A year-end piece by Aljazeera examines the top alt media papers in 2013 and how they compare to earlier versions of themselves and the possibility of their demise in the short-term.
How the Village Voice and other alt-weeklies lost their voice in 2013
The papers — which documented parts of cities that other media missed — suffered major blows this year. What you don’t read in this article is about how the other 95% of alt media publications have fared over the past year. Check out Portland, Oregon; Burlington, Vermont, and Monterey, California to name a few.
The initial announcement and news was covered on August 1 in several locations including