The Village Voice

Pros: Great classifieds and club listings
Cons: too liberal bias

As a native and lifelong resident of the Philadelphia area, I have also had proximity and easy access to New York City. Manhattan is a phenomenal place to spend a night or week-end. There is so much going on it isn't funny. In fact one problem in...

Pros: Prototype of alternative journalism...
Cons: Why don't they make them like they used to?

This paper has been the prototype for every underground newspaper on the planet. Though having outgrown that stature light years ago, this paper still takes delight in being the sandpaper cover on the toilet seat of NYC journalism. Just like every other...

Pros: $0.00 within NYC; excellent classifieds; some gems among the articles
Cons: Tendency to be shrill about liberal issues

While The Village Voice weekly newspaper doesn't have the rich history of the New York Post or even the Daily News, it is a newspaper which cannot be ignored. Even in many articles which appear in journals, mainstream newspapers,...

Pros: News and events not covered in any other newspaper
Cons: many ads. some adult content.

Growing up as a punk kid in the 80's & 90's, there has only been one newspaper out there that I have found essential to life in New York City. That newspaper is the Village Voice.

It is the only newspaper that can give me news that I can...

Pros: It's FREE and it is full of everything under the sun
Cons: It's not available everywhere like it used to

The Village Voice is an indispensable part of city and national culture. It serves as the template from which other 'alternative weekly newspapers' are based. An the Voice has managed to remain fresh and new over the past four decades, usually a time...

Pros: lots of info on upcoming new york events
Cons: sometimes difficult to get one in my neighborhood

Reading The Village Voice has become a staple in my routine since I moved to New York. Not only is it free. (And let the record state that originally, this was the reason that I would pick one up each week.) But it’s jammed packed of great articles,...

Pros: original paper, stories make you think
Cons: more savage love

Why do I read the Village Voice? Because it gives me all the information on what's happening in New York without having to even leave me house. I will tell you now that I live in Huntsville,Alabama and here, we don't have a newspaper even remotely...

Pros: Classified section
Cons: Articles, and highly slanted viewpoints.

They say that you get what you pay for, and since The Voice is free, that should tell you something right there. The voice is written by a bunch of left-wing yahoos (not to insult the Yahoo web site) and the "articles" just make no sense. I...

Pros: Good nightlife resource
Cons: Pretentious Columns

The Village Voice is a New York City institution, and it is now free in Manhattan. While I was in college I don't know what I would have done without it. It is the weekly bible for finding out about hot events in NYC. It lists everything you could...