List of alternative newspapers

This is a list of alternative weekly newspapers by country.

Canada

Alberta

• FFWD, Calgary, [1]
• Vue Weekly, Edmonton, [2]

British Columbia

• The Georgia Straight, Vancouver, [3]
• Monday Magazine, Victoria, [4]

Manitoba

• The Underground Press, Snow Lake (biweekly), [5]
• Uptown, Winnipeg

New Brunswick

• here, chain in New Brunswick

Newfoundland and Labrador

• The Scope, St. John's, [6]

Nova Scotia

• The Coast, Halifax Regional Municipality, [7]
• The Rockingstone News, Halifax County, Nova Scotia
• The Grapevine, Annapolis Valley

Ontario

• Now, Toronto, [8]
• Scene Magazine, London (biweekly)
• upfront ottawa, Ottawa
• upfront windsor, Windsor
• View Magazine, Hamilton, [9]

Quebec

• Voir, chain headquartered in Quebec (French language)

Saskatchewan

• Planet S, Saskatoon (biweekly), [10]

Germany

• Bad Camberg Erleben – DieZeitung / DasPortal [11]
• Koblenz Erleben - DieZeitung / DasPortal [12]
• Limburg-Weilburg Erleben - DieZeitung / DasPortal [13]
• Rhein-Lahn Erleben - DieZeitung / DasPortal [14]
• Westerwäld Erleben - DieZeitung / DasPortal [15]

Greece

• Athens Voice, Athens, [16]
• Lifo, Athens, [17]

Iceland

• The Reykjavík Grapevine, Reykjavík, [18]

Mexico

• La Jerga: Periodismo Gonzo Independiente, [19]

Norway

• "Icepeople", Longyearbyen, [20]

Russia

• The eXile, Moscow, [21]

Spain

• BCN Mes, Barcelona (alt weekly format published monthly in paper, more frequently online), [22]
• Diagonal Periódico, Madrid (biweekly), www.diagonalperiodico.net

United States

Alabama

• Lagniappe, Mobile (biweekly), [23]
• Planet Weekly, Tuscaloosa (biweekly), [24]
• The Valley Planet, Huntsville (biweekly), [25]
• Weld for Birmingham, Birmingham, [26]

Alaska

• Anchorage Press, Anchorage, [27]

Arizona

• AZ Weekly, Phoenix and Tucson, [28]
• The Noise, Flagstaff (monthly), [29]
• Phoenix New Times, Phoenix, owned by the New Times Media chain, [30]
• Tucson Weekly, Tucson, [31]

Arkansas

• Arkansas Times, Little Rock, [32]
• The Free Weekly, Fayetteville, [33]

California

• After Five, Redding (monthly), [34]
• Chico News & Review, Chico, [35]
• Coachella Valley Independent, Cathedral City (monthly), [36]
• Desert Star Weekly, Palm Springs, [37]
• East Bay Express, Oakland, [38]
• Easy Reader, Hermosa Beach, [39]
• Good Times, Santa Cruz, [40]
• Inland Empire Weekly, Corona, [41]
• LA Weekly, Los Angeles, part of the Village Voice Media chain, [42]
• Metro Silicon Valley, San Jose, [43]
• Monterey County Weekly, Seaside, [44]
• North Bay Bohemian, Sonoma, Marin, and Napa Counties, [45]
• North Coast Journal, Humboldt County, [46]
• OC Weekly, Orange County, part of the Village Voice Media chain, [47]
• Pacific Sun, Marin County, [48]
• Palo Alto Weekly, Palo Alto, [49]
• Pasadena Weekly, Pasadena, [50]
• Random Lengths News, San Pedro (biweekly), [51]
• Sacramento News & Review, Sacramento, [52]
• San Diego CityBeat, San Diego, [53]
• San Diego Reader, San Diego, [54]
• San Francisco Bay Guardian, San Francisco, [55]
• San Luis Obispo New Times, San Luis Obispo, [56]
• Santa Barbara Independent, Santa Barbara, [57]
• Santa Cruz Weekly, Santa Cruz, [58]
• Santa Maria Sun, Santa Maria, [59]
• SF Weekly, San Francisco, owned by the New Times Media chain, [60]
• Ventura County Reporter, Ventura County, [61]

Colorado

• Boulder Weekly, Boulder, [62]
• Colorado Springs Independent, Colorado Springs, [63]
• Westword, Denver, owned by the New Times Media chain, [64]

Connecticut

• Hartford Advocate, Hartford, [65]
• New Haven Advocate, New Haven, [66]

District of Columbia

• On Tap Magazine, Washington, D.C. (monthly), [67]
• Washington City Paper, Washington, [68]

Florida

• Axis, Orlando (monthly), [69]
• Backstage Pass Magazine, Daytona Beach (monthly), [70]
• Beach Bulletin, Fort Myers, [71]
• City Link, Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties, owned by Forum Publishing Group and Sun Sentinel, [72]
• Creative Loafing Tampa, Tampa, [73]
• Folio Weekly, Jacksonville, [74]
• Independent News or inweekly, Pensacola, [75]
• Miami New Times, Miami, owned by the New Times Media chain, [76]
• New Times Broward-Palm Beach, Ft. Lauderdale, owned by the New Times Media chain, [77]
• Orlando Weekly, Orlando, [78]

Georgia

• The 11th Hour, Macon (biweekly), [79]
• Connect Savannah, Savannah, [80]
• Connect Statesboro, Statesboro, [81]
• Creative Loafing Atlanta, Atlanta, [82]
• Do Savannah (formerly DO entertainment section of Savannah Morning News, Savannah), [83]
• Flagpole Magazine, Athens, [84]
• Metro Spirit, Augusta, [85]

Hawaii

• Maui Time Weekly, Maui, [86]

Idaho

• Boise Weekly, Boise, [87]

Illinois

• Chicago Reader, Chicago, [88]
• Illinois Times, Springfield, [89]
• Newcity, Chicago, [90]
• The Rock River Times, Rockford, [91]

Indiana

• Nuvo Newsweekly, Indianapolis, [92]
• Whatzup, Fort Wayne, [93]

Iowa

• Cityview, Des Moines, [94]
• The Iowa Source, Fairfield, [95]
• Juice, Des Moines, [96]
• River Cities' Reader, Davenport, [97]
• Siouxland Weekender, Sioux City, part of Sioux City Journal, [98]
• 365ink Magazine, Dubuque, [99]

Kansas

• F5, Wichita, [100]
• The Hype Weekly, Manhattan, [101]

Kentucky

• Ace Weekly, Lexington, [102]
• Louisville Eccentric Observer, Louisville, [103]

Louisiana

• 225 Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge, [104]
• Gambit, New Orleans, [105]
• The IND Monthly, Lafayette, [106]
• The Times of Acadiana, Lafayette, part of The Daily Advertiser, [107]
• Where Y'at, New Orleans (monthly), [108]

Maine

• The Maine Edge, Bangor, [109]
• Portland Phoenix, Portland, [110]

Maryland

• Baltimore City Paper, Baltimore, [111]

Massachusetts

• Boston Counter Cultural Compass, Boston, [112]
• DigBoston, Boston, [113]
• Valley Advocate, Northampton, [114]
• Worcester Magazine, Worcester, [115]

Michigan

• City Pulse, Lansing, [116]
• Current, Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County, [117]
• Metro Times, Detroit, [118]
• Northern Express, Traverse City, [119]
• On the Town, Grand Rapids (monthly), [120]
• Real Detroit Weekly, Detroit, [121]
• Review Magazine, Mid-Michigan, [122]

Minnesota

• City Pages, Minneapolis and St. Paul, part of the Village Voice Media chain, [123]
• Reader Weekly, Duluth, [124]
• Vita.mn, Minneapolis and St. Paul, a subsidiary of Star Tribune Media, [125]

Mississippi

• The Jackson Free Press, Jackson, [126]

Missouri

• ink, Kansas City, owned by The Kansas City Star, [127]
• The Pitch, Kansas City, owned by the New Times Media chain, [128]
• The Riverfront Times, St. Louis, owned by the New Times Media chain, [129]

Montana

• The Billings Outpost, Billings, [130]
• The BoZone, Bozeman, [131]
• Flathead Beacon, Kalispell, [132]
• Missoula Independent, Missoula, [133]

Nebraska

• The Reader, Omaha, [134]

Nevada

• Las Vegas CityLife, Las Vegas, [135]
• Las Vegas Weekly, Las Vegas, [136]
• Reno News & Review, Reno, [137]

New Hampshire

• The Hippo, Manchester, Nashua and Concord, [138]
• The New Hampshire Gazette, Portsmouth, [139]

New Jersey

• The Aquarian Weekly, North Jersey, [140]
• Atlantic City Weekly, Atlantic City, [141]
• TAPinto, formerly The Alternative Press, hyperlocal digital news, [142]

New Mexico

• Local IQ, Albuquerque, [143]
• Santa Fe Reporter, Santa Fe, [144]
• Weekly Alibi, Albuquerque, [145]

New York

• The Public, Buffalo, dailypublic.com
• Artvoice, Buffalo, [146]
• The Beast, Buffalo, [147]
• Chautauqua Region Word, Chautauqua County, [148]
• City Newspaper, Rochester, [149]
• Ithaca Times, Ithaca, [150]
• Long Island Press, Long Island, [151]
• Metroland, Albany, [152]
• New York Press, New York City, [153]
• Syracuse New Times, Syracuse, [154]
• TAPinto, hyperlocal digital news in Putnam County, [155]
• The Village Voice, New York City, [156]

North Carolina

• Creative Loafing Charlotte, Charlotte, [157]
• Encore Magazine, Wilmington, [158]
• Indy Week, Durham, [159]
• Mountain Xpress, Asheville, [160]
• Triad City Beat, Greensboro, [161]
• Up & Coming Weekly, Fayetteville, [162]
• USWGO Alternative News, Mayodan, [163]
• Yes! Weekly, Greensboro, [164]

North Dakota

• High Plains Reader, Fargo, [165]

Ohio

• Active Dayton, Dayton, [166]
• The Athens News, Athens, [167]
• Cincinnati CityBeat, Cincinnati, [168]
• Cleveland Scene, Cleveland, owned by the New Times Media chain, [169]
• Columbus Alive, Columbus, [170]
• Dayton City Paper, Dayton, [171]
• The Devil Strip, Akron (bi-monthly), [172]
• The Other Paper, Columbus, [173]
• Toledo City Paper, Toledo, [174]
• Toledo Free Press, Toledo, [175]

Oklahoma

• Oklahoma Gazette, Oklahoma City metropolitan area, [176]

Oregon

• Corvallis Advocate, Corvallis, [177]
• Eugene Weekly, Eugene, [178]
• The Portland Mercury, Portland, [179]
• Salem Weekly, Salem, [180]
• The Source Weekly, Bend, [181]
• Willamette Week, Portland, [182]

Pennsylvania

• Erie Reader, Erie, [183]
• Fly Magazine, Lancaster, York, and Harrisburg (monthly), [184]
• Nightwire, Pittsburgh (monthly), [185]
• Philadelphia City Paper, Philadelphia, [186]
• Philadelphia Weekly, Philadelphia, [187]
• Pittsburgh City Paper, Pittsburgh, [188]
• Pulse Weekly, Allentown, [189]
• The Weekender, Wilkes-Barre, [190]
• The Weekly Recorder, Washington, [191]

Rhode Island

• Mothers News, Providence, RI, 2010-present
• Providence Phoenix, Providence, [192]

South Carolina

• Charleston City Paper, Charleston, [193]
• Columbia City Paper, Columbia, [194]
• Free Times, Columbia, [195]
• Lowcountry Weekly, Beaufort, [196]

Tennessee

• Chattanooga Pulse, Chattanooga, [197]
• Knoxville Mercury, Knoxville, [198]
• Memphis Flyer, Memphis, [199]
• Murfreesboro Pulse, Murfreesboro, [200]
• Nashville Scene, Nashville, owned by the New Times Media chain, [201]

Texas

• The Austin Chronicle, Austin, [202]
• Coffee News, Tarrant County, [203]
• Dallas Observer, Dallas, owned by the New Times Media chain, [204]
• Fort Worth Weekly, Fort Worth, [205]
• Free Press Houston, Houston (monthly), [206]
• Houston Press, Houston, part of the New Times Media chain, [207]
• Public News, Houston, [208]
• San Antonio Current, San Antonio, [209]
• Steam Magazine, Corpus Christi, [210]
• The Texas Observer, Austin (monthly), [211]
• The Weekly Scout, Marshall, Texas
• What's Up, El Paso, [212]

Utah

• Salt Lake City Weekly, Salt Lake City, [213]

Vermont

• The Citizen (Vermont), Hinesburg, Charlotte, [214]
• Seven Days, Burlington, [215]
• Shelburne News, Shelburne, [216]

Virginia

• C-Ville Weekly, Charlottesville, [217]
• AltDaily, Norfolk, [218]
• Veer, Norfolk, [219]
• City Magazine, Roanoke (monthly), [220]
• Style Weekly, Richmond, [221]

Washington

• Cascadia Weekly, Bellingham, [222]
• International Human Press, King County, [223]
• Olympia Power & Light, Olympia, [224]
• The Pacific Northwest Inlander, Spokane, [225]
• Seattle Weekly, Seattle, part of the Village Voice Media chain, [226]
• The Stranger, Seattle, [227]
• Tacoma Weekly, Tacoma, [228]
• Weekly Volcano, Tacoma and Olympia, [229]

West Virginia

• Graffiti, Parkersburg (monthly), [230]

Wisconsin

• City Pages, Wausau, [231]
• Isthmus, Madison, [232]
• The Second Supper, La Crosse, [233]
• Shepherd Express, Milwaukee, [234]
• Volume One, Eau Claire, [235]

Wyoming

• JH Weekly, Jackson Hole, [236]

Defunct alternative weeklies

• Amsterdam Weekly, Amsterdam, Netherlands, [237]
• Bellingham Weekly, Bellingham, Washington, [238]
• Bugle, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1970–1978)
• Casco Bay Weekly, Portland, Maine (1988–2002), ref
• Cleveland Free Times, Cleveland, Ohio (merged with Cleveland Scene)
• Echo Weekly, Waterloo Region, Canada (1997–2011), ref
• Express, Santa Cruz, California
• The Great Speckled Bird, Atlanta, Georgia
• Helix, Seattle, Washington (1967–1970)
• Honolulu Weekly, Honolulu, Hawaii (ended June 2013), [239]
• Hour Community, Montreal (ended May 2012), [240]
• Hundred Flowers, Minneapolis, Minnesota (1970–1972)
• Ici Montréal, Montreal (ended April 2009)
• In This Week or IN Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, [241]
• INPGH (pronounced "In Pittsburgh"), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Knoxville Voice, Knoxville, Tennessee
• L.A. Alternative, Los Angeles, California (ended September 2006), ref
• LA CityBeat, Los Angeles, California
• Las Vegas Mercury, Las Vegas, Nevada (ended March 2005), [242]
• Los Angeles Reader, Los Angeles, California
• Montreal Mirror, Montreal (ended June 2012)
• New Hampshire Free Press, Keene, New Hampshire
• New Times LA, Los Angeles, California
• North Carolina Anvil, Durham, North Carolina
• Ottawa XPress, Ottawa (ended May 2012), [243]
• Port Folio Weekly, Norfolk, Virginia, [244]
• Pulse Niagara, St. Catharines, Ontario
• Punchline, Richmond, Virginia
• Ray Alex Web, Stockholm, Sweden, [245]
• Real Paper, Boston, Massachusetts
• Red Pepper, Norfolk, Virginia
• St. John Sun Times, Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands
• Seattle Sun, Seattle, Washington (1974–1982)
• See Magazine, Edmonton (ended 2011)
• Snitch, Louisville, Kentucky
• The Spectator, Raleigh, North Carolina (1978–2002)
• The Suttertown News, Sacramento, California (1970s to mid-1980s)
• That Other Paper, Austin, Texas, [246]
• Twin Cities Reader, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Urban Tulsa Weekly, Tulsa, Oklahoma and surrounding areas (1991–2013), ref
• Urbanview, Oakland, California
• The Vancouver Voice, Vancouver, Washington (ended 2011), [247]