 A LEO distribution location in 2005 | |
| Type | Alternative Newsweekly |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Big Lou Holdings LLC |
| Editor | Erica Rucker |
| Associate editor | n/a |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 607 W. Main St. Louisville, KY 40202 US |
| Circulation | 25,150[1] |
| Website | leoweekly |
The Louisville Eccentric Observer (also called LEO Weekly but widely known as just LEO) is a privately owned free urban alternative weekly newspaper, distributed every Wednesday in about 700 locations throughout the Louisville, Kentucky, metropolitan area, including areas of southern Indiana. The newspaper was founded in 1990 by John Yarmuth, Robert Schulman,[2] Denny Crum (then the coach of the University of Louisville men's basketball team), and two other investors. According to The Media Audit (March–April 2012) the LEO has a weekly readership of 88,807 and an unduplicated monthly readership of 136,478.
The paper carries various nationally syndicated columns and features such as News of the Weird and The New York Times crossword puzzle. However, the reviews of music, restaurants, theatre, films, books, and local and sports news, are all written by local writers. In the past, it featured popular columns by national writers Molly Ivins and Dave Barry.
- ^ "Verified Audit Circulation - LEO (Louisville Eccentric Observer)". Verified Audit Circulation.
- ^ Bill Wolfe (January 7, 2008). "Media critic Schulman dies at 91: 'conscience of local journalism'". The Courier-Journal. Archived from the original on November 7, 2012. (Schulman was a nephew of Greenwich Village's legendary Romany Marie.)