The Village Voice
American weekly newspaper
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| 2024 | Louis Armstrong's album 'Louis in London' reviewed |
| 2023 | Olivia Rodrigo releases the album 'Guts' |
| 2022 | Selo i Ludy Performance Band releases 'Bunch One' album |
| 2021 | Neil Young and Crazy Horse release the album 'Barn' |
| October 2021 | Nominated by President Joe Biden to serve a six-year term on the National Endowment for the Humanities. |
| April 17 2021 | The Spring 2021 issue of The Village Voice was released, appearing in news boxes and on newsstands for the first time since 2018, now operating as a quarterly publication. |
| January 2021 | New original stories began being published again on the website. |
| 2020 | Various artists featured in 'Hanging Tree Guitars' compilation album reviewed |
| December 23 2020 | Editor R. C. Baker announced the paper would resume publishing new articles online and in a quarterly print edition. |
| May 2020 | Reached over 1,000 subscribers for his 'And It Don't Stop' newsletter on Substack. |
| 2019 | Released 'Book Reports: A Music Critic on His First Love, Which Was Reading' through Duke University Press, exploring his lifelong passion for literature and writing. |
| 2019 | Billie Eilish's album 'When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?' reviewed |
| September 2019 | Launches 'And It Don't Stop', a paid-subscription newsletter on Substack featuring a monthly 'Consumer Guide' column. |
| July 2019 | Concludes writing reviews for MSN Music, Cuepoint, and Noisey in the 'Expert Witness' column. |
| 2018 | Noname's album 'Room 25' receives 17 points in Robert Christgau's music review |
| 2018 | Published 'Is It Still Good to Ya? Fifty Years of Rock Criticism 1967–2017' through Duke University Press, reflecting on his long career in music journalism. |
| 2018 | Christgau discussed his limitations in writing about jazz, acknowledging challenges in discussing jazz albums from the 1950s and 1960s. |
| September 13 2018 | The Village Voice officially ceased operations. Two weeks later, co-founder John Wilcock died in California at the age of 91. |
| August 31 2018 | The Village Voice announced it was ceasing production of new editorial content. |
| May 2018 | Stephen Mooallem resigns as editor in chief and is not replaced before the publication's shutdown. |
| 2017 | Marked fifty years of rock criticism, commemorated by the publication of 'Is It Still Good to Ya? Fifty Years of Rock Criticism 1967–2017' through Duke University Press. |
| September 21 2017 | The final printed edition of The Village Voice was distributed, featuring a 1965 photo of Bob Dylan on the cover. |
| August 22 2017 | The Voice announced it would cease publication of its print edition and convert to a fully digital venture. |
| April 23 2017 | The Village Voice stops using honor boxes, marking a significant change in its distribution strategy, as reflected in an Esquire article. |
| April 23 2017 | Esquire published a reflective piece by Luke O'Neil about generations of Village Voice writers, marking the paper's transition away from honor boxes. |
| 2016 | Michael Musto was rehired and began writing cover stories about topics like Oscar scandals and Madonna's body of work. |
| December 2016 | Peter Barbey names Stephen Mooallem, formerly of Harper's Bazaar, as editor in chief of The Village Voice. |
| 2015 | Released memoir 'Going into the City: Portrait of a Critic as a Young Man' through Dey Street Books, offering insights into his life and career as a music critic. |
| 2015 | Spin magazine acknowledged Christgau's pivotal role in inventing rock criticism as it is known today. |
| October 2015 | The Village Voice changed ownership and severed all ties with Voice Media Group (VMG). |
| August 2015 | Hired by Vice to write the 'Expert Witness' column for Noisey, their music section. |
| 2014 | Hull expanded his website to Tom Hull – on the Web, which included blog writings on movies, politics, and books, with his record ratings database growing to 23,000 records. |
| September 10 2014 | Debuted a new version of 'Expert Witness' on Cuepoint, an online music magazine on Medium. |
| 2013 | The Village Voice moved to the Financial District. |
| 2013 | The newspaper moved to the Financial District. |
| September 20 2013 | Announced the end of 'Expert Witness' on MSN due to the platform shutting down its freelance arts operation. |
| July 2013 | During an Esquire magazine interview, Christgau criticized the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame voters for not inducting the New York Dolls. |
| July 2013 | Voice Media Group executives appointed Tom Finkel as the new editor of The Village Voice. |
| May 2013 | Editor Will Bourne and deputy editor Jessica Lustig resigned from The Village Voice, citing opposition to further staff layoffs. The resignation led to the firing of three long-serving contributors: Michael Musto, Robert Sietsema, and Michael Feingold. |
| 2012 | The Village Voice published a rebuttal article 'What Nick Kristof Got Wrong', defending themselves against Kristof's accusations about Backpage and sex trafficking. |
| 2012 | Nicholas Kristof published a New York Times article detailing a young woman's account of being sold on Backpage, sparking controversy about the website's connection to The Village Voice. |
| September 2012 | Village Voice Media executives Scott Tobias, Christine Brennan, and Jeff Mars purchased Village Voice Media's papers and web properties, forming the Denver-based Voice Media Group following a scandal concerning an editorial attack on a Backpage sex trafficking exposé. |
| 2011 | The Siren Music Festival moved to the lower tip of Manhattan and was renamed the '4knots Music Festival'. |
| December 2011 | Wayne Barrett, who had written for the paper since 1973, was laid off. In solidarity, investigative reporter Tom Robbins resigned. |
| November 22 2010 | Launched the 'Expert Witness' blog on MSN, focusing on albums graded B+ or higher. |
| July 1 2010 | Announced the final 'Consumer Guide' column on MSN. |
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