Dec. 18, 2006: Jersey Youth-Oriented Weekly 'Exit' Folds
The North Jersey Media Group has pulled the plug on several of its publications, including what a local Web site calls its "faux-alt" weekly. "We at City Belt were never too impressed with Exit," writes Jon Whiten, editor of both City Belt and AltWeeklies.com. (City Belt)
Aug. 30, 2006: Prairie Mountain ends dirt Sept. 28
Prairie Mountain Publishing is ending dirt, its free weekly newspaper geared toward college-age readers, two years after its launch. The last edition will be Sept. 28. (Daily Camera)
March 14, 2006: Faux-Alt Buffalo Current Shuts Down
(Headline in The Buffalo News)
Feb. 24, 2006: Student Newspaper: Core Weekly's Demise Was Entirely Predictable
Anyone "familiar with the alternative newspaper industry in Pittsburgh would have seen failure coming" at the Madison, Wis. faux-alt, argues Indiana University of Pennsylvania student Emily Jo Boots in the school newspaper. According to Boots, the Core Weekly train wreck was foreseeable because the paper was the brainchild of Catherine Nelson, the same publisher who oversaw the demise of both In Pittsburgh and Pulp in the Steel City. "It sounds to me like Nelson thinks that dumbing down a newspaper will make everyone want to read it," Boots writes. (Daily Cardinal)
Jan. 6, 2005: Knight Ridder's Miami Faux Alt Goes Under
Miami New Times reports that the Miami Herald has closed Street Weekly, which began its run in 1999. According to the report, the free tabloid "was meant to engage young readers and compete directly with Miami New Times." (Miami New Times)
—Source for news clips: Association of Alternative newsweeklies
This article appears in Jan 31 – Feb 6, 2007.