The Editor of the Village Voice Is Leaving
Tony Ortega, editor of The Village Voice, just announced on the weekly's news blog Runnin' Scared that he's leaving the paper.
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The owners of Village Voice Media (and the original founders of one of that company's 13 alt-weekly newspapers) have decided to sell all their publications in order to distance the news from their controversial adult services website.
Tony Ortega, editor of The Village Voice, just announced on the weekly's news blog Runnin' Scared that he's leaving the paper.
Ugh, the worst thing about Fridays is that's when people usually get fired or laid off, as happened to several key writers at the Village Voice this afternoon, according to The New York Observer's Foster Kamer.
With flub after flub, does Kutcher still deserve the "social media genius" label thrust upon him? We don't think so.
The Village Voice is not for sale. But somebody needs to save it, and that means somebody needs to find a way to buy it.
It's a sad day at 36 Cooper Square, home of The Village Voice where the decades-old publication is finally giving up its legal battle with Time Out New York over exclusive use of the phrase "Best of NYC."
In ridiculous sounding lawsuits of the day: Village Voice Media is suing Time Out New York for using the phrase "Best of NYC" on the cover of its November 3 issue.
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