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73-399: EBX may refer to: East Bay Express , a California newspaper EB Games Expo , an Australian video game convention EBX (album) , a four-volume box set by the band Erasure EBX Group , a Brazil-based company group with oil-based business EBX, a videogame retailer owned by Electronics Boutique EBX register , a processor register on

146-547: A Backpage sex trafficking exposé, Village Voice Media executives Scott Tobias, Christine Brennan and Jeff Mars bought Village Voice Media's papers and associated web properties from its founders in September 2012, and formed the Denver-based Voice Media Group . In May 2013, The Village Voice editor Will Bourne and deputy editor Jessica Lustig told The New York Times that they were quitting

219-842: A quarterly in April 2021. The Village Voice has received three Pulitzer Prizes , the National Press Foundation Award, and the George Polk Award . The Village Voice hosted a variety of writers and artists, including writer Ezra Pound , cartoonist Lynda Barry , artist Greg Tate , music critic Robert Christgau , and film critics Andrew Sarris , Jonas Mekas , and J. Hoberman . In October 2015, The Village Voice changed ownership and severed all ties with former parent company Voice Media Group (VMG). The Voice announced on August 22, 2017, that it would cease publication of its print edition and convert to

292-515: A Country (8/28/13)." Ali Winston and Darwin BondGraham won third place in the beat coverage category. Ellen Cushing won third place in the arts feature category for "The Bacon-Wrapped Economy." 2014 The Express won two first-place awards for journalism excellence and shared in another in the Society of Professional Journalism contest for Northern California news organizations. Sam Levin won

365-462: A court ruling against the Express in a lawsuit and in the midst of Buel and Gallman's ongoing efforts to sell their publications, management laid off six employees (including most of the editorial staff), at which point Buel again took on the role of publisher. Less than a month later, Gammon left the paper to take a position in the office of California State Senator Nancy Skinner . In March 2020,

438-610: A first place for business feature writing for "The Buzzmakers" (5/18/05). Laila Weir won second place for her cover story "Games Without Frontiers" (3/23/05). Jonathan Kauffman won third place in the criticism and reviewing category. And Justin Berton took third place in the profile writing category for "David Dondero's Opening Act" (1/19/05). 2006 The Express won three awards in the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies' 2006 AltWeekly Awards contest. David Downs won first place in

511-528: A first place honor to Lauren Gard for "Good Kids, Bad Blood." Kara Platoni won a Clarion Award for best newspaper feature story for "The Ten Million Dollar Woman." Three Express reporters won awards from the Northern California chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists in its 2005 journalism contest. In depth reporting, Robert Gammon won for "At Large." In the opinion category, Will Harper won for "What Media Monopoly?" And Rachel Swan

584-871: A first place in the Arts and Culture reporting category for "When Corporations Want Profits, They Don't Ask for Permission." Kathleen Richards won first place in the Feature Storytelling category for "Hunting with a Rat." And Joaquin Palomino won in the Outstanding Emerging Journalist category for "California's Thirsty Almonds" (2/5/14) and "The Water Tunnel Boondoggle" (5/13/14. Palomino was also honored for his report, "Archaeology's Poisonous Past," in High Country News. Express humorist Alice Kahn claimed to have coined

657-483: A first-place award in the continuing coverage category and then shared a first-place award with Ali Winston, Darwin BondGraham and Joaquin Palomino in the best series category. BondGraham also won first place in the best analysis category for "From Brown to Green" (1/25). Ashley Bates won first place in the news story category for "Radioactive Isle" (9/5). Kibby Kleiman won first place for best sports story for "Moneyball 2.0: The Pitching Whisperer" (9/12). And Rachel Swan won

730-418: A fully digital venture, on a date to be announced. The final printed edition, featuring a 1965 photo of Bob Dylan on the cover, was distributed on September 21, 2017. After halting print publication in 2017, The Voice provided daily coverage through its website until August 31, 2018, when it announced it was ceasing production of new editorial content. On December 23, 2020, editor R. C. Baker announced that

803-426: A host to 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 R. Crumb , Matt Groening , Lynda Barry , Stan Mack , Mark Alan Stamaty , Ted Rall , Tom Tomorrow , Ward Sutton , Ruben Bolling and M. Wartella . Backpage was a classified advertisement website owned by

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876-428: A political column called Seven Days; a cover story, events and music listings; music, dining and movie reviews; a culture column; a parenting column; a tech column; and the syndicated Free Will Astrology column. Daedalus Howell served as editor-at-large after its sale by Telegraph Media to Metro Newspapers in the spring of 2020. As of September 1, 2023, Samantha Campos was named editor. The first edition of

949-459: A second place in the illustration category. Gammon also took a third place for investigative/in-depth news writing for "At Large" (1/12/05). Justin Page took second place in the page design category. Kara Platoni earned first place in the profile writing category for "Remote Control" (11/9/05). Jonathan Kaminsky took first place for sports feature writing for "Wounded Warriors" (12/14/05). Alex Handy won

1022-689: A second-place award in the Best Series category for "The Belgian Connection." And he took third place in the In-depth or Investigative Reporting category for "Arrests Are Down and Crime Is Up" (December 3, 2008). 2010 Kathleen Richards' investigative story, "Yelp and the Business of Extortion 2.0" won first place for in-depth, investigative reporting at both the 2010 East Bay Press Club's Excellence in Print Journalism Contest and

1095-524: A second-place award in the best news story category for "Warning: Quake in 60 Seconds." And Brian Kelly won a second-place award in the page design category for "False Witness." The Express won six awards for journalism excellence in the Association of Alternative Newsmedia national contest. The paper won the most awards of any alt-weekly in California and tied for the third most honors nationwide among all alt-weeklies. Azeen Ghorayshi won first place in

1168-472: A second-place award in the specialty story category for "The Shrinking Stage" (4/4). The Express won two awards in the annual Association of Alternative Newsmedia contest. Rachel Swan won a first-place award in the arts feature category for "The Shrinking Stage." And Kathleen Richards won a third-place award in the long-form news category for "How Much Garbage Does It Take to Treat a Patient?" 2013 The Express won two awards for journalism excellence from

1241-589: A two-bedroom apartment in Greenwich Village ; that was its initial coverage area, which expanded to other parts of the city by the 1960s. In 1960, it moved from 22 Greenwich Avenue to 61 Christopher Street in a landmark triangular corner building adjoining Sheridan Square, and a few feet west of the Stonewall Inn ; then, from the 1970s through 1980, at 11th Street and University Place; and then Broadway and 13th Street. It moved to Cooper Square in

1314-775: A valuable resource for reporters covering the Trump presidency. The Voice has published investigations of New York City politics, as well as reporting on national politics, with arts, culture, music, dance, film, and theater reviews. Writers and cartoonists for The Voice have received three Pulitzer Prizes : in 1981 ( Teresa Carpenter , for feature writing), 1986 ( Jules Feiffer , for editorial cartooning) and 2000 ( Mark Schoofs , for international reporting). The paper has, almost since its inception, recognized alternative theater in New York through its Obie Awards . The paper's " Pazz & Jop " music poll, started by Robert Christgau in

1387-457: Is an American news and culture publication based in Greenwich Village , New York City , known for being the country's first alternative newsweekly . Founded in 1955 by Dan Wolf , Ed Fancher , John Wilcock , and Norman Mailer , The Voice began as a platform for the creative community of New York City. It ceased publication in 2017, although its online archives remained accessible. After an ownership change, The Voice reappeared in print as

1460-502: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages East Bay Express The Express is known for its investigative and longform news and feature stories, along with its award-winning arts, food and wine coverage. The paper is also well known for its opinionated viewpoint and for engaging in advocacy journalism . A typical issue of the Express contains one or two in-depth news stories; an "Eco Watch" column about environmental issues;

1533-749: The Editor & Publisher EPpy Award for Best Overall U.S. Newspaper Online Service – Weekly, Community, Alternative & Free in 2003. 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 and Wolf, New York City Councilman Carter Burden , New York magazine founder Clay Felker , Rupert Murdoch , and Leonard Stern of

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1606-589: The East Village in 1991, and in 2013, to the Financial District . 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

1679-502: The Express was being bought by then-editor Stephen Buel and a group of investors including Hal Brody. Jody Colley became publisher that year, and then Jay Youngdahl acquired majority control of the paper in August 2010. In December 2010, co-editors Robert Gammon and Kathleen Richards took over for Stephen Buel. In 2010, Express reported on the election of Jean Quan as mayor of Oakland; Quan defeated ex-state Senator Don Perata. During

1752-517: The Express was published in October 1978, during Governor Jerry Brown's first stint as governor of California. The Express was an independent publication at the time and its first editor was veteran journalist John Raeside; 1978 also saw the passage of Proposition 13 and the election of Oakland's first African-American mayor, Lionel Wilson . During the 1980s, the paper covered the rise and fall of Oakland drug lords Felix Mitchell and Mickey Moore,

1825-610: The Express was sold to Weeklys, a 17-title regional media group that includes the North Bay Bohemian , the Pacific Sun , Santa Cruz’s Good Times, and Metro Silicon Valley . 2001 Express writers won four 2001 East Bay Press Club awards; the winners were Kara Platoni, Will Harper and Lisa Drostova. 2002 The Express won three 2002 awards from the Northern California Chapter of

1898-453: The Express. Kathleen Richards returned as editor-in-chief and Buel, who had been editor from 2001 to 2010, became publisher. Buel resigned this role in 2018 after a dispute with writers about removed blog posts about race issues in music. Gammon then took on the role of publisher of the Express , and became editor again later in the year as well when Richards left, while Buel and Gallman remained majority owners. In early 2019, following

1971-840: The Hartz Mountain empire. After The Village Voice was acquired by New Times Media in 2005, the publication's key personnel changed. The Voice was then managed by two journalists from Phoenix, Arizona . In April 2006, The Voice dismissed music editor Chuck Eddy . Four months later, the newspaper sacked 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 Yaeger and Deputy Art Director LD Beghtol were laid off or fired soon afterward. Editor in chief Donald Forst resigned in December 2005. Doug Simmons, his replacement,

2044-542: The 2003-2004 Excellence in Journalism awards, which are sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists' Northern California chapter; the winners were: Chris Thompson, who topped the Depth Reporting category with "The AXT Way" (3/21/04). Editorial Fellow Malcolm Gay was honored as Best Emerging Journalist. Staff writer Susan Goldsmith won Best Feature Story for "Frank's War" (4/28/04). "2003 Illustrated," won

2117-541: The 2007 East Bay press Club Excellence in Print Journalism contest. Rachel Swan won a first place for cultural affairs reporting. Nate Seltenrich won third place in the cultural affairs reporting category for "The Indian Hunter." And Robert Gammon won second place in in-depth/investigative reporting for "Living Large" and "My Fair Lady." Gammon also won third place in the best columnist category. 2008 The Express won five awards, including three first-places, in

2190-583: The 2010 Society of Professional Journalists awards. 2011 The Express won a first-place award in the 2011 Price Child Health and Welfare Journalism contest for "Pushing Foster Children off the Plank" by Angela Kilduff. 2012 The Express won three honors: The Northern California Independent Booksellers Association gave an award to publisher Jody Colley; Ali Winston, Joaquin Palomino and Robert Gammon were honored by PUEBLO, Oakland's police watchdog group; and Rachel Swan won an excellence in journalism award from

2263-559: The Advancement of Science for Azeen Ghorayshi's story, "Warning: Quake in 60 Seconds." The Express won nine awards for journalism excellence, including six first-place honors, in the 37th Annual Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards. Ali Winston and Darwin BondGraham won first place in the continuing coverage category. BondGraham also won a third-place honor in the business/technology story category for "Public Research for Private Gain." Robert Gammon and Joaquin Palomino won first place in

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2336-1027: The Criticism or Reviewing category for On Food. Rachel Swan tied for third place in the Best Profile category with "The Player and the Pilgrim" (11/22/06). Stephen Buel won third place in the Long Feature category for "The Quick and the Dead" (7/26/06). Chris Thompson also won first place for Best Technology story, "Publishers vs. the Censorbot" (8/2/06). Thompson also won Best Columnist for City of Warts. Lauren Gard won first place for Best Profile for "What's Wrong with This Picture?" (12/6/06) and first place in Lifestyle Feature category for "Fat! Fit? Fabulous!" (9/13/06). David Downs won first place in

2409-796: The Criticism or Reviewing category. He also won third place in the Business News category for "Drinking the Bills Away" (7/5/06) and third place in the Best Editorial category for "Smooth Criminal Fingers" (10/11/06). Eliza Strickland won first place in the Long Feature category for "Identity Theft" (1/25/06). She also won third place in the Best Technology category for "Nice Nanostuff, But Is It Safe?" (1/25/06). Alex Handy won second place in Lifestyle Feature for "They Walk Among Us" (6/7/06). 2007 The Express won four awards in

2482-926: The East Bay Press Club's 2006 Excellence in Print Journalism contest. Robert Gammon won first place in the General News category for "We're Outta Here" (4/12/06). He won first place in the Business Feature category for "Trouble in the Air" (10/18/06). And Gammon and Chris Thompson won in the Sports Feature category for "The Fremont Athletics" (11/29/06). Kara Platoni won second place in the In-Depth or Investigative Reporting category for "Dealing in Death" (7/5/06). John Birdsall won third place in

2555-520: The East Bay Press Club's annual Excellence in Print Journalism Contest for 2008. Nate Seltenrich won first place in the Lifestyle Feature writing category for "Writers, Unblocked" (August 6, 2008). Robert Gammon won first-place in the Best Opinion writing category for "The Torture Professor" (May 14, 2008). He also one first place for Best Analysis writing for "Tip of the Iceberg." Gammon also earned

2628-755: The GLF petitioned it to do so. Over time, The Voice changed its stance, and, in 1982, became the second organization in the US known to have extended domestic partner benefits. 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. The Voice ' s competitors in New York City include The New York Observer and Time Out New York . Seventeen alternative weeklies around

2701-591: The Graphic Journalism category for its co-coordinators Michael Mechanic and Jesse Reklaw. Staff writer Kara Platoni won the 2004 Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award, a national prize given to young science writers. The Express won twelve awards in the San Francisco/East Bay Press Club's 2004 Excellence in Print Journalism Contest. Will Harper won best columnist and first place in the business feature category for "Publisher for

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2847-513: The Northern California chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. The Express won first-place awards in the 2006 Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Awards . In the Fashion and Design category, Kara Platoni won for "What a Steal!" (3/11/04). In the Food and Nutrition category, Will Harper won for "The O Word" (1/5/05). The Express won nine first-place awards—and seventeen awards overall—in

2920-637: The People" (9/29/04). Kara Platoni won first place for technology coverage for "I, Robot" (4/14/04). She also won second place in the business news competition for "Latinos Warn of 'False' Credit Card" (9/1/04). Platoni also won first place in the lifestyle feature category for "What a Steal" (11/3/04). Lauren Gard won first place in the long feature category for "Good Kids, Bad Blood" (8/11/04). In sports features, Chris Togneri took first place for "Eve of Destruction" (8/18/04). Susan Goldsmith took third place for "Mortal Combat" (1/14/04). Justin Berton won first place in

2993-544: The Reading Eagle Company, and holds the same roles at The Village Voice . After taking over ownership of The Voice , Barbey named Joe Levy, formerly of Rolling Stone , as interim editor in chief, and Suzan Gursoy, formerly of Ad Week , as publisher. In December 2016, Barbey named Stephen Mooallem, formerly of Harper's Bazaar , as editor in chief. Mooallem resigned in May 2018, and was not replaced before

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3066-443: The Society of Professional Journalists of Northern California. The Express won eight awards, including seven first-place honors, in the annual Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards contest. Ellen Cushing won first place in the best business/technology story for "The Digital Sweatshop" (8/1). Cushing also shared a first-place award with Rachel Swan in the entertainment category for "Traveling Bands Do Not Cross" (1/18). Robert Gammon won

3139-473: The Society of Professional Journalists, Northern California Chapter. Darwin BondGraham won first place in the investigative reporting category for "Public Research for Private Gain." And Ellen Cushing won a first place in arts and culture reporting for "The Bacon-Wrapped Economy." The Express won a national award for journalism excellence in science reporting from the American Association for

3212-500: The Society of Professional Journalists; the winners were Justin Berton, Will Harper and Kara Platoni. 2003 The Express received several honors from the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies; the winners were: Mike Mechanic, Jesse Reklaw, Wahab Algarmi, Alixopulos, Stephen Buel, Josh Frankel, Fredo, Malcolm Gay, Hellen Jo, David Lasky, Thien Pham, Lark Pien, Chris Thompson, Mark Gartland and Jonathan Kauffman. 2004 The Express took top honors in four non-daily print categories in

3285-553: The United States are owned by The Voice's former parent company Village Voice Media . The film section writers and editors also produced a weekly Voice Film Club podcast. In 1996, after decades of carrying a cover price, The Voice switched from a paid weekly to a free, alternative weekly. The Voice website was a recipient of the National Press Foundation 's Online Journalism Award in 2001 and

3358-436: The arts feature category for "Roboscalper" (3/30/05). Rob Harvilla won third place in music criticism. And Will Harper won honorable mention for best feature story for "A Man Named Sue" (9/28/2005). Jonathan Kauffman won top honors for restaurant criticism from the national Association of Food Journalists in its 2006 awards contest. And Anneli Rufus was honored for criticism in the 2006 Excellence in Journalism awards, hosted by

3431-682: The bakery were later convicted of murdering Oakland journalist Chauncey Bailey. Throughout the decade, the Express also closely covered the FBI investigation of then-state Senator Don Perata of Oakland. In addition, the paper reported on The Riders scandal in the Oakland Police Department; the rise of the hyphy music scene; the election of Ron Dellums as mayor of Oakland; and the Oakland A's' aborted attempts to move to Fremont and San Jose. On 17 May 2007, Village Voice Media announced

3504-621: The best series category for "Tunnel Vision: Delta in Peril and Rivers in Peril." Gammon also won a first place award in the news column category for his weekly column Seven Days. Rebecca Ruiz won first place for best feature story of a serious nature for "Life, Death and PTSD in Oakland." Vanessa Rancaño won first place in the specialty story category for "Waste: The Dark Side of the New Coffee Craze." Mark C. Anderson won first place for best sports story for "Real Warriors." Azeen Ghorayshi won

3577-568: The closure of the Keystone Berkeley nightclub and student protests at UC Berkeley that urged the regents to divest from apartheid South Africa. In 1989, the Express reported extensively on the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake and the collapse of the Cypress Structure on I-880. In the 1990s, the paper reported on the devastating 1991 East Bay Hills firestorm; the decision by Mills College in Oakland to admit male students for

3650-590: The decade, the paper also covered the rise of progressives in Richmond, the tenure of Mayor Tom Bates in Berkeley, the growth of Oakland's food scene and the election of Libby Schaaf as mayor of Oakland. In 2014, Robert Gammon became sole editor of the paper when Kathleen Richards moved to Seattle to serve as editor of The Stranger . Nick Miller came to the Express as editor in 2016. In 2017, Telegraph Media , owned by Stephen Buel and Judith Gallman, acquired

3723-425: The early 1970s, is released annually and remains an 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 in film. In 2001, The Voice sponsored its first music festival, Siren Festival, a free annual event every summer held at Coney Island . The event moved to the lower tip of Manhattan in 2011, and

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3796-439: The environmentalist Van Jones noted that he had, in his youth, identified as a "communist" and been a member of the activist group Standing Together to Organize a Revolutionary Movement (STORM). In February 2009, the paper uncovered an alleged extortion scam by the user review website Yelp Inc. After the story's publication, several lawsuits were filed against the company. The Village Voice The Village Voice

3869-516: The first time since 2018. At the time, The Village Voice was a quarterly publication. The Voice has published columns and works by writers such as Ezra Pound , Henry Miller , Barbara Garson , Katherine Anne Porter , James Baldwin , E.E. Cummings , Nat Hentoff , staff writer and author Ted Hoagland , Colson Whitehead , Tom Stoppard , Paul Lukas , Lorraine Hansberry , Lester Bangs , Allen Ginsberg and Joshua Clover . Former editors have included Clay Felker . The newspaper has also been

3942-635: The first time; the rise of the crack cocaine epidemic; the rapid growth of development in Emeryville; the passage of the anti-immigration measure, Prop 187; the closure of East Bay military bases; the election of ex-state legislator Elihu Harris as mayor of Oakland; the return of the Oakland Raiders from Los Angeles; and the election of Jerry Brown as mayor of Oakland. The paper was sold in February, 2001 to New Times Media . Editor John Raeside

4015-541: The last article to be published on the website. Two weeks after the Village Voice ceased operations on September 13, co-founder John Wilcock died in California at the age of 91. In January 2021, a new original story — the first one in two-and-a-half years — was published on the website of The Village Voice . On April 17, 2021, the Spring 2021 issue of The Village Voice appeared in news boxes and on newsstands for

4088-497: The long-form news category for "Warning: Quake in Sixty Seconds." Vanessa Rancaño won second place in the same category for "Waste: The Dark Side of the New Coffee Craze." Rachel Swan won second place in the economic inequality reporting for "Debtor's Purgatory." Sam Lefebvre won a third-place award in the music criticism category for "Ava Mendoza's Natural Way" (4/3/13); "The Two Sides of Tony Molina" 5/8/13); and "A Man Without

4161-429: 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". 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. Following a scandal concerning The Village Voice 's editorial attack on

4234-401: The newspaper referred to the riots as "The Great Faggot Rebellion". Two reporters, Howard Smith and Lucian Truscott IV, 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.) Smith and Truscott retrieved their press cards from The Voice offices, which were very close to the bar, as

4307-466: The paper for decades. Feingold was rehired as a writer for The Village Voice in January 2016. Michael Musto was also rehired in 2016 and wrote cover stories regarding subjects like Oscar scandals and Madonna's body of work. Musto returned again to write features in 2021 under new publisher Brian Calle. In July 2013, Voice Media Group executives named Tom Finkel as editor. Peter Barbey , through

4380-445: The paper rather than executing further staff layoffs. Both had been recent appointments. By then, The Voice had employed 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

4453-431: The paper would resume publishing new articles both online and in a quarterly print edition. In January 2021, new original stories began being published again on the website. A spring print edition was released in April 2021. The Voice 's website continues to feature archival material related to current events. The Village Voice was launched by Ed Fancher , Dan Wolf, and Norman Mailer on October 26, 1955, from

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4526-660: 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 , Jill Johnston , Tom Carson, and Richard Goldstein . Staff of The Voice joined a union, the Distributive Workers of America , in 1977. For more than 40 years, Wayne Barrett was the newspaper's muckraker , covering New York real estate developers and politicians, including Donald Trump . The material continued to be

4599-464: The privately owned investment company Black Walnut Holdings LLC, purchased The Village Voice from Voice Media Group in October 2015. Barbey is a member of one of America's wealthiest families. The family has had ownership interest in the Reading Eagle , a daily newspaper serving the city of Reading, Pennsylvania and the surrounding region, for many years. Barbey serves as president and CEO of

4672-540: The profile category for "Lizard Is a Rat" (10/20/04). Music editor Rob Harvilla won second place in the criticism or reviewing category. In the in-depth or investigative reporting category, Robert Gammon took second place for "Fire and Ice Cream" (9/22/04) and Chris Thompson took third place for "The AXT Way" (3/24/04). 2005 The International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors honored Express columnist Chris Thompson with one of its prestigious 2005 Golden Dozen Awards. The National Association of Black Journalists awarded

4745-454: The publication's shutdown. Under the Barbey ownership, advertisements for escort agencies and phone sex services came to an end. On August 31, 2018, it was announced that the Village Voice would cease production and lay off half of its staff. The remaining staff would be kept on for a limited period for archival projects. An August 31 piece by freelancer Steven Wishnia was hailed as

4818-505: The same parent company as The Village Voice. In 2012, Nicholas Kristof wrote an article in The New York Times detailing a young woman's account of being sold on Backpage. The Village Voice released an article entitled "What Nick Kristof Got Wrong" accusing Kristof of fabricating the story and ignoring journalistic standards. Kristof responded, noting that The Voice did not dispute the column, but rather tried to show how

4891-455: The timeline in Kristof's original piece was inaccurate. In this rebuttal, he not only justified his original timeline, but expressed sadness "to see Village Voice Media become a major player in sex trafficking, and to see it use its journalists as attack dogs for those who threaten its corporate interests", noting another instance of The Village Voice attacking journalists reporting on Backpage's role in sex trafficking. After repeated calls for

4964-428: The trouble began; they were among the first journalists to record the event, Smith being trapped inside the bar with the police, and Truscott reporting from the street. After the riot, the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) attempted to promote dances for gays and lesbians in The Voice , but were not allowed to use the words "gay" or "homosexual", which the newspaper considered derogatory. The newspaper changed its policy after

5037-441: The word " yuppie " in a 1983 column. This claim is disputed, but no definitive origin for the word has been determined. In 2002, the paper's coverage played a crucial role in uncovering the Your Black Muslim Bakery scandal. The Express placed actor Gary Coleman on the ballot for governor in the 2003 California recall election as a satirical comment on the recall of Democratic Governor Gray Davis . A 2005 profile of

5110-495: Was honored as an outstanding emerging journalist. The Express won twelve awards, including five first places, in the East Bay Press Club's 2005 Awards for Print Journalism. Chris Thompson won first place in the lifestyle feature writing category for "The Revolution Comes to Rossmoor" (5/16/05) and second place for his weekly column City of Warts. Robert Gammon won first place in the general news writing category for "Welcome to Pombo Country" (8/24/05). Illustrator Jon Langford took

5183-399: Was re-christened the " 4knots Music Festival", a reference to the speed of the East River's current. During the 1980s and onward, The Voice was known for its staunch support for gay rights , and it published an annual Gay Pride issue every June. However, early in its history, the newspaper had a reputation as having a homophobic slant. While reporting on the Stonewall riots of 1969,

5256-475: Was replaced as editor of the Express by longtime journalist Stephen Buel, and the Express ' new tabloid layout replaced the original quarter-fold design. In October 2006, New Times merged with the parent company of The Village Voice to form Village Voice Media . During the Aughts, the Express was the first news outlet to report on the bloody legacy of Your Black Muslim Bakery in Oakland. Members of

5329-451: Was sacked 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. Tony Ortega then held the position of editor in chief from 2007 to 2012. The sacking of Nat Hentoff , who worked for the paper from 1958 to 2008, led to further criticism of

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