quick facts
Established in 1971, PW can be found in over 1,600 yellow boxes, in retail and entertainment locations, and in performing arts venues throughout the region. PW is distributed Wednesdays and reaches an extremely loyal audience of young, educated and active readers who are difficult to target using conventional media. With an unparalleled editorial lineup, including special issues like Next Philadelphia, Spring, Summer and Fall Guide issues, Music, Food and Holiday issues, Philadelphia Weekly offers readers exciting and relevant information not hit on by daily newspapers.
Paper Circulation - 88,000
Frequency - 52
Distribution Area
Entire Philadelphia metropolitan area.
Page Views - 320,000
Unique Visitors - 58,541
Audit Source
Print - MRI; Media Audit 2011
Online - Google Analytics 2008
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online
In addition to the largely circulated print product, philadelphiaweekly.com offers readers an alternative to the paper that encompasses special features including blogs, contests, photos, menu and happy hour guides, homefinder features as well as editorial archives.
With overa half million page views per month, philadelphiaweekly.com is rapidly growing. Philadelphia Weekly has always been known for its strong voices. The website continues that tradition. There's also daily commentary on the latest in music, style and popular culture; podcasts featuring the most interesting local personalities and videos highlighting our city's occasional absurdities. Philadelphiaweekly.com has exciting sponsorship opportunities including a video sponsorship for some of our most popular events; including Concerts in the Park, Taste, and our Happy Hour Club series.
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PW-Philadelphia Weekly is not only the most widely read alternative weekly in the Philadelphia region reaching readership numbers of over 271,461, it has the largest circulation of any weekly newspaper in Pennsylvania.
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featured stories
Philly Needs Police
Brendan Skwire knows just as well as anyone else that cops don't necessarily prevent crime and that quite recently, a number of them have proven to be less than "Philadelphia's finest." But taking 750 of them off the street might make Philly a scary place to live.
