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New Times is Good, But Template Could Be a Problem, Writer Argues
Weighing in today on the NT-VVM merger on the Huffington Post, John Dicker says the usual arguments against media consolidation are not apt in this case, since New Times papers "do incredible reporting. Lots of it. All the time. Serious investigative shit that’s hard, if not impossible, to emulate in the blogosphere." In fact, Dicker argues that readers in many other large metro areas "would be well served if their alt weekly were gobbled up by the emerging behemoth." He's worried, though, that New Times will impose its editorial template and shrink the newsholes of the newly acquired papers, and that the company "doesn't host blogs or create interplay between its web and print versions."
10-24-2005 12:53 pm |
Industry News
Dan Savage on the VVM-New Times Deal
"With its purchase by New Times, the VVM chain will be owned by a smaller, more anti-establishment corporation than it has been in years," blogs The Stranger's editor, mocking the New York Times' suggestion that the deal raises "questions about whether The Voice and its siblings can preserve their anti-establishment roots as part of a growing corporation." The Voice's last three owners -- Savage notes -- have been a collection of investment bankers, pet food magnate and billionaire investor Leonard Stern, and "left-wing rabble-rouser Rupert Murdoch."
10-24-2005 9:32 pm |
Industry News
The Voice--The Ras al-Ghul of Alt-Weeklies.new
New York Press |
10-24-2005 12:48 pm |
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Sigman on Weekly Takeovernew
LA Observed |
10-24-2005 12:23 pm |
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VVM 'Will Be Assimilated Into the Borg-Like Hive-Mind' of New Timesnew
HipSpinster |
10-24-2005 12:06 pm |
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New Times takes over Village Voice Medianew
CityPages |
10-24-2005 12:03 pm |
Industry News
Eulogy for the Alt-Weeklynew
Can't Stop Won't Stop |
10-24-2005 11:51 am |
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Craigslist Fears Not Theoretical for Alt-Weekliesnew
BusinessWeek |
10-24-2005 11:50 am |
Industry News
Experts React to the Voice/New Times Mergernew
The Boston Phoenix |
10-24-2005 11:43 am |
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David Schneiderman's Merger Memo to VVM Staffnew
The Village Voice |
10-24-2005 7:38 am |
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Lacey Hopes to Restore Voice "To Its Glory Days"new
The Washington Post |
10-24-2005 7:36 am |
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Buyer Survey Reveals Online Remains A Spot Ad Market, Few Commit Long-termnew
Media Daily News (reg. req.) |
10-24-2005 7:19 am |
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Magazine Publishers Debate Measurementnew
MediaWeek |
10-24-2005 7:17 am |
Industry News
Tags: Management, Marketing
Village Voice Media and New Times Media to Merge
Combination creates nation's premier alternative media company
(FULL STORY)
10-24-2005 8:58 pm |
Press Releases
New Times to Acquire Village Voice Medianew
The New York Times is reporting that the long-rumored deal will finally be announced on Monday. The merged company will be called Village Voice Media, and 62 percent of it will be owned by New Times' current shareholders. The Times says the merger "will undoubtedly raise questions about whether The Voice and its siblings can preserve their anti-establishment roots as part of a growing corporation." But New Times' Jim Larkin says, "I'm doing it because I love good journalism. I want to have newspapers in the most exciting markets in the country. This is not a financial play." Larkin also says he and his partners expect to buy out VVM's financial backers in five years.
The New York Times |
10-23-2005 8:35 pm |
Industry News
