Village Voice Media
The New Times Media corporation is a national publisher of alternative weekly newspapers.
Its papers are: Cleveland Scene, Dallas Observer, Westword, East Bay Express, New Times Broward-Palm Beach, Houston Press, The Pitch, Miami New Times, Phoenix New Times, SF Weekly, Riverfront Times.
In 2003, the oompany was forced into a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, over antitrust allegations. The company had colluded with another publisher of alternative weeklies, Village Voice Media, to stop competing in two cities where both companies published. New Times Media shuttered its New Times LA, while Village Voice Media agreed to stop publishing Cleveland Free Times. The settlement required each company to make available publishing assets and the defunct papers' titles to potential competitors.[1]