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The Columbus Free Press is an alternative journal published in Columbus, Ohio since October 11, 1970. This publication originally focused on anti-war and alternative culture issues. Although printed on newsprint and formatted like a weekly alternative newspaper, it has been published monthly for most of its existence.
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Early history
The Columbus Free Press was the culmination of a string of attempts to launch an antiwar underground newspaper in Columbus, which included the Free University Cosmic Cosmic, Gregory, Renaissance, and Purple Berries. None of these efforts had survived for more than a few months. The Free Press (still alive in greatly altered form in its fortieth year) was founded by a large cast of volunteers including Steve Abbott, Bill and Sandi Quimby, Paul Ricciardi, Steve Conliff, Cheryl Betz, John Hunt, and Roger Doyle—with many others. The first issue, dated Oct. 21, 1970, was printed in a run of 2000 copies and sold for 15 cents.[1]
Notes
- ^ "Karl and Groucho's Marxist Dance" by Steve Abbott, Voices from Underground: Insider Histories of the Vietnam Era Underground Press ed. Ken Wachsberger (Incredible Librarian Books, 1993)
References
- Wachsberger, Ken, ed. Voices from the Underground: Insider Histories of the Vietnam Era Underground Press (Incredible Librarian Books, 1993) ISBN 1-879461-01-3 [1]
See p. 325-342.
External links
Categories:- Media in Columbus, Ohio
- Publications established in 1970
- Midwestern United States newspaper stubs
- Ohio stubs
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