- Philadelphia Weekly
Infobox_Newspaper
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caption = The2007-02-21 front page of
"Philadelphia Weekly"
type =Alternative weekly
format =Tabloid
foundation =1971
owners = Review Publishing
headquarters = 1500 Sansom St., 3rd FloorPhiladelphia , PA 19102
USA
editor = Tim Whitaker
publisher =
circulation = 100,893 [cite web |url=http://www.verifiedaudit.com/masthead.php?pid=4494&mid=000 |title=Philadelphia Weekly |accessdate=2007-02-23 |publisher=Verified Audit Circulation ]
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website = [http://philadelphiaweekly.com/ philadelphiaweekly.com]"Philadelphia Weekly (PW)", is an award-winning alternative newspaper in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , published every Wednesday.The paper was founded in 1971 as a sister publication to the "South Philadelphia Press". In 1995, the paper became Philadelphia Weekly. The paper features stories on local and national politics, as well extensive coverage of the arts - music, film, theater and the visual arts.
Weekly Columns
The Trouble With Spikol
This column is written by Liz Spikol, who reports on issues relating to
mental illness , as well as chronicling her own health struggles. In 2005 she started an [http://trouble.philadelphiaweekly.com/ online blog] of the same name.On The Radar
Written since 2005 by English immigrant
Steven Wells (who formerly wrote for NME and currently writes for Guardian Unlimited, Bizarre, 90 and FourFourTwo), OtR seldom keeps to its "what's coming up" brief and instead wanders off into explosive tirades about evolution, atheism, aristocracy, rugby league and other entirely unrelated topics.The Angry Grammarian
A comedic language column written by PW managing editor, Jeffrey Barg.
avage Love
This syndicated sex column written by
Dan Savage is a weekly feature.ee also
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Alternative weekly References
External links
* [http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/ Philadelphia Weekly]
* [http://willdo.philadelphiaweekly.com/The Philadelphia Will Do blog]
* [http://trouble.philadelphiaweekly.com/ The Trouble With Spikol blog]
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