The Village Voice is ending its weekly print edition. End of a journalism era in New York City.

— Michael M. Grynbaum (@grynbaum) August 22, 2017

We are rapidly hurtling into a time in which young writers will reflect with awe on the fact that there were thousands of free alternative newsweeklies from coast to coast that employed writers — many on a full-time basis — to write about the life of the city.

And get a load of this bullshit:

Breaking: The Village Voice is ending its weekly print edition. pic.twitter.com/ATbXrP5qYh

— Ben Mullin (@BenMullin) August 22, 2017