List of alternative newspapers explained

Alternative newspapers include the following, listed by country:

Canada

Alberta

• Vue Weekly, Edmonton. Final issue published November, 2018. Now online.
• See Magazine, Edmonton.
• Fast Forward Weekly (FFWD), Calgary.

British Columbia

• The Georgia Straight, Vancouver
• Monday Magazine, Victoria

Manitoba

• Uptown, Winnipeg

Newfoundland and Labrador

• The Scope, St. John's

Nova Scotia

• The Coast, Halifax Regional Municipality
• The Grapevine, Annapolis Valley

Ontario

• Now, Toronto
• View Magazine, Hamilton

Quebec

• Voir, chain headquartered in Quebec (French language)

Greece

• Athens Voice, Athens

Iceland

• The Reykjavík Grapevine, Reykjavík

Mexico

• Proceso, Mexico City
• ZETA, Tijuana

Russia

• The eXile, Moscow

Spain

• BCN Mes, Barcelona (alt weekly format published monthly in paper, more frequently online)
• Diagonal Periódico, Madrid (biweekly)

United States

Alabama

• Lagniappe, Mobile (weekly)

Alaska

• Anchorage Press, Anchorage

Arizona

• Phoenix New Times, Phoenix
• Tucson Weekly, Tucson

Arkansas

• Arkansas Times, Little Rock

California

• Chico News & Review, Chico
• Desert Star Weekly, Palm Springs
• East Bay Express, Oakland
• Easy Reader, Hermosa Beach
• Good Times, Santa Cruz
• LA Weekly, Los Angeles
• Metro Silicon Valley, San Jose
• Monterey County Weekly, Seaside
• New Times (weekly), San Luis Obispo, owned by the New Times Media Group
• North Bay Bohemian, Sonoma, Marin, and Napa Counties
• North Coast Journal, Humboldt County
• OC Weekly, Orange County
• Pacific Sun, Marin County
• Palo Alto Weekly, Palo Alto
• Pasadena Weekly, Pasadena
• Sacramento News & Review, Sacramento
• San Diego CityBeat, San Diego
• San Diego Reader, San Diego
• San Francisco Bay Guardian, San Francisco
• Santa Barbara Independent, Santa Barbara
• Santa Maria Sun, Santa Maria, owned by the New Times Media Group
• SF Weekly, San Francisco
• Ventura County Reporter, Ventura County

Colorado

• Boulder Weekly, Boulder
• Colorado Springs Independent, Colorado Springs
• Westword, Denver

Connecticut

• Hartford Advocate, Hartford,
• New Haven Advocate, New Haven,

District of Columbia

• Washington City Paper, Washington,

Florida

• Creative Loafing Tampa, Tampa,
• Folio Weekly, Jacksonville,
• Miami New Times, Miami, owned by the New Times Media chain,
• New Times Broward-Palm Beach, Ft. Lauderdale, owned by the New Times Media chain,
• Orlando Weekly, Orlando,

Georgia

• The 11th Hour, Macon (biweekly),
• Connect Savannah, Savannah,
• Creative Loafing Atlanta, Atlanta,
• Flagpole Magazine, Athens,
• Metro Spirit, Augusta,

Hawaii

• Maui Time Weekly, Maui,

Idaho

• Boise Weekly, Boise,

Illinois

• Chicago Reader, Chicago,
• Illinois Times, Springfield,
• Newcity, Chicago,
• The Rock River Times, Rockford,

Indiana

• Nuvo Newsweekly, Indianapolis,

Iowa

• Cityview, Des Moines,
• Juice, Des Moines,
• River Cities' Reader, Davenport,

Kansas

• The Pitch, Kansas City, (monthly)

Kentucky

• Louisville Eccentric Observer, Louisville,

Louisiana

• Gambit, New Orleans,

Maine

• The Maine Edge, Bangor,
• Portland Phoenix, Portland,

Maryland

• Baltimore City Paper, Baltimore,

Massachusetts

• DigBoston, Boston
• The Real Paper, Cambridge, 1972 - 1981
  • Valley Advocate, Northampton Worcester Magazine, Worcester

Michigan

• City Pulse, Lansing,
• Metro Times, Detroit,
• Northern Express, Traverse City,
• Real Detroit Weekly, Detroit,

Minnesota

• City Pages, Minneapolis and St. Paul

Mississippi

• The Jackson Free Press, Jackson,

Missouri

• The Pitch, Kansas City, (monthly),
• The Riverfront Times, St. Louis,

Montana

• Missoula Independent, Missoula,

Nevada

• Las Vegas CityLife, Las Vegas,
• Las Vegas Weekly, Las Vegas,
• Reno News & Review, Reno

New Hampshire

• The Hippo, Manchester, Nashua and Concord,
• The New Hampshire Gazette, Portsmouth,

New Jersey

• The Aquarian Weekly, North Jersey,
• Atlantic City Weekly, Atlantic City,
• TAPinto, formerly The Alternative Press, hyperlocal digital news,

New Mexico

• Santa Fe Reporter, Santa Fe,
• Weekly Alibi, Albuquerque,

New York

• Artvoice, Buffalo,
• The Beast, Buffalo,
• City Newspaper, Rochester,
• Long Island Press, Long Island,
• Metroland, Albany,
• Syracuse New Times, Syracuse,
• TAPinto, hyperlocal digital news in Putnam County,
• Village Voice

North Carolina

• Creative Loafing Charlotte, Charlotte, 1972–present
• Indy Week, Durham, 1983–present
• Mountain Xpress, Asheville, 1994–present
• Yes! Weekly, Greensboro, 2005–present
• Triad City Beat, Greensboro, 2014–present

North Dakota

• High Plains Reader, Fargo,

Ohio

• Active Dayton, Dayton,
• Cincinnati CityBeat, Cincinnati,
• Cleveland Scene, Cleveland,
• Columbus Alive, Columbus,
• Dayton City Paper, Dayton,
• The Other Paper, Columbus,
• Toledo City Paper, Toledo,
• Toledo Free Press, Toledo,

Oklahoma

• Oklahoma Gazette, Oklahoma City metropolitan area,

Oregon

• Eugene Weekly, Eugene,
• The Portland Mercury, Portland,
• Salem Weekly, Salem,
• Willamette Week, Portland,
• The Source Weekly, Bend,

Pennsylvania

• Erie Reader, Erie,
• Philadelphia City Paper, Philadelphia,
• Philadelphia Weekly, Philadelphia,
• Pittsburgh City Paper, Pittsburgh,
• The Weekender, Wilkes-Barre,
• The Weekly Recorder, Washington,

Rhode Island

• Mothers News, Providence, 2010–present
• Providence Phoenix, Providence, 1968-2014
• The College Hill Independent, Providence, 1990–present

South Carolina

• Charleston City Paper, Charleston,
• Columbia City Paper, Columbia,
• Free Times, Columbia,

Tennessee

• Memphis Flyer, Memphis,
• Murfreesboro Pulse, Murfreesboro,
• Nashville Scene, Nashville,

Texas

• The Austin Chronicle, Austin
• Dallas Observer, Dallas
• Fort Worth Weekly, Fort Worth
• Houstonia, Houston
• San Antonio Current, San Antonio
• The Texas Observer, Austin (monthly)
• What's Up, El Paso

Utah

• Salt Lake City Weekly, Salt Lake City,

Vermont

• Seven Days, Burlington,

Virginia

• C-Ville Weekly, Charlottesville,
• Style Weekly, Richmond,

Washington

• Cascadia Weekly, Bellingham
• The Comet, Wenatchee
• The Inlander, Spokane,
• Seattle Weekly, Seattle,
• The Stranger, Seattle,
• Tacoma Weekly, Tacoma,
• Weekly Volcano, Tacoma and Olympia,

Wisconsin

• Isthmus, Madison,
• The Second Supper, La Crosse,
• Shepherd Express, Milwaukee

Wyoming

Defunct alternative weeklies

• Amsterdam Weekly, Amsterdam, Netherlands,
• Bugle, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1970–1978)
• Cleveland Free Times, Cleveland, Ohio (merged with Cleveland Scene)
• Echo Weekly, Waterloo Region, Canada (1997–2011)
• FFWD, Calgary, (ended March 5, 2015)
• Free Press Houston, Houston, Texas (2003-2018)
• The Great Speckled Bird, Atlanta, Georgia
• Helix, Seattle, Washington (1967–1970)
• Honolulu Weekly, Honolulu, Hawaii (ended June 2013)
• Hour Community, Montreal (ended May 2012)
• Hundred Flowers, Minneapolis, Minnesota (1970–1972)
• Ici Montréal, Montreal (ended April 2009)
• Knoxville Voice, Knoxville, Tennessee
• LA CityBeat, Los Angeles, California
• Las Vegas Mercury, Las Vegas, Nevada (ended March 2005)
• Lehigh Valley Exposed, Easton, Pennsylvania
• Los Angeles Reader, Los Angeles, California
• Missoula Independent, Missoula, Montana, (1991-2018)
• Montreal Mirror, Montreal (ended June 2012)
• New Hampshire Free Press, Keene, New Hampshire
• New Times LA, Los Angeles, California
• The Noise, Flagstaff, Arizona (1993-2017)
• North Carolina Anvil, Durham, North Carolina
• Ottawa XPress, Ottawa (ended May 2012)
• Philadelphia City Paper, Philadelphia
• Port Folio Weekly, Norfolk, Virginia
• Pulse Niagara, St. Catharines, Ontario
• Seattle Sun, Seattle, Washington (1974–1982)
• See Magazine, Edmonton (ended 2011)
• Urban Tulsa Weekly, Tulsa, Oklahoma and surrounding areas (1991–2013)
• The Vancouver Voice, Vancouver, Washington (ended 2011)
• The Valley Beat, Allentown, Pennsylvania (ended 2015)

Defunct alternative biweekly or monthly newspapers

• Toronto Clarion, 1976–1985, Ontario, Canada

External links

• Underground/Alternative Newspapers History and Geography Maps and databases showing over 2,000 underground/alternative newspapers between 1965 and 1975 in the U.S.