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Austin Chronicle has a great significance in the entire Austin. It is an alternative weekly newspaper. The newspaper is published every Thursday. By merely looking at the paper one can easily say that the newspaper has got more of tabloid style. Most of it’s news, articles and every kind of content is published in a comparatively compact form. Just as the tabloids’ pages are nearly half of the size of the standard newspaper, likewise the pages of this Texas newspaper are smaller in size but still the content is very interesting to read. The newspaper is distributed in a very casual manner from the general places like the free news-stands, the coffee houses or the various eateries.Looking back to the history and background of Austin Chronicle we find that this newspaper was started in 1981. In fact, the newspaper was a joint effort of Nick Barbaro and Louis Black. Nick is the publisher and Louis Black is the editor.

Most of the people who initially worked with this paper, mostly met through the program of graduate film studies, at UT Austin. One will be surprised to know that Mr. Barbaro and Mr. Black have also worked as a co-founders of the South by Southwest Festival. The Festival runs as a separate company. The newspapers has got various articles and a lot of features including those on drinks and food, theater and upcoming movies, music and art as well as various occassions and festivals. Some of the features are published here in this newspaper on an annual basis. Such annual features include the Best of Austin awards, the special April Fool edition, interesting cut-out masks for the occassion of Halloween and also an annual short story contest.