Providence Phoenix weekly ceasing publication

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Providence Phoenix, a 36-year-old alternative news and entertainment weekly newspaper that had continued operating more than a year after its corporate parent Boston Phoenix shut down, is ceasing publication.

Stephen Mindich, owner and publisher of the Phoenix Media/Communications Group, said Thursday that the last issue, dated Oct. 17, would be distributed Oct. 16.

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