Village Voice Media

Village Voice Media is a privately held corporation that owns the Village Voice, the nation's oldest (founded in 1955) and largest alternative weekly newspaper, as well as LA Weekly, OC (Orange County) Weekly in Costa Mesa, Calif., Seattle Weekly, Minneapolis City Pages, and Nashville Scene.

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Village Voice - LA Weekly - OC (Orange County) Weekly - Seattle Weekly - City Pages - Nashville Scene

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In 2002, Village Voice Media entered into a noncompetition agreement with New Times Media, another national publisher of alternative weeklies, whereby the two companies agreed to stop publishing New Times LA (a product of New Times Media) and Cleveland Free Times (a product of Village Voice Media), so that the companies would not publish two, competing newspapers in any single city. This agreement and phasing out of the two newspapers, led to an antitrust investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice. The investigation resulted in a settlement, requiring the companies to sell off assets and the old newspapers' titles to any potential competitors.http://www.sfbg.com/37/18/news_newtimes.html

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New Times Media - Alternative weeklies - Cleveland Free Times - Antitrust - U.S. Department of Justice

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