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    New Yorkers Mourn End Of An Era As 'Village Voice' Ceases Print Edition

    On Tuesday, the famed alt-weekly announced it would be ending its free weekly print edition. The publication was purchased by Peter Barbey in 2015.
    by Camila Domonoske Aug 23, 2017 2 minutes
    A<em> Village Voice</em> newspaper stand lays on the ground next to garbage in New York City's East Village on Tuesday. <em>The</em> <em>Village Voice</em>, one of the oldest and most well-known of the alternative weekly newspapers in the U.S., announced that it will no longer publish a print edition.

    You can swipe. You can scroll. But New Yorkers will no longer be able to flip through The Village Voice. This week, the legendary alternative weekly announced that it's ending its free paper version.

    In a press release distributed Tuesday, the publication said it plans to maintain its digital platform had been in print for more than six decades, and recently had a distribution of some 120,000 copies each week.

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