Birmingham Weekly

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Birmingham Weekly is a free weekly alternative newspaper with offices in the Highland Towers apartment building. The Weekly, started in 1997 by Birmingham Business Journal publisher Tina Savas. The paper has a circulation of about 25,000 and is now published by Magnolia Media, a holding company controlled by Chuck Leishman which also owns the Atlanta-based Creative Loafing chain of newsweeklies. It was acquired from Savas in 2000 shortly after Leishman became General Manager of the paper, and largely absorbed Creative Loafing Birmingham's local staff.

The editor of the Birmingham Weekly is Glenny Brock. Staff writers are Managing Editor Phillip Jordan and Kyle Whitmire. Production Manager/Art Director is Ted Perry. Past editors include Thomas Spencer and Darin Powell. The Weekly is a member of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, a trade organization, and the Alternative Weekly Network, a marketing group.

In 1998, the Birmingham Weekly was the target of a boycott in Gardendale led by mayor Kenneth Clemons and Pastors Greg Davis and Steve Gaines of The Church at Peachtree and First Baptist Church of Gardendale respectively. They objected to the content of personal ads and advertisements for phone sex as well as a perceived "anti-Christian" slant of reporting on churches.

For the October 2005 a fifth overall design scheme for the paper, created by Mathieu Schmutzle was launched, partly to get away from the large capital "W" logo, used since 2003, which was too closely aligned with George W. Bush's supporters.

Special supplements published in the Weekly include Avenues, the annual Menu of Menus, annual Women's issue, annual poetry issue, annual photo/fiction issue, annual holiday gift guide, and semi-annual fashion supplements.

References

  • Iwan, Christine. (June 28, 2000) "Birmingham Weekly Sold to Holding Company." Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. - accessed March 26, 2006
  • Zurowski, Cory. (November 12, 1998) "Birmingham Weekly Fights Church-led Boycott." Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. - accessed March 26, 2006
  • Fazzone, Amanda. (November 9, 1999) "Leishman Named GM at Birmingham Weekly." Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. - accessed March 26, 2006

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