Editing Folio Weekly

{{Short description|Alternative newspaper in Jacksonville, Florida}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Folio Weekly
| image = 
| caption = Northeast Florida's News & Opinion Magazine
| type = [[Alternative weekly]]
| format = [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|Tabloid]]
| foundation = April 1987
| headquarters = 9456 Philips Highway, Suite 11, [[Jacksonville, Florida]] 32256, US
| website = {{URL|folioweekly.com}}
}}
'''''Folio Weekly''''' is an [[alternative weekly]] publication in [[Jacksonville, Florida]]. It covers topics such as politics, lifestyle, and entertainment.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/article/folio-weekly-shuts-down-after-33-years|title=Folio Weekly shuts down after 33 years|date=May 5, 2020|website=Jacksonville Daily Record - Jacksonville, Florida}}</ref>

It is the largest and most influential alternative magazine in [[Northeast Florida]] and is distributed in Duval, St. Johns and Clay.<ref name="auto"/>

==History==
The newspaper was founded in April 1987.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.wjct.org/first-coast/2020-05-05/folio-weekly-shuts-down-due-to-economic-freefall-brought-on-by-coronavirus|title=FOLIO Weekly Shuts Down Due To 'Economic Freefall' Brought On By Coronavirus|date=May 5, 2020|website=WJCT News}}</ref>

It is a member of the [[Association of Alternative Newsmedia]] and has won multiple AAN Awards. The paper has an unverified circulation of 60,000 plus print copies monthly and has grown to over 200,000 in readership each issue as of  June 2023 .<ref name="AAN directory">{{cite web|title=Folio Weekly|url=http://aan.org/alternative/Aan/ViewCompany?oid=oid%3A28
|publisher=[[Association of Alternative Newsweeklies]]|access-date=2007-01-19|archive-date=2006-10-15|df=mdy-all|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061015184340/http://www.aan.org/alternative/Aan/ViewCompany?oid=oid%3A28|url-status=dead}}</ref>

It was acquired by Boldland Press, Inc. in 2020.  Attorney [[John Michael Phillips]] has been linked to the ownership group.<ref name="Delaney2020">{{cite magazine |last1=Bill Delaney |title=Folio 2.0: John Phillips reboots Jax's alt weekly |url=https://www.thejaxsonmag.com/article/folio-20-john-phillips-reboots-jaxs-alt-weekly/ |access-date=9 June 2023 |magazine=The Jaxson |date=June 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919210041/https://www.thejaxsonmag.com/article/folio-20-john-phillips-reboots-jaxs-alt-weekly/ |archive-date=September 19, 2020}}</ref>

In March 2021, it was converted into a monthly newspaper due to lack of revenue.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Inside Folio Weekly's decision to shut down|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2020/05/06/inside-folio-weeklys-decision-to-shut-down.html|date=May 6, 2020|author= Timothy Gibbons|magazine=Jacksonville Business Journal}} (Subscription required)</ref> It has since begun to publish twice a month.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.folioweekly.com/ ''Folio Weekly's'' official site]

{{City of Jacksonville}}
{{Jacksonville Corporations}}

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[[Category:Alternative weekly newspapers published in the United States]]
[[Category:Mass media in Jacksonville, Florida]]
[[Category:Newspapers published in Florida]]
[[Category:Newspapers established in 1987]]
[[Category:1987 establishments in Florida]]
[[Category:Defunct newspapers published in Florida]]
[[Category:2021 disestablishments in Florida]]


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