PUB 480 Study Guide - Final Guide: The Georgia Straight, Entertainment Weekly
8 Sep 2020
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No other city publication knows more about vancouver than the georgia straight. Regular weekly coverage includes arts, music, fashion, travel, health, food, and. Restaurants, plus vancouver"s most comprehensive listings of entertainment activities and special events. Circulation: more than 816,000 unduplicated readers/visitors print and website per week independent survey conducted july 2016 by vancouver. Also listed online: publisher, associate publisher, general manager, Director, six section editors, a senior editor, three associate editors, six reporters, a proofreader and many contributors and administration staff. Five sales reps and many other assistant sales reps. Ownership: founded by dan mcleod, still owned by his family, until it was sold last year. Laura said most of the revenue for the georgia straight still comes from print advertising, despite the paper having an extensive web page since 2007. Laura said it was illegal in the straight"s early days to give out a paper for free and that the georgia straight is part of the free press movement.
