OC Weekly Employee Directory
Newspaper PublishingCalifornia, United States51-200 Employees
OC Weekly is a newspaper publisher based in Costa Mesa, California, founded in 1995 as the region's first alternative weekly. It provides editorial journalism, arts and entertainment coverage, and critical perspectives on local issues, politics, culture, and lifestyle, along with Orange County’s most comprehensive calendar of events. With a weekly circulation of about 45,000, it reaches more than 224,000 readers, a demographic described as young, educated, and affluent; the staff blog Navel Gazing has earned awards. It serves readers seeking independent regional reporting and coverage of social issues, culture, and recreation. In 2019, OC Weekly partnered with Bellator to offer tickets to a Bellator MMA event, illustrating collaborations beyond its core newsroom. The organization operates within the newspaper publishing industry as a mid-sized regional alt-weekly based in Southern California.