The Village Voice Turns 50!

The alternative, independent New York weekly newspaper, The Village Voice hits a milestone this week -- the Voice turns 50! In this week's issue, the paper looks back at the best content, covers, and historical highlights (and lowlights) throughout its storied past as a New York City media institution -- the "voice" of downtown culture with an audience far beyond the world of lower Manhattan. Since its birth, the Voice has been a reflection of a city's (and nation's) creative-class and it's values, tastes, politics and culture. The Voice is in many ways America's alternative weekly. In fact, the paper itself has over the past couple of decades launched or bought -- and continues to publish -- weeklies edited in the same templated format across the U.S. in cities as diverse as Minneapolis, Los Angeles and Seattle. Happy Birthday, Village Voice!

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