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| Type | Alternative weekly |
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| Owner | Village Voice Media |
| Editor | Ted Kissell |
| Headquarters | 1666 N. Main Street Suite 500 Santa Ana, CA 92701-7417  United States |
| Circulation | 77,892[1] |
| Official website | ocweekly.com |
OC Weekly, a sister publication of both LA Weekly and The Village Voice, is a free weekly paper (an alternative weekly) distributed in Orange County, California and also in Long Beach. Its political coverage is generally progressive.[citation needed]
The paper has strong coverage of the follies and foibles of local politicians from both political parties, but especially local Republicans. It routinely criticizes George W. Bush and local Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona, and maintains an active, award-winning news blog called Navel Gazing.
Among the most popular columns include "¡Ask a Mexican!" by Gustavo Arellano, which is now in syndication, their food section, and the award-winning investigative work of R. Scott Moxley and Nick Schou. The Weekly's articles have resulted in FBI arrests, has led to the felony indictments of two consecutive Huntington Beach mayors, helped free innocent men from prison and exposed the relationship between the local sheriff and an organized crime associate. Other noteworthy coverage has included the Catholic Church sex-abuse scandal, Orange County's toll roads, and the county's many hate groups. Their articles get frequently cited by the Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Report.
It can be picked up in many coffee shops, bookstores, convenience stores, boxes on the street, etc.
The OC Weekly takes pride in its art and entertainment listings for both Orange and Los Angeles counties, rivaling the larger Orange County Register and Los Angeles Times.
Since the OC Weekly is a free paper, it must rely upon its advertising revenue. Besides their ads for hip clothing stores, restaurants and nightclubs, there are also ones for cosmetic surgery, erotica, massage services, and cannabis clubs.
References
- ^ "OC Weekly". Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. http://aan.org/alternative/Aan/ViewCompany?oid=oid%3A63. Retrieved 2007-02-14.
External links
- OC Weekly.com
- Navel Gazing, OC Weekly's nigh-world-famous staff blog
- Heard Mentality, The Weekly's music blog
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