I think it’s safe to say that without the Village Voice I might never have achieved my dream of being a childless 37-year-old debt-ridden “critic’s critic” with a niche social media presence and chronic knee pain RIP. Two and a half years ago, the Reading Eagle CEO who bought the Village Voice told me it just needed “food and water”: Today, he stopped feeding it. The paper where I got my start (and obviously where a lot of much, much more impressive people did too) That’s also, the editor said, the bad news. It’s hard to even imagine New York without the Village Voiceįriend just turned in his news piece, was told by his editor there was good news: He’s the journalist with the last news story to appear in the Voice. Īlmost exactly a year ago I asked to call as many old Voice writers as he could on the occasion of no more print edition. Long live the Village Voice: the newspaper that gave New York its cool, birthed generations of some of the best writers this city has ever known, and taught me everything I know about being a journalist here. And, hey, was a goddamn Pulitzer finalist for her Voice work in 2015! It’s been an honor every week, even the dark ones. The Village Voice is the only place I’ve ever wanted to work, thanks to these names and so many more. If you’re not done mourning (like us), here are some staff, media, and fan reactions on the culture purveyor’s shuttering:Īnd pour one out for the Village Voice. But, the remaining employees were let go today.
#THE VOICE RETURNS ITS VILLAGE VOICEY ARCHIVE#
”Ī skeleton crew of the staff will remain on board to tie up loose ends and archive content. Due to, basically, business realities, we’re going to stop publishing Village Voice new material. Gothamist posted some quotes (obtained from audio in the meeting): “Today is kind of a sucky day. What do we have left? Enjoy your corporate chains, your television screens, your social media notifications in this wasteland. The Village Voice is one of those elements, one of those entities that made New York, well New York.
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Words cannot express how saddened we are by this recent news. It feels like a piece of edgy, engaging, and observatory piece of New York history disappeared right along with it.
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But, three years ago The Village Voice halted its print publication. Today, the publication has officially ceased printing any new stories. We don’t want to say this, but we have to pour one out for The Village Voice.