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| Type | Alternative weekly |
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| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Voice Media Group |
| Publisher | Adam Simon |
| Editor | Tom Finkel |
| Founded | 1987 [1] (as New Times Media) |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 3050 Biscayne Blvd, Suite 901 Miami, Florida, 33137 U.S. |
| Circulation | 31,250 (December 2018 [update] ) [2] |
| ISSN | 1072-3331 |
| Website | miaminewtimes |
The Miami New Times is a newspaper published in Miami, Florida, and distributed every Thursday. It primarily serves the Miami metropolitan area, and is headquartered in Miami's Wynwood Art District. [3]
It was acquired by Village Voice Media, then known as New Times Media, in 1987, when it was a fortnightly newspaper called the Wave. [4] The paper has won numerous awards, [5] including a George Polk Award for coverage of the Major League steroid scandal in 2014 [6] and first place in 2008 among weekly papers from the Investigative Reporters and Editors for stories about the Julia Tuttle Causeway sex offender colony. [7] In 2010, the paper garnered international attention [8] when it published a story by Brandon K. Thorp and Penn Bullock which revealed that anti-gay activist George Alan Rekers had hired a male prostitute to accompany him on a trip to Europe. [9]
In September 2012, Village Voice Media executives Scott Tobias, Christine Brennan, and Jeff Mars bought Village Voice Media's papers and associated web properties from its founders and formed Voice Media Group. [10]
Author Steve Almond is a former writer for the Miami New Times. [11] Former Two Live Crew rapper Luther Campbell is a columnist for the paper. [12]