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Russ Smith (born 1955) is an American newspaper publisher and columnist best known for founding the Baltimore City Paper, Washington City Paper and New York Press. After selling the Baltimore and Washington City Papers for $4 million, Smith founded New York Press in 1989. Like his previous papers, the press was an alternative weekly.
Jack Shafer (born November 14, 1951) is an American journalist who most recently wrote about media for Politico. [1] Prior to joining Politico, he worked for Reuters and also edited and wrote the column "Press Box" for Slate, an online magazine.
Ross Wetzsteon wrote that Young had "singlehandedly replaced the pompous poetry of the press box with the cynical poetry of the streets." In his book The Boys of Summer, Roger Kahn called Young "spiky, self-educated, and New York." Characteristically, Young described his approach to sportswriting simply: "Tell people what's going on, and what ...
New York Press was a free alternative weekly in New York City, which was published from 1988 to 2011. [1]The Press strove to create a rivalry with the Village Voice. Press editors claimed to have tried to hire away writer Nat Hentoff from the Voice. [2]
Ben Epstein–Dan Castellano "Good Guy" Award – presented to a baseball person, often a New York player, for their candor and accessibility to writers. [13] [17] [21] [18] William J. Slocum–Jack Lang Award – for long and meritorious service; usually presented to a recently retired player, media personality, or executive. [17] [22] [23] [18]
Altenberg said, visually, the press box "does not look like it's usable." But additional damage was limited because of the quick response by firefighters. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
One of New York City's 9,000 to 13,000 dated payphones at the Myrtle–Willoughby Avenues subway station. In 1999, 13 companies signed a contract that legally obligated them to maintain New York City's payphones for 15 years. [1] In 2000, the city's tens of thousands of payphones were among the 2.2 million payphones spread across the United ...
St. Martin's Press is a book publisher headquartered in Manhattan in New York City. It is headquartered in the Equitable Building. St. Martin's Press is considered one of the largest English-language publishers, [3] bringing to the public some 700 titles a year under six imprints. St. Martin's Press's current editor in chief is George Witte.