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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.
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]
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]
Competition
The Seattle Weekly's principal competitor is The Stranger, another
alternative weekly paper published in Seattle.
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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