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VOICE MEDIA GROUP ANNOUNCES NEW WEBSITE DESIGN WILL LAUNCH JULY 18

DENVER — Voice Media Group announced today that on July 18, its publication websites will launch a new website design. This launch will start with Denver Westword on July 18, with the rest of the publications following on July 25. These include Phoenix New Times, Dallas Observer, Miami New Times and New Times Broward-Palm Beach.

VOICE MEDIA GROUP NAMES CHELSEY DEQUAINE-JERABEK ITS NEW EDITORIAL DIRECTOR

DENVER — Voice Media Group announced today that it has hired Chelsey Dequaine-Jerabek to the newly created position of Editorial Director for the company.

VOICE MEDIA GROUP NAMED A TOP EMPLOYER FOR 2022

Voice Media Group, owner of iconic American newspapers and the V Digital Services digital marketing agency, has been named a winner in the annual Top Workplaces survey.

V DIGITAL SERVICES RISES IN DENVER

August 17, 2022 – After another banner year of serving clients in and around the Mile High City, V Digital Services appeared again in the Denver Business Journal’s annual ranking of the leading advertising agencies in the Denver area.

V DIGITAL SERVICES RISES FAST IN NORTH TEXAS

August 18, 2021 – After a year of creatively innovating on behalf of clients, V Digital Services has been named one of North Texas’s leading advertising and marketing firms by the Dallas Business Journal.

V DIGITAL SERVICES CLIMBS HIGHER IN DENVER

July 29, 2021 – After a year of constant innovation on behalf of clients, V Digital Services jumped up two spots in the Denver Business Journal’s annual ranking of the leading advertising agencies in the Denver area.

V DIGITAL SERVICES CONTINUES TO CLIMB IN PHOENIX

July 20, 2021 – Thanks to a year of constant innovation on behalf of clients, V Digital Services jumped up three spots in the Phoenix Business Journal’s annual ranking of the Top 10 largest interactive marketing firms in the Valley.

VDS TAKES HOME THE BRONZE IN THE AMERICAN BUSINESS AWARDS

Phoenix, AZ – May 11, 2021 – V Digital Services was honored with a Bronze Stevie Award in the 19th annual American Business Awards announced today.

VDS’ KENNY STOCKER HONORED IN THE NATIONAL STEVIE AWARDS

Phoenix, AZ – February 9, 2020 – V Digital Services’ Kenny Stocker has been named a winner in the 15th Annual Stevie Awards for Sales and Customer Service.

VMG PUBLICATIONS ROLL OUT NEW MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN

January 7, 2021, Denver, CO – The iconic publication properties of Voice Media Group have announced a new reader-engagement model that allows readers to contribute to their award-winning independent local journalism.

ANOTHER BIG YEAR FOR V DIGITAL SERVICES IN THE BIG AWARDS

Phoenix, AZ – November 18, 2020 – In a rare “four-peat,” V Digital Services was named “Company of the Year” among American marketing firms by the Business Intelligence Group’s BIG Awards for Business. The award marks the fourth consecutive year that VDS has triumphed in the BIG Awards, which unlike other industry award programs, uses business executives with relevant experience and knowledge as judges.

V DIGITAL SERVICES OPENS A GATEWAY TO THE AMERICAN SOUTHEAST

V DIGITAL SERVICES STAYS GOLDEN IN THE GLOBEES

Phoenix, AZ – October 22, 2020 – In a business year defined by the unprecedented challenges posed by COVID-19, V Digital Services has been honored by the judges of the Globee Awards for its speedy response to the pandemic.

V DIGITAL SERVICES ELEVATES IN DENVER

September 17, 2020 – V Digital Services is one of the Mile High City’s leading advertising agencies, according to annual rankings recently released by the Denver Business Journal.

V DIGITAL SERVICES STAYS HOT IN PHOENIX

August 25, 2020 – V Digital Services continued its meteoric rise in the Phoenix Business Journal’s annual rankings of local advertising agencies, cracking the Top 5 for the first time thanks to record-setting growth in 2019.

VDS TAKES HOME THE GOLD IN THE AMERICAN BUSINESS AWARDS

Phoenix, AZ – June 9, 2020 – V Digital Services was honored with a Gold Stevie Award in the 18th annual American Business Awards announced today.

VDS COMES UP BIG IN THE STEVIE AWARDS

Phoenix, AZ – January 28, 2020 – The Local SEO team for V Digital Services has been named a finalist in the fourteenth annual Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer Service, meaning they’ll ultimately be gold, silver or bronze winners in the contest. The nine-member Local SEO team, an integral part of one of America’s fastest growing digital marketing agencies, will be among dozens of finalists from the U.S. and other countries honored at a gala banquet Friday, February 28 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

V DIGITAL SERVICES NAMED COMPANY OF THE YEAR IN THE 2019 BIG AWARDS FOR BUSINESS

Phoenix, AZ – November 6, 2019 – For the third consecutive year, V Digital Services won big in the Business Intelligence Group’s BIG Awards for Business, being named the 2019 “Company of the Year” among American marketing firms.

V DIGITAL SERVICES NAMED ONE OF AMERICA’S MOST INNOVATIVE PRIVATE COMPANIES

Phoenix, AZ – October 8, 2019 – V Digital Services powered into fall with style this week, being recognized as one of the “Best Entrepreneurial Companies in America” by Entrepreneur magazine. The digital marketing agency was ranked No. 288 on the Entrepreneur360™ List, a premier industry study that represents a comprehensive analysis of private companies in America.

CHRIS REED TAKES THE HELM FOR VDS IN SAN DIEGO

August 27, 2019 – V Digital Services announced today that it has hired native Californian Chris Reed as its digital sales director in San Diego.


VDS KEEPS THE GROWTH COMING

August 21, 2019 – The third time’s a charm for V Digital Services in Inc. magazine’s 2019 survey of the fastest growing private companies in America. For the third year in a row, the digital marketing agency is on the Inc. 5000 list, one of the most prestigious measures of dynamism at American companies.

V DIGITAL SERVICES IS GOLDEN IN THE GLOBEES

August 8, 2019 – The summer continues to sizzle at V Digital Services, which just took home a gold medal in the Globee Awards. Competing against firms from around the world, VDS was named Company of the Year in the advertising, marketing and public relations category. As a reflection of the Globees’ worldwide reach, the runner-up in the category was a company in India that performs marketing services for small tea growers.

V DIGITAL SERVICES BRINGS THE HEAT IN PHOENIX

August 1, 2019 – V Digital Services has hit the trifecta in the Phoenix Business Journal’s annual survey of Phoenix’s largest interactive marketing firms. For the third year in a row, the fast-rising digital marketing agency was named one of the Top 10 firms in the Phoenix area, moving up one position from last year to rank at No. 6 in the countdown.

V DIGITAL SERVICES WINS 2019 EXCELLENCE IN CUSTOMER SERVICE AWARD

Phoenix, AZ – May 9, 2019 – V Digital Services, the fast-growing digital marketing agency known for helping local and national customers polish their online presence, announced today it has been named a winner in the 2019 Excellence in Customer Service Awards presented by Business Intelligence Group.

V DIGITAL SERVICES RANKS HIGH IN RANKING ARIZONA

Phoenix, AZ – March 19, 2019 – The people of the Grand Canyon State have spoken in the new issue of Ranking Arizona magazine, and V Digital Services hit the trifecta, earning Top 10 finishes in three different categories of Arizona’s largest business opinion poll.

KEVIN THORNBURG REJOINS THE DALLAS OBSERVER

March 7, 2019 — Voice Media Group announced today that Kevin Thornburg has returned to his former role as publisher of the Dallas Observer. Thornburg helmed the Observer for several years earlier this decade before leaving to join CBS Radio in Dallas in 2012.

V DIGITAL SERVICES NAMED COMPANY OF THE YEAR

PHOENIX – October 9, 2018 – For the second consecutive year, V Digital Services has been named company of the year in the Business Intelligence Group’s BIG Awards for Business. VDS won in the category for small businesses, which the BIG Awards define as companies with fewer than 100 employees. The results were announced in Philadelphia earlier today.

VMG’S SCOTT TOBIAS NAMED EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR

DENVER – October 4, 2018 – Voice Media Group chief executive officer Scott Tobias has been named small business executive of the year in the Business Intelligence Group’s BIG Awards for Business. The results were announced in Philadelphia earlier today.

V DIGITAL SERVICES CLIMBS THE CHARTS IN PHOENIX

August 29, 2018 – V Digital Services came in hot in the country’s fifth-largest city, moving up two spots in the Phoenix Business Journal’s annual ranking of the city’s largest advertising agencies.

V DIGITAL SERVICES RANKS HIGH IN NEW SURVEY

August 8, 2018 – For the second consecutive year, V Digital Services has been named one of the Top 10 largest interactive marketing firms in the nation’s fifth-largest city by the Phoenix Business Journal.

V DIGITAL SERVICES GARNERS FOUR GLOBEES

July 10, 2018 – The industry honors keep coming for V Digital Services, which this week took home four wins in the Globee Awards, including a prestigious gold medal for having the most robust jobs growth in its category.

V DIGITAL SERVICES IS A WINNER IN THE AMERICAN BUSINESS AWARDS

May 8, 2018 – V Digital Services has been named one of the nation’s fastest growing companies by the American Business Awards. The “Bronze Stevie Award” from the ABA is one of several honors received by VDS in the past year reflecting its rapid ascension in the digital advertising industry.

VOICE MEDIA GROUP ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH HERBAN PLANET

April 17, 2018 – One of the nation’s most forward-leaning media companies and one of the Internet’s best cannabis guides are joining forces to give consumers and marijuana businesses greater access to a national platform of online resources.

V DIGITAL SERVICES NAMED TO ENTREPRENEUR MAGAZINE’S “360 LIST”

December 19, 2017 – V Digital Services closed out the year on a high note today when it was named to Entrepreneur magazine’s list of the 360 best privately owned businesses in the U.S. The company placed 79th overall, putting it in the Top 25 percent of the field.

V DIGITAL SERVICES NAMED 2017 COMPANY OF THE YEAR BY BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE GROUP

December 5, 2017 — A year of accolades for V Digital Services continued today, when the fast-growing digital advertising agency was named 2017 Company of the Year in the Business Intelligence Group’s “BIG Awards for Business” program.

V DIGITAL SERVICES HITS THE PHOENIX TOP 10

September 7, 2017 — The rapid growth of V Digital Services has earned the digital advertising agency another plaudit: being named one of the ten largest advertising agencies in the Phoenix area by the Phoenix Business Journal.

VDS NAMED ONE OF AMERICA’S FASTEST GROWING COMPANIES

August 22, 2017 — The good news just keeps on coming for V Digital Services, which has made Inc. magazine’s 2017 list of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in the U.S.

V DIGITAL SERVICES RISES FAST IN PHOENIX

July 27, 2017 — V Digital Services has been named one of the Top 5 largest interactive marketing firms in the nation’s fifth-largest city by the Phoenix Business Journal.

V DIGITAL SERVICES NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS IN CHICAGO

May 24, 2017 — V Digital Services has continued its rapid expansion by opening a new full-service digital marketing shop in Chicago in partnership with Wayne Morgan.

MARTIN MCDONALD NAMED VICE PRESIDENT AT V DIGITAL SERVICES

January 19, 2017 — Voice Media Group and its subsidiary V Digital Services today announced the appointment of former G/O Digital executive Martin McDonald to the new position of vice president of strategic sales and channel development.

VOICE MEDIA GROUP OFFERS LA WEEKLY FOR SALE

January 18, 2017 — Voice Media Group announced today that as part of the ongoing diversification of its portfolio it is putting the storied LA Weekly up for sale.

KENNY STOCKER TO HEAD V DIGITAL SERVICES’ NEW SEATTLE OFFICE

January 17, 2017 — V Digital Services is opening its first digital marketing office in the Pacific Northwest and has hired an old friend to run it.

OC WEEKLY SOLD TO THE DUNCAN MCINTOSH COMPANY

February 5, 2016 — Voice Media Group announced today it has sold OC Weekly, its award-winning publication in Costa Mesa, Calif., to Irvine-based publisher Duncan McIntosh.

PETER D. BARBEY BUYS THE VILLAGE VOICE

October 12, 2015 — The Village Voice, America’s first alternative newsweekly and an icon of New York City journalism, has been sold to a company controlled by Peter D. Barbey, investor and President of the Reading Eagle Company, a family-owned media company that, under various names, has published newspapers for eight successive generations since 1796.

VMG SELLS CITY PAGES TO STAR TRIBUNE

May 6, 2015 – Voice Media Group announced today it has sold City Pages, its award-winning weekly newspaper in Minneapolis, to the Star Tribune Media Company. The sale price was not disclosed.

RIVERFRONT TIMES SOLD TO EUCLID MEDIA GROUP

March 25, 2015 – Voice Media Group announced today it has sold the Riverfront Times of St. Louis to Euclid Media Group.

DIRKS, VAN ESSEN & MURRAY ENGAGED TO EXPLORE OPTIONS FOR VOICE MEDIA GROUP

Santa Fe, NM – January 27, 2015 – Voice Media Group has engaged Dirks, Van Essen & Murray and its subsidiary CAL DVM to explore new strategies for its publishing assets, including the sale or acquisition of alternative publications and other digital businesses.

VOICE MEDIA GROUP NAMES TOM FINKEL AS EDITOR OF THE VILLAGE VOICE

New York City (July 8, 2013) – Voice Media Group announced today that veteran editor Tom Finkel will take the reins of the Village Voice later this summer.

VOICE MEDIA GROUP HIRES AMY NICHOLSON AS LOS ANGELES-BASED FILM CRITIC

Denver, CO (July 1, 2013) — Voice Media Group announced today that Amy Nicholson will join the staff as a full-time film critic for its eleven newspapers. She will be based in Los Angeles at LA Weekly.

THE VILLAGE VOICE TO RELOCATE TO DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN

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.

VOICE MEDIA GROUP RE-LAUNCHES CITY APPS AND DEBUTS PICTURESHOW APP

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.