New York Sports Express
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| New York Sports Express | |
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 Masthead logo of the NYSX |
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| Type | Alternative weekly |
| Format | Tabloid |
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| Owner | Avalon Equity Partners |
| Publisher | Charles D. Colletti |
| Editor | Spike Vrusho |
| Founded | April 2003 |
| Ceased publication | July 2004 |
| Price | Free |
| Headquarters | New York, NY United States |
| Circulation | Weekly 65,000 |
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| Website: nysportsexpress.com | |
The New York Sports Express, sometimes abbreviated NYSX, was a free publication distributed from April 2003 to July 2004 as a sister paper to the New York Press. The New York City, USA publication was designed to take an entertaining look at topical sports stories, in contrast to most sports publications at that time, whose sportswriters took themselves more seriously.[1] However, its existence was short-lived; the paper was shut down in July 2004.
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[edit] Chronology
In December 2002, the Avalon Equity Partners investment group purchased the New York Press and were looking to launch new publications to take their purchase in additional directions.[2] In April 2003, 60,000 copies of the New York Sports Express were placed in bright orange newsstand boxes as the initial circulation of this free sports weekly.[3]
The bright orange newsstand boxes created a conflict between the New York Sports Express and The L Magazine, a new free bimonthly guide to events. Hoping to distinguish themselves on corners crowded with other news boxes, both bought bright orange ones and placed about 400 of them on the streets just weeks apart in April. The coincidence became a running joke between the publications.[4] However, the running joke did not last that long.
In early July, 2004, Avalon Equity Partners decided to shut down the weekly New York Sports Express because they "wanted to concentrate on (their) core property, New York Press." In late July, 2004, 65,000 copies of the last issue of New York Sports Express were distributed.[5] As of November 9, 2006, the website for the paper still posted archives of the articles.
[edit] Management and employees
[edit] Last masthead
EDITOR Spike Vrusho
CONTRIBUTORS Ryan Baxter, Matthew Cass, Jim Cheney, Robert Ecksel, Bob Ferguson, Dave Hollander, Chris-The Impaler, Michael Malone, Steven Ovadia, Sarah Shanok, Spencer Sharp, Adam Sivits, C.J. Sullivan, George Tabb
MANAGING EDITOR Adam Bulger
EDITOR AT LARGE Matt Taibbi
CREATIVE DIRECTOR Nick Bilton
FT. GREENE HUSTLAH/ART DIRECTOR Andrei Kallaur
ASSOCIATE ART DIRECTOR Scott Lizama
CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS Mike Clark, Robert Ecksel, Karl Glave, George Pfromm II, Joe Viterbo, Getty Images
PRODUCTION MANAGER Christopher Murray
ASSISTANT PRODUCTION MANAGER Christine Brownlee
DESIGNERS Sonya Barash, Lena Ghaleb
RETAIL SALES DIRECTOR Alex Schweitzer, Frank Legio
SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Tawnya Crawford, Spencer Sharp
DISPLAY SALES COORDINATOR Sean Griffin
ACCOUNT MANAGER Megan Loomis
CLASSIFIED SALES DIRECTOR Kevin Montgomery
CLASSIFIED SALES COORDINATOR Laura Hibit
SENIOR CLASSIFIED ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Yahli Eady, Robert Gault, Vernon Vergara
CIRCULATION MANAGER John Baxter
CIRCULATION MARKETING MANAGER Joe Bendik
BUSINESS MANAGER Priya Ramratan
CREDIT MANAGER Eric Handelsman
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Jeff Koyen
PRESIDENT AND PUBLISHER Charles D. Colletti
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Taibbi, Matt. (Nov. 2006). New York Press. R.I.P. NYSX: Anyone want to hire a dozen sportswriters? Obtained Nov. 9, 2006.
- ^ Kelly (March 26, 2003). "Publishers send Troops Free Mags". New York Post: 34. : "It's all part of the sweeping changes taking place since the investment firm Avalon took over the newspaper from its founder, the conservative-leaning Russ Smith."
- ^ PR News. (March 31, 2003). There is a Season, Churn, Churn, Churn... Volume 59.
- ^ Tong, Judy. (August 3, 2003) The New York Times. News Boxes In a Face-Off, Sort of. Section: 14, Pg. 6
- ^ Kelly, Keith J. (July 15, 2004). New York Post Express Stop: Publisher Kills Sports Weekly. Business Section; Pg. 35.
