Romenesko

Boston Phoenix
Adam Reilly says it's no surprise that the former New Times brass who now lead Village Voice Media want the NY-based Voice and its fellow papers to conform to their standardized, apolitical vision of what alternative journalism should be. "What is striking, though, is how quickly and decisively defenders of the old left-leaning, decentralized VVM ethos have been routed. The battle just began -- and it's already over."