Weekly Dig
Boston's Weekly Dig (along with The Boston Phoenix) is one of the two popular free weekly rags or alternative weeklies found in Boston, Massachusetts. It offers commentary on music, arts, politics, technology, film, sex, food, drink and more, as well as local bar, entertainment and club listings, and personal and classified ads. The paper endeavors to offer a tone that is candid, sharp, funny, conversational, and informative, and has been known to directly contrast itself with what some perceive as ivory-tower stuffiness from the Phoenix.
The Weekly Dig calls itself the region’s fastest-growing alternative/entertainment weekly newspaper. It was originally launched in September of 1999 by publisher, Jeff Lawrence, and is currently edited by Joe Keohane. In January of 2005, the paper went through a relaunch that offered a new, updated design and broader content.
Lawrence and his staff of more than 20 editors, designers and advertising representatives put out the paper every Wednesday. It is distributed free of charge in self-serve newspaper dispensers located throughout the city.
In October, 2004, Boston magazine publisher Metrocorp announced that it bought a majority stake in Weekly Dig. Metrocorp, which has operated Boston magazine since 1971, also publishes Elegant Wedding, Concierge, Home & Garden and New England Travel and Life. It also has operated Philadelphia magazine since 1946.