"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."
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).
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.”
Newspapers in the Phoenix-based alt-weekly chain picked up seven of the 11 awards handed out last month in the under 150,000 circulation category of the National Association of Black Journalists' annual contest. Dallas Observer's Jim Schutze and Julie Lyons, Cleveland Scene's Thomas Francis and Riverfront Times' Jeannette Batz all were named first-place winners.
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.
Skip Oliva, president of the nonprofit organization Citizens for Voluntary Trade, filed a motion Tuesday with a federal court in Ohio to intervene in the Justice Department's antitrust case against Village Voice Media and NT Media. If granted intervention, Oliva says he will appeal the decision approving a government-mandated settlement in the closure of papers in Cleveland and Los Angeles. Oliva's 15-page brief to the U.S. District Court in Cleveland details numerous allegations of misconduct and unconstitutional abuse of prosecutorial power by Justice.
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.
New Times Executive Editor Mike Lacey calls Cleveland Free Times' recent attacks on New Times and Cleveland Scene "an explosion of bluster." Lacey accuses Free Times' Editor David Eden and Publisher Matt Fabyan of concocting "conspiracies wrapped in an ad hominem attack" and of publishing "organ discharge." He cites sales and profit figures that starkly contradict Free Times' assertion that it was winning the alternative newsweekly battle in Cleveland.
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