14 Facts About Village Voice

1. Village Voice is an American news and culture paper, known for being the country's first alternative newsweekly.

2. Over its 63 years of publication, The Village Voice received three Pulitzer Prizes, the National Press Foundation Award, and the George Polk Award.

3. The Village Voice hosted a variety of writers and artists, including writer Ezra Pound, cartoonist Lynda Barry, artist Greg Tate, and film critics Andrew Sarris, Jonas Mekas and J Hoberman.

4. In October 2015, The Village Voice changed ownership and severed all ties with former parent company Voice Media Group.

5. The Village Voice announced on August 22, 2017, that it would cease publication of its print edition and convert to a fully digital venture, on a date to be announced.

6. The Village Voice continues to have an active website, which features archival material related to current events.

7. Village Voice was launched by Ed Fancher, Dan Wolf, and Norman Mailer on October 26, 1955, from a two-bedroom apartment in Greenwich Village; that was its initial coverage area, which expanded to other parts of the city by the 1960s.

8. Staff of the Village Voice joined a union, the Distributive Workers of America, in 1977.

9. In 2001, the Village Voice sponsored its first music festival, Siren Festival, a free annual event every summer held at Coney Island.

10. Over time, the Village Voice changed its stance, and, in 1982, became the second organization in the US known to have extended domestic partner benefits.

11. In 1996, after decades of carrying a cover price, the Village Voice switched from a paid weekly to a free, alternative weekly.

12. The Village Voice was then managed by two journalists from Phoenix, Arizona.

13. On Saturday, April 17, 2021, the Spring 2021 issue of the Village Voice appeared in news boxes and on newsstands for the first time since 2018.

14. The Village Voice released an article entitled "What Nick Kristof Got Wrong" accusing Kristof of fabricating the story and ignoring journalistic standards.