The venerable Village Voice, a New York newsstand staple since its 1955 inception, bid farewell Tuesday to its print edition. The left-leaning weekly, co-founded by the late Norman Mailer and once home to legendary bylines like Wayne Barrett, Nat Hentoff and Robert Christgau, is going digital-only.
The Voice intends to “maintain its iconic progressive brand with its digital platform and a variety of new editorial initiatives,” owner Peter Barbey said in a statement. Barbey, whose Reading Eagle Co. purchased the Voice in 2015, envisioned a bright future for the online-only publication.
The Village Voice was actually my introduction to gay life and Men Seeking Men.
Sweet mother! Perhaps it’s best considering what the Murdoch regime has done to it? But if ever there was a truthful & perceptive journal of NYC, this was it!