 The June 7, 2006 front page of the New York Press | |
| Type | Alternative weekly |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Manhattan Media |
| Publisher | Tom Allon |
| Editor-in-chief | Jerry Portwood |
| Founded | April 1988 |
| Ceased publication | August 2011 |
| Headquarters | 79 Madison Ave., 16th Floor New York, NY 10016 US |
| ISSN | 1538-1412 |
| OCLC number | 23806626 |
| Website | nypress |
New York Press was a free alternative weekly in New York City, which was published from 1988 to 2011.[1]
The Press strove to create a rivalry with the Village Voice. Press editors claimed to have tried to hire away writer Nat Hentoff from the Voice.[2] Liz Trotta of The Washington Post compared the rivalry to a similar sniping between certain publications in the eighteenth-century British press, such as the Analytical Review and its self-styled nemesis, the Anti-Jacobin Review.[3] The founder, Russ Smith, was a conservative who wrote a long column called "Mugger" in every issue, but did not promote just a right-wing viewpoint in the publication.[4]
The paper's weekly circulation in 2006 topped 100,000,[5] compared to about 250,000 for the Village Voice,[6] but this total fell to 20,000 by the end of the paper's run. The Press touted a Manhattan-focused, controlled distribution system while a good portion of the Village Voice's circulation is outside the NYC metro area.[citation needed]
The print edition of New York Press was discontinued on September 1, 2011; its online edition was an aggregate of Manhattan Media's other publications. The print edition of Our Town Downtown was resumed in its place, after merging with New York Press.[7] NYPress.com is currently owned by Straus News.40°44′52″N 73°59′35″W / 40.74778°N 73.99306°W
- ^ Jeremy Glass (24 November 2014). "5 Defunct Magazines that Changed America". Thrillist. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ New York Press – THE EDITORS – Resolutions for the Unresolved Archived 2006-01-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Liz Trotta (26 April 1999). "Don't Stop the 'Press'". Insight on the News.
- ^ Seitz, Matt Zoller (19 August 2011). "Daily Intelligencer: Farewell to the Spiky, Bizarre New York Press - Slideshow - Daily Intel". New York Magazine. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- ^ New York Press | Association of Alternative Newsweeklies Archived 2006-04-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Village Voice | Association of Alternative Newsweeklies Archived 2006-04-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "New York Press Is Dead, Long Live Our Town Downtown", Kat Stoeffel, The Observer, 18 October 2011.