LA Weekly
American weekly newspaper
LA Weekly is a free alternative weekly newspaper in Los Angeles, California.
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| Format | Tabloid |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Semanal Media LLC |
| Founder(s) | Jay Levin |
| Editor | Darrick Rainey |
| Founded | 1978 |
| Headquarters | 724 S. Spring Street, Los Angeles, California, 90014 |
| Country | United States |
| Circulation | 160,128[1] (as of 2016) |
| ISSN | 0192-1940 |
| Website | www |
Publication history
changeThe paper was founded in 1978 by Jay Levin.[2][3]
By 1990, LA Weekly had a circulation of 165,000.[4]
In 1994, LA Weekly was sold to Stern Publishing, owner of The Village Voice.
In 2004, New Times Media bought Stern Publishing,[5] and changed the company's name to Village Voice Media in October 2005.[6]
References
change- ↑ "AAM: Total Circ for Consumer Magazines". Archived from the original on June 4, 2012. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
- ↑ Henderson, Bruce. "Freep Vet Tries Alternate Route," New West magazine (July 3, 1978). Archived at LA Observed.
- ↑ "L.A. Weekly Founder Jay Levin on the vision that started it all". L.A. Weekly (December 4, 2008).
- ↑ Nancy Yoshihara, "Chic L.A. Style Magazine Sold to American Express," Los Angeles Times May 11, 1988.
- ↑ Vane, Sharyn (November 1998). "Consider the Alternative". American Journalism Review. Archived from the original on June 6, 2013. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
- ↑ Richard Siklos (October 24, 2005). "The Village Voice, Pushing 50, Prepares to Be Sold to a Chain of Weeklies". The New York Times. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
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