Philadelphia Weekly
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 The 2007-02-21 front page of Philadelphia Weekly |
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| Type | Alternative weekly |
| Format | Tabloid |
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| Owner | Review Publishing |
| Editor | Tim Whitaker |
| Founded | 1971 |
| Headquarters | 1500 Sansom St., 3rd Floor Philadelphia, PA 19102  United States |
| Circulation | 100,893[1] |
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| Website: philadelphiaweekly.com | |
Philadelphia Weekly (PW), is an award-winning alternative newspaper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, published every Wednesday.
The paper was founded in 1971 as a sister publication to the South Philadelphia Press. In 1995, the paper became Philadelphia Weekly. The paper features stories on local and national politics, as well extensive coverage of the arts - music, film, theater and the visual arts.
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[edit] Weekly Columns
[edit] The Trouble With Spikol
This column is written by Liz Spikol, who reports on issues relating to mental illness, as well as chronicling her own health struggles. In 2005 she started an online blog of the same name.
[edit] On The Radar
Written since 2005 by English immigrant Steven Wells (who formerly wrote for NME and currently writes for Guardian Unlimited, Bizarre, 90 and FourFourTwo), OtR seldom keeps to its "what's coming up" brief and instead wanders off into explosive tirades about evolution, atheism, aristocracy, rugby league and other entirely unrelated topics.
[edit] The Angry Grammarian
A comedic language column written by PW managing editor, Jeffrey Barg.
[edit] Savage Love
This syndicated sex column written by Dan Savage is a weekly feature.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Philadelphia Weekly. Verified Audit Circulation. Retrieved on 2007-02-23.
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