13 Facts About Village Voice

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Village Voice has published investigations of New York City politics, as well as reporting on national politics, with arts, culture, music, dance, film, and theater reviews.

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

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.

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

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

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

Kristof responded, noting that the Village Voice did not dispute the column, but rather tried to show how the timeline in Kristof's original piece was inaccurate.