The Chronicle was co-founded in 1981 by publisher Nick Barbaro and editor Louis Black, with assistance from others who largely met through the graduate film ...
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SXSW Co-Founder Louis Jay Meyers (1955-2016): Festival instigator dies on its biggest day
Louis Meyers and Roland Swenson came to Nick Barbaro and I in 1986 wanting to start a regional conference for people in the music business, recalled Black on Friday. Keep in mind, at that point there was just phone and fax. There was no Internet, there was no cell phones. There were people who ma
Date: Mar 11, 2016
Category: Entertainment
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Formula One: Austin City Council votes in favor of US Grand Prix
Susan Moffat, a self-described legislative researcher who is married to Nick Barbaro, publisher of the Austin Chronicle, urged the city council to enlist specialized outside legal counsel to review all the contracts. Moffat went on to describe multiple specific areas in which she felt the city was a
The indie venture, modeled after the New Music Seminar in New York, was launched in 1987 by small-time band manager Roland Swenson, musician Louis Jay Meyers and music writers Louis Black and Nick Barbaro, who started the Austin Chronicle.
Although Swenson served as host, he said when NMS organizers visited Austin, "it became obvious that we were not going to play any part" in the new venture. When NMS stalled on its Austin plans, Swenson seized the opportunity and persuaded Black and Austin Chronicle publisher Nick Barbaro to get behind the Austin-based conference.