''Real Detroit Weekly'' (often called just ''Real Detroit'') was a
weekly newspaper
A weekly newspaper is a general-news or Current affairs (news format), current affairs publication that is issued once or twice a week in a wide variety broadsheet, magazine, and electronic publishing, digital formats. Similarly, a biweekly new ...
distributed free of charge every Wednesday from 1999 to 2014, that focused mainly on entertainment news from metro
Detroit
Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at th ...
. It had a proportion of advertisements similar to the ''
Metro Times
The ''Detroit Metro Times'' is a progressive alternative weekly located in Detroit, Michigan. It is the largest circulating weekly newspaper in the metro Detroit area.
History and content
Supported entirely by advertising, it is distributed f ...
'' (and some of the same advertisers). Both publications were usually available at the same establishments. In May 2014, the two papers merged.
Real Detroit was a cornerstone for local music and arts. Their collection of unique writers worked hard to keep that fact shining high. For most bands between 1999-2004, Real Detroit was their first or pivotal piece of press.
References
Newspapers published in Detroit
Weekly newspapers published in the United States
Publications established in 1999
Publications disestablished in 2014
1999 establishments in Michigan
2014 disestablishments in Michigan
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Writers and editors included
BJ Hammerstein
Jonathan Mahalak
Shannon McCarthy