Miami New Times
| Miami New Times
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| description | Regional weekly newspaper |
| publishing company | Voice Media Group |
| First edition | 1987 |
| Frequency of publication | Thursday |
| Sold edition | 66,500 copies |
| Editor-in-chief | Chuck Strouse |
| editor | Adam Simon |
| Web link | miaminewtimes.com |
The Miami New Times is a free regional American weekly newspaper based in Miami , Florida . It is distributed every Thursday. It is based in the Wynwood Art District of Miami and is aimed at residents of the Miami-Dade County area . It is one of the most famous of the publications known as alternative weeklies .
Overview
The newspaper was bought by Village Voice Media , then known as New Times Media , in 1987 when it was a bi-weekly publication called Wave . It has been edited since 2010 by Chuck Strouse, a former reporter for the Miami Herald . The newspaper won several awards, including the 2007 Investigative Reporters and Editors weekly first prize for a report on the Julia Tuttle Causeway, a sex offender facility. In 2010 the newspaper received international attention when it published an investigative report by Brandon K. Thorp and Penn Bullock by the anti-gay activistGeorge Alan Rekers acted, who hired a male prostitute to travel around Europe.
In September 2012, Village Voice Media employees Scott Tobias, Christine Brennan and Jeff Mars bought shares in the newspaper from the founders and formed the Voice Media Group .
Previous writers for the Miami New Times were Steve Almond , Pete Collins , Jim DeFede , Robert Andrew Powell , Sean Rowe, and Kirk Semple .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ About Us In: Miami New Times . Retrieved October 3, 2009.
- ^ New Times, Inc. - Company History . FundingUniverse. Retrieved November 15, 2010.
- ^ Journalism Awards. ( Memento from June 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) In: Village Voice Media . Retrieved December 31, 2010.
- ^ IRE Award winners 2007 ( Memento of October 12, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) In: IRE ; accessed on December 31, 2010.
- ↑ How Did the Miami New Times Catch George Rekers with a Rentboy? . Gawker. Retrieved December 31, 2010.
- ^ How George Alan Rekers and his Rent-boy got Busted by New Times , Miami New Times. May 13, 2010.
- ↑ Village Voice Media Execs Acquire The Company's Famed Alt Weeklies, Form New Holding Company . Tech crunch. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
- ↑ Miami New Times site search, 'Subject: Robert Andrew Powell' . In: Miami New Times .
- ↑ Miami New Times site search, Subject: Kirk Semple. In: Miami New Times .