&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:The_Hook_front_page.jpg) February 22, 2007, edition | |
| Type | Alternative weekly |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Founder(s) | Hawes Spencer |
| Publisher | Better Publications LLC |
| Founded | February 7, 2002 |
| Ceased publication | September 26, 2013 |
| City | Charlottesville, Virginia |
| Free online archives | readthehook |
The Hook was a weekly newspaper published in Charlottesville, Virginia, and distributed throughout Central Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley. It was founded in 2002 by a number of former employees of another Charlottesville weekly, C-ville Weekly, including its co-founder and editor Hawes Spencer. The Hook went out of business in 2013.