The paper is a member of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies (AAN) and is owned and published by Stewart Sallo.

It is currently the only member of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies (AAN) in the state of Mississippi.

Alternative Newsweeklies): Music Criticism, First Place, 1999.

Alternative Newsweeklies): Music Criticism, Second Place, 2004.

In 1989, Private Eye was admitted to the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies (AAN), the organization's 40th member.

The paper targets educated, active adults and youth and currently reaches approximately 38,445 households (according to the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies).

Metro Pulse has been a member of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies since 1993.

Isthmus belongs to the national Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, but unlike some papers in this group is not given to advocacy journalism.

LEO has been a member of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies since 1995.

A December 2004 report by the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies reported that the paper's audience was 68 percent female and that nearly half the readers were over 45 years old.