Washington City Paper
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Type | alternative weekly |
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Format | tabloid |
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Owner | Washington Free Weekly Inc. |
Publisher | Amy Austin |
Editor | Erik Wemple |
Founded | 1981 |
Political allegiance | nonpartisan |
Language | English |
Price | free |
Headquarters | Washington, District of Columbia |
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Website: washingtoncitypaper.com |
The Washington City Paper is a U.S. alternative weekly newspaper serving the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.
Founded in 1981 by Russ Smith, it has shared ownership with the Chicago Reader since 1985. The City Paper is distributed on Thursdays; its average circulation in 2004 was 88,730. The paper's editorial mix is focused exclusively on local news and arts.
Its editor is Erik Wemple. In 2003, Amy Austin, the longtime general manager, was promoted to publisher.
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Regular City Paper features include:
- a cover feature, 2,500 to 12,000 words in length
- an arts feature, 1,200 to 2,000 words in length
- The District Line, a section comprised of shorter news features about D.C.
- Loose Lips, a news column devoted to D.C. local politics, written by James Jones
- Dept. of Media, an irregular news column devoted to Washington-based media, written by Erik Wemple
- Cheap Seats, a feature column devoted to sports in D.C., written by Dave McKenna
- Show & Tell, a news column devoted to Washington-area arts and entertainment, written by Chris Shott
- Young & Hungry, a food column written by Tim Carman and Anne Marson
- Artifacts, a pair of short arts features
- Channel Serf, a TV-review column by Mario Correa
- Film reviews by critics Mark Jenkins and Tricia Olszewski
- Theater reviews by critics Trey Graham and Bob Mondello
- Art reviews by Jeffry Cudlin
- Music and book reviews by various writers
- City Lights, a section comprising critics' events picks.
Also published are a number of syndicated features:
- Ink Well Crosswords, by Ben Tausig
- News of the Weird, by Chuck Shepherd and Jim Sweeney
- Savage Love, by Dan Savage
- The Straight Dope, by Cecil Adams
- Comics by Derf, Emily Flake, Ted Rall, Ben Claasen III, and Lynda Barry.