Part of Judge Bradley Letts’ written order dismissing the evidence room open records lawsuit filed by a local media coalition (including Xpress) has been filed. The order dismisses the part of the lawsuit against the Buncombe County District Attorney’s office on the technical grounds that it was misnamed in the lawsuit.
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Local media sue DA, city of Asheville over evidence room records
Xpress and four other local media outlets are suing District Attorney Ron Moore and the city of Asheville, seeking to make public the audit of guns, drugs, and money missing from the Asheville Police Department evidence room.
Boycott Gannett!
I like to be informed about my community, so I have appreciated being able to hop online at any time to check out mountainx.com, citizen-times.com and the Asheville FM News Hour and Little Shop of Attitude show [“To Air is Human,” April 4 Xpress]. Having said that, now I think its finally time to boycott […]
Boxed in
At a sometimes tense Feb. 2 meeting, representatives of more than a dozen local publications (including Mountain Xpress) met with city staff concerning possible restrictions on newspaper boxes in downtown Asheville. The meeting, held at City Hall, was called by city staff and members of the Downtown Commission, who claimed they’d received many complaints, both […]
WWNC picks Pete Kaliner to replace Mittan as new afternoon host
Clear Channel Asheville announced Jan. 19 that Pete Kaliner will be its new afternoon talk show host on News Radio 570 WWNC. He’ll start broadcasting Jan. 23, hosting a show that focuses on politics Monday through Friday from 3-6 p.m.
Popular “Take A Stand” host Matt Mittan and producer Agnes Cheek leave Clear Channel Asheville
Amid swirling rumors over the cause of their departure, popular WWNC talk radio host Matt Mittan and producer Agnes Cheek are no longer working at Clear Channel Asheville.
New WNC magazine launches: “Capital at Play” will explore the spirit of enterprise
Capital at Play will examine the passionate faces of capitalism, and “profile those who take the risk, those who share that risk, and those who support them, inspiring others to do likewise, while giving back economically and socially to the communities that support us,” according to the magazine’s mission statement.
Signing off: Lesley Groetsch, co-host of Local Edge Radio, is leaving the show
Lesley Groetsch, co-host of the popular progressive talk program Local Edge Radio for nearly three years, is leaving the show to pursue another job offer.
Ponderwell, Xpress finalists for city community media proposal ***UPDATED 12:41 p.m.***
The city of Asheville has named two finalists for its request for proposals for community media: Web development-and-design firm Ponderwell and media outlet Mountain Xpress. Here’s all the submitted proposals, including those two.
Free no more: Pay walls go up online for three Gannett newspapers
Three Gannett newspaper recently debuted pay walls, including one close to WNC — the Tallahassee Democrat, The Greenville (S.C.) News and The (St. George, Utah) Spectrum. Pay walls block free access to a publication, requiring viewers to pay first, read later. Is the Asheville Citizen-Times next?
Caught in the Web?
Print to Web: What local papers say Xpress surveyed Buncombe County newspapers about their online offerings. Some declined to take part or did not respond. The information below was derived from those surveys and other research by Xpress. Our questions were: How much of your print content is available online? Is online content archived? Is […]
Bad times for the local news business
Whether it’s merely a reflection of the ailing economy, the rise of the Internet or the death knell of daily print journalism, newspapers nationwide are in a severe tailspin. Asheville’s local daily, the Asheville Citizen-Times, is among those feeling the heat. Paper losses: The Asheville Citizen-Times recently announced that it’s laying off 16 people as […]
Study finds rightward tilt in North Carolina newspapers
Liberal watchdog group Media Matters for America has released data that it says indicates a conservative bias in newspapers in North Carolina and across the country.
Reading from left to right
In a time of increasing — some would say alarming — corporate control of mass media, feisty independent local journalism appears to be thriving here in Asheville, with no less than six weekly and two monthly indie newspapers on the street. Admittedly, many are labors of love produced on shoestring budgets, but together they ensure […]