East Side Review

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East Side Review
TypeWeekly newspaper (Sun.)
Owner(s)Lillie Suburban Newspapers, Inc.
Language American English
Ceased publication2019
Headquarters2515 East Seventh Avenue
North St. Paul, MN 55109
City St. Paul, Minnesota
CountryUnited States
Circulation 7605(as of 2019) [1]

The East Side Review was an American, English language newspaper headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, until publication ceased in September 2019. [2] While it was published, it was the only neighborhood-focused, general-interest weekly newspaper in either Minneapolis or St. Paul. [1]

Coverage

With a circulation of 20,000, the East Side Review reported on the entire East Side area, all 28 neighborhoods and 90,000 residents in St. Paul located east of Interstate Highway 35E.[ citation needed ]

Published also online, the free weekly newspaper was the only urban newspaper published by Lillie Suburban Newspapers, a third-generation publisher of 10 other suburban weeklies based out of North Saint Paul. Staff at the East Side Review have gone on to write and photograph for publications as prestigious as Life Magazine and The New York Times .

Neighborhoods covered included:

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References

  1. 1 2 "Minnesota Newspaper Association Directory" (PDF). MNA.org. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
  2. "East Side Review newspaper in Minneapolis/St. Paul Minnesota - MondoTimes.com". www.mondotimes.com. Retrieved 2022-01-21.

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