Interesting Facts about Tucson Weekly: The Only Alternative Weekly Covering the Entire Metropolitan Area

If you are a resident of Tucson, Arizona, then you have most probably read (or at least heard about) the Tucson Weekly. This alternative weekly, founded in 1984, covers the entire metropolitan area and serves around 900,000 residents.

If you want to know more about Tucson Weekly, then here are some interesting facts that you would not read on the paper.

Fact 1- According to the March 2005 Audit by VAC, the Weekly has a circulation of more than 49,000- nearing 10% of Tucson population.

Fact 2- The new issues of Tucson Weekly arrives on newsstands and magazine kiosks Thursday of every week.

Fact 3- Yes, Tucson Weekly is going for social networking and will not be left behind in today's generation. In other words, Tucson Weekly has a Facebook account.

Facebook Account of Tucson Weekly

http://www.facebook.com/tucsonweekly

Fact 4- The editorial content of the Weekly focuses on lifestyle interests and topics of young adults. It can cover business, politics, social issues, sports, music and events.

Fact 5- The colorful tabloid has an online version.

Tucson Weekly Online

http://www.tucsonweekly.com/

Tucson Weekly Online Classifieds

http://classifieds.tucsonweekly.com/

Fact 6- You can follow Tucson Weekly on Twitter, of course. Here's the link.

Follow Tucson Weekly on Twitter

http://twitter.com/tucsonweekly

Fact 7- Some of the notable individuals who have once or present been part of the Tucson Weekly includes James Reel, Michael Parnell and Chris Limberis who is now an Arizona Daily Star reporter

Fact 8- The comic strip Red Meat was first launched in the Tucson Weekly. Now, Red Meat appears in more than 75 weeklies as well as in college papers all over US.

Fact 9- Tucson Weekly also has a MySpace account.

Tucson Weekly on MySpace

http://www.myspace.com/TucsonWeekly