Nashville Scene
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| Type | Alternative weekly |
| Format | Tabloid |
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| Owner | Village Voice Media |
| Publisher | Mike Smith |
| Editor | Liz Garrigan |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Headquarters | 210 12th Ave. S. Nashville, TN 37203-2204  United States |
| Circulation | 52,019[1] |
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| Website: nashvillescene.com | |
Nashville Scene is an alternative newsweekly in Nashville, Tennessee. It was founded in 1989, became a part of Village Voice Media in 1999, and later joined the ranks of sixteen other publications after a merger of Village Voice Media with New Times Media early in 2006. The publication mainly reports and opines on music, arts, entertainment, and local and state politics in Nashville.
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[edit] Early History
Nashville Scene began life as a shopper, a home-distributed advertising product. It was purchased on April 26, 1989, by advertising executive Albie Del Favero and Nashville Banner political reporter Bruce Dobie, who became its publisher and editor respectively. Their new product became Nashville's first successful alternative weekly, according to newspaper marketing materials.
The new owners modified the paper's circulation model, distributing it for free in racks at restaurants and other high-traffic locations, and modeled their editorial product after the Village Voice, the oldest alternative weekly in the United States.
"The dailies break the news, we put it back together," was one of the Nashville Scene's early marketing mantras, as it attempted to distinguish itself from other news sources with longer, more detailed features and commentaries on current topics, as well as some community activism that helped lead to the development of an area of Nashville labeled "SoBro" (south of Broadway)[2], a term coined[3] by the Scene's editorial staff.
[edit] Village Voice Media
In 1999, Del Favero and Dobie formed a group of investors[4] and purchased Stern Publishing[5], then-owner of the Village Voice and five other alternative newsweeklies across the nation. They named the new corporation Village Voice Media.[6] Village Voice publisher David Schneiderman, also one of the investors, became chief executive officer of the new venture.
In late 2004, both Del Favero [7] and Dobie[8] resigned their positions as publisher and editor of the Scene. The editor role was taken on by the Scene's then-news editor Liz Garrigan. Chris Ferrell was hired by Village Voice Media to assume the role of publisher at the beginning of 2005[9].
In January of 2006, Village Voice Media was acquired by New Times Media and kept the Village Voice Media name.[10] The Nashville Scene remains one of the seventeen assets owned by the new company.
On September 27, 2007, Ferrell announced his resignation[11] as publisher of the Nashville Scene and, two weeks later, was replaced by long-time Scene retail sales account executive Mike Smith[12], who took the title of associate publisher in line with the post-merger title structuring of Village Voice Media.
On May 6, 2008, Garrigan announced her resignation[13] as editor on the Nashville Scene blog Pith in the Wind. She characterized her departure as "anti-climactic" and "not a protest resignation, a corporate cost-cutting measure or a veiled firing." She added that she had imposed a five-year expiration date for herself as editor, and would be cutting that short because she felt she had accomplished what she set out to accomplish. Garrigan's last day as Scene editor was slated for June 30, 2008. As of this writing, a replacement has not been announced.
[edit] References
- ^ Nashville Scene. Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. Retrieved on 2007-02-08.
- ^ Kreyling, Christine. "Tomorrow-land", Nashville Scene, 1996-08-22. Retrieved on 2007-02-20.
- ^ Kreyling, Christine. "True Grid", Nashville Scene, 1996-07-25. Retrieved on 2007-02-20.
- ^ Fazzone, Amanda. "Howe, Venture Firm Buy Stake in Nashville Scene", Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, 1999-12-15. Retrieved on 2007-02-20.
- ^ Fazzone, Amanda. "Stern Sold to Investor Group", Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, 2000-01-06. Retrieved on 2007-02-20.
- ^ Pulle, Matt. "A New Voice", Nashville Scene, 2000-01-06. Retrieved on 2007-02-20.
- ^ "Publisher Del Favero to Leave Nashville Scene", Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, 2004-07-15. Retrieved on 2007-02-20.
- ^ Fox, David A.. "Editor Bruce Dobie to leave the 'Scene'", NashvillePost.com, 2004-11-03. Retrieved on 2007-02-20.
- ^ "Nashville Scene Hire Is the Latest Politico Alt-Weekly Publisher", Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, 2004-12-02. Retrieved on 2007-02-20.
- ^ "Village Voice Media and New Times to Merge", Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, 2005-10-24. Retrieved on 2007-02-20.
- ^ Ferrell, Thanks for the Living Wages. Nashville Scene's Pith in the Wind (2007-09-27). Retrieved on 2007-11-02.
- ^ Mike Smith to Replace Ferrell. Nashville Scene's Pith in the Wind (2007-10-11). Retrieved on 2007-11-02.
- ^ Editor's Note. Nashville Scene's Pith in the Wind (2008-05-06). Retrieved on 2008-05-08.
