The Village Voice ceases publication after 63 years

The Pulitzer prize-winning New York alternative weekly is going out of business because of intractable financial problems

The Village Voice, New York’s Pulitzer prize-winning alternative weekly known for its muckraking investigations, brash political reporting, exhaustive arts criticism and anxiety-laden cartoons, is going out of business after 63 years. Last night, New York cultural figures, among them the guitarist Lenny Kaye, came out to salute the publication’s passing.

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