Miami New Times

The Miami New Times is a newspaper published in Miami and distributed every Thursday. It primarily serves the Miami area and is headquartered in Miami's Wynwood Art District.[3]

Miami New Times
TypeAlternative weekly
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Voice Media Group
PublisherAdam Simon
EditorTom Finkel
Founded1987 (1987)[1] (as New Times Media)
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters2750 NW 3rd Ave.
Miami, Florida, 33127
United States
Circulation31,250 (December 2018)[2]
Websitewww.miaminewtimes.com

Overview

It was acquired by Village Voice Media, then known as New Times Media, in 1987, when it was a fortnightly newspaper called the Wave.[4] The paper has won numerous awards,[5] including a George Polk Award for coverage of the Major League steroid scandal in 2014[6] and first place in 2008 among weekly papers from the Investigative Reporters and Editors for stories about the Julia Tuttle Causeway sex offender colony.[7] In 2010, the paper garnered international attention[8] when it published a story by Brandon K. Thorp and Penn Bullock which revealed that anti-gay activist George Alan Rekers had hired a male prostitute to accompany him on a trip to Europe.[9]

In September 2012, Village Voice Media executives Scott Tobias, Christine Brennan, and Jeff Mars bought Village Voice Media's papers and associated web properties from its founders and formed Voice Media Group.[10]

Author Steve Almond is a former writer for the Miami New Times.[11] Former Two Live Crew rapper Luther Campbell is a columnist for the paper.[12]

References
  1. "About New Times". Denver, Colorado: New Times Inc. Archived from the original on October 12, 1999.
  2. "eCirc for Consumer Magazines". Alliance for Audited Media. December 31, 2018. Archived from the original on January 23, 2017. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  3. "About Us." Miami New Times. Retrieved on October 3, 2009.
  4. "New Times, Inc. – Company History". FundingUniverse. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
  5. "Journalism Awards Archived 2010-12-24 at the Wayback Machine." Village Voice Media. Retrieved on December 31, 2010.
  6. Strouse, Chuck (February 17, 2014). "New Times' Tim Elfrink Wins George Polk Award". Miami New Times. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
  7. 2007 IRE Award winners Archived 2009-10-12 at the Wayback Machine." IRE. Retrieved on December 31, 2010.
  8. How Did the Miami New Times Catch George Rekers with a Rentboy? Archived 2010-07-18 at the Wayback Machine. Gawker. Retrieved on December 31, 2010.
  9. Thorp, Brandon K.; Bullock, Penn (2010-05-13). "How George Alan Rekers and his Rent-boy got Busted by New Times". Miami New Times.
  10. "Village Voice Media Execs Acquire The Company's Famed Alt Weeklies, Form New Holding Company". Tech Crunch. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  11. "Miami New Times site search, 'Subject: Robert Andrew Powell'". Miami New Times.
  12. Kuperstein, Adam (April 7, 2011). "Luther Campbell's Run for Mayor is No Joke". NBC 6 South Florida. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
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