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'''''Style Weekly''''' is an online alternative media outlet that was previously an alternative weekly [[newspaper]] started in November 1982 for news, arts, culture and opinion in [[Richmond, Virginia]]. <br />
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== History ==<br />
''Style'' was originally owned by [[Landmark Media Enterprises]]. In 2018, it was sold to [[Tribune Publishing]] along with two other publications for $34 million.<ref>{{Cite web |title=After more than a century, Norfolk family sells The Virginian-Pilot for $34 million |url=https://www.pilotonline.com/business/article_27dff746-6336-11e8-ae3a-77e23727ceab.html |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=The Virginian-Pilot |date=May 29, 2018 |language=en}}</ref> In that same year, ''Style Weekly'' was named as the recipient of the Virginia Press Association's award for journalistic integrity and community service.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |title=Style Weekly Wins Virginia Press Association Award for Journalistic Integrity and Community Service |url=https://www.styleweekly.com/richmond/style-weekly-wins-virginia-press-association-award-for-journalistic-integrity-and-community-service/Content?oid=8369359 |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=Style Weekly |date=April 18, 2018 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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On May 21, 2021, Tribune Publishing was purchased by hedge fund [[Alden Global Capital]] in a $633 million deal.<ref>{{Cite news |title='Vulture' Fund Alden Global, Known For Slashing Newsrooms, Buys Tribune Papers |language=en |work=NPR.org |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/05/21/998730863/vulture-fund-alden-global-known-for-slashing-newsrooms-buys-tribune-papers |access-date=2022-05-09}}</ref><br />
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On September 7, 2021, ''Style Weekly''{{'}}s editor-in-chief announced on Facebook they would be ceasing publication the following day.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-07 |title=Richmond's Style Weekly shuts down after nearly 39 years |url=https://www.virginiabusiness.com/article/richmonds-style-weekly-shuts-down-after-nearly-39-years/ |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=Virginia Business |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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On November 17, 2021, [[VPM Media Corporation]], the parent company of public media group VPM, announced it had acquired ''Style Weekly''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=VPM Acquires Style Weekly|url=https://vpm.org/articles/27199/vpm-acquires-style-weekly|access-date=2022-01-18|website=VPM.org|language=en}}</ref><br />
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On December 14, 2021, ''Style Weekly''{{'}}s editor-in-chief announced that ''Style'' would resume publishing online as it evaluates the future of the print publication.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Baldwin|first=Brent|title=Letter to the Reader|url=https://www.styleweekly.com/richmond/letter-to-the-reader/Content?oid=18220929|access-date=2022-01-18|website=Style Weekly|date=December 14, 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=VPM Acquires Style Weekly |url=https://vpm.org/articles/27199/vpm-acquires-style-weekly |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=VPM.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{Official website|http://www.styleweekly.com/}}<br />
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[[Category:Alternative weekly newspapers published in the United States]]<br />
[[Category:Newspapers published in Virginia]]<br />
[[Category:Mass media in Richmond, Virginia]]<br />
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