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​After Colorado Attorney General John Suthers singled out Backpage.com for criticism in media interviews following the indictment of four men for allegedly running what authorities called a "hum...

Andy VanDeVoorde ​After Colorado Attorney General John Suthers singled out Backpage.com for criticism in media interviews following the indictment of four men for allegedly running what authorities called a "hum...

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​Daniel Fisher of Forbes.com today fired back at New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristoff over a Kristoff article attacking VVM's web classifieds site Backpage.com. In response to Kristoff's co...

Andy VanDeVoorde ​Daniel Fisher of Forbes.com today fired back at New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristoff over a Kristoff article attacking VVM's web classifieds site Backpage.com. In response to Kristoff's co...

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​At a hearing last week in San Francisco, federal appeals court judges grilled a lawyer representing Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio in a First Amendment lawsuit filed by VVM owners Michael L...

Andy VanDeVoorde ​At a hearing last week in San Francisco, federal appeals court judges grilled a lawyer representing Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio in a First Amendment lawsuit filed by VVM owners Michael L...

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​Village Voice Media is pleased to announce that Gustavo Arellano is the new editor-in-chief at OC Weekly.Arellano, who has been the Weekly's managing editor for the past year and a half, replac...

Andy VanDeVoorde ​Village Voice Media is pleased to announce that Gustavo Arellano is the new editor-in-chief at OC Weekly.Arellano, who has been the Weekly's managing editor for the past year and a half, replac...

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​New York Times media columnist David Carr tackled the controversy over VVM's Backpage.com in last Sunday's paper, reporting on demands from a group of clergy that the company shutter all adult a...

Andy VanDeVoorde ​New York Times media columnist David Carr tackled the controversy over VVM's Backpage.com in last Sunday's paper, reporting on demands from a group of clergy that the company shutter all adult a...

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​Today a coalition of 36 clergy members purchased a full-page advertisement in the New York Times demanding that Village Voice Media remove all adult advertising from the VVM-owned classified ad ...

Andy VanDeVoorde ​Today a coalition of 36 clergy members purchased a full-page advertisement in the New York Times demanding that Village Voice Media remove all adult advertising from the VVM-owned classified ad ...

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​He came into office on a wave of progressive sentiment. So why is President Barack Obama waging a veritable jihad against medical marijuana? At a time when the med-pot industry is one of the few...

Andy VanDeVoorde ​He came into office on a wave of progressive sentiment. So why is President Barack Obama waging a veritable jihad against medical marijuana? At a time when the med-pot industry is one of the few...

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​In the recently announced Association of Food Journalists awards, VVM writers brought home nine awards, including four first-place trophies. Leading the way for VVM was the Riverfront Times of S...

Andy VanDeVoorde ​In the recently announced Association of Food Journalists awards, VVM writers brought home nine awards, including four first-place trophies. Leading the way for VVM was the Riverfront Times of S...

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​Much has been made in the media about the economic juju Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry allegedly pulled off as Texas governor. The prevailing myth: Texas's low taxes and gung-ho s...

Andy VanDeVoorde ​Much has been made in the media about the economic juju Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry allegedly pulled off as Texas governor. The prevailing myth: Texas's low taxes and gung-ho s...

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​In an exclusive story published online in advance of its regular print edition, LA Weekly reports that a former LAPD detective has come forward with information linking rap stars Sean Combs an...

Andy VanDeVoorde ​In an exclusive story published online in advance of its regular print edition, LA Weekly reports that a former LAPD detective has come forward with information linking rap stars Sean Combs an...

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​Chelsea Elliott, one of several Occupy Wall Street protesters who were doused with pepper spray by a New York police officer, told the Village Voice about her experience Sunday night. The incide...

Andy VanDeVoorde ​Chelsea Elliott, one of several Occupy Wall Street protesters who were doused with pepper spray by a New York police officer, told the Village Voice about her experience Sunday night. The incide...

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​In an interesting reporting exercise, four VVM publications have similar--but not identical--stories this week about NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal's surreal war with a Miami cybergeek. Miami New T...

Andy VanDeVoorde ​In an interesting reporting exercise, four VVM publications have similar--but not identical--stories this week about NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal's surreal war with a Miami cybergeek. Miami New T...

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​Two of VVM's award-winning food critics have been selected for inclusion in the 2011 edition of Best Food Writing, the popular anthology published annually by Avalon. Jonathan Kauffman of SF Wee...

Andy VanDeVoorde ​Two of VVM's award-winning food critics have been selected for inclusion in the 2011 edition of Best Food Writing, the popular anthology published annually by Avalon. Jonathan Kauffman of SF Wee...

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​VVM writers, editors, designers and illustrators took home 11 first-place awards in the recently announced AltWeekly Awards, including top finishes in Multimedia, Group Blog, Music Blog, Investi...

Andy VanDeVoorde ​VVM writers, editors, designers and illustrators took home 11 first-place awards in the recently announced AltWeekly Awards, including top finishes in Multimedia, Group Blog, Music Blog, Investi...

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​William Breathes has been working for VVM's Westword in Denver for nearly two years, offering helpful but unsparing reviews of the city's medical marijuana dispensaries for the 100,000-plus Col...

Andy VanDeVoorde ​William Breathes has been working for VVM's Westword in Denver for nearly two years, offering helpful but unsparing reviews of the city's medical marijuana dispensaries for the 100,000-plus Col...

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​The Village Voice has received eight nominations in this year's AltWeekly Awards, more than any other publication. Miami New Times, LA Weekly and the Riverfront Times each received five nominati...

Andy VanDeVoorde ​The Village Voice has received eight nominations in this year's AltWeekly Awards, more than any other publication. Miami New Times, LA Weekly and the Riverfront Times each received five nominati...

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​It started when Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore were watching TV in bed. They saw a documentary about sex slavery overseas, and, after a quick call to a celebrity charity consultant, they'd found...

Andy VanDeVoorde ​It started when Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore were watching TV in bed. They saw a documentary about sex slavery overseas, and, after a quick call to a celebrity charity consultant, they'd found...

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​VVM's dynamic duo of Texas publications pulled off a virtual rout in the recently announced Lone Star Awards. Those awards, sponsored by the Houston Press Club, recognize journalistic excellenc...

Andy VanDeVoorde ​VVM's dynamic duo of Texas publications pulled off a virtual rout in the recently announced Lone Star Awards. Those awards, sponsored by the Houston Press Club, recognize journalistic excellenc...

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​LA Weekly staff writer Patrick Range McDonald was named the L.A. Press Club's Print Journalist of the Year, and three other Weekly writers also were honored with first-place awards in an awards...

Andy VanDeVoorde ​LA Weekly staff writer Patrick Range McDonald was named the L.A. Press Club's Print Journalist of the Year, and three other Weekly writers also were honored with first-place awards in an awards...

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​An even dozen VVM writers received awards in the recently announced Best of the West awards, which honor journalistic excellence in the thirteen states west of the Rockies. Westword staff writer...

Andy VanDeVoorde ​An even dozen VVM writers received awards in the recently announced Best of the West awards, which honor journalistic excellence in the thirteen states west of the Rockies. Westword staff writer...

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