''Fort Worth Weekly'' is an

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that serves the Greater Fort Worth area (all of Tarrant County and some of Denton County). The newspaper has an approximate circulation of 35,000. It is published every Wednesday and features news, editorials, profiles, and reviews of art, books, theatrical productions, food, films, music, and more, plus classifieds. With the exception of film, the ''Weekly''s editorial coverage is 100 percent local. The ''Weekly'' publishes an annual "Best Of" issue in the fall, and special advertising sections (including ones devoted to restaurants, holiday shopping, and education). It also produces events, including Thursday Night Live, a free weekly outdoor spring/summer concert series produced in collaboration with Central Market; First Friday on the Green, a free monthly outdoor spring/summer concert series produced in collaboration with Fort Worth South Inc.; the Visionary Awards, $500 cash awards given to three outstanding up-and-coming Fort Worth artists; and the Fort Worth Weekly Music Awards and Music Awards Festival, a free day-long concert featuring nearly 50 bands, all local, performing in several different venues scattered throughout Fort Worth's West 7th Street corridor.

Staff

The award-winning editorial department at the ''Fort Worth Weekly'' is led by Anthony Mariani, named editor in April 2015.

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, a winner of both the

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and the

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, was editor from October 2001 to March 2015. Lone staff writer Edward Brown works with a host of freelancers. The ''Fort Worth Weekly'' is owned by publisher Lee Newquist.

History

''Fort Worth Weekly'' was founded in 1996 as ''FW Weekly'' by

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, a former features editor at the ''

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'' and son of Nine West co-founder

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sold ''The Weekly'' to national alt-weekly chain

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in August, 2000. New Times vice president and ''Dallas Observer'' publisher Lee Newquist purchased the paper and separated from the company a year later."Publisher Buys Fort Worth Weekly from New Times"
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External links

''Fort Worth Weekly'' website
Newspapers published in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex Alternative weekly newspapers published in the United States Weekly newspapers published in Texas