Cleveland Scene
{{Short description|Entertainment newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| image = Cleveland Scene logo - no tagline.GIF
| image_size = 200px
| type = Alternative weekly
| name = Cleveland Scene
| format =
| foundation = 1970
| owners = Great Lakes Publishing
| publisher = Euclid Media Group
| headquarters = Cleveland, Ohio
| ISSN = 1064-6116
| oclc = 240898199
| website = {{URL|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.
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.{{cite news |last1=Rutten |first1=Tim |title=Justice Dept. opens alt-weekly inquiry |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-nov-16-et-rutten16-story.html |access-date=October 26, 2017 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=November 16, 2002}}
Ownership
Cleveland Scene was founded in 1970. In 1998, the Scene was acquired by New Times Media.{{cite news |title=New Times Purchases Cleveland Scene |author=Cory Zurowski |url=http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/new-times-purchases-cleveland-scene/Article?oid=887 |newspaper=Association of Alternative Newsweeklies |date=August 10, 1998 |access-date=October 18, 2012}} In 2005, New Times acquired Village Voice Media, and changed its name to Village Voice Media.{{cite news |title= The Village Voice, Pushing 50, Prepares to Be Sold to a Chain of Weeklies |author= Richard Siklos |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/24/business/24voice.html |newspaper= The New York Times |date= October 24, 2005|access-date=October 18, 2012}}
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.{{cite press release |title=Times-Shamrock Buys Cleveland Free Times, Cleveland Scene |url= http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/times-shamrock-buys-cleveland-free-times-cleveland-scene/Article?oid=350078|publisher= Association of Alternative Newsweeklies |date= June 21, 2008 |access-date=October 19, 2012}}
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.{{cite news |first=Karen |last=Farkas |title=Cleveland Scene sold to local media group |url=http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2013/12/cleveland_scene_sold_to_local.html |work=The Plain Dealer |date=December 23, 2013 |access-date=February 7, 2014}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Allard |first=Sam |date=August 17, 2023 |title=Cleveland Scene Magazine gets new owners |url=https://www.axios.com/local/cleveland/2023/08/17/cleveland-scene-magazine-owners |access-date=January 5, 2023 |website=Axios}} In January 2024, the newspaper was sold to Cleveland Magazine parent company Great Lakes Publishing.{{Cite web |last=Allard |first=Sam |date=January 5, 2023 |title=Cleveland Scene sold to Cleveland Magazine publisher |url=https://www.axios.com/local/cleveland/2024/01/05/cleveland-scene-sold-cleveland-magazine-publisher |access-date=January 5, 2023 |website=Axios}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.clevescene.com/ Home page]
- [http://www.laweekly.com/ink/03/20/news-blume.php Legal issues]{{dead link|date=March 2025}}
{{Euclid Media Group}}
Category:Alternative weekly newspapers published in the United States
Category:Newspapers published in Cleveland