Boston's Weekly Dig
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| Type | Alternative weekly |
| Format | Tabloid |
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| Owner | Dig Publishing, LLC |
| Publisher | Jeff Lawrence |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Headquarters | 242 East Berkeley Street 2nd Floor Boston, MA 02118  United States |
| Circulation | 60,079[1] |
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| Website: weeklydig.com | |
Boston's Weekly Dig sometimes just called the Weekly Dig or even just the Dig is a free alternative newsweekly found in Boston, Massachusetts. It offers commentary on music, arts, politics, technology, film, sex, food, drink and more, as well as local bar, entertainment and club listings, and classified ads. It is distributed Wednesday, free of charge, in self-serve newspaper dispensers located throughout the city.
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[edit] History
The Weekly Dig was founded in September of 1999, by Jeff Lawrence. Previously, Lawrence had published a monthly magazine called Shovel founded in 1997. Shovel discontinued publishing in the Spring of 2000, where it had become an insert to the Weekly Dig.
In September of 2003, Lawrence moved to change the editorial direction by dismissing - and amidst some acrimony - Joe Bonni, founding editor. Assistant editor (and junior partner) Seth McM. Donlin was named interim editor; 'Judas Goat' columnist Joe Keohane was appointed the replacement editor later in 2003.
In October, 2004, Boston magazine publisher Metrocorp announced that it bought a majority stake in the Weekly Dig. Metrocorp, which has operated Boston magazine since 1971, also publishes Elegant Wedding, Concierge, Home & Garden and New England Travel and Life. It also has operated Philadelphia since 1946.
Three months later, in January of 2005, the paper went through a relaunch that offered a new, updated design and broader content. Since then, its circulation has more than doubled to about 70,000 copies distributed weekly.
In May, 2007, Lawrence announced that he had purchased the paper back from Metrocorp in what both sides called "an amicable divorce".[2]
[edit] Content and sections
The Dig's feature articles most often deal with current local news issues, though not to the extent of the competing Boston Phoenix. The bulk of the paper is made up of reviews of music, theatre, movies, and local restaurants. Current regular columns include the staff-written Media Farm, covering mostly the Boston market print media; The Burn Unit, written by somethingawful.com music critic David Thorpe; and a beer column written by Jason and Todd Alström, maintainers of the BeerAdvocate.com website.
Comics are near the end of the issue, and currently contain the strips The K Chronicles by Keith Knight, Ted Rall by Ted Rall, Perry Bible Fellowship by Nicholas Gurewitch, Lulu Eightball by Emily Flake, Thinking Ape Blues by Mark Poutenis, and Secret Asian Man by Tak Toyoshima. On the opposing page is a themed crossword puzzle.
The Weekly Dig carries the syndicated advice column Savage Love.
[edit] References
- ^ Boston's Weekly Dig. Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. Retrieved on 2007-02-23.
- ^ http://business.bostonherald.com/businessNews/view.bg?articleid=197971
