[Boston-print] Ideas for a name.

[Pete Stidman]

In the interest of the debate  I think "The Liberator"
might denote a particular movement.  Anarchist or more
directly Libertarian.  (William Lloyd Garrison is
embraced by both)  I like the idea of going back into
history for a name tied to Boston but I cannot seem to
find a good one.  Keep the ideas coming and if others
disagree with me speak up!  

-PS Mike- can you let me know your article topic and
length yet?







--- mblanding at bostonmagazine.com wrote:
> What about "The Liberator", after the radical paper
> published in Boston
> during the 19th century. It was published by William
> Lloyd Garrison, who
> was a abolitionist and an anarchist. The title
> refers to anti-slavery, of
> course, but I think could be taken more broadly.
> 
> 
> > i think i like open ink. 'the usual' is
> catchy...with good design i
> > think it could be a winner.
> >
> > kate
> >
> >
> >>      Hey folks, this is Svea from the IndyMedia
> DNC Video project.
> >>
> >>      During the biggest anti-Iraq war protest in
> Boston, the IMC Print
> >> project distributed several thousand copies of a
> 4 page newspaper
> >> called the "Boston Free Press".
> >>
> >>      We were asked by several folks who took the
> paper if it had any
> >> relation to a local college paper with the same
> name. Obviously we
> >> weren't, but there was an association that they
> made with another
> >> publication when they saw the title of the paper.
> >>      That said, there may be people who will
> recognize that name from
> >>      the
> >> War protest, even though there was a limited run.
> Robert prolly has a
> >> better estimate on circulation
> >>
> >>      As an outsider viewpoint, the name "Boston
> Shadow Press" stands
> >>      out
> >> as a catchy and clever title.
> >>
> >>      Cheers!
> >>
> >>      Svea.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Pete Stidman <pstidman at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> OK. I have a bunch of suggestions, including the
> ones
> >> I already mentioned, either the Boston
> Independent or
> >> simply the Boston INDY. and a new one I think is
> >> good. "Open Ink" I like this cause the title
> implies
> >> community involvement, consensus, forum and
> democracy.
> >>
> >> Whatever name we choose I strongly feel it should
> not
> >> identify with any certain movement,
> environmental,
> >> ideological or otherwise. A word like independent
> >> implies that we are not corporate. Another theme
> that
> >> I cannot come up with a good word for would be
> >> something like forum, convergence, or gathering.
> >> Still another concept would be the idea of having
> a
> >> voice, we are like an amplifier or a spreader of
> words
> >> from independent sources. Our name must be
> acceptable
> >> to the greatest variety of readers. Our aim is to
> >> become the media, and the print project was begun
> with
> >> this idea as a motivation and a goal. The name
> should
> >> be usable for a daily, and we should think of
> large
> >> audiences, not specific ones.
> >>
> >> Somehow we have to break out of the realm of the
> >> "political" specialty paper and into the
> "popular"
> >> realm. News.
> >>
> >> I am here working on this paper because I see
> >> opportunities beyond what even New York Indymedia
> has
> >> done with their paper, so names that would limit
> this
> >> progress, this ability to make it in larger
> audiences,
> >> would make it hard for me to get the full
> advantage of
> >> our efforts and my own.
> >>
> >> In the general public people make distinctions
> between
> >> the genres of political and just a newspaper and
> it is
> >> often based on a name. Even a name like the Metro
> >> because it is widely acceptable would seem
> appropriate
> >> to me. We want people to pick it up who normally
> >> wouldnt.
> >>
> >> In the interest of brainstorming heres some more
> with
> >> asterisks on the ones I really like:
> >>
> >> *Open Ink*
> >> Boston Free Press
> >> The Eye
> >> Open Boston
> >> Boston Standard
> >> Boston Current
> >> Boston Debut
> >> Ink Coalition
> >> Shadow Press
> >> Fair Account
> >> The Usual
> >> The Boston Small Potatoe Farmer
> >>
> >> (OK they can't all be winners...)
> >>
> >> Let me know what you all think, everybody should
> throw
> >> in their opinion on this.
> >>
> >> -Pete
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -Pete
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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