Chicago Sports Weekly

Chicago Sports Weekly is an American publication, published weekly in downtown Chicago. The magazine is distributed widely throughout the Chicago region, but is also available by subscription for readers anywhere. The magazine publishes reportage, humor, editorials, news, InterViews, reviews, cartoons, fiction, and maintains an "Etc." section that is a compilation of many smaller pieces on a myriad of topics.

While the CSW features regular news, commentary and reporting on the Chicago sporting scene, the publication is heavily made up of topics serving a national sports audience. The website, http://csweekly.com features much of the print content, with added blogging and feedback options. Chicago Sports Weekly, Inc. was created by Reklama Media.

CSW is known for a different approach to many issues, and readily discusses topics of sociological, economic, legal or political interest. The sports magazine is known for employing diverse backgrounds, with many non-sportswriters contributing work on sports topics. CSW editors and writers Contribute to many other publications or web-sites, including The New York Times, ESPN.com, Foxsports.com, the Chicago Sun-Times, McSweeney's, the Seattle Times, and many others. A number of authors and bloggers also contribute writing to the magazine on a weekly basis.

Origin

Chicago Sports Weekly was founded in early 2007. Chicago Sports Weekly, Inc. publishes under the direction of the Reklama Media Company. The first issue featured a photo of Wrigley Field taken from home plate on the cover.

Audience

Chicago Sports Weekly publishes around 30,000 weekly copies, distributed to roughly 1000 regional locations. It is available free of charge locally, and via a subscription fee for home delivery.

References

1. Chicago Reader article on the launch of Chicago Sports Weekly.

2. Chicago Tribune note on the launch of Chicago Sports Weekly