Show Them the Money

Meanwhile, at Go-Go, a periodical spotlighted seven days back ("Zine But Not Heard," November 9), publisher Gary Haney, who transformed the publication from a porn rag to an entertainment biweekly last year, has left the building. In making the November 13 announcement, editor Chris Magyar was vague about the departure, saying only that Haney "left us on his own terms, and on good terms, because we'd gotten to the point where he couldn't take the magazine any further. He recognized that, and that's why he decided to step down." Haney's replacement is Sean Weaver, the editor of Metro State's student newspaper, the Metropolitan.

On the surface, this would seem to indicate that Go-Go will now speed toward extinction like so many other advertiser-supported mags in Denver before it, but Magyar is optimistic. "The financial situation will remain the same," he says. "And as far as the product itself, I don't foresee any major changes for a good deal of time."

Or at least until the next issue.

Our station's better than your station: On November 10, the Post gave jumbo play to a Columbia Journalism Review report that reflected poorly on Channel 4's newscasts: "KCNC Gets 'D' in Survey" sported a large-font headline and placement on the first page of the Denver and the West section. Might that have something to do with Channel 4's affiliation with the News, which didn't report about the study at all, and not the Post? If Post partner Channel 9 had earned failing grades rather than the "B" conferred by the Review, would it have received the same treatment?

Mark your ballot "yes" for question one and "no" for question two -- and be careful not to accidentally choose Pat Buchanan.