Vue Weekly
{{short description|Alternative weekly newspaper (1995–2018)}}
{{Infobox magazine
| title = Vue Weekly
| image_file = Vue_Weekly_cover,_Issue_1.jpg
| image_caption = First issue cover, 1995
| editor =
| editor_title = Managing Editor
| staff_writer =
| frequency = Weekly
| circulation = Average of 23,280 copies each week (Alliance for Audited Media)
| category = Alternative weekly
| company = Postvue Publishing Inc.{{cite web|url=http://www.vueweekly.com/about/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040603222131/http://www.vueweekly.com/about/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=June 3, 2004 |title=About Vue Weekly |publisher=Vue Weekly |access-date=2018-12-20}}
| firstdate = September 15, 1995
| finaldate = November 29, 2018{{cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4671531/edmonton-vue-weekly-stops-magazine-newspaper/ |title=Alternative Edmonton newspaper VUE Weekly won't be published anymore |author=Mertz, E |publisher=Global News |date=2018-11-16 |access-date=2018-12-20}}
| country = Canada
| based = Edmonton
| language = English
| website =
}}
Vue Weekly was an alternative weekly newspaper published in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, with issues released every Thursday. It covered topics on artists and events that are often ignored, marginalized, or misrepresented by the mainstream media, and aimed to bring balance to Edmonton's media mosaic.{{Cite web |title=About Vue Weekly {{!}} Vue Weekly |url=http://www.vueweekly.com/about/ |url-status=usurped |access-date=27 October 2017 |website=www.vueweekly.com |language=en-US |archive-date=8 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108235442/http://www.vueweekly.com/about/ }}{{Cite web |last=Whiten |first=Jon |date=30 June 2009 |title=Two Newspapers Voted into AAN {{!}} Association News {{!}} AltWeeklies.com |url=http://posting.altweeklies.com/aan/two-newspapers-voted-into-aan/Article?oid=1234181 |access-date=6 October 2018 |website=Association of Alternate Newsmedia |language=en}}
History
Vue was founded in 1995 by former employees and owners of See Magazine, who were upset over losing control of See to its publisher, Great West Newspaper. Vue was partly owned by The Georgia Straight for a brief time, then was 100% independently owned by Ronald Garth for several years.{{Cite news |last=Dunbar |first=Jon |date=27 February 2001 |title=Publisher Shares His Vues on Media Ownership |work=The Gateway |url=http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/newspapers/GAT/2001/02/27/2/Ar00202.html}} Vue had a long-standing rivalry with its competitor See Magazine. In 2005 Vue Weekly publisher, Ron Garth filed a lawsuit against the Canadian Revenue Agency for giving tax breaks, which were designed for Canadian-owned newspapers, to its rival See because See's parent company was ultimately owned by US-based Hollinger Publishing.{{Cite news |last=Ross |first=Patrick |date=17 November 2005 |title=This Town Ain't Big Enough--Vue Meets See at High Noon |work=The Gateway |url=http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/newspapers/GAT/2005/11/17/6/Ar00600.html}}{{Cite web |last=Purse |first=Graham |date=3 June 2015 |title=How To Sue The CRA - Tax - Canada |url=http://www.mondaq.com/canada/x/402130/tax+authorities/How+To+Sue+The+CRA |access-date=6 October 2018 |website=mondaq}}
File:Vue Weekly newspaper rack.jpg
In 2011, Vue was purchased by Bob Doull and merged with See Magazine and consolidated under Postvue Publishing Inc.{{Cite web |last=Aikens |first=Afton |date=4 July 2011 |title=BC Publisher Brings New "Vue" To Edmonton's Alternative Weekly Market |url=https://mediamag.ca/2011/07/04/bc-publisher-brings-new-vue%E2%80%9D-to-edmonton-alternative-weekly-market/ |access-date=6 January 2021 |website=mediamag.ca |language=en-US}} The new publication continued as Vue Weekly.
Vue Weekly ceased publishing at the end of November 2018, with Postvue Publishing stating that the demand for an alternative weekly in the Edmonton market had been declining for several years.{{Cite web |last=Kosowan |first=Gene |date=16 November 2018 |title=What happened to VUE Weekly? |url=https://www.gigcity.ca/2018/11/16/last-call-for-weeklies-vue-folding-at-the-end-of-november/ |access-date=6 January 2021 |website=GIG CITY |language=en-US}}
As of October 2019, the vueweekly.com website was no longer active but archived versions dating back to 2002 can be viewed on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine at https://web.archive.org/web/*/vueweekly.com.
Vue was a member of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies.{{Cite news |last=Zaragoza |first=Jason |date=20 May 2011 |title=Edmonton's SEE Magazine and VUE Weekly Plan to Merge • Association of Alternative Newsmedia |language=en-US |work=Association of Alternative Newsmedia |url=http://aan.org/aan/edmontons-see-magazine-and-vue-weekly-plan-to-merge/ |access-date=6 October 2018}}
See also
{{Portal|Journalism}}
References
External links
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20190905165125/https://www.vueweekly.com/ Official site (as of 2019)]}}
- [https://issuu.com/vueweekly Vue Weekly] issues (2010–2018)
- [https://archive.org/details/edmonton-independent-news?%2F=&and%5B%5D=subject%3A%22Vue+weekly%22&sort=-date Vue Magazine Digital Collection] (1995–2010)
Category:Alternative weekly newspapers published in Canada
Category:Newspapers published in Edmonton
Category:1995 establishments in Alberta
Category:Weekly newspapers published in Alberta
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