July 18, 2008

Sitcom About Alt-Weekly 'Percolating in the Script Stage' at ABC

Source: Variety

That's according to Variety, which reports in its inimitable varietyese that "The Weekly" is a "single-camera workplace comedy ... set in the office of a dishy alternative weekly publication and blog." Huh? Furthermore, "project is penned" by the impossibly named Flint Wainess, according to The Bible of the Entertainment Industry.

July 18, 2008

Local Daily to Distribute Creative Loafing Tampa

Source: Tampa Bay Business Journal

The paper formerly known as The Weekly P***t signed a distribution deal this week with the St. Petersburg Times, according to the Tampa Bay Business Journal. The Business Journal also reports that publisher Sharry Smith "assured the staff that protection clauses were added to the agreement to keep Creative Loafing stories confidential until the actual release date." Although the Business Journal says the agreement "cost 19 people jobs," Smith tells AAN only one staff person was laid off.