Salem Weekly
{{Short description|Defunct alternative newspaper in Salem, Oregon, United States}}
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{{Infobox newspaper
| image = File:Salem Weekly Logo.jpg
| type = Alternative monthly
| format = Tabloid
| foundation = 2005
| ceased publication = October 2018
| owners = Independent
| publisher = A.P. Walther
| language =
| circulation = 50,000 readers per issue
| headquarters = Salem, Oregon, USA
| ISSN =
| website = {{URL|salemweeklynews.com}}
}}
Salem Weekly (formerly Salem Monthly) was an alternative newspaper publication in Salem, Oregon, United States. The semi-weekly paper was established as a monthly in April 2003 and closed in November 2018.{{Cite news |last=Bach |first=Jonathan |date=November 28, 2018 |title=Salem Weekly closes down 'effective immediately' after 14 years in business |url=https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2018/11/28/salem-weekly-free-newspaper-closed/2118592002/ |access-date=2018-11-30 |work=Statesman Journal |language=en}} It was owned and published by Andrew Paul "A.P." Walther.{{cite web |last=Isabell |first=Bill |date=August 2006 |title=Long-haired business leader |url=http://salembusinessjournal.com/pdf/sbj-0508.pdf |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070823134039/http://salembusinessjournal.com/pdf/sbj-0508.pdf |archive-date=2007-08-23 |access-date=2007-04-18 |work=Salem Business Journal |page=28}}
History
The Salem Monthly traces its origins to a coffee house in downtown Salem, Oregon called the Coffee House Cafe. Dating back to the mid-1990s, the cafe served as a popular meeting place and hangout for Salem's youth culture. In its later years of operation, the cafe began publishing a newsletter to engage customers in Salem's community and cultural affairs. Inspired by the reaction to the cafe's newsletter, cafe owner A.P. Walther decided to start up a publishing operation for an alternative newspaper in town. On November 28, 2018, the Statesman Journal reported the closure of Salem Weekly, which the Weekly announced in a letter relayed to the Statesman via local blogger Brian Hines. The last issue of the paper was published on October 25.
Topics
Topics covered in past issues include: the stigma of living on welfare; the dangers of pollution and whether recycling helps; Chemeketa Community College's financial struggles; local gay citizens' reactions to the nullification of gay marriages that took place in Multnomah County; local residents' experiences of racism; internment of Japanese, Italian, and German Americans during World War II; the Native American perspective on Thanksgiving; Bush's abuses of power; Noam Chomsky and the Iraq War.
Mission
Publisher A.P. Walther says Salem Monthly was created to give Salem "exposure to local news, thought, and culture in the greater Salem area."{{Cite web|url=http://www.salemmonthly.com:80/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=163&Itemid=97|title=Why Salem Monthly?|last=Walther|first=A.P.|date=2005|website=Salem Monthly|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310231019/http://www.salemmonthly.com:80/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=163&Itemid=97|archive-date=2007-03-10|url-status=dead|access-date=2018-11-29}}
References
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External links
- [https://salemweeklynews.com/ Salem Weekly] (official site)
{{Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association}}
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Category:2005 establishments in Oregon
Category:Alternative weekly newspapers published in the United States
Category:Mass media in Salem, Oregon
Category:Newspapers published in Oregon
Category:Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association
Category:Newspapers established in 2005
Category:Defunct newspapers published in Oregon
Category:Defunct weekly newspapers
Category:Independent newspapers published in the United States