''C-VILLE Weekly'' is an alternative weekly newspaper distributed around

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. Dubbing itself "Charlottesville's News & Arts Weekly," in 2001, the newspaper made over $100,000 in profits. In 2013 ''C-VILLE Weekly'' and other local news outlet ''Charlottesville Tomorrow'' entered a content sharing agreement with intent to improve journalism on education. In June 2020 the newspaper

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staff. The remaining journalism team was two reporters, a part-time editor, and a budget to hire a copy editor as needed.

History

Hawes Spencer and Bill Chapman founded the paper as a bi-weekly in 1989. In January 2002 newspaper owners Bill Chapman and Rob Jiranek dismissed Hawes Spencer as editor of ''C-VILLE Weekly''. In response Spencer and some other ''C-VILLE Weekly'' staff founded competing newspaper, ''

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''. Cathryn Harding became editor in January 2002. In 2011 the parent companies that owned C-VILLE Weekly and the Hook merged, re-uniting publications which had common origins. In 2018 the arts and living reporter for C-VILLE Weekly remarked that after the 2017

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, there was more community support for journalism on local

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.{{cite web , title=Q&A: Erin O'Hare, C-Ville Weekly , url=https://www.vpa.net/articles/qa-erin-ohare-c-ville-weekly/ , website=Virginia Press Association , date=21 November 2018

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C-Ville Weekly
Mass media in Charlottesville, Virginia Alternative weekly newspapers published in the United States 1989 establishments in Virginia Newspapers established in 1989