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About Us:
In 1970, Richard Kabat saw an opportunity for an entertainment-centric weekly and launched Cleveland Scene with a loan from his brother. Then he and his inexperienced staff held on long enough to catch one of the last waves of money to wash over Cleveland, the rock-and-nightlife boom of the '70s and '80s. Scene and music would become almost synonymous.
Two decades later,history repeated, sort of. When The Cleveland Edition, a rabble-rousing alternative weekly, closed for good in 1992, attorney Richard Siegel recognized the void that paper’s demise would leave in the oligarchic Rust Belt town. So he started the Free Times.
In 1998, both Free Times and Scene were bought by rival national chains. Scene grew beyond its music-centric focus, making it and Free Times direct competitors. The rivalry was fierce and at times nasty. In 2002 Scene's owners bought the Free Times and left it for dead, only to see it rise again under new ownership and resume the fight.
The stalemate finally ended in the summer of 2008, when Scranton, Pa.-based Times Shamrock bought both papers and merged them under the still-powerful Scene name. And today the new Scene retains the best of both award-winning predecessors, widely recognized as Northeast Ohio’s best source of hard-hitting journalism, compelling feature writing and insightful commentary. Scene is distributed every Wednesday at more than 1,500 locations across Northeast Ohio.
Sending press materials
E-mail is preferred, attachments are fine. Please send to ONE of the following addresses (spamming the whole staff will NOT help your chances):
music@clevescene.com
arts@clevescene.com
events@clevescene.com (for the Get Out section and listings)
dining@clevescene.com (for all restaurant- and food-related info)
news@clevescene.com
Snail mail: 1468 W. 9th St., Suite 805, Cleveland, OH, 44113.
Staff Directory
PUBLISHER
Chris Keating
216-802-7250, ckeating@clevescene.com
EDITORIAL
Erich Burnett, editor
216-802-7207, eburnett@clevescene.com
Michael Gallucci, managing editor
216-802-7277, mgallucci@clevescene.com
Vince Grzegorek, web editor
216-802-7254, vgrzegorek@clevescene.com
Elaine Cicora, arts editor
216-802-7292, ecicora@clevescene.com
Aaron Sechrist, art director
216-802-7242, asechrist@clevescene.com
Anastasia Pantsios, staff writer
216-802-7227, apantsios@clevescene.com
Kyle Swenson, staff writer
216-802-7231, kswenson@clevescene.com
Maude Campbell, senior contributing writer
216-802-7234, mcampbell@clevescene.comDouglas Trattner, dining editor
dining@clevescene.com
CLASSIFIED SALES
Darian Nash, classifieds account executive/Adult
216-802-7219, dnash@clevescene.com
Jeff Grajewski, classifieds account executive
216-802-7232, jgrajewski@clevescene.com
RETAIL ADVERTISING AND PROMOTIONS
Taylor Strang, advertising director
216-802-7214, tstrang@clevescene.com
Jenna ConForti, marketing director
216-802-7260, jconforti@clevescene.com
John Crobar, senior account executive
216-802-7230, jcrobar@clevescene.com
Katie Schwab, account executive
216-706-7332, kschwab@clevescene.com
Shayne Rose, account executive
216-802-7258, srose@clevescene.com
BUSINESS
Michele Fox, assistant business manager/ receptionist
216-241-7550, mfox@clevescene.com
Don Kriss, circulation director
216-802-7208, dkriss@clevescene.com
PRODUCTION
Steve Miluch, assistant production manager
216-802-7240, smiluch@clevescene.com
