''What's Up'' is an

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newspaper circulated every Wednesday in

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, Ciudad Juárez, México, and nearby

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. The publication is a member of the Alternative Weekly Network. ''What's Up'' prints 30,000 issues and distributes every Wednesday at various locations throughout the region such as local restaurants, cafés, bars, youth centers and retail stores. ''What's Up'' is also delivered with its sister publication '' El Paso Inc.'', El Paso's business newspaper, to home subscribers. ''What's Up,'' encompassed by ''El Paso Inc.,'' is a member of the Better Business Bureau.

History

''What's Up'' is published by Investor Publications, Inc., and was founded by Tom and Ellie Fenton and Debra Fraire. The publication promotes why

El Paso El Paso (; ; or ) is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States. The 2020 United States census, 2020 population of the city from the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau was 678,815, making it the List of ...

is a great place to live and everything there is to do and see each week. Areas of content include food, cinema, theater, art, music, and nightlife in El Paso and the surrounding region. ''What's Up'' was originally published on Thursdays. The print timeline was moved to Wednesdays in order to give readers more time to use the paper to make weekend plans.

Special sections

''What's Up'' publishes several special issues annually to cover notable El Paso events, including the Sun Bowl football game and Amigo Airsho. ''What's Up's'' reader's choice awards, the Best of the Best, also ends in a special issue after a nomination session and voting party every spring. In 2009,''What's Up'' also launched ''What's Up for Kids'', an annual comic-book sized newspaper written for El Paso youth, ages 8 to 13. Syndicated content in ''What's Up'' includes

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and ¡Ask a Mexican!. Notable musician and native El Pasoan Jim Ward formerly wrote the column ''From The End Of This Pen,'' covering music, life, and El Paso itself.

References

External links

Official Website

Alternative Weekly Network
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