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{{Infobox newspaper
|name = The Village Voice
|image = [[File:Village Voice.jpg|200px]]
|type = [[Alternative newspaper|Alternative weekly]]
|format = [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|Tabloid]]
|foundation = 1955
|founders = {{Flatlist|
* Ed Fancher
* Dan Wolf
* [[Norman Mailer]]
* [[John Wilcock]]
}}
|owners = The Village Voice LLC
|publisher = Suzan Gursoy
|chiefeditor = Will Bourne<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2013/07/tom_finkel_village_voice_editor.php |title=Tom Finkel Named as Editor of the Village Voice | Village Voice |publisher=Blogs.villagevoice.com |date=2013-07-08 |accessdate=2015-06-25}}</ref>
|circulation = 120,000 (2016)
|headquarters = 80 Maiden Lane<br>[[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] 10038 United States<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/about/index/ |title=About Us|publisher=Villagevoice.com |date= |accessdate=2013-11-24}}</ref>
|ISSN = 0042-6180
|website = {{URL|villagevoice.com}}
}}
[[Image:Lozupone vvoice.png|thumb|The Cooper Square former head office of the paper]]
[[Image:Hentoff bio.jpg|right|thumb|Village Voice columnist [[Nat Hentoff]]; photo by Tom Pich]]
'''''The Village Voice''''' is a free weekly [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|17" by 11"]] format newspaper and news and features website in New York City that features investigative articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, arts and music coverage, and events listings for New York City. It is also distributed throughout the United States on a pay basis.
It was the first of the urban tabloid-format newspapers that came to be known as [[alternative newspaper|alternative weeklies]], and as such is the oldest and largest newspaper of its kind in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/the-village-voice/Company?oid=94 |title=Association of Alternative Newsmedia directory; The Village Voice |publisher=Altweeklies.com |date= |accessdate=2013-11-24}}</ref>
==History==
===Early years===
[[Image:1955 October cover The Village Voice.jpg|200px|thumb|left|October 1955 cover]]
The ''Voice'' was launched by Ed Fancher, Dan Wolf, [[John Wilcock]], and [[Norman Mailer]]<ref name=nyt-wolf-obit>Lawrence van Gelder, [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0DE4DF1E39F931A25757C0A960958260 Dan Wolf, 80, a Village Voice Founder, Dies], ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 12, 1996. Accessed online June 2, 2008.</ref> on October 26, 1955 from a two-bedroom apartment in [[Greenwich Village]], which was its initial coverage area, expanding to other parts of the city by the 1960s. In the 1960s the offices were located at Sheridan Square; then, from the '70s through 1980, at 11th Street and University Place; and then Broadway and 13th Street. In 1991 they moved to [[Cooper Square (Manhattan)|Cooper Square]] in the [[East Village, Manhattan|East Village]], and in 2013, to the [[Financial District (Manhattan)|Financial District]].<ref>[http://bedfordandbowery.com/2013/09/ladies-and-gentlemen-the-village-voice-has-left-the-village/ Ladies and Gentlemen, The Village Voice Has Left The Village], Bedford + Bowery. Accessed online September 16, 2013.</ref>
The ''Voice'' has published groundbreaking investigations of New York City politics, as well as reporting on local and national politics, with arts, culture, music, dance, film, and theater reviews. It has received three [[Pulitzer Prize]]s, in 1981 ([[Teresa Carpenter]]),<ref>[http://www.pulitzer.org/cgi-bin/year.pl?1409,27 The Pulitzer Prize Winners, 1981], official Pulitzer Prize site. Accessed online June 5, 2008.</ref> 1986 ([[Jules Feiffer]])<ref>[http://www.pulitzer.org/cgi-bin/year.pl?1517,31 The Pulitzer Prize Winners, 1986], official Pulitzer Prize site. Accessed online June 5, 2008.</ref> and 2000 ([[Mark Schoofs]]).<ref>[http://www.pulitzer.org/cgi-bin/year.pl?1819,28 The Pulitzer Prize Winners, 2000], official Pulitzer Prize site. Accessed online June 5, 2008.</ref> Almost since its inception the paper has recognized alternative theater in New York through its [[Obie Awards]].<ref>[http://www.villagevoice.com/obies/index.php?page=about ] {{wayback|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/obies/index.php?page=about |date=20071209152059 }}</ref> The paper's "[[Pazz & Jop]]" music poll, started by [[Robert Christgau]] in the early 1970s, continues to this day and remains a highly influential survey of the nation's music critics. In 1999, film critic [[J. Hoberman]] and film section editor Dennis Lim began a similar [[Village Voice Film Poll]] for the year's movies. In 2001 the paper sponsored its first Siren Festival music festival, a free annual event every summer held at [[Coney Island]]. That event has since been moved to the lower tip of Manhattan and re-christened the "[[4Knots]] Music Festival," a reference to the speed of the East River's current.<ref>{{cite web|last=Johnston |first=Maura |url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2011/04/4knots_music_festival_announcement_july_16_2011.php |title=Maura Johnston, "Announcing The 4Knots Music Festival, Taking Place This July 16", The Village Voice Blogs, April 14, 2011 |publisher=Blogs.villagevoice.com |date=2011-04-14 |accessdate=2013-11-24}}</ref>
The ''Voice'' has published many well-known writers, including [[Ezra Pound]], [[Henry Miller]], [[Barbara Garson]], [[Katherine Anne Porter]], staff writer and author M.S.Cone, [[James Baldwin (writer)|James Baldwin]], [[E.E. Cummings]], [[Nat Hentoff]], staff writer and author [[Ted Hoagland]], William Bastone of [[thesmokinggun.com]], Nelson George, Greg Tate, Barry Cooper, Peter Noel, [[Tom Stoppard]], [[Lorraine Hansberry]], [[Lester Bangs]], Catholic activist and author Thomas E. Byers, [[Allen Ginsberg]] and [[Joshua Clover]]. Former editors have included [[Clay Felker]] and Tom Morgan.
Early columnists of the 1950s and 1960s included [[Jonas Mekas]], who explored the underground film movement in his "Film Journal" column; [[Linda Solomon]], who reviewed the Village club scene in the "Riffs" column; and [[Sam Julty]], who wrote a popular column on car ownership and maintenance. John Wilcock wrote a column every week for the paper's first ten years. Another regular from that period was the cartoonist [[Kin Platt]], who did weekly theatrical caricatures. Other prominent regulars have included [[Peter Schjeldahl]], [[Ellen Willis]], Tom Carson, [[Wayne Barrett]], and [[Richard Goldstein (writer born 1944)|Richard Goldstein]].
The newspaper has also been a host to promising underground cartoonists. In addition to mainstay [[Jules Feiffer]], whose cartoon ran for decades in the paper until its cancellation in 1996, well-known cartoonists featured in the paper have included [[Robert Crumb|R. Crumb]], [[Matt Groening]], [[Lynda Barry]], [[Stan Mack]], [[Mark Alan Stamaty]], [[Ted Rall]], [[Tom Tomorrow]], [[Ward Sutton]], [[Ruben Bolling]] and currently [[M. Wartella]].
The ''Voice'' is also known for containing adult content, including sex-advice columns and many pages of advertising for "adult services". This content is located at the back of the newspaper. It is known locally for being the place where most hard rock or jazz concerts are announced, sometimes with full page paid ads. Most groups visiting New York advertise in the ''Voice'' for publicity. Most venues in NYC advertise their concerts in ''The Village Voice''.
The ''Voice''{{-'}}s competitors in New York City include ''[[New York Observer]]'' and ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out New York]]''. In 1996, after decades of carrying a cover price, the ''Voice'' switched from a paid weekly to a free, alternative weekly. The ''Voice’s'' web site is a past winner of both the [[National Press Foundation]]’s Online Journalism Award (2001)<ref>[http://www.nationalpress.org/info-url3520/info-url_show.htm?doc_id=263665 Excellence in Online Journalism Award: Past Winners 2000–2006], NPF Awards, National Press Foundation. Accessed online June 2, 2008.</ref> and the ''[[Editor & Publisher]]'' EPpy Award for Best Overall U.S. Newspaper Online Service – Weekly, Community, Alternative & Free (2003).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://royal.reliaserve.com/eppy/winners2003.html |title=royal.reliaserve.com |publisher=Royal.reliaserve.com |date= |accessdate=2015-06-25}}</ref>
While the ''Voice'' is today known for its staunch support for the civil rights of gays -- it publishes an annual Gay Pride issue every June -- it wasn't always so. Early in its history, the newspaper had a reputation as having an anti-[[Homosexuality|homosexual]] slant. When reporting on the [[Stonewall riots]] of 1969, the newspaper referred to the riots as "The Great Faggot Rebellion".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Spencer|first1=Walter Troy|title=Too Much My Dear|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1299&dat=19690710&id=u-wjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=K4wDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1707,293555&hl=en|website=Google News|publisher=The Village Voice|accessdate=18 August 2015}}</ref> Two reporters, Smith and Truscott, both used the words "faggot" and "dyke" in their articles about the riots. (These words were not commonly used by homosexuals to refer to each other at this time.) After the riot, the [[Gay Liberation Front]] attempted to promote dances for gays and lesbians and were not allowed to use the words ''gay'' or ''homosexual'', which the newspaper considered derogatory. The newspaper changed their policy after the GLF petitioned the ''Voice'' to do so.<ref>Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked The Gay Revolution. Carter, David. p. 226.</ref>
The ''Voice'' was the second organization in the US known to have extended domestic partner benefits, in July 1982. Jeff Weinstein, an employee of the paper and shop steward for the publishing local of District 65 UAW, negotiated and won agreement in the union contract to extend health, life insurance, and disability benefits to the "spouse equivalents" of its union members.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.culturevulture.net/ArthurLazere-Journalist/Journalism-OntheJob/DomesticPartners.htm |title=DomesticPartners |publisher=Web.archive.org |date=2009-02-12 |accessdate=2015-06-25 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212223047/http://www.culturevulture.net/ArthurLazere-Journalist/Journalism-OntheJob/DomesticPartners.htm |archivedate=February 12, 2012 }}</ref>
Seventeen alternative weeklies around the United States are owned by the ''Voice's'' parent company [[Village Voice Media]]. In 2005, the Phoenix alternative weekly chain [[New Times Media]] purchased the company and took the Village Voice Media name. Previous owners of ''The Village Voice'' or of Village Voice Media have included co-founders Fancher<ref>{{cite web|title=Edwin Fancher Oral History - On founding the Voice|url=http://www.gvshp.org/_gvshp/resources/oral_his.htm#EF|publisher=Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation|accessdate=1 June 2015}}</ref> and Wolf,<ref name=nyt-wolf-obit/> New York City Councilman [[Carter Burden]],<ref name=nyt-wolf-obit/> ''New York Magazine'' founder [[Clay Felker]], [[Rupert Murdoch]], and [[Leonard N. Stern|Leonard Stern]] of the [[Hartz Mountain Industries|Hartz Mountain]] empire.
The paper is referenced in the musical ''[[Rent (musical)|Rent]]'' during the song ''[[La Vie Boheme]]''. The line goes: "To riding your bike midday past the three piece suits, to fruits, to no absolutes; to [[Absolut]]; to choice; to '''The Village Voice''', to any passing fad."
===Changes after acquisition by New Times Media===
{{wikinews|An interview with gossip columnist Michael Musto on the art of celebrity journalism}}
Acquired by [[New Times Media]] in 2005, the publication's key personnel have changed and the content has become increasingly mainstream. The ''Voice'' is now managed by two journalists from [[Phoenix, Arizona]]. Some New York media critics perceive a loss of the paper's original iconoclastic, bohemian spirit.<ref>Jonathan Mandell, "[http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/communitydevelopment/20070212/20/2098/ Bigger Media, Less Local Democracy]", ''Gotham Gazette'', February 2007. Accessed June 8, 2008.</ref><ref>Adam Reilly, "[http://www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid34665.aspx Culture War]", ''The Phoenix'' (Boston), March 2, 2007. Accessed June 8, 2008.</ref>
In April 2006, the ''Voice'' dismissed music editor [[Chuck Eddy]].<ref>Ben Sisario, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/30/arts/music/30idol.html?_r=1&oref=slogin Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bloggy: An Online Poll Covets the Territory Once Owned by Pazz & Jop]", ''The New York Times'', November 30, 2006. Accessed June 8, 2008.</ref> Four months later the newspaper fired longtime music critic [[Robert Christgau]]. In January 2007, the newspaper fired sex columnist and erotica author [[Rachel Kramer Bussel]]; long-term creative director [[Ted Keller]], art director Minh Oung, fashion columnist Lynn Yeager and Deputy Art Director [[LD Beghtol]] were laid off or fired soon after.
The paper has experienced high turnover among its editorial leadership since 2005. Editor-in-chief [[Donald Forst]] resigned in December 2005. Doug Simmons, his replacement, was fired in March 2006 after it was discovered that a reporter had fabricated portions of an article. Simmons' successor, [[Erik Wemple]], resigned after two weeks. His replacement, [[David Blum]], was fired in March 2007. Afterward, [[Tony Ortega (journalist)|Tony Ortega]] held the position of editor-in-chief from 2007 to 2012.
In December 2008, ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported that the situation grew so strained that half of its entire staff was gone. One still-employed writer remarked that the ''Voice's'' managers "don’t seem to be able to sit there and just talk about them with their own work force to deal with these problems".<ref name=lay>"[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/31/business/media/31voice.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss Village Voice Lays Off Nat Hentoff and 2 Others]". ''The New York Times'', December 30, 2008.</ref>
The firing of [[Nat Hentoff]], who worked for the paper from 1958 to 2008, led to further criticism of the management by some of its current writers, Hentoff himself, and by the ''Voice's'' ideological rival paper ''[[National Review]]'' (which referred to Hentoff as a "treasure").<ref name=lay/><ref>Kathryn Jean Lopez, "[http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NjJlNDY4YTFhZmRhMDhlMzZkNzE3YjkyNmZmMjUwYjg= The Village Voice]". ''National Review'', December 31, 2008.</ref> At the end of 2011, Wayne Barrett, who had written for the paper since 1973, was laid off. Fellow muckraking investigative reporter Tom Robbins then resigned in solidarity.<ref>JEREMY W. PETERS, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/05/nyregion/05voice.html]". ''The New York Times'', January 4, 2011.</ref>
===Voice Media Group===
In September 2012, Village Voice Media executives Scott Tobias, Christine Brennan and Jeff Mars bought Village Voice Media's papers and associated web properties from its founders and formed [[Voice Media Group]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Village Voice Media Execs Acquire The Company’s Famed Alt Weeklies, Form New Holding Company|url=http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/23/voice-media-group-acquisition/|publisher=Tech Crunch|accessdate=September 27, 2012}}</ref>
In May 2013, the Village Voice editor Will Bourne and deputy editor Jessica Lustig told ''[[The New York Times]]'' that they were quitting the paper rather than executing further staff layoffs.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/10/business/media/top-editors-abruptly-leave-village-voice.html?_r=0 | title=Top Editors Abruptly Leave Village Voice Over Staff Cuts | date=10 May 2013 | accessdate=May 11, 2013 | last=Carr | first=David | newspaper=New York Times}}</ref> Both had been recent hires. The Voice has gone through five editors since 2005. Following Bourne's and Lustig's departure, Village Media Group management fired three of the ''Voice'''s longest-serving contributors: gossip and nightlife columnist [[Michael Musto]], restaurant critic [[Robert Sietsema]], and theater critic Michael Feingold, all of whom had been writing for the ''Voice'' for decades.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hallock|first=Betty|title=Village Voice 'bloodbath' sends restaurant critic Robert Sietsema packing|url=http://www.latimes.com/features/food/dailydish/la-dd-village-voice-cuts-longtime-restaurant-critic-robert-sietsema-20130517,0,7776071.story|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=May 17, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Kassel|first=Matthew|last2=Bloomgarden-Smoke|first2=Kara|title=Longtime writers out at The Village Voice|url=http://observer.com/2013/05/longtime-writers-out-at-the-village-voice/|newspaper=New York Observer|date=May 17, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Simonson|first=Robert|title=Michael Feingold, longtime critic, let go from Village Voice|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/178166-Michael-Feingold-Longtime-Critic-Let-Go-from-Village-Voice|newspaper=Playbill|date=May 20, 2013}}</ref>
In July 2013, Voice Media Group executives named Tom Finkel editor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2013/07/tom_finkel_village_voice_editor.php |title=Tom Finkel Named as Editor of the Village Voice |publisher=Blogs.villagevoice.com |date=2013-07-08 |accessdate=2013-11-24}}</ref>
===Current Ownership===
In October 2015, Peter D. Barbey, through the private investment company Black Walnut Holdings L.L.C., purchased ''The Village Voice'' from Voice Media Group.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/13/nyregion/village-voice-sold-to-peter-barbey-owner-of-a-pennsylvania-newspaper.html |title=Village Voice Sold to Peter Barbey, Owner of a Pennsylvania Newspaper |date=12 October 2015 |accessdate=October 18, 2015 |last=Santora |first=Marc |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> Barbey is a member of one of America's wealthiest families,<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.forbes.com/profile/barbey/?list=families |title=America's Richest Families #48 Barbey family |last=Dolan |first=Karen A. |last2=Kroll |first2=Luisa |date=1 July 2015 |accessdate=October 18, 2015 |journal=Forbes}}</ref> who has had ownership interest in the ''[[Reading Eagle]]'', a daily newspaper serving the city of Reading, Pennsylvania and the surrounding region, for many years. He serves as president and CEO of the Reading Eagle Company & currently of The Village Voice.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www2.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=324086 |title=Barbey named president of Reading Eagle Company |date=4 August 2011 | accessdate=October 18, 2015 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |newspaper=Reading Eagle}}</ref>
==Blogs==
In addition to the weekly print edition circulated around New York City, the paper operates three blogs: ''Runnin' Scared'' (news), ''Sound of the City'' (music) and ''Fork in the Road'' (restaurants and bar news). The paper operates several social media accounts, including @VillageVoice on Twitter and it also manages a Facebook presence. The film section writers and editors also produce a weekly Voice Film Club podcast.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/voice-film-club/id686641853?mt=2 |title=iTunes - Podcasts - Voice Film Club by The Village Voice |publisher=Itunes.apple.com |date= |accessdate=2015-06-25}}</ref>
==Awards and honors==
*2013: [[Association of Alternative Newsmedia]] for Investigative Reporting, for “Rikers Violence” by Graham Rayman<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/2013-aan-awards-winners-announced/Article?oid=7173618 |title=2013 AAN Awards Winners Announced |author= Jason Zaragoza |date=13 July 2013 |publisher=[[Association of Alternative Newsmedia]] |accessdate=22 August 2013}}</ref>
*2011: [[New York Press Club]] Gold Keyboard, for “The NYPD Tapes” by Graham Rayman<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nypressclub.org/awards.php |title=Awards for Journalism: 2011 Winners |publisher=[[New York Press Club]] |accessdate=22 August 2013}}</ref>
*2011: [[Association of Alternative Newsmedia]] for Investigative Reporting, for “The NYPD Tapes” by Graham Rayman<ref name=repeat-AAN2011>{{cite web |url=http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/2011-altweekly-awards-winners-announced/Article?oid=4549589 |title=2011 AltWeekly Awards Winners Announced |author= Jason Zaragoza |date=22 July 2011 |publisher=[[Association of Alternative Newsmedia]] |accessdate=22 August 2013}}</ref>
*2011: Association of Alternative Newsmedia for Best Staff Blog, for “Runnin’ Scared” news columns, for work by Foster Kamer, Tony Ortega, and Jen Doll<ref name=repeat-AAN2011 />
*2011: Association of Alternative Newsmedia for Music Blog, for “Sound of the City” columns, by Rob Harvilla and Zach Baron <ref name=repeat-AAN2011 />
*2010: Association of Alternative Newsmedia for Arts Criticism, for work by Jim Hoberman<ref name=repeat-AAN2010>{{cite web |url=http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/2010-altweekly-awards-winners-announced/Article?oid=2260743 |title=2010 AltWeekly Awards Winners Announced |author= Jason Zaragoza |date=16 July 2010 |publisher=[[Association of Alternative Newsmedia]] |accessdate= 22 August 2013}}</ref>
*2010: Association of Alternative Newsmedia for Political Column, for work by Tom Robbins<ref name=repeat-AAN2010 />
*2010: Association of Alternative Newsmedia for Music Criticism, for work by Rob Harvilla<ref name=repeat-AAN2010 />
*2010: Association of Alternative Newsmedia for Best Staff Blog, for “Runnin’ Scared” news blog by staff<ref name=repeat-AAN2010 />
*2010: Association of Alternative Newsmedia for Music Blog, for “Sound of the City” by staff<ref name=repeat-AAN2010 />
*2009: Association of Alternative Newsmedia for Political Column, for work by Tom Robbins<ref name=repeat-AAN2009>{{cite web |url=http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/full-list-of-2009-altweekly-awards-winners-released/Article?oid=1236419 |title=Full List of 2009 AltWeekly Awards Winners Released |author=Jason Zaragoza |date=1 July 2008 |publisher= [[Association of Alternative Newsmedia]] |accessdate= 22 August 2013}}</ref>
*2009: Association of Alternative Newsmedia for Music Criticism, for work by Rob Harvilla<ref name=repeat-AAN2009/>
*2008: Association of Alternative Newsmedia for Music Criticism, for work by Rob Harvilla<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/aan-and-medill-announce-altweekly-awards-winners/Article?oid=319314 |title=AAN and Medill Announce AltWeekly Awards Winners |date=7 June 2008 |publisher=[[Association of Alternative Newsmedia]] |accessdate= 22 August 2013}}</ref>
*2008: [[New York Press Club]] Continuing Coverage Award / Newspaper, for "Tall Tales of a Mafia Mistress" by Tom Robbins<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nypressclub.org/awards.php|title=New York Press Club Awards for Journalism|publisher=Nypressclub.org|accessdate=2015-06-25}}</ref>
*2003: [[Investigative Reporters and Editors]] Award, Local Circulation Weekly Category, series "Lush Life of Rudy Appointee" by Tom Robbins<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.writenews.com/2003/062003_aan_awards.htm|title=Alternative Newsweekly Award Winners Announced|work=The Write News|date=June 20, 2003|publisher=Writers Write, Inc|accessdate=June 1, 2008}}</ref>
*2007: [[Association of Alternative Newsmedia]] for Investigative Reporting, work by Kristen Lombardi<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/aan-announces-altweekly-awards-winners/Article?oid=187877 |title= AAN Announces AltWeekly Awards Winners |author= Heather Kuldell |date=15 June 2007 |publisher=[[Association of Alternative Newsmedia]] |accessdate=22 August 2013}}</ref>
*2003: [[American Society of Journalists and Authors]] Donald Robinson Award for Investigative Journalism, for "Final Solutions: How IBM Helped Automate the Nazi Death Machine in Poland" by Edwin Black<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asja.org/awards/awarhist.php|title=ASJA.org: Awards History – Donald Robinson Memorial Award for Investigative Journalism|publisher=www.asja.org|accessdate=June 1, 2008|last=[[American Society of Journalists and Authors]]}}</ref>
*2003: [[New York Press Club]] and [[New York State Bar Association]] Crystal Gavel Award, for "Why the NYPD Is Fighting for the Right to Spy on You" by Chisun Lee<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nysba.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=2003_Press_Releases&template=/PressRelease/PressReleaseDisplay.cfm&PressReleaseID=137&PressReleaseCategoryID=2&ShowArchives=0
|title=New York State Bar Association and New York Press Club to Honor News Media Reporting About Law, Legal System – Village Voice and ABC News receive top honors|work=[[New York State Bar Association]]|publisher=www.nysba.org|accessdate=June 1, 2008|last=Carr|first=Brad}}</ref>
*2002: [[Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism]] [[Meyer Berger|Mike Berger]] Award for "Crossing to the Other Side" by Michael Kamber<ref name="berger2002">{{cite web|url=http://www.aan.org/news/village_voice_wins_berger_award/Aan/ViewArticle?oid=112712|title=Village Voice Wins Berger Award|publisher=www.aan.org|accessdate=June 1, 2008|date=May 13, 2002|last=[[Association of Alternative Newsweeklies]]}}</ref>
*2002: [[Association of Alternative Newsweeklies]] Award for Feature Writing, for "Crossing to the Other Side" by Michael Kamber<ref name="aan2002">{{cite web|url=http://aan.org/alternative/Aan/ViewArticle?oid=oid%3A112806|title=Alternative Newsweekly Award Winners Announced – Two Sept. 11 Pieces Take First Place, Gambit Weekly Wins Four Firsts|publisher=aan.org|accessdate=June 1, 2008|last=[[Association of Alternative Newsweeklies]]}}</ref>
*2002: Association of Alternative Newsweeklies Award for Photography, for photograph of downtown Manhattan by Andre Souroujon<ref name="aan2002" />
*2002: Association of Alternative Newsweeklies Award for Photography for Arts Criticism, work by Greg Tate<ref name="aan2002" />
*2002: Association of Alternative Newsweeklies Award for Photography for Cartoon, "Tom the Dancing Bug" by Ken Fisher (Ruben Bolling)<ref name="aan2002" />
*2001: Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Mike Berger Award for "Life on the Outside" by Jennifer Gonnerman<ref name="berger2002" />
*2001: [[National Press Foundation]] Excellence in Online Journalism Award for www.villagevoice.com<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalpress.org/info-url3520/info-url_show.htm?doc_id=263665#Village%20Voice|title=The National Press Foundation - NPF Awards - 2001 Award Winner, VillageVoice.com|publisher=www.nationalpress.org|accessdate=June 1, 2008|last=[[National Press Foundation]]}}</ref>
*2000: [[Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting]], for "AIDS: The Agony of Africa" by Mark Schoofs<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/year/2000/international-reporting/|title=2000 Pulitzer Prize Winners – INTERNATIONAL REPORTING|last=The Pulitzer Board|publisher=www.pulitzer.org|accessdate=June 1, 2008 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080410225736/http://www.pulitzer.org/year/2000/international-reporting/ <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = April 10, 2008}}</ref>
*1986: [[Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning]], Jules Feiffer<ref>{{cite news | last =Shaw | first =David | title =Denver Post Wins Pulitzer Three Other Newspapers Get Two Prizes Apiece | work =[[Los Angeles Times]] | page =1 | date = April 18, 1986 }}</ref>
*1994: [[National Press Foundation]] Kiplinger Distinguished Contributions to Journalism, work by Nat Hentoff<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nationalpress.org/awards/detail/kiplinger-distinguished-contributions-to-journalism/archives/ |title= Kiplinger Distinguished Contributions to Journalism Awards |publisher=[[National Press Foundation]] |accessdate=22 August 2013}}</ref>
*1981: [[Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing]], Teresa Carpenter<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/cgi-bin/year.pl?year=1981|title=The Pulitzer Prizes for 1981|publisher=www.pulitzer.org|last=The Pulitzer Board|accessdate=June 1, 2008 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080403065335/http://www.pulitzer.org/cgi-bin/year.pl?year=1981 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = April 3, 2008}}</ref>
*1960: [[George Polk Award]] for Community Service<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brooklyn.liu.edu/polk/prev/prev60.html|title=The George Polk Awards for Journalism|publisher=www.brooklyn.liu.edu|accessdate=June 1, 2008|last=[[Long Island University]]}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[Gear (Village Voice)|Gear]]
* [[Media of New York City]]
==References==
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==Further reading==
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*{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/10/30/PKGM9DD1CB1.DTL|title=New Times|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|date=October 30, 2005|last=Chonin|first=Neva|page=PK-16}}
* Frankfort, Ellen. ''The Voice: Life at the Village Voice.'' New York: William Morrow, 1976.
* [[Amy Goodman|Goodman, Amy]]. [http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/13/145245 "Village Voice Shakeup: Top Investigative Journalist Fired, Prize-Winning Writers Resign Following Merger with New Times Media"], April 13, 2006. Listen in [http://play.rbn.com/?url=demnow/demnow/demand/2006/april/audio/dn20060413.ra&proto=rtsp&start=10:50 RealPlayer]. Download in [https://archive.org/download/dn2006-0413/dn2006-0413-1_64kb.mp3 MP3]. Watch in 128K [http://play.rbn.com/?url=demnow/demnow/demand/2006/april/video/dnB20060413a.rm&proto=rtsp&start=10:50 RealPlayer Video stream]. Read [http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/13/145245#transcript ''Democracy Now!'' transcript]. Host Amy Goodman interviews current and former staff [[James Ridgeway]], [[Nat Hentoff]], Tom Robbins, [[Sydney Schanberg]] and two reporters [[Mark Jacobson]] and [[Tim Redmond]].
* Jacobson, Mark. [http://newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/media/features/14987/ "The Voice from Beyond the Grave: The legendary downtown paper has been a shell of its former self since it went free nearly a decade ago. But a potty-mouthed new owner—from Phoenix, no less—vows to make it relevant again"], ''[[New York Magazine]]'', November 14, 2005. Retrieved April 13, 2006.
* Murphy, Jarrett. [http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0543,murphynews,69260,2.html "Village Voice Media, New Times Announce Merger: Deal to combine two largest alt-weekly chains would require Justice Department approval"]. ''Village Voice'', October 24, 2005. Retrieved April 13, 2006.
* Powers, Devon. ''Writing the Record: The Village Voice and the Birth of Rock Criticism.'' Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 2013.
* Sherman, Gabriel. [http://www.nyobserver.com/20060424/20060424_Gabriel_Sherman_media_offtherecord.asp ''Can Village Voice Make It Without Its Lefty Zetz?''], ''The [[New York Observer]]'', April 24, 2006, p. 1. Retrieved April 20, 2006.
* VanAirsdale, S. T. [http://www.thereeler.com/features/the_voice_in_the_wilderness.php "The Voice in the Wilderness: A look inside the Village Voice's troubled film section reveals acrimony, disappointment – and maybe even a future"], ''The Reeler'', November 15, 2006. Retrieved November 16, 2006.
*Sisario, Ben. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/30/arts/music/30idol.html?_r=1&oref=slogin "Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bloggy: An Online Poll Covets the Territory Once Owned by Pazz & Jop"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 30, 2006.
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==External links==
* [http://www.villagevoice.com/ ''The Village Voice''] Official site.
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* Dan Wolf
* [[Norman Mailer]]
* [[John Wilcock]]
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|publisher = Suzan Gursoy
|chiefeditor = Will Bourne<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2013/07/tom_finkel_village_voice_editor.php |title=Tom Finkel Named as Editor of the Village Voice | Village Voice |publisher=Blogs.villagevoice.com |date=2013-07-08 |accessdate=2015-06-25}}</ref>
|circulation = 120,000 (2016)
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[[Image:Lozupone vvoice.png|thumb|The Cooper Square former head office of the paper]]
[[Image:Hentoff bio.jpg|right|thumb|Village Voice columnist [[Nat Hentoff]]; photo by Tom Pich]]
'''''The Village Voice''''' is a free weekly [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|17" by 11"]] format newspaper and news and features website in New York City that features investigative articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, arts and music coverage, and events listings for New York City. It is also distributed throughout the United States on a pay basis.
It was the first of the urban tabloid-format newspapers that came to be known as [[alternative newspaper|alternative weeklies]], and as such is the oldest and largest newspaper of its kind in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/the-village-voice/Company?oid=94 |title=Association of Alternative Newsmedia directory; The Village Voice |publisher=Altweeklies.com |date= |accessdate=2013-11-24}}</ref>
==History==
===Early years===
[[Image:1955 October cover The Village Voice.jpg|200px|thumb|left|October 1955 cover]]
The ''Voice'' was launched by Ed Fancher, Dan Wolf, [[John Wilcock]], and [[Norman Mailer]]<ref name=nyt-wolf-obit>Lawrence van Gelder, [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0DE4DF1E39F931A25757C0A960958260 Dan Wolf, 80, a Village Voice Founder, Dies], ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 12, 1996. Accessed online June 2, 2008.</ref> on October 26, 1955 from a two-bedroom apartment in [[Greenwich Village]], which was its initial coverage area, expanding to other parts of the city by the 1960s. In the 1960s the offices were located at Sheridan Square; then, from the '70s through 1980, at 11th Street and University Place; and then Broadway and 13th Street. In 1991 they moved to [[Cooper Square (Manhattan)|Cooper Square]] in the [[East Village, Manhattan|East Village]], and in 2013, to the [[Financial District (Manhattan)|Financial District]].<ref>[http://bedfordandbowery.com/2013/09/ladies-and-gentlemen-the-village-voice-has-left-the-village/ Ladies and Gentlemen, The Village Voice Has Left The Village], Bedford + Bowery. Accessed online September 16, 2013.</ref>
The ''Voice'' has published groundbreaking investigations of New York City politics, as well as reporting on local and national politics, with arts, culture, music, dance, film, and theater reviews. It has received three [[Pulitzer Prize]]s, in 1981 ([[Teresa Carpenter]]),<ref>[http://www.pulitzer.org/cgi-bin/year.pl?1409,27 The Pulitzer Prize Winners, 1981], official Pulitzer Prize site. Accessed online June 5, 2008.</ref> 1986 ([[Jules Feiffer]])<ref>[http://www.pulitzer.org/cgi-bin/year.pl?1517,31 The Pulitzer Prize Winners, 1986], official Pulitzer Prize site. Accessed online June 5, 2008.</ref> and 2000 ([[Mark Schoofs]]).<ref>[http://www.pulitzer.org/cgi-bin/year.pl?1819,28 The Pulitzer Prize Winners, 2000], official Pulitzer Prize site. Accessed online June 5, 2008.</ref> Almost since its inception the paper has recognized alternative theater in New York through its [[Obie Awards]].<ref>[http://www.villagevoice.com/obies/index.php?page=about ] {{wayback|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/obies/index.php?page=about |date=20071209152059 }}</ref> The paper's "[[Pazz & Jop]]" music poll, started by [[Robert Christgau]] in the early 1970s, continues to this day and remains a highly influential survey of the nation's music critics. In 1999, film critic [[J. Hoberman]] and film section editor Dennis Lim began a similar [[Village Voice Film Poll]] for the year's movies. In 2001 the paper sponsored its first Siren Festival music festival, a free annual event every summer held at [[Coney Island]]. That event has since been moved to the lower tip of Manhattan and re-christened the "[[4Knots]] Music Festival," a reference to the speed of the East River's current.<ref>{{cite web|last=Johnston |first=Maura |url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2011/04/4knots_music_festival_announcement_july_16_2011.php |title=Maura Johnston, "Announcing The 4Knots Music Festival, Taking Place This July 16", The Village Voice Blogs, April 14, 2011 |publisher=Blogs.villagevoice.com |date=2011-04-14 |accessdate=2013-11-24}}</ref>
The ''Voice'' has published many well-known writers, including [[Ezra Pound]], [[Henry Miller]], [[Barbara Garson]], [[Katherine Anne Porter]], staff writer and author M.S.Cone, [[James Baldwin (writer)|James Baldwin]], [[E.E. Cummings]], [[Nat Hentoff]], staff writer and author [[Ted Hoagland]], William Bastone of [[thesmokinggun.com]], Nelson George, Greg Tate, Barry Cooper, Peter Noel, [[Tom Stoppard]], [[Lorraine Hansberry]], [[Lester Bangs]], Catholic activist and author Thomas E. Byers, [[Allen Ginsberg]] and [[Joshua Clover]]. Former editors have included [[Clay Felker]] and Tom Morgan.
Early columnists of the 1950s and 1960s included [[Jonas Mekas]], who explored the underground film movement in his "Film Journal" column; [[Linda Solomon]], who reviewed the Village club scene in the "Riffs" column; and [[Sam Julty]], who wrote a popular column on car ownership and maintenance. John Wilcock wrote a column every week for the paper's first ten years. Another regular from that period was the cartoonist [[Kin Platt]], who did weekly theatrical caricatures. Other prominent regulars have included [[Peter Schjeldahl]], [[Ellen Willis]], Tom Carson, [[Wayne Barrett]], and [[Richard Goldstein (writer born 1944)|Richard Goldstein]].
The newspaper has also been a host to promising underground cartoonists. In addition to mainstay [[Jules Feiffer]], whose cartoon ran for decades in the paper until its cancellation in 1996, well-known cartoonists featured in the paper have included [[Robert Crumb|R. Crumb]], [[Matt Groening]], [[Lynda Barry]], [[Stan Mack]], [[Mark Alan Stamaty]], [[Ted Rall]], [[Tom Tomorrow]], [[Ward Sutton]], [[Ruben Bolling]] and currently [[M. Wartella]].
The ''Voice'' is also known for containing adult content, including sex-advice columns and many pages of advertising for "adult services". This content is located at the back of the newspaper. It is known locally for being the place where most hard rock or jazz concerts are announced, sometimes with full page paid ads. Most groups visiting New York advertise in the ''Voice'' for publicity. Most venues in NYC advertise their concerts in ''The Village Voice''.
The ''Voice''{{-'}}s competitors in New York City include ''[[New York Observer]]'' and ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out New York]]''. In 1996, after decades of carrying a cover price, the ''Voice'' switched from a paid weekly to a free, alternative weekly. The ''Voice’s'' web site is a past winner of both the [[National Press Foundation]]’s Online Journalism Award (2001)<ref>[http://www.nationalpress.org/info-url3520/info-url_show.htm?doc_id=263665 Excellence in Online Journalism Award: Past Winners 2000–2006], NPF Awards, National Press Foundation. Accessed online June 2, 2008.</ref> and the ''[[Editor & Publisher]]'' EPpy Award for Best Overall U.S. Newspaper Online Service – Weekly, Community, Alternative & Free (2003).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://royal.reliaserve.com/eppy/winners2003.html |title=royal.reliaserve.com |publisher=Royal.reliaserve.com |date= |accessdate=2015-06-25}}</ref>
While the ''Voice'' is today known for its staunch support for the civil rights of gays -- it publishes an annual Gay Pride issue every June -- it wasn't always so. Early in its history, the newspaper had a reputation as having an anti-[[Homosexuality|homosexual]] slant. When reporting on the [[Stonewall riots]] of 1969, the newspaper referred to the riots as "The Great Faggot Rebellion".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Spencer|first1=Walter Troy|title=Too Much My Dear|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1299&dat=19690710&id=u-wjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=K4wDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1707,293555&hl=en|website=Google News|publisher=The Village Voice|accessdate=18 August 2015}}</ref> Two reporters, Smith and Truscott, both used the words "faggot" and "dyke" in their articles about the riots. (These words were not commonly used by homosexuals to refer to each other at this time.) After the riot, the [[Gay Liberation Front]] attempted to promote dances for gays and lesbians and were not allowed to use the words ''gay'' or ''homosexual'', which the newspaper considered derogatory. The newspaper changed their policy after the GLF petitioned the ''Voice'' to do so.<ref>Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked The Gay Revolution. Carter, David. p. 226.</ref>
The ''Voice'' was the second organization in the US known to have extended domestic partner benefits, in July 1982. Jeff Weinstein, an employee of the paper and shop steward for the publishing local of District 65 UAW, negotiated and won agreement in the union contract to extend health, life insurance, and disability benefits to the "spouse equivalents" of its union members.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.culturevulture.net/ArthurLazere-Journalist/Journalism-OntheJob/DomesticPartners.htm |title=DomesticPartners |publisher=Web.archive.org |date=2009-02-12 |accessdate=2015-06-25 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212223047/http://www.culturevulture.net/ArthurLazere-Journalist/Journalism-OntheJob/DomesticPartners.htm |archivedate=February 12, 2012 }}</ref>
Seventeen alternative weeklies around the United States are owned by the ''Voice's'' parent company [[Village Voice Media]]. In 2005, the Phoenix alternative weekly chain [[New Times Media]] purchased the company and took the Village Voice Media name. Previous owners of ''The Village Voice'' or of Village Voice Media have included co-founders Fancher<ref>{{cite web|title=Edwin Fancher Oral History - On founding the Voice|url=http://www.gvshp.org/_gvshp/resources/oral_his.htm#EF|publisher=Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation|accessdate=1 June 2015}}</ref> and Wolf,<ref name=nyt-wolf-obit/> New York City Councilman [[Carter Burden]],<ref name=nyt-wolf-obit/> ''New York Magazine'' founder [[Clay Felker]], [[Rupert Murdoch]], and [[Leonard N. Stern|Leonard Stern]] of the [[Hartz Mountain Industries|Hartz Mountain]] empire.
The paper is referenced in the musical ''[[Rent (musical)|Rent]]'' during the song ''[[La Vie Boheme]]''. The line goes: "To riding your bike midday past the three piece suits, to fruits, to no absolutes; to [[Absolut]]; to choice; to '''The Village Voice''', to any passing fad."
===Changes after acquisition by New Times Media===
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Acquired by [[New Times Media]] in 2005, the publication's key personnel changed. The ''Voice'' was then managed by two journalists from [[Phoenix, Arizona]].</ref>
In April 2006, the ''Voice'' dismissed music editor [[Chuck Eddy]].<ref>Ben Sisario, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/30/arts/music/30idol.html?_r=1&oref=slogin Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bloggy: An Online Poll Covets the Territory Once Owned by Pazz & Jop]", ''The New York Times'', November 30, 2006. Accessed June 8, 2008.</ref> Four months later the newspaper fired longtime music critic [[Robert Christgau]]. In January 2007, the newspaper fired sex columnist and erotica author [[Rachel Kramer Bussel]]; long-term creative director [[Ted Keller]], art director Minh Oung, fashion columnist Lynn Yeager and Deputy Art Director [[LD Beghtol]] were laid off or fired soon after. Editor-in-chief [[Donald Forst]] resigned in December 2005. Doug Simmons, his replacement, was fired in March 2006 after it was discovered that a reporter had fabricated portions of an article. Simmons' successor, [[Erik Wemple]], resigned after two weeks. His replacement, [[David Blum]], was fired in March 2007. Afterward, [[Tony Ortega (journalist)|Tony Ortega]] held the position of editor-in-chief from 2007 to 2012.
The firing of [[Nat Hentoff]], who worked for the paper from 1958 to 2008, led to further criticism of the management by some of its current writers, Hentoff himself, and by the ''Voice's'' ideological rival paper ''[[National Review]]'' (which referred to Hentoff as a "treasure").<ref name=lay/><ref>Kathryn Jean Lopez, "[http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NjJlNDY4YTFhZmRhMDhlMzZkNzE3YjkyNmZmMjUwYjg= The Village Voice]". ''National Review'', December 31, 2008.</ref> At the end of 2011, Wayne Barrett, who had written for the paper since 1973, was laid off. Fellow muckraking investigative reporter Tom Robbins then resigned in solidarity.<ref>JEREMY W. PETERS, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/05/nyregion/05voice.html]". ''The New York Times'', January 4, 2011.</ref>
===Voice Media Group===
In September 2012, Village Voice Media executives Scott Tobias, Christine Brennan and Jeff Mars bought Village Voice Media's papers and associated web properties from its founders and formed [[Voice Media Group]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Village Voice Media Execs Acquire The Company’s Famed Alt Weeklies, Form New Holding Company|url=http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/23/voice-media-group-acquisition/|publisher=Tech Crunch|accessdate=September 27, 2012}}</ref>
In May 2013, the Village Voice editor Will Bourne and deputy editor Jessica Lustig told ''[[The New York Times]]'' that they were quitting the paper rather than executing further staff layoffs.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/10/business/media/top-editors-abruptly-leave-village-voice.html?_r=0 | title=Top Editors Abruptly Leave Village Voice Over Staff Cuts | date=10 May 2013 | accessdate=May 11, 2013 | last=Carr | first=David | newspaper=New York Times}}</ref> Both had been recent hires. The Voice has gone through five editors since 2005. Following Bourne's and Lustig's departure, Village Media Group management fired three of the ''Voice'''s longest-serving contributors: gossip and nightlife columnist [[Michael Musto]], restaurant critic [[Robert Sietsema]], and theater critic Michael Feingold, all of whom had been writing for the ''Voice'' for decades.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hallock|first=Betty|title=Village Voice 'bloodbath' sends restaurant critic Robert Sietsema packing|url=http://www.latimes.com/features/food/dailydish/la-dd-village-voice-cuts-longtime-restaurant-critic-robert-sietsema-20130517,0,7776071.story|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=May 17, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Kassel|first=Matthew|last2=Bloomgarden-Smoke|first2=Kara|title=Longtime writers out at The Village Voice|url=http://observer.com/2013/05/longtime-writers-out-at-the-village-voice/|newspaper=New York Observer|date=May 17, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Simonson|first=Robert|title=Michael Feingold, longtime critic, let go from Village Voice|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/178166-Michael-Feingold-Longtime-Critic-Let-Go-from-Village-Voice|newspaper=Playbill|date=May 20, 2013}}</ref>
In July 2013, Voice Media Group executives named Tom Finkel editor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2013/07/tom_finkel_village_voice_editor.php |title=Tom Finkel Named as Editor of the Village Voice |publisher=Blogs.villagevoice.com |date=2013-07-08 |accessdate=2013-11-24}}</ref>
===Current Ownership===
In October 2015, Peter D. Barbey, through the private investment company Black Walnut Holdings L.L.C., purchased ''The Village Voice'' from Voice Media Group.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/13/nyregion/village-voice-sold-to-peter-barbey-owner-of-a-pennsylvania-newspaper.html |title=Village Voice Sold to Peter Barbey, Owner of a Pennsylvania Newspaper |date=12 October 2015 |accessdate=October 18, 2015 |last=Santora |first=Marc |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> Barbey is a member of one of America's wealthiest families,<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.forbes.com/profile/barbey/?list=families |title=America's Richest Families #48 Barbey family |last=Dolan |first=Karen A. |last2=Kroll |first2=Luisa |date=1 July 2015 |accessdate=October 18, 2015 |journal=Forbes}}</ref> who has had ownership interest in the ''[[Reading Eagle]]'', a daily newspaper serving the city of Reading, Pennsylvania and the surrounding region, for many years. He serves as president and CEO of the Reading Eagle Company & currently of The Village Voice.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www2.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=324086 |title=Barbey named president of Reading Eagle Company |date=4 August 2011 | accessdate=October 18, 2015 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |newspaper=Reading Eagle}}</ref>
==Blogs==
In addition to the weekly print edition circulated around New York City, the paper operates three blogs: ''Runnin' Scared'' (news), ''Sound of the City'' (music) and ''Fork in the Road'' (restaurants and bar news). The paper operates several social media accounts, including @VillageVoice on Twitter and it also manages a Facebook presence. The film section writers and editors also produce a weekly Voice Film Club podcast.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/voice-film-club/id686641853?mt=2 |title=iTunes - Podcasts - Voice Film Club by The Village Voice |publisher=Itunes.apple.com |date= |accessdate=2015-06-25}}</ref>
==Awards and honors==
*2013: [[Association of Alternative Newsmedia]] for Investigative Reporting, for “Rikers Violence” by Graham Rayman<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/2013-aan-awards-winners-announced/Article?oid=7173618 |title=2013 AAN Awards Winners Announced |author= Jason Zaragoza |date=13 July 2013 |publisher=[[Association of Alternative Newsmedia]] |accessdate=22 August 2013}}</ref>
*2011: [[New York Press Club]] Gold Keyboard, for “The NYPD Tapes” by Graham Rayman<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nypressclub.org/awards.php |title=Awards for Journalism: 2011 Winners |publisher=[[New York Press Club]] |accessdate=22 August 2013}}</ref>
*2011: [[Association of Alternative Newsmedia]] for Investigative Reporting, for “The NYPD Tapes” by Graham Rayman<ref name=repeat-AAN2011>{{cite web |url=http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/2011-altweekly-awards-winners-announced/Article?oid=4549589 |title=2011 AltWeekly Awards Winners Announced |author= Jason Zaragoza |date=22 July 2011 |publisher=[[Association of Alternative Newsmedia]] |accessdate=22 August 2013}}</ref>
*2011: Association of Alternative Newsmedia for Best Staff Blog, for “Runnin’ Scared” news columns, for work by Foster Kamer, Tony Ortega, and Jen Doll<ref name=repeat-AAN2011 />
*2011: Association of Alternative Newsmedia for Music Blog, for “Sound of the City” columns, by Rob Harvilla and Zach Baron <ref name=repeat-AAN2011 />
*2010: Association of Alternative Newsmedia for Arts Criticism, for work by Jim Hoberman<ref name=repeat-AAN2010>{{cite web |url=http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/2010-altweekly-awards-winners-announced/Article?oid=2260743 |title=2010 AltWeekly Awards Winners Announced |author= Jason Zaragoza |date=16 July 2010 |publisher=[[Association of Alternative Newsmedia]] |accessdate= 22 August 2013}}</ref>
*2010: Association of Alternative Newsmedia for Political Column, for work by Tom Robbins<ref name=repeat-AAN2010 />
*2010: Association of Alternative Newsmedia for Music Criticism, for work by Rob Harvilla<ref name=repeat-AAN2010 />
*2010: Association of Alternative Newsmedia for Best Staff Blog, for “Runnin’ Scared” news blog by staff<ref name=repeat-AAN2010 />
*2010: Association of Alternative Newsmedia for Music Blog, for “Sound of the City” by staff<ref name=repeat-AAN2010 />
*2009: Association of Alternative Newsmedia for Political Column, for work by Tom Robbins<ref name=repeat-AAN2009>{{cite web |url=http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/full-list-of-2009-altweekly-awards-winners-released/Article?oid=1236419 |title=Full List of 2009 AltWeekly Awards Winners Released |author=Jason Zaragoza |date=1 July 2008 |publisher= [[Association of Alternative Newsmedia]] |accessdate= 22 August 2013}}</ref>
*2009: Association of Alternative Newsmedia for Music Criticism, for work by Rob Harvilla<ref name=repeat-AAN2009/>
*2008: Association of Alternative Newsmedia for Music Criticism, for work by Rob Harvilla<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/aan-and-medill-announce-altweekly-awards-winners/Article?oid=319314 |title=AAN and Medill Announce AltWeekly Awards Winners |date=7 June 2008 |publisher=[[Association of Alternative Newsmedia]] |accessdate= 22 August 2013}}</ref>
*2008: [[New York Press Club]] Continuing Coverage Award / Newspaper, for "Tall Tales of a Mafia Mistress" by Tom Robbins<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nypressclub.org/awards.php|title=New York Press Club Awards for Journalism|publisher=Nypressclub.org|accessdate=2015-06-25}}</ref>
*2003: [[Investigative Reporters and Editors]] Award, Local Circulation Weekly Category, series "Lush Life of Rudy Appointee" by Tom Robbins<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.writenews.com/2003/062003_aan_awards.htm|title=Alternative Newsweekly Award Winners Announced|work=The Write News|date=June 20, 2003|publisher=Writers Write, Inc|accessdate=June 1, 2008}}</ref>
*2007: [[Association of Alternative Newsmedia]] for Investigative Reporting, work by Kristen Lombardi<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/aan-announces-altweekly-awards-winners/Article?oid=187877 |title= AAN Announces AltWeekly Awards Winners |author= Heather Kuldell |date=15 June 2007 |publisher=[[Association of Alternative Newsmedia]] |accessdate=22 August 2013}}</ref>
*2003: [[American Society of Journalists and Authors]] Donald Robinson Award for Investigative Journalism, for "Final Solutions: How IBM Helped Automate the Nazi Death Machine in Poland" by Edwin Black<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asja.org/awards/awarhist.php|title=ASJA.org: Awards History – Donald Robinson Memorial Award for Investigative Journalism|publisher=www.asja.org|accessdate=June 1, 2008|last=[[American Society of Journalists and Authors]]}}</ref>
*2003: [[New York Press Club]] and [[New York State Bar Association]] Crystal Gavel Award, for "Why the NYPD Is Fighting for the Right to Spy on You" by Chisun Lee<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nysba.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=2003_Press_Releases&template=/PressRelease/PressReleaseDisplay.cfm&PressReleaseID=137&PressReleaseCategoryID=2&ShowArchives=0
|title=New York State Bar Association and New York Press Club to Honor News Media Reporting About Law, Legal System – Village Voice and ABC News receive top honors|work=[[New York State Bar Association]]|publisher=www.nysba.org|accessdate=June 1, 2008|last=Carr|first=Brad}}</ref>
*2002: [[Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism]] [[Meyer Berger|Mike Berger]] Award for "Crossing to the Other Side" by Michael Kamber<ref name="berger2002">{{cite web|url=http://www.aan.org/news/village_voice_wins_berger_award/Aan/ViewArticle?oid=112712|title=Village Voice Wins Berger Award|publisher=www.aan.org|accessdate=June 1, 2008|date=May 13, 2002|last=[[Association of Alternative Newsweeklies]]}}</ref>
*2002: [[Association of Alternative Newsweeklies]] Award for Feature Writing, for "Crossing to the Other Side" by Michael Kamber<ref name="aan2002">{{cite web|url=http://aan.org/alternative/Aan/ViewArticle?oid=oid%3A112806|title=Alternative Newsweekly Award Winners Announced – Two Sept. 11 Pieces Take First Place, Gambit Weekly Wins Four Firsts|publisher=aan.org|accessdate=June 1, 2008|last=[[Association of Alternative Newsweeklies]]}}</ref>
*2002: Association of Alternative Newsweeklies Award for Photography, for photograph of downtown Manhattan by Andre Souroujon<ref name="aan2002" />
*2002: Association of Alternative Newsweeklies Award for Photography for Arts Criticism, work by Greg Tate<ref name="aan2002" />
*2002: Association of Alternative Newsweeklies Award for Photography for Cartoon, "Tom the Dancing Bug" by Ken Fisher (Ruben Bolling)<ref name="aan2002" />
*2001: Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Mike Berger Award for "Life on the Outside" by Jennifer Gonnerman<ref name="berger2002" />
*2001: [[National Press Foundation]] Excellence in Online Journalism Award for www.villagevoice.com<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalpress.org/info-url3520/info-url_show.htm?doc_id=263665#Village%20Voice|title=The National Press Foundation - NPF Awards - 2001 Award Winner, VillageVoice.com|publisher=www.nationalpress.org|accessdate=June 1, 2008|last=[[National Press Foundation]]}}</ref>
*2000: [[Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting]], for "AIDS: The Agony of Africa" by Mark Schoofs<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/year/2000/international-reporting/|title=2000 Pulitzer Prize Winners – INTERNATIONAL REPORTING|last=The Pulitzer Board|publisher=www.pulitzer.org|accessdate=June 1, 2008 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080410225736/http://www.pulitzer.org/year/2000/international-reporting/ <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = April 10, 2008}}</ref>
*1986: [[Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning]], Jules Feiffer<ref>{{cite news | last =Shaw | first =David | title =Denver Post Wins Pulitzer Three Other Newspapers Get Two Prizes Apiece | work =[[Los Angeles Times]] | page =1 | date = April 18, 1986 }}</ref>
*1994: [[National Press Foundation]] Kiplinger Distinguished Contributions to Journalism, work by Nat Hentoff<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nationalpress.org/awards/detail/kiplinger-distinguished-contributions-to-journalism/archives/ |title= Kiplinger Distinguished Contributions to Journalism Awards |publisher=[[National Press Foundation]] |accessdate=22 August 2013}}</ref>
*1981: [[Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing]], Teresa Carpenter<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/cgi-bin/year.pl?year=1981|title=The Pulitzer Prizes for 1981|publisher=www.pulitzer.org|last=The Pulitzer Board|accessdate=June 1, 2008 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080403065335/http://www.pulitzer.org/cgi-bin/year.pl?year=1981 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = April 3, 2008}}</ref>
*1960: [[George Polk Award]] for Community Service<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brooklyn.liu.edu/polk/prev/prev60.html|title=The George Polk Awards for Journalism|publisher=www.brooklyn.liu.edu|accessdate=June 1, 2008|last=[[Long Island University]]}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[Gear (Village Voice)|Gear]]
* [[Media of New York City]]
==References==
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==Further reading==
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*{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/10/30/PKGM9DD1CB1.DTL|title=New Times|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|date=October 30, 2005|last=Chonin|first=Neva|page=PK-16}}
* Frankfort, Ellen. ''The Voice: Life at the Village Voice.'' New York: William Morrow, 1976.
* [[Amy Goodman|Goodman, Amy]]. [http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/13/145245 "Village Voice Shakeup: Top Investigative Journalist Fired, Prize-Winning Writers Resign Following Merger with New Times Media"], April 13, 2006. Listen in [http://play.rbn.com/?url=demnow/demnow/demand/2006/april/audio/dn20060413.ra&proto=rtsp&start=10:50 RealPlayer]. Download in [https://archive.org/download/dn2006-0413/dn2006-0413-1_64kb.mp3 MP3]. Watch in 128K [http://play.rbn.com/?url=demnow/demnow/demand/2006/april/video/dnB20060413a.rm&proto=rtsp&start=10:50 RealPlayer Video stream]. Read [http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/13/145245#transcript ''Democracy Now!'' transcript]. Host Amy Goodman interviews current and former staff [[James Ridgeway]], [[Nat Hentoff]], Tom Robbins, [[Sydney Schanberg]] and two reporters [[Mark Jacobson]] and [[Tim Redmond]].
* Jacobson, Mark. [http://newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/media/features/14987/ "The Voice from Beyond the Grave: The legendary downtown paper has been a shell of its former self since it went free nearly a decade ago. But a potty-mouthed new owner—from Phoenix, no less—vows to make it relevant again"], ''[[New York Magazine]]'', November 14, 2005. Retrieved April 13, 2006.
* Murphy, Jarrett. [http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0543,murphynews,69260,2.html "Village Voice Media, New Times Announce Merger: Deal to combine two largest alt-weekly chains would require Justice Department approval"]. ''Village Voice'', October 24, 2005. Retrieved April 13, 2006.
* Powers, Devon. ''Writing the Record: The Village Voice and the Birth of Rock Criticism.'' Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 2013.
* Sherman, Gabriel. [http://www.nyobserver.com/20060424/20060424_Gabriel_Sherman_media_offtherecord.asp ''Can Village Voice Make It Without Its Lefty Zetz?''], ''The [[New York Observer]]'', April 24, 2006, p. 1. Retrieved April 20, 2006.
* VanAirsdale, S. T. [http://www.thereeler.com/features/the_voice_in_the_wilderness.php "The Voice in the Wilderness: A look inside the Village Voice's troubled film section reveals acrimony, disappointment – and maybe even a future"], ''The Reeler'', November 15, 2006. Retrieved November 16, 2006.
*Sisario, Ben. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/30/arts/music/30idol.html?_r=1&oref=slogin "Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bloggy: An Online Poll Covets the Territory Once Owned by Pazz & Jop"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 30, 2006.
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==External links==
* [http://www.villagevoice.com/ ''The Village Voice''] Official site.
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