Venerable daily goes digital-only after six decades

New York’s venerable The Village Voice newspaper delivered its final print edition on Wednesday after six decades as a cultural touchpoint and is now going digital-only.

The paper announced the end of its print edition at the end of August, saying it hoped to “revitalise” and “reimagine” the Village Voice brand.

Founded by Mailer

Founded in 1955 by the American writer Norman Mailer, as well as Dan Wolf and Ed Fancher, the weekly focussed on culture and politics quickly became an institution.

Born of the cultural bustle of the Greenwich Village neighbourhood, the Voice turned out to be a place where ideas and debate flourished. And it broke a lot of news thanks to solid investigative journalism.