{{Short description|American alternative newspaper}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Erie Reader | logo = Erie Reader logo.svg | image = | caption = | type = Alternative | format = | founded = 2011 | owners = Flagship Multimedia | editor = Adam Welsh & Brian Graham | circulation = | price = free | publisher = | headquarters = 1001 State Street<br />Suite 901<br />Erie, PA, 16501<br />{{USA}} | managing_editor = Katie Chriest | ISSN = | website = {{URL|http://www.eriereader.com/}} }} thumb|Previous logo The '''''Erie Reader''''' is an Erie, Pennsylvania alternative newspaper which focuses on local news, culture and entertainment. It was founded on March 28, 2011, by Adam Welsh and Brian Graham.
The ''Erie Reader'' is a free publication and is distributed bi-weekly in most neighborhoods throughout the Erie region on Wednesdays, with approximately 15,000 copies distributed to over 300 high foot-traffic locations. It is Erie's only independently run print newspaper.
The ''Erie Reader'' is known for several of its annual issues including Erie's 40 Under 40, I2E (Otherwise known as the Industry, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Issue) and their Best of Erie issue.<ref>[http://www.gannonknight.com/?p=8653 "Erie Reader Awards Worthy Locals"], Gannon University. Retrieved April 24, 2015.</ref>
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Category:Mass media in Erie, Pennsylvania Category:Newspapers published in Pennsylvania Category:Alternative weekly newspapers published in the United States Category:2011 establishments in Pennsylvania Category:Newspapers established in 2011