“I’m trying not to worry about all that crap on Gawker,” said Tony Ortega, the newly named editor in chief of the Village Voice. “I don’t feel it reflects the people and the work there.”
On Mar. 4, two days after the previous editor in chief, David Blum, was fired, Village Voice Media boss Michael Read More
Tony Ortega, 43, has been named editor of the Village Voice. The hiring comes the first business day after Friday’s firing of Village Voice editor David Blum.
Ortega is an 11-year veteran of Village Voice Media, the paper’s parent company–specifically, of the New Times chain, which merged with the Voice chain in January 2006, Read More
“When eight people are laid off from an institution, it’s not a happy day,” said David Blum, incoming editor-in-chief of the Village Voice.
Blum was on the phone after a meeting with staff at the newspaper’s Cooper Square office. Last week, his superiors-to-be at Village Voice Media dismissed eight staffers from the weekly paper. Today, Read More
On April 18, The Village Voice’s music editor Chuck Eddy was fired by Village Voice Media. Mr. Eddy is the 17th employee to leave the paper, either by resignation or termination, since Village Voice Media—then called New Times—assumed control in November. The paper lists 60 editorial positions on its masthead.
Last week, on the April Read More
On April 18, The Village Voice’s music editor Chuck Eddy was fired by Village Voice Media. Mr. Eddy is the 17th employee to leave the paper, either by resignation or termination, since Village Voice Media—then called New Times—assumed control in November. The paper lists 60 editorial positions on its masthead.
Last week, on the Read More
While Village Voice music editor Chuck Eddy was terminated yesterday—the 17th staffer to leave or be fired since the New Times merger in November, 2005—Voice rock critic and senior editor Robert Christgau is still employed at the paper, despite rumors of his termination.
“It would appear my optimism about the arts coverage Read More
Village Voice investigative reporter Jennifer Gonnerman resigned from the paper on Monday, according to Voice sources. Gonnerman, 35, was a Livingston Award winner in 2000 and a National Book Award finalist in 2004. Her 2004 book Life on the Outside chronicled the effects of the Rockefeller drug laws through the story of Elaine Bartlett, a Read More
Three hours after Village Voice Judy Miszner stepped down, Voice CEO Jim Larkin announced the appointment of Michael Cohen to fill the post. The memo follows:
Dear Village Voice Staffers:
I am pleased to announce that Michael Cohen has accepted the position of Publisher of The Village Voice. Cohen is currently Publisher of Miami Read More
Late last year, Village Voice editor-in-chief Donald Forst resigned on the eve of the merger with New Times. Now, Voice publisher Judy Miszner steps down. Her farewell memo follows:
Dear Colleagues,
I am writing to let you know that today is my last day as Publisher of the Village Voice. I thank all of you Read More
I don’t know why my date’s first words to me were “You’re late,” even though I arrived just 10 minutes after the appointed hour. I don’t know why the appointed hour was 4 o’clock in the afternoon and not something more civilized like 7 o’clock in the evening, or why he chose to meet at Read More
