The Seattle Stranger is a weekly newspaper in Seattle, Washington, USA covering local entertainment, events and culture.
The newspaper is published once a week on Wednesday.
The Stranger is a free alternative newspaper published every two weeks in Seattle, Washington. It offers original news reporting, entertainment coverage and an events calendar called Things To Do. The paper says its readers are "affluent urbanites in their 20s and 30s with impressive disposable incomes and an appetite for everything the city has to offer."
This publication is a member of the Association of Alternative Newsmedia (AAN). AAN is a group of newspapers and magazines providing journalism that offers an alternative to the mainstream media in the area.
Circulation estimate: 74,074
This newspaper is owned by Index Newspapers, LLC.
For Seattle Stranger contact information, see the Washington news media contacts at EasyMediaList.com.
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The Stranger Cuts Staff, Suspends Print Publication Donations Sought after Coronavirus Crushes The Stranger Revenue The Seattle Stranger Names Leilani Polk Editor Write a Seattle Stranger review. Log in now if you are a Mondo Times member. If you are not a member, register for a free Mondo Times basic membership.
-- Responding to the ad revenue crash from COVID-19, the Seattle newspaper has laid off 18 employees (including managing editor Leilani Polk) and stopped print publishing. Both moves are said to be temporary. Stranger Editor Christopher Frizzelle wrote "We are determined not to let this virus and the incompetence of the Trump administration stop us."
Frizzelle wrote the story on March 13, 2020:
The Stranger Temporarily Lays Off 18 Employees
Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder, Colorado USA, March 25, 2020
-- The alternative newspaper in Seattle says "90% of our revenue -- advertising, ticketing fees, and our own events -- is directly tied to people getting together in groups. The coronavirus situation has virtually eliminated this income all at once."
The paper posted the appeal for donations on March 11, 2020 and it appears at the top of every page of the website.
Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder, Colorado USA, March 16, 2020
-- In January 2017, Leilani Polk replaced Kathleen Richards as the managing editor of the Seattle Stranger.
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