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- noun slang An
alternative newspaper publishedweekly .
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Sometimes, the only news I feel I can rely on is my local paper, my local alt-weekly, and NPR.
Andy Wilson: Required Summer Reading for Geeks: Lost at the Con Andy Wilson 2011
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Sometimes, the only news I feel I can rely on is my local paper, my local alt-weekly, and NPR.
Andy Wilson: Required Summer Reading for Geeks: Lost at the Con Andy Wilson 2011
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From the department of unforeseen consequences: Since Dan Snyder filed a libel suit against City Paper, the D.C. alt-weekly has raised over $18,000 from 500 readers for its legal defense fund.
Update: City Paper's legal defense fund raises over $18,000 in five days The Reliable Source 2011
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Sometimes, the only news I feel I can rely on is my local paper, my local alt-weekly, and NPR.
Andy Wilson: Required Summer Reading for Geeks: Lost at the Con Andy Wilson 2011
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It is sad that the best (perhaps only) investigative journalism in this city is conducted by an alt-weekly.
Willy Week picks through Adams investigation pile (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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From the department of unforeseen consequences: Since Dan Snyder filed a libel suit against City Paper, the D.C. alt-weekly has raised over $18,000 from 500 readers for its legal defense fund.
Update: City Paper's legal defense fund raises over $18,000 in five days The Reliable Source 2011
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From the department of unforeseen consequences: Since Dan Snyder filed a libel suit against Washington City Paper, the alt-weekly has raised over $18,000 from 500 readers for its legal defense fund.
rs-update10 Post 2011
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With all due respect, it's not coming from an alt-weekly writer, either.
Brett Haber on Daniel Snyder Dan Steinberg 2011
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Since Redskins owner Dan Snyder filed a libel suit against Washington City Paper, the alt-weekly has raised more than $18,000 from 500 readers for its legal defense fund, the Reliable Source reported Wednesday.
City Paper readers donate $18,000 for defense against Dan Snyder Elizabeth Flock 2011
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Sometimes, the only news I feel I can rely on is my local paper, my local alt-weekly, and NPR.
Andy Wilson: Required Summer Reading for Geeks: Lost at the Con Andy Wilson 2011
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