A Tale of Two Weeklies

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  • For 26 years, two alt-weekly newspapers battled it out in the streets of a mid-size Canadian prairie city. This is the story of the rise, rivalry and fall of Edmonton’s alt-weeklies, led by podcast producers and former weekly staffers Andrew Paul, Fawnda Mithrush and Paul Blinov. Join them as they dig in to the history of Vue Weekly and SEE Magazine through dozens of interviews with those who worked at the magazines, who were affected by their coverage, and who saw the decline of print media through to its job-ending demise. This is A Tale of Two Weeklies.
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  • A Tale of Two Weeklies: Trailer
    Nov 22 2019
    “It was a newspaper war. A good old fashion knock down, drag out newspaper war…” – Rich Cairney, former editor at SEE Magazine For 26 years, two alt-weekly newspapers battled it out in the streets of a mid-size Canadian prairie city. Hundreds of writers, editors and creatives cut their teeth at the papers as they … Read More Read More
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    1 min
  • Episode 1: In the Beginning
    Nov 27 2019
    On November 29, 2018, Vue Weekly published its last issue. As it hit the streets in Edmonton, Alberta, the community realized it was losing yet another voice in independent, local media. But it was a long time coming. It all started out in 1992 with SEE Magazine, which—after racking up a hefty print bill—abandoned its … Read More Read More
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    36 min
  • Episode 2: Room with a Vue
    Dec 5 2019
    As Ron Garth and his former SEE Magazine staff set up their fly-by-night operation in a basement office, they managed to get the first issue of Vue Weekly without skipping a beat. Great West assembled a team to stay on to produce SEE, and kept the weekly publication schedule, too. After the split of Garth … Read More Read More
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    35 min

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