As the Lansing State Journal started to lose staff and its corresponding entertainment zine, Noise, was relegated to a shell of its former self, Brian Breen started developing nuvu Lansing.
Nuvu is a monthly promotional publication that includes information and articles about events, music and entertainment in the region.
“The good thing about the Noise staff was that they were all local,” Breen says. “You’d see them out and about at different events. I felt that there was going to be a need for this type of information to be promoted in Lansing.”
In 2008, Breen started Brevin Cyber Media, but wasn’t entirely sure what to do with the company. Earlier this year, Brevin Cyber launched nuvu, which is run by a six-person volunteer crew.
Breen works full time for Canada Dry Bottling Company, but hopes to give nuvu more of his attention in 2010.
“Ideally I’d like to publish every two weeks,” he says. “I’d like to have a paid staff and would like to eventually work part time on this and part time on the other job I have.”
Breen is looking for more writers and will revamp his site in January or February 2010.
To subscribe to nuvu, click here.
Ivy Hughes is the managing editor of Capital Gains and can be reached here.
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