Seattle Weekly
| Type | Alternative weekly |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner | Village Voice Media |
| Publisher | Ken Stocker |
| Editor | Mike Seely |
| Founded | 1976 |
| Headquarters | 1008 Western Ave. Suite 300 Seattle, Washington 98104, USA |
| Circulation | 99,137[1] |
| ISSN | 0898-0845 |
| OCLC number | 17527271 |
| Official website | SeattleWeekly.com |
The Seattle Weekly is a freely distributed newspaper in Seattle, Washington, United States. It was founded by Darrell Oldham and David Brewster as The Weekly. Its first issue came out on March 31, 1976.
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[edit] Ownership history
The paper is currently owned by Village Voice Media, which also owns the Village Voice and other free alternative weekly newspapers that are distributed each Wednesday.
Former owners of the Seattle Weekly include Sasquatch Publishing/Quickfish Media, Seattle from 1976 to 1997; Stern Publishing, New York from 1997–2000; and Village Voice Media, New York from 2000 to the present.
In July 2006, longtime editor-in-chief Knute Berger announced he would be leaving the paper. The Seattle Times profiled the change in leadership at the company in a Business & Technology section news report titled, "Uncertain Times at Seattle Weekly".[2]
[edit] Notable columns
- "Mossback", by Knute Berger as editor-in-chief.
- "Ask an Uptight Seattlite", advice by an unknown columnist[3]
- "Dategirl", by Judy McGuire[4]
[edit] Competition
The Seattle Weekly's principal competitor is The Stranger, another alternative weekly paper published in Seattle.[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ "Seattle Weekly". Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. http://aan.org/alternative/Aan/ViewCompany?oid=oid%3A85. Retrieved 2007-02-22.
- ^ Pryne, Eric (2006-07-23). "Uncertain times at Seattle Weekly". The Seattle Times. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2003145858_weekly23.html. Retrieved 2007-02-22.
- ^ "Seattle Weekly: Ask an Uptight Seattleite". http://www.seattleweekly.com/columns/view/284118/. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
- ^ "Seattle Weekly: Dategirl". http://www.seattleweekly.com/columns/view/154298/. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
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