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Village Voice Media dumps papers to keep sex ads
Village Voice Media agreed Sunday to sell New York’s Village Voice alternative weekly and its 12 affiliated publications, while keeping a classified ads website criticized for hosting ads for prostitution and sex trafficking. According to Forbes, the 13 publications, which include Phoenix’s New Times and California’s L.A. Weekly, among others,…
The new ‘alt’ media looks a lot like the old media
As has now been widely reported, Village Voice editor Tony Ortega is leaving to “pursue a book proposal” (reportedly not of his own volition) as is music editor Maura Johnston*. Of course, it’s far from the Voice‘s only high-profile departure of a woman or a non-white dude this year: Jen…
Sen. Rubio: We are ‘obligated’ to shame Village Voice Media
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) on Wednesday blasted Village Voice Media, the owner various alternative publications, for not closing down the adult entertainment section of its classifieds website. “One of the strategies we’ve discussed today is naming and shaming,” he said at a Senate Foreign Relations hearing on human trafficking. “There…
Goldman Sachs dumps stake in Village Voice Media to avoid ties to sex trafficking allegations
New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof has revealed some information on one of Goldman Sachs’ investments that has the private equity firm furiously attempting to control what it apparently sees as potential damage to its image. Kristof wrote in his column on Saturday that Village Voice Media, which owns a…
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