''Los Angeles CityBeat'' was an

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, California, debuting June 12, 2003. The publication ceased production with the March 26, 2009, issue. ''LA CityBeat'' was available every Thursday at more than 1,500 distribution locations throughout the Los Angeles area, with an initial circulation of 100,000 (dropping to 65,000 in its final year). ''LA CityBeat'' was a member of the Alternative Weekly Network and was a rare unanimous recommendation for membership in the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. Other unanimous membership votes have included New York City's '' The Village Voice'' and Halifax's ''The Coast''. The online home of the weekly newspaper, lacitybeat.com, hosted more than 12,000 unique visitors per day.

Staff

The inaugural staff included editor-in-chief Steve Appleford, publisher Rick Haelig, deputy editor

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, arts editor Natalie Nichols, award-winning film editor Andy Klein, art director Dana Collins, staff writer Dennis Romero, and calendar editor Rebecca Epstein. Donnell Alexander joined later as a staff writer. Contributors included Andrew Berardini, Perry Crowe, Mindy Farrabee, Michael Collins, Cole Coonce,

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, Richard Foss, Ron Garmon, Andrew Gumbel,

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, Erik Himmelsbach, Greg Katz,

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, Alfred Lee,

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, Anthony Miller, Chris Morris, Donna Perlmutter, Don Shirley, Kirk Silsbee, Joshua Sindell, Greg Stacy, Annette Stark, David L. Ulin, Bill Holdship and Don Waller. Graphic artists who contributed regularly included Jordan Crane,

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, and Brian Stauffer. Photographer Gary Leonard's "Take My Picture" (a long-running photo feature that originally debuted in ''

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'' and then ''

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'') appeared weekly in ''LA CityBeat'' for more than five years.

References

{{reflist City Beat Alternative weekly newspapers published in the United States Publications established in 2003 Publications disestablished in 2009 Weekly newspapers published in California