The New Times Media corporation was a national publisher of alternative weekly newspapers. Recent cover of Portland, Oregons Willamette Week An alternative weekly is a type of weekly newspaper that eschews comprehensive coverage of general news in favor of opinionated reviews and columns, investigations into edgy topics and magazine-style feature stories highlighting local people and culture. ...

Its papers were: Cleveland Scene, Dallas Observer, Westword, East Bay Express, New Times Broward-Palm Beach, Houston Press, The Pitch, Miami New Times, Phoenix New Times, SF Weekly, and Riverfront Times. The Cleveland Scene is an alternative weekly newspaper from Cleveland, Ohio. ... The Dallas Observer is a free weekly newspaper distributed around the Dallas, Texas area. ... Westword is a free alternative weekly newspaper based in Denver, Colorado. ... The East Bay Express (founded 1978) is an Emeryville-based weekly newspaper serving the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. ... The Houston Press is an alternative weekly newspaper published in Houston, Texas. ... The Miami New Times is a free, weekly Miami, Florida newspaper, put out every Thursday. ... The Phoenix New Times is a free, weekly Phoenix, Arizona newspaper, put out every Thursday. ... A SF Weekly newsstand on Sansome Street in San Francisco SF Weekly is a weekly free newspaper in San Francisco, California. ... The Riverfront Times (also known as the RFT; also known as the Hippie Times) is a popular alternative newsweekly in St. ...

In 2003, the company was forced into a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, over antitrust allegations. The company had colluded with another publisher of alternative weeklies, Village Voice Media, to stop competing in two cities where both companies published. New Times Media shuttered its New Times LA, while Village Voice Media agreed to stop publishing Cleveland Free Times. The settlement required each company to make available publishing assets and the defunct papers' titles to potential competitors. The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is a Cabinet department in the United States government designed to enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans. ... Antitrust or competition laws are laws which seek to promote economic and business competition by prohibiting anti-competitive behavior and unfair business practices. ... Village Voice Media is a privately held corporation that owns the Village Voice, the nations oldest (founded in 1955) and largest alternative weekly newspaper, as well as LA Weekly, OC (Orange County) Weekly in Santa Ana, California, Seattle Weekly, Minneapolis City Pages, and Nashville Scene. ... New Times LA is a now-defunct alternative weekly newspaper, published in Los Angeles , until 2002, by the New Times Media corporation. ...

On October 24, 2005, New Times Media announced a deal to acquire Village Voice Media, creating a chain of 17 free weekly newspapers around the country with a combined circulation of 1.8 million and controlling a quarter of the weekly circulation of alternative weekly newspapers in North America. The deal was compeleted and New Times decided to use the Village Voice Media name.

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• SF Weekly's parent company charged with violating antitrust law, by Savannah Blackwell