''Boise Weekly'' is a newspaper in
Boise, Idaho, United States. It was founded in 1992 by Andy and Debi Hedden-Nicely and Larry Regan.
It is owned by
Adams Publishing Group's Western Division
and is part of ''
The Idaho Press
''The Idaho Press'' of Nampa, Idaho is the second-oldest active newspaper in Idaho, first printed in December 1883. In its early years, the newspaper was often an instrument of political influence. One of the first owners and editors was Frank Ste ...
''.
It has an unaudited circulation of 35,000 and is published weekly on Wednesday. Its market is southwestern Idaho from
McCall on the northwest to
Sun Valley to the east.
In February 2000, the paper was sold to the
Portland, Oregon
Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populous ...
-based City of Roses Newspaper Company, which also owns two other
alt-weekly
An alternative newspaper is a type of newspaper that eschews comprehensive coverage of general news in favor of stylized reporting, opinionated reviews and columns, investigations into edgy topics and magazine-style feature stories highlighting l ...
newspapers, ''
Willamette Week
''Willamette Week'' (''WW'') is an alternative weekly newspaper and a website published in Portland, Oregon, United States, since 1974. It features reports on local news, politics, sports, business, and culture.
History
Early history
''Willam ...
'' and the ''
Santa Fe Reporter'',
but only a year and a half later, in August 2001, City of Roses sold the ''Boise Weekly'' to Mark ("Bingo") Barnes and Sally Barnes
(''nee'' Freeman). Bingo Barnes became its publisher and editor-in-chief.
The Barneses were married, but they later divorced and Sally Barnes resumed using her unmarried name of Sally Freeman. In 2007, Bingo Barnes left to become publisher of the ''
Anchorage Press
The ''Anchorage Press'' is a free alternative weekly newspaper based in Anchorage, Alaska and owned by Wick Communications.
Established in 1992 by Bill Boulay, Barry Bialik, and Nick Coltman as the ''Anchorage Bypass'', it was renamed the ''Anch ...
'' and in 2013 became the editor of Kuna Melba News in Kuna, Idaho. Freeman became full owner of the ''Boise Weekly'', also remaining its publisher.
See also
*
Media in Boise, Idaho The Boise Metropolitan Statistical Area is served by six major television stations, two daily newspapers, three major weekly newspapers and 19 major commercial radio stations.
The area is also home to a number of non-profit radio stations, a magazi ...
References
External links
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Newspapers published in Idaho
Alternative weekly newspapers published in the United States
Publications established in 1992
Mass media in Boise, Idaho
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