Seattle Weekly
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Type | Alternative weekly |
Format | Tabloid |
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Owner | Village Voice Media |
Publisher | Ken Stocker |
Editor | Mike Seely |
Editor-in-Chief | Mark D. Fefer |
Founded | 1976 |
Headquarters | 1008 Western Ave. Suite 300 Seattle, WA 98104 United States |
Circulation | 99,137[1] |
ISSN | 0898-0845 |
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Website: SeattleWeekly.com |
Seattle Weekly is a freely distributed newspaper in Seattle, Washington, United States. It was founded by Darrell Oldham and David Brewster, now publisher of Crosscut, as The Weekly, and its first issue came out on March 31, 1976.
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[edit] Ownership/management history
The paper is currently owned by Village Voice Media which also owns the Village Voice and other alternative weekly newspapers that are distributed to readers free of charge each Wednesday.
Former Owners of the Seattle Weekly include Sasquatch Publishing/Quickfish Media, Seattle from 1976-1997; Stern Publishing, New York from 1997-2000; and Village Voice Media, New York from 2000-present.
In July 2006, longtime Editor-in-Chief [Knute "Skip" 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] Competition
Its principal competitor is The Stranger, an alternative weekly paper in Seattle.
[edit] References
- ^ Seattle Weekly. Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. Retrieved on 2007-02-22.
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