Alternative News Weeklies With Gender-Neutral Domestic Partner Benefits Plans
(as of September 1999)

The percent enrolled is a percentage of total employees. This is an incomplete list.

ICON, Iowa City, Iowa. Company pays only for employee insurance, but employee can pay extra to add a partner of any sex to their policy.

NEW MASS. MEDIA, INC. Offered corporate-wide as of 1998. All eligible. (Note: Acquired by Times-Mirror, 1999.)

New Mass. Media Properties:

1. Fairfield County Weekly
2. Hartford Advocate, Conn.
3. New Haven Advocate, Conn.
4. Valley Advocate, Hatfield, Mass.
5. Springfield Advocate, Hatfield, Mass.

NEW TIMES MEDIA, PHOENIX, ARIZ. Offered corporate-wide as of 1998 through United Healthcare. All eligible. Total employees: 670. Adding DP benefits increased premium rates 0.025%.

New Times Media Properties:

1. Dallas Observer, Tex.
2. Houston Press, Tex.
3. New Times Broward-Palm Beach, Fla.
4. New Times Los Angeles, Calif.
5. New Times Miami, Fla.
6. New Times Phoenix, Ariz.
7. Riverfront Times, St. Louis, Mo.
8. Scene, Cleveland, Ohio
9. SF Weekly, San Francisco, Calif.
10. Westword, Denver, Colo.

THE PAPER, Grand Rapids, Mich. All eligible.

THE STRANGER, Seattle, Wash. Offered as of 1999. All eligible.