Village Voice

Village Voice is a newspaper in New York City, New York, USA covering local events and entertainment.

The newspaper is published once a week on Wednesday.

It is one of the best American media outlets, according to Mondo Times members.

The Village Voice, founded in 1955 by Norman Mailer, Dan Wolf and Ed Fancher, was the first of what became known as an alternative weekly newspaper. The Voice introduced a free-form approach to journalism and public discourse. The newspaper has changed hands many times over the years, and owners have included Clay Felker, Rupert Murdoch and Leonard Stern. In 2005, The Voice was bought by New Times Media, which then changed its name to Village Voice Media.

The Village Voice has the highest circulation of the newsweeklies affiliated with the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies (AAN).

This publication is a member of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies (AAN). AAN is a group of weekly newspapers and magazines providing journalism that offers an alternative to the mainstream media in the area.

Circulation: 250,000 copies

This newspaper is owned by Village Voice Media Holdings, LLC.

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Village Voice Responds to Demand to Abolish Backpage.com
-- 36 clergy had signed their names to a paid advertisement, published October 25, 2011 in the New York Times, calling for Village Voice Media Holdings, LLC to shut down its legal, adult classified section on backpage.com. Village Voice...

Clergy Call On Village Voice To End Sex Trafficking
-- A coalition of 36 clergy have appealed to Village Voice Media Holdings, LLC to end the sex trafficking of girls and boys the group says is made possible by its web site, Backpage.com. The call to action came in the form of a...

Village Voice vs. Ashton Kutcher: It's All About Traffic
-- On June 29, 2011, the Village Voice ran a story about the campaign by Ashton Kutcher and spouse Demi Moore to stop sex trafficking. The couple contend that between 100,000 and 300,000 American children are lost to prostitution every...

-- April 29, 2011 -- Harry Siegel is now Metro columnist at Village Voice. He was previously an author and contributing editor at Politico. Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder Colorado USA, May 1, 2011

-- April 19, 2011 -- Francesca Stabile is now web editor at the Village Voice. She was previously social media coordinator there. Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder Colorado USA, April 20, 2011

-- March 15, 2011 -- Maura Johnston is now music editor at Village Voice. She was previously a freelance editor and music writer. Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder Colorado USA, March 16, 2011

Village Voice Publisher to Step Down
-- SF Weekly publisher named as replacement, the Voice announced on January 26, 2011: "After more than a quarter-century in the alternative weekly publishing business, Michael Cohen is leaving The Village...

Village Voice Pulls Story After Discovering Fabricated Character
-- The following editor's note by Tony Ortega now occupies the space where freelance writer Rob Sgobbo's story ran on January 5, 2011: "Freelance writer Rob Sgobbo's article "For-Profit Blues" was removed from the website after the Voice...

2 Veterans Leave Village Voice
-- Wayne Barrett claims six-figure salary prompted layoff, The New York Times reported on January 4, 2011: "The Village Voice, the granddaddy of alternative weeklies, which enlivened political and investigative...

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