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Village Voice Media Wishes Nikki Finke Success on Move
| Source: Village Voice Media
PHOENIX, AZ--(Marketwire - June 23, 2009) - Village Voice Media, publisher
of 15 alternative weekly papers in major metro areas throughout the U.S.,
today announced that Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood Daily blog, which has
been anchored out of Village Voice Media's (VVM) LAWeekly.com for close to three years,
is leaving the company for Mail.com Media Corporation.
"We've had a great run with Nikki and we wish her every success in the
future," Village Voice Media CEO Jim Larkin said. "She's a top-notch and
unerringly accurate reporter with great sources. We will miss her and are
disappointed."
"We are actively searching to fill the void in our daily movie coverage,
albeit with a less trade and more populist bent -- because we know, as we
have known for three years of working with her, that no one can touch
Nikki," said Bill Jensen, director of new media of Village Voice Media.
"But as with all of our markets, we have assembled a very strong Web team
at LAWeekly.com, and the site has seen tremendous growth in the areas of
food, music and nightlife over the past three years. That trend will only
continue."
About Village Voice Media
Village Voice Media is a collection of 15 weekly newspapers and daily Web
sites, including New York's Village Voice, the LA Weekly, Denver's Westword
and the Phoenix New Times. Online, in print, and on mobile devices, VVM's
properties combine music, food and events coverage with gritty,
hard-hitting journalism to create the most powerful city guides in each
market. While the focus of the brand is local, its free classifieds site
backpage.com, partnership with social recommendation engine LikeMe.net and
national sales force, Voice Media Group, extend its reach on a national
level.