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Behind the scenes of The Village Voice
A new books details all of the daring and drama of the legendary Village Voice newspaper.
'Paris is Burning' star and NYC ballroom icon dead at 62
"Her presence and talent left an indelible mark on the House Ballroom scene," the statement announcing her death read.
Village Voice hires ex-Dan's Papers CEO ahead of print revival
The Village Voice, which has been hard to find on newsstands since 2017, has hired the former CEO of Dan's Papers with bold plans to start publishing a regular print...
Stanley Crouch, outspoken columnist and jazz lover, dead at 74
In a career dating back to the '60s, his work was a blend of high art and street talk.
The Village Voice is no more
The storied New York tabloid the Village Voice -- already down to around two dozen employees -- is now officially dead, its owner announced Friday. Half of the staff will...
Village Voice editor-in-chief quietly leaves company
The Village Voice editor-in-chief Stephen Mooallem has quietly left the company, The Post has learned. The former executive editor of Harper’s Bazaar, who was hired in December 2016, exited in...
The Most Narcissistic Generation's stranglehold on American culture is fading
This week we lost the last two institutional vestiges of the ’60s: the Village Voice, which published its final print edition Wednesday, and Rolling Stone, which was put up for...
Here's hoping the 'virtual' Village Voice can find new glories
News that the Village Voice is abandoning print to become an online-only publication truly marks the end of an era. Its owners say the move is meant to revitalize the...
Village Voice to end its print edition after more than 60 years
Stop the presses. The Village Voice is ending its free print edition to go entirely online, the company announced Tuesday — marking the end of an era for a longtime...
Backpage hit with new evidence it controls sex-trafficking ads
A contractor for Backpage.com has been aggressively soliciting and creating sex-related ads for the sleazy classified ad site, according to a trove of newly discovered documents. The explosive new evidence...
Tenacious Trump reporter Wayne Barrett dies at 71
Investigative reporter Wayne Barrett, who exposed New York City public corruption and wrote hard-hitting biographies of Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani, died Tuesday of interstitial lung disease. Barrett, 71, uncovered...
Village Voice to undergo over $1M relaunch
Village Voice owner Peter Barbey said that in 2017 he will spend $1 million-plus on a digital and print relaunch of the granddaddy of alternative weeklies — but had no...
Former Village Voice owners arrested on pimping charges
Michael Lacey and James Larkin — the one-time Village Voice owners who are the controlling shareholders behind the sleazy Backpage.com site — have been arrested in California on felony charges...
Village Voice finally finds a publisher
Peter Barbey, scion of one of America’s wealthiest families, made another move on Thursday to bolster the beleaguered Village Voice by installing a new publisher after the post had been...
Village Voice brings back ex-editor to lead turnaround
Will Bourne is going home again to the Village Voice. News of Bourne’s return as editor-in-chief was first reported on Tuesday by Capital New York. He replaces Tom Finkel, who...
Pennsylvania family set to own the Village Voice
A textile mogul whose family owns a daily paper in Pennsylvania has taken over the Village Voice. Peter Barbey, through his Black Walnut Holdings investment company, on Monday said he...
The wonderful world of Andrew W.K. and Glenn Beck
With his manic “party metal” music, grungy stage clothes and life philosophy centered on spreading joy through partying, Andrew W.K. seems an unlikely business partner for right-wing-red-meat media-man Glenn Beck...
Time Out New York switching to all-free distribution model
This is the last week readers will be able to buy a copy of Time Out New York on newsstands — starting April 15, the 20-year-old listing and entertainment weekly...
Judge orders reporter to turn over Schoolcraft's documents
A Manhattan federal judge has ordered former Village Voice reporter Graham Rayman to turn over at least some of the documents and e-mails he used as sources for his book...