mtl Magazine vs. In Mt. Lebanon Magazine

Hands down, In Mt. Lebanon Magazine is better. In the latest, 88 page issue  which costs residents nothing, we learn about:

• Mt. Lebanon Public Library news and three month calendar, in addition to full color photos of their fundraisers
• Health news
• Sports news
• Teen Center Schedule
• PA DEP award of $31,500 to Mt. Lebanon
• Fashion Show hosted by Keynotes of Music for Mt. Lebanon
• Local Fish Fry Events
• Pet news
• Home improvements
• Restaurant reviews
• Spotlight on an excellent Orthodox Christian School. (I can speak first hand of this school!)

This magazine is available online at http://www.incommunitymagazines.com/communities/mount-lebanon.

I would like to copy a comment that recently arrived in my pending comments folder. I got the biggest kick out of it.

Anonymous said...

I think you're all nuts! I love Mt. Lebanon Magazine and so does everyone I know (why I'm an advertiser in it). Everyone reads it cover to cover it seems -- at least my clients do! I throw that In community "magazine" thing into the trash before opening it-- it is nothing more than a souped-up Pennysaver (whichever commenter suggested they were comparable must not know how to read). mt.l is a treasure that, as I understand it, is largely run on advertising dollars. the type of resident who mt.l attracts is generally one who is invested in developing a vibrant and connected community. mt.l is something we should be proud of as a community.

March 11, 2013 at 12:45 PM

Why did I get the biggest kick out of it? "Anonymous" advertises in Mt. Lebanon Magazine. Why didn't "Anonymous" take advantage of some free advertising and sign their name? Gee, do you think a mtl staff member wrote that comment? Or was it one of the 21 bloggers needed to run the lebomag blog, which is moderated by a NY Times moderator?  

Censored AGAIN

On January 20, 2012,  I received this email from Mark Berton, Western Regional Editor of IN Mt. Lebanon magazine.

From: Mark Berton <mark@incommunitymagazines.com>

To: egillen476 <egillen476@aol.com>

Sent: Fri, Jan 20, 2012 7:44 am
Subject: Lebo Copyright Policy


Hi Elaine, We’re working on the spring issue of IN Mt. Lebanon magazine and I was reading about the copyright issue with the district website that you posted. I’d like to offer you a page or two in the spring issue if you would like address this topic since you have Mike Madison’s opinion and have written about it thoughtfully. This is an important issue for anyone in the media and one that, you would think, would negate the necessity of having a district communications coordinator whose sole purpose is to disseminate district information to the public, since the public is not allowed to rebroadcast those disseminations. Let me know your thoughts and I’ll be happy to budget the space to you. Thanks,

Mark Berton

Western Regional Editor

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On February 21, I received this from Mark:

"I know it's been a while, but we're working on the Spring IN Mt. Lebanon.
Here's the page layout. Let me know if anything's changed since we last
spoke or if we need to make any changes." 
IN Mt. Lebanon decided to call my article, "Censored Lebo." 

There were some minor punctuation errors and a spacing issue to my two page article, but it was fine otherwise. And if they wanted to call it censorship, then so be it.

Well, I have been "censored" again.  This morning, I got this delightful email:

Hello Elaine

I am Managing Editor for In Mt. Lebanon Magazine.  In the final stages of review of the magazine, we decided to pull the feature that you submitted to us from the Spring edition.  We are trying our best to keep a neutral position in the community regarding the municipality and my decision to pull this editorial was based purely on this stance.

I greatly appreciate you taking time to submit the editorial and hope you understand our position.  If you know of any person or organization who lives or works in the Mt Lebanon Community, whom you think we should be writing about, would you let me know? 

Thanks in advance for your understanding.

With kind regards,

Marybeth Jeffries

Managing Editor

In Community Magazines

603 E McMurray Road

McMurray PA 15317

In Mt. Lebanon magazine was my last hope for unbiased journalism in Mt. Lebanon. I guess it is all about the mighty dollar.