Voice Media Group is the largest group of metropolitan newsweeklies in the U.S., publishing papers in eleven of the country’s most vibrant cities. VMG was created in 2012 when a group of company executives purchased the publications from the previous owners, Village Voice Media Holdings. The company's namesake Village Voice in New York City was founded in 1955, and introduced the notion of free-form, high-spirited and passionate journalism into the public discourse. As the nation's first and largest alternative newsweekly, the Voice is the winner of three Pulitzer Prizes, and today maintains the same tradition of no-holds-barred reporting and cultural coverage that it first embraced more than fifty years ago.
Though many of the country's alternative weeklies continue to be known for their agenda-driven approach to news, VMG remains true to a different vision. VMG papers emphasize strong writing and solid reporting and are averse to protecting sacred cows. That commitment to journalistic fundamentals has only deepened over the years. As a result, while an increasing number of daily papers shorten stories and hire consultants to tell them what to print, VMG papers thrive by cultivating source networks, generating truly original story ideas, and digging into stories rather than skating across their surface.
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Voice Media Group is the largest group of metropolitan newsweeklies in the U.S., publishing papers in eleven of the country’s most vibrant cities. VMG was created in 2012 when a group of company executives purchased the publications from the previous owners, Village Voice Media Holdings. The company's namesake Village Voice in New York City was founded in 1955, and introduced the notion of free-form, high-spirited and passionate journalism into the public discourse. As the nation's first and largest alternative newsweekly, the Voice is the winner of three Pulitzer Prizes, and today maintains the same tradition of no-holds-barred reporting and cultural coverage that it first embraced more than fifty years ago.
Though many of the country's alternative weeklies continue to be known for their agenda-driven approach to news, VMG remains true to a different vision. VMG papers emphasize strong writing and solid reporting and are averse to protecting sacred cows. That commitment to journalistic fundamentals has only deepened over the years. As a result, while an increasing number of daily papers shorten stories and hire consultants to tell them what to print, VMG papers thrive by cultivating source networks, generating truly original story ideas, and digging into stories rather than skating across their surface.
Careers
Becoming part of the Voice Media Group team is a chance to join world class talent - individuals who produce professional content, design & develop innovative products, and deliver exception results for our advertisers, users, and partners.
Reach out to us and find out how you can become part of a forward leaning digital media company.
- Future – 401k plans so that you can plan for the future.
- Holidays – Time to spend with family and friends.
- Insurance – Health, dental, and vision to keep you healthy.
- Vacation – Time to re-charge the batteries.
- Workout – Sweat, run, jump, lift for a healthy lifestyle: take advantage of health and fitness discounts.
Voice Media Group's tradition of in-depth reporting and insightful cultural coverage is alive and thriving in the digital age. On our desktop and mobile offerings you'll find long-form print features alongside timely blog posts, sweaty nightlife photos and cutting-edge calendar listings. Whether you're into food, art, music, news, film or all of the above, we've got you covered.
Page views per year
800 million
Downloads
700K app downloads
Active users per month
14 million
Social media
1.5 million Social followers/ likes, 16k events syndicated to foursquare weekly
My Voice Nation user profiles
2 million
Registered email users
1.35 million
Mobile
Take everything Voice Media Group does in print and online, condense it into a smartphone, and you have VMG mobile products. Our robust mobile websites give you the full content from our desktop sites - nothing is limited just because you are viewing it from a mobile device.
City guides in each market bring our events and concert calendars into easily accessible apps for both iOS and Android, and give you access to daily news as well. Our BestOf app is great for travel or getting to know your city better, with years of award winners in dining, shopping, entertainment and more. And the Voice Daily Deals app gives you purchasing power on the go.
Happy Hours App
Happy Hours, the USA's premier happy hour guide, shows all of the food and drink specials going on near you.
Best of Voice Places App
BestOf helps you find over 10,000 of the best things to eat, drink, experience and buy in 32 cities.
City Site Apps
City app that is your essential guide to local news, music, restaurants and events. Our easy-to-use menu helps you decide what to see and where to eat, and lets you know what's going on in your city.
Mobile Web
Condensed version of our professional desktop content optimized for Mobile. Accessible on all web-enabled phones through the internet browser.
Pictureshow App
View thousands of the best local photo galleries and party pictures from across the country.
SMS
Voice Media Group's SMS program allows advertisers to drive specials, ticket announcements and last minute deals directly to our subscribers' hands via text alerts.
Local Websites
Voice Media Group's journalistic passion isn't just felt in our print editions. Our websites publish dozens of daily blog posts, and contain a full complement of restaurant and location listings, slideshows, and concert and events calendars. We're a one-stop shop for anyone looking to learn a city from top to bottom.
Newsletters
Voice Media Group's email offerings connect our most engaged readers with our best stories and promotions. As a reader, you get the news and reviews you care about the most, whether that's food, music, film, arts, deals or happy hours. As an advertiser, you get access to a core audience that knows the scene but is always looking for more. Join our 1.35 million subscribers and stay connected.
Voice Places
The place to go to find the place to be. Find reviews from people in your city and from the critics at your favorite local alt-weekly, all in one place.
Discover restaurants, nightlife, the Best Of & Daily Deals. Lend your voice with reviews, ratings and likes to your favorite alt-weekly.
Powered by Voice Media Group, Voice Places is a community where you can rate, review, and like restaurants, bars, events, art galleries, and more. Voice Places is connected to your favorite weekly alternative papers like the Village Voice, Phoenix New Times, LA Weekly, Miami New Times, Minneapolis City Pages, Denver Westword, and more.
BestOf helps you find over 10,000 of the best things to eat, drink, experience and buy in 32 cities.
Print is far from dead. And Voice Media Group's 1 million weekly circulation shows it. When it was founded by Dan Wolf, Ed Fancher and Norman Mailer in October of 1955, the Village Voice introduced free-form, high-spirited and passionate journalism into the public discourse. The Village Voice is alive and kicking, and that same spirit is in every one of Voice Media Group's eleven publications.
Our writers and editors produce some of the nation's finest investigative journalism, taking top honors in national award contests with their projects and special reports. Weekly restaurant sections are the go-to source for the latest local restaurant reviews, Best Of winners and listings. The nation's liveliest criticism can be found in our music sections, with interviews and in-depth features from the world of hip-hop, rock 'n' roll and DJ culture. And don't forget our calendar listings, the most comprehensive and informative way to plan your week.
Voice Media Group's eleven weekly newspapers and websites are iconic institutions in their communities, and are known for a patented mix of investigative reporting, magazine-style feature writing, thoughtful arts and culture coverage, and bare-knuckle blogging. Our reporters specialize in developing sources and digging deep to give readers in-depth analysis and smart perspective.
The eleven publications of Voice Media Group regularly break stories that make waves nationally. In January 2013, for example, Miami New Times published a major three-month investigation by managing editor Tim Elfrink revealing a connection between major-league baseball players and a controversial "anti-aging" clinic that was in the business of selling performance-enhancing drugs. Confidential clinic records obtained exclusively by Elfrink included the names of ballplayers such as New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez — and provided ample evidence that baseball's steroids problem is far from over.
Journalism Awards
Each year, Voice Media Group writers and editors compete in the nation's most prestigious journalism contests, going head-to-head against reporters from major websites, daily newspapers, and national magazines. In the past decade, VMG journalists have won more than 580 national awards, including the first Pulitzer Prize awarded for restaurant criticism, and more winners and finalists in the Livingston Awards for Young Journalists than any other news organization in America. The company also has dominated the weekly category of the Investigative Reporters and Editors contest, and has won more than thirty first-place awards from the National Association of Black Journalists.
2012
Bert Greene Award/International Association of Culinary Professionals
2012
Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc.
2012
Education Reporting Awards/National Education Writers Association
2012
GLAAD Media Awards
2012
Investigative Reporters and Editors
2012
James Beard Journalism Awards/The James Beard Foundation
2012
Livingston Awards for Young Journalists
2012
Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing
2012
National Association of Black Journalists Awards
2012
National Council on Crime and Delinquency/Prevention for a Safer Society Award
2012
Sigma Delta Chi Awards/Society of Professional Journalists
National Features Program
Voice Media Group, the nation’s largest publisher of alternative newsweeklies and websites, regularly commissions long-form stories through its national features program. Here are some recent favorites:
Checkmate
by Denise Grollmus
Prosecutors team with debt collectors to terrorize consumers in ways both highly profitable and usually illegal.
Online Poker Kings Get Cashed Out
by Chris Parker
Killing livelihoods and a $2.5 billion industry, the feds attack Internet gambling.
The Hot Yoga Wars
by Rebecca Moss
Bikram Choudhury battles for control of the yoga tradition he invented.
The 10 Most Corrupt Tax Loopholes
by Chris Parker
If Mitt Romney won't tell you which need to be closed, we will.
We pay competitive rates to writers with storytelling chops and proven experience in long-form journalism. For more information and to pitch a story, email us at features@voicemediagroup.com.
Our eleven markets and two national blogs collectively have over 2.5 million followers on Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, Google+, and Tumblr. To follow, please go to one of our city sites and click on "Follow us." Chime into the conversation, check into our events or feed us content ideas. We would love to hear from you. Follow our Voice Media Group corporate news in any of our channels below. Curious about partnerships around social? Give our Community Architect Kevin Spidel a shout out on Twitter @kspidel.
Voice Media Group publications host the leading food, music, art and beer related events in their cities. From annual music festivals to intimate art soirees and weekly beer tastings, these events are considered entertainment staples by locals. Voice Media Group events embrace local culture and celebrate each city's unique character.
Music
Voice Media Group markets support the local music scene by hosting a variety of music events, from annual festivals to monthly intimate concert series.
4knots NYC
Making its home at New York's legendary South Street Seaport, the Village Voice's 4Knots Music Festival will be back for its second year in 2013. 4Knots highlights emerging artists on today’s music scene and takes on added charm thanks to its location in a historic district featuring some of the oldest buildings in Lower Manhattan. In keeping with the maritime theme, the name of the festival refers to the speed of the East River at the South Street Seaport.
Denver Westword Music Showcase
One day. Twelve stages. 150 local bands and some of the hottest national talent on the scene. That's the Westword Music Showcase presented by Miller Lite, which returns on June 22, bigger and better than ever. Tickets are on sale now for this increasingly popular event, which takes place in Denver's scenic Golden Triangle neighborhood and, in addition to the music, features food and libations from local vendors.
Food
Voice Media Group celebrates local culinary culture and talent by hosting a range of food and wine events throughout the year.
LA Weekly's Plate
LA Weekly presents Plate, our 5th annual food and wine event featuring a selection of LA's best and most eclectice restaurants hand picked by LA Weekly's Squid Ink food critics.
Riverfront Times Iron Fork
Iron Fork, held for the 7th consecutive year, is THE event for the St. Louis Foodies. Ian Froeb, RFT’s Food Critic, has hand selected 45 of his favorite restaurants to serve a signature dish at the event. Guests will also enjoy an exciting chef and mixologist competition, live music, drinks, and more!
NYC Choice Eats
The Village Voice is proud to present our sixth annual Choice Eats
Tasting Event.
Our resident food critics have scoured New York’s
culinary landscape and combined their tastiest picks from several
years of unearthing the five boroughs’ best-kept secrets.
The event features 50+ restaurants, sweets, and complimentary beverages.
Artopia
Food, fashion, art and culture collide at Voice Media Group Artopia events. All elements are brought together for one night of celebration.
Houston Press Artopia
Houston Press Artopia is a celebration of local art in all forms. It is an evening of culture, fashion, art, music and food. Entertainment includes 3 musical acts, 2 fashion shows, 2 live dance performances and art works from over 25 local artists.
Envision Artopia® Minneapolis
An upscale celebration that incorporates food, drinks, art, music, theater, and fashion into one exciting evening! Attendance: 1,200. Audience: ages 21-35.
Beer Festivals
The newest addition to the Voice Media Group event line up, Beer tasting events are held annually or in some markets, monthly.
16th Annual New Times "Original" Beerfest
The 16th annual New Times "Original" Beerfest, presented by Isle Casino, returns on April 6, 2013 from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Beerfest, the oldest and largest in the area, offers guests 100+ local, international and craft beer, live music performances, interactive games, good food, and great times. College basketball championship games will be displayed on a large Jumbotron screen with high-tech sound systems in the basketball viewing pavilion.
City Pages Beer Festival
The 21st annual City Pages Beer Festival is a highly anticipated event featuring a variety of domestic, imported, specialty, craft, seasonal and micro brewed beers, live music and food vendors. Attendance: 3,000+. Audience: adults 21-30.
Local
VMG product solutions are aligned with award-winning content across mobile, desktop and print platforms, and offer advertisers premium placement opportunities.
In verticals ranging from local news to arts and entertainment, advertisers are placed in the most relevant editorial context to reach their target audience.
For more information on our local brands:
VLN (Voice Local Network)
Village Voice Media announces the launch of Voice Local Network, a local sales network that provides quality web sites with high-cpm, geotargeted ads from local restaurants, bars and clubs, retail and services.
National
It’s print, web and street. It’s everywhere they go to plan where they’re going, and it’s the only way you’ll catch up with them in the top 50 markets.
This isn’t a random group of unrelated media. Voice Media is a carefully constructed network of like content that comes at your audience from all angles with dedicated account teams in Manhattan, Chicago, LA and Phoenix. We can create, execute and manage your campaign. Along the way, we track it to see how well it performed in any and all of our 50 markets. If you want to reach fun, active people who go out and spend money, Voice Media is the smart turnkey alternative.
A full service approach:
- Dedicated Sales/Account Teams
- Sophisticated Back Room Protocols
- Offices: NY, Chicago, LA, Phoenix
- Research & Strategy
- Creative Services
- Campaign Execution & Management
- Campaign Analysis & Reporting
- One Phone Call, One Contact, One Invoice
Voice Media is the solution for people too busy for traditional media.
VMG product solutions are comprised of award winning content across mobile, desktop, and print platforms and offers advertisers premium placement opportunities. Covering verticals from local news to arts and entertainment, advertisers are placed in the most relevant editorial content to reach their target audiences. Our partners are passionate about keeping their users happy and continue to work with VMG because they know all advertising experiences will be positive, engaging, and relevant.
- Press
- Press Releases
Press Releases
New York, NY (March 4, 2013) — The Village Voice today announced plans to relocate its offices to Maiden Lane in Lower Manhattan, a move from its present location at 36 Cooper Square in Greenwich Village. The move is planned for mid-August. [More]
Voice Media Group Re-Launches City Apps and Debuts Pictureshow App
Essential City Guides in 11 Markets Coast to Coast Get Major Refresh
Cinematic Pictureshow App Curates Professional Photos From Each of the Local Publications
DENVER, CO (February 25, 2013) — Voice Media Group (VMG) today unveiled the first major mobile refresh under its new ownership, launching new city apps for its leading weekly newspapers across 11 markets. The new apps replace existing local city apps and serve as a guide to local news, music, restaurants and events. The company also announced the debut of Pictureshow, a native iPad app providing users access to thousands of professionally curated photos from the local publications in a seamless slideshow experience. [More]
Voice Media Group Makes Key Deputy Editor Hire in Jessica Lustig for The Village Voice
Lustig to Bring Stellar Media Background to Feature and Food Coverage
DENVER, CO (January 30, 2013) — Voice Media Group (VMG) is delighted to announce the appointment of Jessica Lustig as the Deputy Editor of The Village Voice.
A magazine veteran, Lustig began her career at The Atlantic and The Paris Review before working as an editor at publications including Time Out New York; New York Magazine, where she was a Senior Editor and ran the front-of-book Gotham section; and Details, where she spent three years as Articles Editor and five more as a contributing editor, assigning and editing cover stories, features, style columns, and cultural essays on everything from Justin Timberlake and sex education to gays in the military and African warlords. [More]
Voice Media Group and Foursquare Announce Data Syndication Partnership
Foursquare to Utilize Voice Media Group's Location Data to Extend User Experience; Voice Media Group to Offer Foursquare Trending Data on Voice Places Site
DENVER, CO (January 22, 2013) — Voice Media Group (VMG) today announced a strategic data syndication partnership with Foursquare. Over the coming weeks, VMG's Voice Places event data will be syndicated on Foursquare for more than fifty categories in eleven markets, enabling the Foursquare community to check into events, explore trending events, and find nearby events in those cities. Voice Media Group will also provide its well-respected "Best Of" content to Foursquare in those eleven markets, as well as awarding city-specific, leveled badges based on "Best Of" check-ins. [More]
Voice Media Group Today Announces Sale of SF Weekly to San Francisco Newspaper Company
Strategic Decision Made as Part of New Focus on Expanding Multi-Platform Content Offerings
Denver, CO (January 9, 2013) — Voice Media Group today announces the sale of SF Weekly and Seattle Weekly. Specifically, SF Weekly LP has closed on the sale of SF Weekly to the San Francisco Newspaper Company, which is the publisher of The San Francisco Examiner and the San Francisco Bay Guardian. [More]
Voice Media Group Today Announces Sale of Seattle Weekly to Sound Publishing
Strategic Decision Made as Part of New Focus on Expanding Multi-Platform Content Offerings
Denver, CO (January 9, 2013) — Voice Media Group today announces the sale of SF Weekly and Seattle Weekly. Specifically, Seattle Weekly LLC has closed on the sale of Seattle Weekly to Gloria Fletcher, President, Sound Publishing, which is the publisher of 38 newspaper titles in Washington state. [More]
Voice Media Group Appoints Will Bourne as Editor-In-Chief of Village Voice
Bourne to Oversee the Iconic Alternative Weekly's Print, Online and Mobile Editorial Content
DENVER, CO (November 16, 2012) — Voice Media Group announced today that Will Bourne will join the staff of the Village Voice as its Editor-in-Chief.
Bourne was most recently an Editor-at-Large of Inc. Magazine in New York. Prior to this, Bourne oversaw editorial development for digital startup Semi-Linear and served as Executive Editor of Fast Company from 2005-2010, where investigative work he produced won numerous honors, including the Cunningham award from the Overseas Press Club, a Polk, and several Loeb and National Magazine Award nominations. Fast Company was on the Ad Age Hot List three years running during his tenure at the magazine. [More]
DENVER, CO (November 9, 2012) — Village Voice Media and its successor company Voice Media Group announced today the settlement of a trademark infringement lawsuit against Yelp.
On October 25, VVM filed a civil complaint against Yelp in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. That suit accused Yelp of trademark infringement arising from Yelp's recent redesign and use on its website of the federally registered trademarks "Best of Phoenix," "Best of Dallas," "Best of Denver," "Best of Houston," "Best of St. Louis," "Best of Miami," "Best of San Francisco," "Best of the Twin Cities," "Best of Seattle," and "Best of Broward/Palm Beach." [More]
Voice Media Group Hires Scott Foundas as New York-Based Film Writer
Foundas' Film Reviews and Features will Appear across Voice Media Group's Print Publications, Websites and Mobile Platforms
DENVER, CO (October 31, 2012) — Voice Media Group announced today that Scott Foundas will join the staff of theVillage Voice as its principal film writer. [More]
Newly Formed Denver Holding Company Voice Media Group to Acquire Village Voice Media Publishing Properties
Voice Media Group to Focus on Expanding Multi-Platform Content Offering
DENVER, CO (September 24, 2012) — New holding company Voice Media Group today announced that it has signed an agreement to purchase the publishing and related sales properties owned by Village Voice Media Holdings, LLC. The purchase includes the iconic Village Voice Media alternative weekly newspapers and their associated websites, as well as the national advertising arm of the company. [More]
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This Privacy Policy is effective as of February 15, 2012.
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We collect and maintain personally identifiable information and automatic information.
Personally Identifiable Information
"Personally identifiable information" is information that tells us who you are, such as your name, screen name, email address, postal address, phone number, credit card information, birth date/year and gender.
Voice Media Group collects and maintains personally identifiable information about you only when you provide it to us. For example, we may collect and maintain personally identifiable information about you when you register for or participate in contests, sweepstakes, promotions, polls, surveys, newsletters and text messages (including contests, sweepstakes, promotions, polls, surveys, newsletters and text messages of certain third parties). We may also collect and maintain personally identifiable information when you post an ad, submit comments to the Site or letters to the editor, submit events for inclusion on our Site, purchase event tickets from us, or otherwise provide it to us when you contact us.
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We may associate your IP address with your personally identifiable information and may maintain, use and disclose such information in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy below.
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