video sharing capability to its site in late June. Users can now post videos that they can instantly share with their friends at Instagram. The site took off originally for its ability to share a series of pictures to tell a story. Mashable has a video on how to use the new video app: http://mashable.com/2013/06/20/instagram-video/

The experiment with 3D at ESPN is over. ESPN3D (http://espn.go.com/espntv/3d/) is going off the air by the end of the year.The station had been on the air since 2010 but less than 7 percent of TVs in the US are 3D capable. The 3D revolution stalled before it started. ESPN has left the door open to return to the format if it eventually takes off and is in more homes. "Ultra High Definition TV" (a higher pixel count than regular HD) is the new television set being marketed to viewers and is now ESPN's focus for creating a better sporting experience.

Former CNN Reporter Soledad O'Brien (https://twitter.com/Soledad_OBrien) and her company Starfish Media Group will be producing segments for Al Jazeera America (http://america.aljazeera.com). Soledad and Starfish will be specifically contributing to their magazine show "America Tonight"

The Chicago Sun-Times has made quite a few changes in an effort to reach a wider digital audience and increase  its digital presence. The first significant change made by the Chicago Sun-Times and its sister suburban papers was to eradicate its entire photography staff, including editors and a Pulitzer Prize winner. The company plans to use freelance photographers and reporters to shoot photos and video in an effort to deliver content across multiple platforms. This drastic change is a result of the belief that customers are increasingly digital savvy and require additional video content with their news. As an added affirmation of such changes the paper has dropped the title Chicago Sun-Times for Chicago Sun-Times.com.

Houstonia (http://www.houstoniamag.com) is a monthly magazine that covers local news along with events, leisure actives, restaurants and art in the metro area of Houston. The magazine receives story ideas for a list of sections that include: Ice House, Clutch City and H-Town Diary. Houstonia readers are in the age group of 42-years-old with an average income of $191.000 annually. It can be found in 730 grocery stores and book stores.  The magazine is published by Sagacity Media Group and John Wilburn (editor@houstoniamag.com) is the Editor-in-Chief.

Pitchfork (http://pitchfork.com), the music review site, is expanding into movies with a new site this Summer, The Dissolve (http://thedissolve.com), which will critically review movies in a similar way like its music site. Keith Phipps (former Editor of The Onion's review section the A.V. Club) will be the Editor of the new site. The site is not up yet officially, but they are Tweeting: https://twitter.com/thedissolve. Genevieve Koski (https://twitter.com/GenevieveKoski) and Tasha Robinson (https://twitter.com/TashaRobinson) will be part of the team of film reviewers.

Katie Couric’s daytime show “Katie” (http://www.abc.com) has made some staff changes: Co-Executive Producers Kathy Samuel and Ethan Nelson, Director Joe Terry and Executive Producer Michael Morrison have left the show. And Mercedes Torres has joined the team as Talent Booker Producer along with Rachel Miskowiec as Executive Producer.

Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (http://www.hbo.com/real-sports-with-bryant-gumbel) welcomes Soledad O’Brien to the show and to the HBO family. According to HBO O’ Brien will be a Reporter on the show; her first story aired this past month. She previously worked for CNN as a morning-show Host. 

Current Good Morning America Legal Analyst Dan Abrams (https://twitter.com/danabrams) will join Nightline (https://twitter.com/Nightline) as the Chief Legal Affairs Anchor. Abrams replaces Terry Moran who will be heading to the network’s London bureau as a Chief Foreign Correspondent. As Abram’s role with ABC continues to expand, he will step back from daily operations at Abrams Media to devote more time to ABC.

New Young Broadcasting Holding Co., Inc. is merging into Richmond-based Media General, Inc. (http://www.mediageneral.com/). Young has 12 network-affiliated television stations and Media General currently has 18 network-affiliated television stations. The merger will give them a combined 30 stations (11 CBS, 9 NBC, 7 ABC, 1 MNT, 1 CW and 1 Fox). Media General will keep its main base in Richmond.

The Tech Chronicles (http://blog.sfgate.com/techchron) is the new technology blog of the San Francisco Chronicle. The blog covers the latest news from the digital frontier and is run by the SF Chronicle's Tech Reporters: Benny Evangelista (bevangelista@sfchronicle.com), Caleb Garling (cgarling@sfgate.com) and James Temple (jtemple@sfchronicle.com).

Bauer Publishing (http://www.bauerpublishing.com), the publisher of In Touch and Life & Style Weekly, is expected to launch three new magazines this fall: Closer, Girl’s World and Celebrate with Woman’s World.  Closer will be a weekly magazine displaying lifestyle, celebrity and fashion news geared towards the Gen-X group of women.  Girl’s World will be published seven times a year offering an introduction to celebrity lifestyle for young girls between the ages of 7 to 11 years old.  Celebrate with Woman’s World will be published six times a year dedicated to seasonal events and holidays. 

The Reno Gazette-Journal recently made some promotions, including Kelly Ann Scott, who has been named Executive Editor of the paper. She replaces Beryl Love, who left earlier this year to join Gannett’s Global News Desk as Executive Editor. Most recently, Scott oversaw the Gazette-Journal’s coverage of news in Reno and surrounding communities. She has also served as the paper’s Assistant City Editor, Breaking News Editor and Project Editor. Scott previously worked for the St. Cloud Times in St. Cloud, MN, as a Reporter. Lauren Gustus is now Senior Content Editor for the newspaper. Most recently, she served as the paper’s Senior Editor for features and sports. Prior to joining the Gazette-Journal in July 2007, Gustus was Assistant Sports Editor for the Salt Lake Tribune. Also, James Ku has been promoted to Digital Operations Editor.

Tempus Jets has launched a new quarterly magazine. Entitled, Tempus, the publication is geared toward the top 1% of the top 1%. It will focus on culture, the arts, fashion and social issues. The editor is Jackson Bacot. He can be reached at: jack@tempus-magazine.com. The editorial department is located in South Carolina while the business office is located in Arizona. Check out the new magazine on its website, http://www.tempus-magazine.com. It also has a Twitter account at: https://twitter.com/TempusJet and a Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tempus-Magazine/403542563066171.

The Hartford Business Journal (http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/, https://twitter.com/HartfordBizn) is making changes to its newsroom this month. Senior Reporter Brad Kane will become Managing Editor. Reporter Greg Bordonaro will become the Editor, a position previously held by Norman Bell and Gregory Seay will become the News Editor.

San Francisco Weekly Staff Writer Joe Eskenazi was a recent winner of Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications Mirror Awards. Eskenazi's award was for Best Single Article/Digital Media for his October 2012 feature story "Top 5 Ways Bleacher Report Rules the World!" http://www.sfweekly.com/2012-10-03/news/bleacher-report-sports-journalism-internet-espn-news-technology/

Despite winning three Edward R. Murrow Awards recently CNN has completely shut down its radio division. Approximately 17 employees were given less than a week's notice that the radio broadcasts would end and with it their positions. This past year saw the radio unit decrease staff when it went to a digital-only format. Now this past month brings the end of CNN radio completely.

Clear Channel station WGST-AM (http://www.640wgst.com/main.html) has returned to a news/talk format after just eight months as a Latin station. Last September the long-time Atlanta talk station was switched to ESPN Deportes but ratings were low. So the news/talk format has returned but without its most popular Host Rush Limbaugh. In the interim, Limbaugh had signed with rival WSB-AM. ESPN Deportes, meanwhile, has moved to 92.3. WGST-AM has a Twitter account at http://www.twitter.com/640wgst and Facebook account at https://www.facebook.com/640wgst.

WGCL-TV (http://www.cbs46.com/) is reviving its sports department. The department was dissolved in 2009 and the station had been using members of a local radio station for its sports news. Now General Manager Trey Fabacher (trey.fabacher@cbsatlanta.com) is currently interviewing potential candidates for a full-time Sports Director position at the CBS affiliate. (http://twitter.com/cbsatl and http://www.facebook.com/CBSAtlanta?ref=nf).

The New Haven Register ( http://nhregister.com) is getting a print edition makeover after 10 years. The redesign includes a new front page and at-a-glance section that will include top news from around the globe and easier navigation that will be consistent throughout the paper.

Living Ready is a new quarterly magazine set-up to help its readers be prepared to survive and succeed during any situation the world throws at them, whether it’s a challenging economy, a natural disaster or a physical attacker. The magazine will offer advice on improving life skills; creating an emergency preparedness plan; growing, canning, preserving and hunting for food; and identifying natural remedies for everyday problems. You may contact Patty Dunning, the Content Director at Patty.Dunning@fwmedia.com, and James Card, the Print Editor at James.Card@fwmedia.com.

As If Magazine (http://www.asifmag.com) is a new "large-format luxury publication" that features artists and creative individuals that have impacted culture and society, including those involved in fashion, art, design, film, business, music and architecture. It was created by renowned Photographer Tatijana Shoan (https://twitter.com/TatijanaShoan) and Publisher Scott Fishkind. The magazine is published quarterly and can be ordered on its website.

Better Kansas City – KCTV-TV (http://www.kctv5.com/) is on hiatus: http://www.kansascity.com/2013/06/05/4275828/kelly-jones-out-at-kctv-5-better.html

KETV-TV (http://www.ketv.com) to renovate the Burlington Station historic building to move downtown in Omaha, NE: http://www.ketv.com/news/local-news/ketv-announces-plans-to-renovate-transform-historic-downtown-omaha-nebraska-building-burlington-station/-/9674510/20431460/-/j08k81/-/index.html

In a recent Gallup Poll (http://www.gallup.com/) Americans' Confidence in Newspapers Continues to Erode: http://www.gallup.com/poll/163097/americans-confidence-newspapers-continues-erode.aspx

For the first time, radio station WGAC-AM/FM (http://www.wgac.com) in Augusta, GA was entered into the large-market category of the Georgia Association of Broadcasters annual awards. Usually it was in the medium-market category. But it still won! For the 12th straight year, the news/talk station won the "Radio Station of the Year" award. Otherwise known as the Gabby Award, members of the station were honored at the annual broadcasters' banquet held in Atlanta. Send congratulations to wgac@wgac.com. You can also check out the station's Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/WGAC/197454006955002.

After an abrupt end to his 29 year tenure with The Village Voice Gossip Columnist Michael Musto (https://twitter.com/mikeymusto) has found a new home, or rather two new homes. Musto has confirmed he will pen columns for both Gawker and Out Magazine. According to The New York Times, the column for Gawker will be a weekly celebrity centered question-and-answer piece, while the column for Out.com is similar to his former “La Dolce Musto” column with The Village Voice.  The first installment of his Out.com column entitled “Musto! The Musical” debuted June 3.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/06/fashion/michael-musto-after-the-village-voice.html?_r=0

Education Reporter Yoav Gonen (https://twitter.com/YoavGonen) is now the City Hall Bureau Chief at the New York Post. He was the Education Reporter at the paper, and will take over for David Seifman. Seifman was recently promoted to Political Editor.

KOLD-TV Chief Meteorologist Chuck George has taken another leave of absence from the Tuscon CBS affiliate, according to the Arizona Daily Star. George has taken at least two medical leaves of absence in the past two years. In May, he revealed that he suffers from severe depression. He has not appeared on KOLD since early June.

KTVX-TV in Salt Lake City, UT has announced an anchor team change on its 4:00pm news. In will be Nadia Crow and Brian Carlson, and out will be Kim Fischer and Brent Hunsaker. Crow comes to the ABC affiliate from KCRG-TV in Cedar Rapids, IA, where she had been an Anchor and Reporter for three years. Crow will also Anchor for sister station CW affiliate KUCW-TV‘s 9:00 p.m. newscast. Currently, Carlson is an evening reporter for KTVX and a 9:00 p.m. Anchor for KUCW. The station said Fischer and Hunsaker will “will focus on ABC 4 Utah News at 5:00, 6:00 and 10:00 p.m. as well as being contributors to the 4:00 p.m. and other newscasts.”

Little Rock's KATV-TV's former General Manager Dale Nicholson has passed away at the age of 74 Nicholson served as General Manager at the station for 25 years. Nicholson retired from his post on October 2009. At the time of his death, Nicholson was named Chairman of the station. Mark Rose replaced Nicholson as General Manager at the station. Nicholson broadcasting career began in 1960 at KTVE-TV in El Dorado. IN 1962 he began to work at KATV-TV as an announcer.

Former longtime Business Reporter Rusty Garrett has announced his retirement from The Southwest Times Record (Fort Smith, AR) after 40 years of journalism. Garrett has been serving as a Business News Reporter at the paper since 1999. His duties included local news, city and county beats and general assignment news.

WEHOVille (http://www.wehoville.com) is a new free weekly newspaper focusing on community news in the West Hollywood area. The paper will cover entertainment, politics, health and culture.

KTTV-TV (http://www.myfoxla.com) Reporter Hal Eisner received the Stan Chambers Award for Extraordinary Achievement, presented by the Associated Press Television-Radio Assoiciation Mark Twain Awards. Mr. Eisner has been a journalist for 32 years and is dean of the APTRA Academy, a boot camp for aspiring broadcast journalists.

Hot Rods & Harleys (http://hotrodsandharleysmag.com) is a new quarterly magazine dedicated to presenting the original artwork of East Coast productions.  It displays custom painters, builders and car and bike restorations in addition to personal stories and technical detail. Paul Kenworthy is the Publisher of the publication.

WKCF-TV has named the CW Network’s CW18 (http://www.wesh.com/cw18) affiliate of the year. This is the station's second honor in four years. Congratulations to the CW18! http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/blogs/tv-guy/os-cw-salutes-wkcf-as-model-affiliate-20130520,0,2601389.post

Elliott Wiser has been promoted to President and General Manager of Tampa/St. Petersburg’s WTSP-TV (http://www.wtsp.com) Channel 10. He succeeds the retiring Ken Tonning.

Central Florida's WFTV-TV will no longer run a 6:30 p.m. broadcast on sister station WRDQ-TV. The station recently added a 4:00pm newscast. All programming will be scheduled around this new time slot.

Blog & Web Notes:

Buzzfeed (Internet) -- Reporter Mariah Summers (https://twitter.com/MariahJSummers) has been hired to cover Wall Street. Matt Lynley (https://twitter.com/MattLynley) is another new Business Reporter and Miriam Elder (https://twitter.com/MiriamElder) is the new Foreign and National Security Editor. Meanwhile Editor Scott Lamb (https://twitter.com/ScottLamb) has left the outlet.

BizBash (New York, NY) -- Claire Hoffman has started at the outlet as the new Managing Editor.

Deadline Hollywood (Internet) -- Lisa de Moraes (https://twitter.com/LisadeTV) is the new Television Reporter/Reviewer.

The Blaze (Internet) -- Laurie Dhue (https://twitter.com/RealLaurieDhue) will be joining the outlet as an Anchor and Host.  

Joystiq (Internet) -- Susan Arendt (https://twitter.com/SusanArendt) is the new Managing Editor at the video game blog site Joystiq.

ReadWrite (Internet) -- Adriana Lee (https://twitter.com/Adra_La) has been hired as a Staff Writer.

Salon (Internet) -- After 13 years, Editor-in-Chief Kerry Lauerman (https://twitter.com/KerryLauerman) is leaving the outlet.

She Knows (Internet) -- Catherine Conelly is the new Beauty and Love Editor at SheKnows.com.

Spin (Internet) -- Jem Aswad (https://twitter.com/JemAswad) is the new Editor-in-Chief at Spin.