The Village Voice is an American news and culture publication based in Greenwich Village , New York City, known for being the country's first alternative newsweekly. It ceased publication in , although its online archives remained accessible. After an ownership change, The Voice reappeared in print as a quarterly in April Baker announced that the paper would resume publishing new articles both online and in a quarterly print edition. The Village Voice was launched by Ed Fancher , Dan Wolf, and Norman Mailer [ 12 ] on October 26, , from a two-bedroom apartment in Greenwich Village ; that was its initial coverage area, which expanded to other parts of the city by the s.
In , it moved from 22 Greenwich Avenue to 61 Christopher Street in a landmark triangular corner building adjoining Sheridan Square, and a few feet west of the Stonewall Inn ; [ 13 ] then, from the s through , at 11th Street and University Place; and then Broadway and 13th Street.
Early columnists of the s and s included Jonas Mekas , who explored the underground film movement in his "Film Journal" column; Linda Solomon , who reviewed the Village club scene in the "Riffs" column; and Sam Julty , who wrote a popular column on car ownership and maintenance.
John Wilcock wrote a column every week for the paper's first ten years. Another regular from that period was the cartoonist Kin Platt , who did weekly theatrical caricatures. For more than 40 years, Wayne Barrett was the newspaper's muckraker , covering New York real estate developers and politicians, including Donald Trump.
The material continued to be a valuable resource for reporters covering the Trump presidency. The Voice has published investigations of New York City politics, as well as reporting on national politics, with arts, culture, music, dance, film, and theater reviews.
