Fort Worth Weekly
Type | Alternative weekly |
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Founder(s) | Robert Camuto |
Founded | 1996 |
Language | English |
Headquarters | Fort Worth, Texas |
Website | www |
Fort Worth Weekly is an
The newspaper has an approximate circulation of 35,000.[1] It is published every Wednesday and features news, editorials, profiles, and reviews of art, books, theatrical productions, food, films, music, and more, plus classifieds. With the exception of film, the Weekly's editorial coverage is 100 percent local.
The Weekly publishes an annual "Best Of" issue in the fall, and special advertising sections (including ones devoted to restaurants, holiday shopping, and education). It also produces events, including Thursday Night Live, a free weekly outdoor spring/summer concert series produced in collaboration with Central Market; First Friday on the Green, a free monthly outdoor spring/summer concert series produced in collaboration with Fort Worth South Inc.; the Visionary Awards, $500 cash awards given to three outstanding up-and-coming Fort Worth artists; and the Fort Worth Weekly Music Awards and Music Awards Festival, a free day-long concert featuring nearly 50 bands, all local, performing in several different venues scattered throughout Fort Worth's West 7th Street corridor.
Staff
The award-winning editorial department at the Fort Worth Weekly is led by Anthony Mariani, named editor in April 2015.
Lone staff writer Edward Brown works with a host of freelancers. The Fort Worth Weekly is owned by publisher Lee Newquist.
History
Fort Worth Weekly was founded in 1996 as FW Weekly by
References
- ^ Fort Worth Weekly profile
- ^ "Gayle Reaves Named Editor at FW Weekly" Archived 2006-10-18 at the Wayback Machine, October 10, 2001, Association of Alternative Newsweeklies
- ^ "Ten Years and Going Strong"
- ^ "National Publisher Agrees to Buy Fort Worth, Texas Weekly Newspaper"
- ^ "Publisher Buys Fort Worth Weekly from New Times"