What is Village Voice?
{{Coord|40.7283|-73.9911|region:US-NY_type:landmark|display=title}} {{Infobox newspaper |name = The Village Voice |type = Newspaper |format = [[Tabloid]]/[[Alternative newspaper|alternative weekly]] |foundation = 1955 |founders = Ed Fancher, Dan Wolf, [[Norman Mailer]] |owners = [[Village Voice Media]] |publisher = Michael Cohen |chiefeditor = [[Tony Ortega]] |circulation = 179,408 (2011)<ref>[http://abcas3.accessabc.com/ecirc/magform.asp ABC]</ref> |headquarters = 36 Cooper Square<br>[[New York City|New York]], [[New York (state)|New York]] 10003 U.S. |ISSN = 0042-6180 |website = [http://www.villagevoice.com/ villagevoice.com] }} '''''The Village Voice''''' is a free weekly newspaper and news and features website in [[New York City]]. It features investigative articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, arts and music coverage, and events listings for New York City. It is also distributed throughout the United States on a pay basis. It was the first of the big-city [[tabloid]]s that came to be known as alternative weeklies.<ref>[http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/the-village-voice/Company?oid=94 Association of Alternative Newsmedia directory; The Village Voice]</ref> The ''Voice'' was launched by Ed Fancher, Dan Wolf, and [[Norman Mailer]]<ref name=nyt-wolf-obit>Lawrence van Gelder, [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0DE4DF1E39F931A25757C0A960958260 Dan Wolf, 80, a Village Voice Founder, Dies], ''The New York Times'', April 12, 1996. Accessed online June 2, 2008.</ref> on October 26, 1955 from a two-bedroom apartment in [[Greenwich Village]]. This was its initial coverage area. It expanded to other parts of the city by the 1960s. The offices in the 1960s were located at Sheridan Square. They are now at Cooper Square in Manhattan in the East Village. == Notes == {{reflist}} {{lit-stub}} [[Category:Newspapers in New York City]] [[Category:1955 establishments in the United States]] [[Category:1950s establishments in New York (state)]]