AAN News
Florida Republican Plays Pivotal Role in Al Sharpton Campaignnew
" Roger Stone, the longtime Republican dirty-tricks operative who led the mob that shut down the Miami-Dade County recount and helped make George W. Bush president in 2000, is financing, staffing, and orchestrating the presidential campaign of Reverend Al Sharpton," the senior editor of The Village Voice reports. Wayne Barrett leads a team of reporters and researchers who uncover Stone's role in Sharpton's campaign and trace the Republican's subsidies to Sharpton's National Action Network. "Stone is apparently confident that he can use the Democrat-bashing preacher to damage the party's eventual nominee," Barrett writes.
Tags: The Village Voice
Village Voice Columnist and Critic Hentoff Honorednew
Nat Hentoff (pictured) last week joined an
august group that includes jazz greats like Miles
Davis and Ella Fitzgerald, when he was awarded a
Jazz Master Fellowship by the National
Endowment for the Arts. "No writer has been a
greater friend to jazz than critic, historian,
biographer and anecdotist Nat Hentoff," says the
NEA. Hentoff's weekly
column in the Voice, where he has written for
over 30 years, has also made him one of
the nation's most prominent defenders of civil
liberties.
National Endowment for the Arts |
11-25-2003 11:43 am |
Industry News
The End of an Era in Sports Writing?new
"The heyday of the alternative weekly
sports section" came to an end two weeks ago,
according to Wired News, when The Village
Voice discontinued its weekly sports section.
"Since its inception, The Village Voice ... presented
some of the most innovative, interesting and
imaginative sports writing published,"
wrote Glenn Stout in his introduction to the 1996
edition of The Best American Sports Writing. "The
Voice sports section made a regular practice of
covering events and people no one else did in a way
that was wholly unique."
Wired.com |
11-19-2003 3:49 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, The Village Voice
Village Voice Media "Looking at" New York Magazinenew
With the deadline for first-round bids closing next
week, CEO David Schneiderman tells the
New York Post that VVM, with backing from
investment firm and VVM part-owners Weiss,
Peck & Greer, may be interested in buying the
original city magazine. Now owned by
Primedia, the magazine was founded in 1968 by
Clay
Felker, who also owned and edited The Village
Voice (second item).
New York Post |
10-31-2003 10:44 am |
Industry News
Cynthia Cotts: “I've been given a tremendous amount of editorial freedom”new
In an interview with mediabistro.com, the Village
Voice media reporter talks about her approach
to the job and how she handles the legacy left by
former “Press Clips” columnists Alex
Cockburn and Jim Ledbetter. She also
says her "mandate is to compete in the world of
media reporters," not "to have a sort of predictable
Village Voice ideology." Her biggest regret:
“I will probably never be allowed to write for the
(New York) Times.”
mediabistro.com |
10-28-2003 2:43 pm |
Industry News
Tags: The Village Voice, Cynthia Cotts
The Village Voice Names Charles McNulty Theater Editor
10-06-2003 11:05 am |
Press Releases
Tags: The Village Voice
Village Voice Lays Off Six Full-Time Staffersnew
In addition to the layoffs, editors Karen Cook
and Lenora Todaro have resigned,
according
to a memo posted on Romenesko.
Publisher Judy Miszner says the layoffs will
help the paper maintain its "long-term health and
sustain profitability" and are "a reflection of
the difficult business climate in New York City."
Miszner also says she doesn't expect New York's
economy to rebound in the coming
months.
Romenesko |
07-23-2003 5:00 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Management, The Village Voice
AAN Papers Take Four Firsts in Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Awardsnew
Dallas Observer won two first place awards in the 2003 Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Awards, and The Village Voice and Phoenix New Times each took one. East Bay Express won second place in the General Excellence category for papers with circulations 50,001 to 100,000, and New Times papers were finalists in nine other categories.
Missouri School of Journalism |
06-17-2003 2:04 pm |
Industry News
The Village Voice Names Martin Jorgensen Vice President and General Manager
Village Voice news release |
06-16-2003 5:44 pm |
Press Releases
Tags: Management, The Village Voice
Village Voice 3rd Annual Siren Music Festival (UPDATE)
05-19-2003 12:47 pm |
Press Releases
Tags: The Village Voice
The Village Voice 3rd Annual SIREN MUSIC FESTIVAL at Coney Island on Saturday, July 19, 2003
Modest Mouse, Hot Hot Heat, Sahara Hotnights, !!!, The Kills, Radio 4, Ted Leo/Pharmacists, Northern State, The Pattern and more scheduled to perform
(FULL STORY)
05-06-2003 4:36 pm |
Press Releases
Tags: The Village Voice
Village Voice Media Lawyers Bully Smaller "Voices"new
New York Press |
04-22-2003 5:42 pm |
Industry News
Robbins' Story Wins IRE Recognitionnew
The IRE has awarded a certificate to
Tom Robbins of The Village
Voice for "Lush Life of Rudy Appointee,"
which proved the virtual, nonstop
spending spree of tax dollars by an
aide of former New York Mayor Giuliani on
items for himself and his friends. The
Voice's request for documents and
subsequent reporting led to a
17-count indictment this week
against Russell Harding, former
president of the New York Housing
Development Corporation.
Investigative Reporters and Editors news release |
03-20-2003 10:00 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, The Village Voice
Village Voice Story Leads to Indictment of City Officialnew
A Village Voice records request and a series of articles last year have led to the indictment of Russell Harding, former president of the New York Housing Development Corporation. "Saying that the Voice's
records request had spurred their inquiry, federal and
city law enforcement officials described a laundry list
of unchecked and high-powered abuses," the Voice's Tom Robbins writes.
Village Voice |
03-18-2003 5:03 pm |
Industry News
Tags: The Village Voice
Chat on The Voice's Pazz and Jop Pollnew
Washington Post music critic David Segal rifs on Voice critic Robert Christgau's review of the music that tops the latest Voice critics' poll of pop music, lacerating "the dean of rock criticism's" style. "Well, party people, if this man is the dean we’re going to have to burn down the college," Segal says at the beginning of a live chat session.
washingtonpost.com |
03-12-2003 2:20 pm |
Industry News
Tags: The Village Voice
