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''New York Press'' is a free Alternative Weekly in New York City . It is the main competitor to the '' Village Voice '', although some competition is currently offered by two other free papers with local listings, '' The L Magazine '' and '' The Onion ''. It was founded in 1988 , and originally conceived and published as a conservative voice in traditionally liberal New York. The paper developed an impressive following over its first decade, and by 1996 had forced the ''Village Voice'' to become a free paper to compete. The rivalry with the ''Village Voice'' has expressed itself in other ways. Emulating ''New York Press'''s own popular "Best of Manhattan" annual feature, the ''Village Voice'' later began publishing its own annual "Best of New York" issue. ''Press'' editors have written about hiring away writer Nat Hentoff from the ''Voice''. {Link without Title} The paper's weekly circulation in 2006 was around 110,000, in comparison with around 250,000 for the Village Voice. [http://aan.org/gyrobase/Aan/ViewCompany?oid=oid%3A94 The ''Press'' touts a Manhattan focussed, controlled distribution system while a good portion of the Village Voice's circulation is outside of the NYC metro area. The paper was founded by and Doug Meadow became the president and C.O.O., respectively. Smith still contributes his long-running column, which was originally published under the pseudonym "MUGGER" but is now simply called "Mugger" and published under his real name. Although Smith was nominally editor-in-chief, the actual editor through most of the paper's history was John Strausbaugh . When Smith sold the ''Press'', Strausbaugh was fired and replaced by former production editor Jeff Koyen . Since then the paper has seen a series of editors come and go. Under Smith, the often page-inflated paper was a money-losing operation, rumored to function as a tax shelter for Smith's wealthy family. Today, the paper runs less pages but is rumored to finally be breaking even. On July 31, 2007, the paper was acquired by Manhattan Media, the owner of Avenue Magazine and a small stable of New York community weekly newspapers. One of those weeklies, “Our Town Downtown,” will be merged with the New York Press. From April 2003 to July 2004, the ''Press'' had a sister publication, '' New York Sports Express '', that was a free weekly devoted to sports. The publishers discontinued it due to insufficient circulation. ''New York Press'' gained notoriety in March 2005 for a cover story entitled "The 52 Funniest Things About the Upcoming Death of the Pope," written by , former editor of the '' New York Blade ''. In 2006, Adario Strange , former editor of '' The Source '', became the new editor. A year later, in 2007, Strange left the paper to return to film directing. Upon his promotion to publisher, Nick Thomas named former arts and entertainment editor Jerry Portwood to editor of the publication. Noted memoirist and longtime staff writer, occasional arts and entertainment critic, and author of the nearly two decade old "Slackjaw" column, Jim Knipfel was one of the paper's only mainstays for more than thirteen years. "Slackjaw" ran in the Philadelphia ''Welcomat'' for five years before it was picked up by the ''Press'' in 1993. Later, Knipfel worked as the ''Press''' receptionist before moving into a staff writer position. In June, 2006, his column was discontinued. Film critic Armond White is another of the paper's mainstays. During Strausbaugh's editorship, the ''Press'' ran regular columns by , among others. During Koyen's and Zaitchik's editorship, the paper ran regular columns by Paul Krassner , Michelangelo Signorile , and Matt Taibbi , among others. Currently the ''Press'' runs regular columns by Amy Goodman and Ed Koch (former Mayor Of New York City ), among others. In the tradition of earlier NY underground papers like '' East Village Other '', ''New York Press'' has regularly published cutting-edge comic art, including early work by founding art director Michael Gentile , Kaz , Ben Katchor , Charles Burns , Mark Beyer , Mark Newgarden , Ward Sutton , M. Wartella , Gary Panter , Danny Hellman , Tony Millionaire , Christopher X. Brodeur , and others. Many New York Press alums went on to work at The EXile . SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS NOTES |
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