The New Times Media corporation was a national publisher of alternative weekly newspapers. An alternative newspaper is a type of Newspaper that eschews comprehensive coverage of general news in favor of opinionated Reviews and columns
Its papers were Cleveland Scene, Dallas Observer, Westword, East Bay Express, New Times Broward-Palm Beach, Houston Press, The Pitch, Miami New Times, Phoenix New Times, SF Weekly, and Riverfront Times. The Cleveland Scene is an Alternative weekly newspaper from Cleveland, Ohio The Dallas Observer is a free Alternative weekly Newspaper distributed around the Dallas, Texas ( USA) area with a Westword is a free Alternative weekly Newspaper based in Denver Colorado. The East Bay Express (founded 1978) is an Emeryville California -based weekly Newspaper serving the East Bay region of the The New Times Broward/Palm Beach is an alternative weekly newspaper it is part of the Village Voice Media chain The Houston Press is an Alternative weekly Newspaper published in Houston Texas. The Pitch is a free Alternative weekly Newspaper distributed in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, including Lawrence and The Miami New Times is a free weekly Miami Florida newspaper put out every Thursday The Phoenix New Times is a free weekly Phoenix Arizona newspaper put out every Thursday The SF Weekly is a free Alternative weekly Newspaper in San Francisco California. The Riverfront Times (also known as the RFT) is an Alternative newsweekly in St
In 2003, the company was forced into a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, over antitrust allegations. For animal rights group see Justice Department (JD The United States Department of Justice ( DOJ) is a Cabinet department The company had colluded with another publisher of alternative weeklies, Village Voice Media, to stop competing in two cities where both companies published. New Times Media shuttered its New Times LA, while Village Voice Media agreed to stop publishing Cleveland Free Times. New Times LA is a now-defunct Alternative weekly newspaper that was published in Los Angeles California by the New Times Media corporation from The Free Times was an Alternative weekly Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. The settlement required each company to make available publishing assets and the defunct papers' titles to potential competitors.
On October 24, 2005, New Times Media announced a deal to acquire Village Voice Media, creating a chain of 17 free weekly newspapers around the country with a combined circulation of 1. 8 million and controlling a quarter of the weekly circulation of alternative weekly newspapers in North America. After the deal's completion, New Times used the Village Voice Media name.
The Voice deal had many critics, including several that labeled New Times Media the "Clear Channel" of alt-weeklies [1]. Clear Channel Communications is a media conglomerate company based in the United States. New Times also dropped many popular features and contributors in an effort to overhaul the struggling Village Voice.
External links
- SF Weekly's parent company charged with violating antitrust law, by Savannah Blackwell
- Village Voice Sells Its Soul to New Times, by Gawker.com
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