The Village Voice

The Village Voice is a New York City-based weekly newspaper featuring investigative articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, arts reviews and events listings for New York City. It was the first and is arguably the best known of the arts-oriented tabloids that have come to be known as alternative weeklies.

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New York City - Newspaper - Tabloid - Alternative weeklies

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The Voice was founded by Dan Wolf, Ed Fancher and Norman Mailer on October 26, 1955. It 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. The Voice has received three Pulitzer Prizes, in 1981 (Teresa Carpenter), 1986 (Jules Feiffer) and 2000 (Mark Schoofs). A highly influential music list known as "Pazz & Jop" is compiled in February every year from the "top ten" lists of music critics from around the country.

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Norman Mailer - October 26 - 1955 - Politics - Arts - Culture - Music - Dance - Film - Theater - Pulitzer Prizes - 1981 - Teresa Carpenter - 1986 - Jules Feiffer - 2000 - Mark Schoofs - Pazz & Jop - Music critic

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The Voice has published many well-known writers, including Ezra Pound, Henry Miller, Katherine Anne Porter, James Baldwin, e. e. cummings, Nat Hentoff, Ted Hoagland, Tom Stoppard, Lorraine Hansberry, Jerry Tallmer, Allen Ginsberg, Murray Kempton, I.F. Stone, Pete Hamill, Dmitri Leybman, and Roger Wilkins.

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Ezra Pound - Henry Miller - Katherine Anne Porter - James Baldwin - E. e. cummings - Nat Hentoff - Ted Hoagland - Tom Stoppard - Lorraine Hansberry - Jerry Tallmer - Allen Ginsberg - Murray Kempton - I.F. Stone - Pete Hamill - Dmitri Leybman - Roger Wilkins

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Former editors have included Dan Wolf, Clay Felker, Tom Morgan, Marianne Partridge, David Schneiderman, Robert Friedman, Marty Gottlieb, Jonathan Larsen, and Karen Durbin.

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Dan Wolf - Clay Felker - Tom Morgan - Marianne Partridge - David Schneiderman - Robert Friedman - Marty Gottlieb - Jonathan Larsen - Karen Durbin

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The Voice's competitors in New York City include the New York Press, New York Observer, and Time Out New York. After decades of carrying a cover price, the Voice responded to competition from the free New York Press by itself becoming free of charge in 1996. Its circulation as of 2004 was 260,000. http://aan.org/gyrobase/Aan/viewCompany?oid=oid%3A94

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New York Press - New York Observer - Time Out New York - 2004

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Voice?s web site is a past winner of both the National Press Foundation?s Online Journalism Award and the Editor and Publisher EPPY Award for Best Overall US Weekly Newspaper Online.

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National Press Foundation - Editor and Publisher

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Several papers around the United States are owned by the Voice's parent company Village Voice Media: City Pages (Minneapolis-St. Paul), L.A. Weekly, Nashville Scene, OC Weekly, and Seattle Weekly.

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United States - Village Voice Media - City Pages - Minneapolis-St. Paul - L.A. Weekly - Nashville Scene - OC Weekly - Seattle Weekly

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