By Mark Hanzlik, AWN Executive Director

In a story that has already circulated around the Alternative Weekly Newspaper industry, Paul Curci, publisher of Philadelphia City Paper announced today he will step down from the paper and will depart by the end of the year.   Nancy Stuski, currently Associate Publisher at the paper will take over as Publisher at that time.

What this means for AWN is that we’ll be losing one of our strongest supporters, a consistent, creative, and capable leader.   Paul served on the AWN Executive Committee for the past seven years, helping provide guidance to the Board of Directors, cooperative sales force, members and AWN’s back office company, HanzMediaInc.

Paul will be heading in a new direction pursuing management consulting opportunities.   “I’ve long been interested in helping organizations improve performance, and manage change, through coaching and consulting,” he wrote in an email today.

Read more about Paul’s departure at AAN News and view a photo from 2008 of Paul and two fellow AWN Executive Committee members (Brian Hieggelke & Everett Finkelstein) while meeting in Philadelphia at the 31st Annual Association of Alternative Newsweeklies Convention.