The Austin Chronicle

The Austin Chronicle is an alternative weekly newspaper published every Thursday in Austin, Texas, United States. The paper is distributed through free news-stands, often at local eateries or coffee houses frequented by its targeted demographic. In 2001, the newspaper reported a weekly readership of 545,500.^[1] It is part of the Association of Alternative Newsmedia and it emulates the typical publications of the 1960s counterculture movement.^[2]