The Village Voice and New York counterculture journalism (1955-1985)

1. The Village Voice launches in Greenwich Village

   Oct 26, 1955Labels: Dan Wolf, Ed Fancher, Norman Mailer

   • Britannica
   • Village Voice Wiki
   • 70 Years

2. Obie Awards debut to honor Off-Broadway

   Jan 1, 1956Labels: Obie Awards, The Village

   • Obie Awards
   • Voice 1956
   • Obie Award Wiki

3. The Voice relocates to Sheridan Square offices

   Aug 25, 1960Labels: Sheridan Square, 61 Christopher

   • Voice Archives
   • Village Voice Wiki

4. NYC newspaper strike opens a major opportunity

   Dec 8, 1962Labels: Typographical Union, New York

   • Britannica
   • NYT Guild

5. The Voice expands as an influential alternative weekly

   Jan 1, 1965Labels: Alternative weekly, The Village

   • Britannica
   • Village Voice Wiki

6. The Voice reports on the Stonewall uprising

   Jul 2, 1969Labels: Stonewall uprising, Howard Smith

   • Duberman 1994
   • Stonewall Riots

7. The paper shifts toward stronger activist stances

   Jan 1, 1970Labels: Women s, Gay rights

   • Britannica
   • Village Voice Wiki

8. Pazz & Jop poll begins as a music institution

   Jan 1, 1971Labels: Pazz &, Robert Christgau

   • Pazz Jop Wiki
   • Voice Archives

9. Rupert Murdoch buys The Village Voice

   Jan 1, 1977Labels: Rupert Murdoch, The Village

   • WashPost 1985
   • Village Voice Wiki

10. Voice becomes a leading watchdog on NYC development

    Jan 1, 1980Labels: Westway project, Investigative reporting

    • WashPost 1985
    • Britannica

11. Voice’s influence peaks amid 1980s culture wars

    Jan 1, 1981Labels: Ed Koch, Culture wars

    • Britannica
    • Village Voice Wiki

12. Leonard Stern buys the Voice, ending Murdoch era

    Jun 20, 1985Labels: Leonard Stern, Rupert Murdoch

    • WashPost 1985
    • UPI 1985
    • Voice 1985