What’s a weekly freesheet? Most large cities have 'em … weekly alternative newspapers aimed at the college-educated Generation X and Y crowd, with a liberal editorial slant, decent investigative journalism; extensive schedules of local happenings; restaurant, theater and movie reviews; and some very interesting advertising in the back. (The definition of a weekly freesheet do NOT include regular weekly suburban newspapers, Pennysavers, Thrifty Nickel-type ad rags, acivism publications, college newspapers, local ethnic and religious newspapers, and the like.) Here’s a few links from a few freesheet Web sites.
Reader (Chicago) - http://www.chireader.com
Pitch (Kansas City) - http://www.pitch.com
Westword (Denver) - http://www.westword.com
Willamette Week (Portland) - http://www.wweek.com
Orlando Weekly (Orlando) - http://www.orlandoweekly.com
Now (Toronto) - http://www.nowtoronto.com
City Paper (Washington) - http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com
I think Buffalo, New York is the largest mero area in the US without a true weekly freesheet. There is Artvoice, but it’s published only every other week, there is no investigaive journalism, and the content is usually limited to what’s new in the local arts and gay/lesbian scenes.
Any metro areas that are larger than Buffalo wihou a weekly freesheet?