Two columnists quit CityBeat

I'm told that two of the original CityBeat columnists have given up their gigs in response to last week's dump of editor Steve Appleford. Natalie Nichols writes the pop-culture column Subbacultcha. "It was fun while it lasted," Nichols blogged last week. Dennis Romero does Groundswell, on dance music, and the weekly Dancebeat roundup of dance-club highlights. CityBeat's new editor as of Monday is Steve Lowery and the new arts editor is Rebecca Schoenkopf.