7 Facts About Village Voice

1. In April 2006, the Village Voice dismissed music editor Chuck Eddy.

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

3. 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.

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

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

7. The Village Voice hosted a variety of writers and artists, including writer Ezra Pound, cartoonist Lynda Barry, and art critics Robert Christgau, Andrew Sarris, and J Hoberman.