GoLocal Expands Again—Adds Dear Annie Advice Column
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
GoLocal is adding the Dear Annie advice column to the growing number of regular contributors.
Dear Annie is written by Annie Lane — who has become one of the top advice columnists in the country.
“We are excited to add Dear Annie. When we launched GoLocal in 2010, we had a wonderful column called Dear John written by John Simpson. The incorporation of Dear Annie in our regular lineup is just another great addition,” said Josh Fenton, CEO and co-founder of GoLocal.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTThe introduction of Dear Annie is the tenth addition to GoLocal in less than 24 months -- GoLocal has added features like People on the Move, The Ultimate Calendar and much more.
“Over the past two years, we have invested more and more in content. Great writers like Raymond Two Hawks Watson, art columnist Michael Rose, foreign policy and national defense expert Mackubin Owens, and columnist Froma Harrop to name a few,” said Fenton.
GoLocal is the most-read locally-owned news organization in Rhode Island.
Rick Newcombe, CEO of Creators, said that he founded the company in 1987 with only one columnist -- Ann Landers.
"What made the Ann Landers column unique was the quality of letters and the lively, no-nonsense answers that included seeking out experts," Newcombe said. "We have received hundreds of submissions of advice columns over the years, and Dear Annie is the best by a country mile."
Dear Annie begins on Wednesday.
Annie Lane Bio
Annie Lane is a mother, daughter, sister, and wife.
She grew up in California before heading east at the age of 18. She graduated with honors from New York University, where she majored in English literature and also specialized in psychology. After NYU, she earned her Juris Doctor from New York Law School.
Over the course of her education, Annie held a variety of jobs, including at Barnes & Noble because she loves books. She is a certified yoga instructor who also worked in sales at an internet advertising startup company. In addition, she worked at a law firm for two years and, before that, for a federal magistrate for one year.
Yet no job came more naturally to her than offering common-sense solutions to everyday problems. Her advice is unusually perceptive. She is sympathetic, funny and firm -- and her column is very much like Ann Landers' column in style and substance.
Annie lives outside Manhattan with her husband, two kids and two dogs. After a decade of city life, she is focused on her family and the Dear Annie column. When she is not writing, she devotes her time to play dates and Play-Doh.
Lane is distributed by Creators.
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