The Hook
The Hook was a free weekly newspaper distributed on Thursdays that covered Charlottesville and Albemarle County. Hawes Spencer was the founder and editor from February 2002 to January 2013. [1] The publication was owned by Better Publications LLC[2].
In 2011, The Hook merged with rival publication C-ville Weekly.[3] The weekly ceased publication after its September 26, 2013 issue. [4] The archives suddenly disappeared the Internet after they were sold to a third-party who then deleted the website. After news coverage in the Washington Post, an anonymous group restored the website using a .net address.
History
Spencer founded The Hook after he was removed from the editor's post at the C-VILLE Weekly.[5] The first issue was published on February 7, 2002.
Blair Kelly, a partner with Better Publications, attributed the closure is related to "business and editorial perspectives." [6]
In June 2022, the digital archives of The Hook were removed from the internet. The removal followed the presumed sale of the paper in late 2021 or early 2022.[7]
Issues
Digital access to issues of The Hook are also available through the Internet Archive Wayback Machine at https://web.archive.org/web/20200308050153/http://www.readthehook.com/archives
Print issues of The Hook are in the Special Collections library at the University of Virginia.[8]
Community promotions
In 2009, the Hook sponsored the first Charlottesville Restaurant Week[citation needed].
Personnel
- Hawes Spencer, Founder and Editor (2002-2013)
- Courteney Stuart, Editor (in this position since 2013)
- Lisa Provence
- Dave McNair
References
- ↑ Web. Hawes Spencer, founder and editor of The Hook, announces his plans to move on, Laura Ingles, C-VILLE Weekly, Portico Publications, 19 Dec 2012, retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ↑ Web. "The Hook - FAQ Page.", official site, The Hook, retrieved May 24, 2024.
- ↑ Web. A newspaper vanished from the internet. Did someone pay to kill it?
- ↑ Web. Breaking: The Hook to End Publication, Chris Stover, News Article, Charlottesville Newsplex, September 6, 2013, retrieved May 24, 2024.
- ↑ Web. Ousted C'Ville Editor Starting New Weekly, Seth Wharton, Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, Jan 28 2002, retrieved 3 Nov 2009.
- ↑ Web. CBJ: Top local business stories of 2013, Nate Deseline III, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, December 29, 2013, retrieved December 30, 2013.
- ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/12/14/hook-charlottesville-vanished-archive/
- ↑ https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/uva_library/items/u3813560