In the provincial press, and especially the local weeklies, it is more difficult to believe that direct influence was rare.

Writing a news release for the local weekly is not an intuitive process; there are right and wrong ways to do it.

"Now these areas have actually become thriving neighborhoods where a local weekly would fill a real need."

The Edsalls and their group have collected several hundred signatures on petitions and have purchased advertisements in the local weekly against the land deal.

The local alternative weekly is the Illinois Times.

Potential for Weeklies Indeed, the biggest competition may come from local weeklies.

This was a museum that so angered traditionalists that one of the local weeklies used to run ads for a Whitney-shaped trash can.

In each town they visited, they called businesses that advertised in local weeklies.

The risks of not becoming local enough were vividly illustrated several years ago by another New York State newspaper's failed experiment with local weeklies.

Hoboken Reporter is part of the Hudson Reporter group of local weeklies.