Editing Seattle Weekly

{{short description|American Alternative biweekly newspaper based in Seattle, Washington}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Seattle Weekly
| image = Seattle Weekly (newspaper) cover.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = 
| logo = Seattle Weekly logo.svg
| type = [[Alternative weekly]]
| format = [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|Tabloid]]
| staff = Cameron Sheppard
| foundation = 1976
| owners = [[Sound Publishing]]
| headquarters = 307 Third Avenue South<br />[[Seattle, Washington]]
| editor = Andy Hobbs<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.seattleweekly.com/ |title=Seattle Weekly |access-date=March 20, 2018}}</ref>
| ISSN = 0898-0845
| oclc = 17527271
| circulation = formerly 38,000 (web-only since 2019)
| circulation_ref = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://aan.org/alternative/Aan/ViewCompany?oid=oid%3A85 |title=Seattle Weekly |access-date=February 22, 2007 |website=[[Association of Alternative Newsweeklies]] }}</ref>
| website = {{URL|http://seattleweekly.com}}
| founder = {{ubl|Darrell Oldham|[[David Brewster (journalist)|David Brewster]]}}
}}

The '''''Seattle Weekly''''' is an [[alternative weekly|alternative biweekly]] distributed [[newspaper]] in [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], United States. It was founded by Darrell Oldham and [[David Brewster (journalist)|David Brewster]] as ''The Weekly.'' Its first issue was published on March 31, 1976, and it became a web-only publication on March 1, 2019. Since January 2013, it has been owned by Sound Publishing, Inc., a subsidiary of the Canadian company [[Black Press]] and the largest community news publisher in Washington State.<ref>{{cite news|first1=Nick |last1=Provenza |first2=Aaron |last2=Spencer |title=Seattle Weekly sold to Sound Publishing|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/seattle-weekly-sold-to-sound-publishing/|newspaper=[[The Seattle Times]]|access-date=January 9, 2013}}</ref> It is published each Wednesday.<!-- Still true now that it is web-only? -->

==Ownership history==
Former owners of the ''Seattle Weekly'' include Sasquatch Publishing/Quickfish Media, Seattle from 1976 to 1997; Stern Publishing, New York, from 1997 to 2000; [[Village Voice Media]], New York, from 2000 to 2012; and [[Voice Media Group]] from September 2012 to January 2013.<ref>{{cite web|first=Anthony |last=Ha|title=Village Voice Media Execs Acquire the Company's Famed Alt Weeklies, Form New Holding Company|date=September 23, 2012 |url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/09/23/voice-media-group-acquisition/|website=[[Tech Crunch]]|access-date=September 27, 2012}}</ref> Village Voice Media executives Scott Tobias, Christine Brennan and Jeff Mars bought Village Voice Media's papers and associated web properties from its founders to form Voice Media Group. Sound Publishing purchased the ''Seattle Weekly'' from Voice Media Group in January 2013.<ref>{{cite web |first= Jason |last=Zaragoza|url=http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/seattle-weekly-and-sf-weekly-sold-in-separate-transactions/Article?oid=6847891|title=''Seattle Weekly'' and ''SF Weekly'' Sold in Separate Transactions – Industry News |website=AltWeeklies.com |date=January 9, 2013 |access-date=April 9, 2018}}</ref>

In July 2006, longtime editor-in-chief [[Knute Berger]] announced he would be leaving the paper.<ref name="Uncertain times">{{cite news |first=Eric |last=Pryne |title=Uncertain times at Seattle Weekly |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2003145858_weekly23.html |work=The Seattle Times |date=July 23, 2006 |access-date=February 22, 2007 }}</ref>

Mark Baumgarten, former ''City Arts'' editor-in-chief and author of ''Love Rock Revolution'', became editor-in-chief on March 12, 2013, replacing Mike Seely who resigned January of the same year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.seattleweekly.com/news/thedailyweekly/942396-129/seattleweekly|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150604075152/http://www.seattleweekly.com/news/thedailyweekly/942396-129/seattleweekly|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 4, 2015|title=Seattle Weekly Names Mark Baumgarten Editor-in-Chief |website=Seattle Weekly|access-date=April 9, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2013/01/16/mike-seely-leaving-seattle-weekly-ballard-bound/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121141841/http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2013/01/16/mike-seely-leaving-seattle-weekly-ballard-bound/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 21, 2013 | work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer | title=Mike Seely leaving Seattle Weekly, Ballard bound}}</ref> In January 2018, Seth Sommerfeld became editor-in-chief and Mark Baumgarten transitioned to editorial director for [[King County]]. In June 2018, Andy Hobbs replaced Baumgarten as editorial director, and in August 2018, he became editor-in-chief.

Eric LaFontaine was named publisher in May 2018 and was put in change of all digital and print operations.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 2, 2018 |title=Eric LaFontaine Named Seattle Weekly Publisher |url=https://www.seattleweekly.com/news/eric-lafontaine-named-seattle-weekly-publisher/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=August 26, 2023 |website=Seattle Weekly |language=en-US}}</ref>

On February 25, 2019, Sound Publishing announced that the paper would transition to web-only content in a move similar to the ''[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]'' a decade earlier.<ref>{{cite news |last=Connelly |first=Joel |date=February 25, 2019 |title=''Seattle Weekly'': Once-great writers' paper ceases print publication |url=https://www.seattlepi.com/local/politics/article/Seattle-Weekly-Once-great-writers-paper-ceases-13643762.php |work=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]] |access-date=February 25, 2019}}</ref> The final print edition was published on February 27, 2019, and the web-only portal was launched two days later.<ref>{{cite news |last=Roberts |first=Paul |date=February 25, 2019 |title=''Seattle Weekly'' stops the presses, putting a period on four decades of print |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/seattle-weekly-to-end-its-print-edition/ |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=February 25, 2019}}</ref>

==Columns==
* ''Mossback'', by Knute Berger as editor-in-chief
* ''Ask an Uptight Seattlite'', advice by David Stoesz<ref>{{Cite web
 | title = Seattle Weekly: Ask an Uptight Seattleite
 | date = November 13, 2008
| url = http://www.seattleweekly.com/columns/view/284118/
 | access-date = March 4, 2009
 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://mynorthwest.com/11/291380/Uptight-Seattleite-columnist-revealed | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121128160202/http://mynorthwest.com/11/291380/Uptight-Seattleite-columnist-revealed | url-status = dead | archive-date = November 28, 2012 | title = Uptight Seattleite columnist revealed – Local |website=[[MyNorthwest.com]]}}  <!-- The archive link was junk --> </ref>
* ''Dategirl'', by Judy McGuire<ref>{{Cite web
 | title = Seattle Weekly: Dategirl
 | date = November 13, 2008
| url = http://www.seattleweekly.com/columns/view/154298/
 | access-date = March 4, 2009
 }}</ref>
* ''Seattleland'', by Rick Anderson<ref>{{Cite web
 | title = Seattle Weekly: Seattleland
 | url = http://www.seattleweekly.com/search/?q=seattlelanf
 | access-date = November 12, 2014
 }}</ref>
* ''Space Witch'', astrology by Elissa Ball
* ''Stash Box'', cannabis culture by Meagan Angus
* ''Beer Hunting'', beer by Jacob Uitti
* ''Constant Reader'', literature by Paul Constant
* ''Electric Eye'', by Brooklyn Benjestorf (2015–2016)<!-- topic? -->

==Competition==
The ''Seattle Weekly''{{'}}s principal competitor is ''[[The Stranger (newspaper)|The Stranger]]'', an alternative biweekly paper published in [[Seattle]].<ref>[http://www.villagevoicemedia.com/citypapers/seattleweekly Seattle Weekly] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616030419/http://www.villagevoicemedia.com/citypapers/seattleweekly |date=June 16, 2010 }} at VillageVoiceMedia.com</ref><!-- Is this still true now that the publication is web-only? -->

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.seattleweekly.com ''Seattle Weekly'' website]

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[[Category:Alternative weekly newspapers published in the United States]]
[[Category:Newspapers published in Seattle]]
[[Category:Newspapers established in 1976]]
[[Category:1976 establishments in Washington (state)]]
[[Category:Black Press newspapers]]
[[Category:Online newspapers with defunct print editions]]