Cleveland Scene

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Cleveland Scene
Cleveland Scene logo - no tagline.GIF
Type Alternative weekly
Owner(s)Great Lakes Publishing
PublisherEuclid Media Group
Founded1970
Headquarters Cleveland, Ohio
ISSN 1064-6116
OCLC number 240898199
Website clevescene.com

The Cleveland Scene is an alternative weekly newspaper based in Cleveland, Ohio. The newspaper includes highlights of Cleveland-area arts, music, dining, and films, as well as classified advertising. The first edition of the newspaper was published in the 1970s.

Contents

Cleveland Scene provides a yearly "Best Of" list for the Cleveland and outlying areas that includes Best Restaurants, Best Clubs, Best Theater, etc. Cleveland Scene employs regular columnists as well as freelance journalists.

In 2002, New Times Media, which published The Scene, agreed to shut down its Los Angeles alternative paper in exchange for an $8 million payment, while Village Voice Media agreed to shut down its competing Cleveland Free Times for a smaller payment, triggering a federal antitrust investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice. [1]

Ownership

Cleveland Scene was founded in 1970. In 1998, the Scene was acquired by New Times Media. [2] In 2005, New Times acquired Village Voice Media, and changed its name to Village Voice Media. [3]

The Free Times and Cleveland Scene were purchased by Times-Shamrock Communications, located in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in 2008. Times-Shamrock is a media company that publishes daily and weekly newspapers throughout Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, Florida, Michigan, and Texas. They also own radio stations in Baltimore. [4]

In December 2013, Times-Shamrock sold Scene to the Cleveland-based Euclid Media Group, along with the Detroit Metro Times , Orlando Weekly and the San Antonio Current . [5] The company dissolved in August 2023 and four of the newspapers, including Scene, was sold to Chava Communications, an entity created by Michael Wagner and his wife, Cassandra Yardeni Wagner. [6] In January 2024, the newspaper was sold to Cleveland Magazine parent company Great Lakes Publishing. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Rutten, Tim (November 16, 2002). "Justice Dept. opens alt-weekly inquiry". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  2. ↑ Cory Zurowski (August 10, 1998). "New Times Purchases Cleveland Scene". Association of Alternative Newsweeklies . Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  3. ↑ Richard Siklos (October 24, 2005). "The Village Voice, Pushing 50, Prepares to Be Sold to a Chain of Weeklies". The New York Times . Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Times-Shamrock Buys Cleveland Free Times, Cleveland Scene" (Press release). Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. June 21, 2008. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
  5. ↑ Farkas, Karen (December 23, 2013). "Cleveland Scene sold to local media group". The Plain Dealer . Retrieved February 7, 2014.
  6. ↑ Allard, Sam (August 17, 2023). "Cleveland Scene Magazine gets new owners". Axios . Retrieved January 5, 2023.
  7. ↑ Allard, Sam (January 5, 2023). "Cleveland Scene sold to Cleveland Magazine publisher". Axios . Retrieved January 5, 2023.
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