OVERALL CONDITION IS VERY GOOD MINUS WITH AGE RELATED PAPER TONING. SOME EDGE WEAR. PUBLISHER CLEARLY UTILIZED TWO DIFFERENT PAPER STOCKS AS THEY HAVE TONED TO DIFFERENT EXTENTS. THERE IS PAPER DISCOLORATION, MINOR CORNER BENDS, SMALL EDGE NICKS. 48 pages 11" x 15". In addition to the centerfold sheet, there are pages with edge nicks and small folds.
- THERE IS A LOWER CORNER BEND TO THE ENTIRE NEWSPAPER THAT IS LIGHT BUT VISIBLE THROUGHOUT.
-THE CENTERFOLD SHEET (PHOTO 11 & 16) OVERHANGS THE OTHER PAGES RESULTING IN A ROUGH EDGE WITH QUARTER INCH TEARS DOWN THE LONG EDGE.
January 27- February 2, 1977
CELEBRITIES AT THE CARTER INAUGURATION
TOM PACHECO'S FIRST INTERVIEW
NAT ADDERLEY & JOHN STUBBLEFIELD- performance review
CHING HO CHENG interview
ELEANOR ANTIN
HOLLY WOODLAWN gets her face done
SUICIDE BY FURNITURE REFINISHING
RICHARD FOREMAN
OLIVIA RECORDS- record company for lesbians
The SoHo Weekly News was a weekly alternative newspaper founded by music publicist Michael Goldstein and published in New York City from 1973 to 1982. Positioned as a competitor to The Village Voice, it struggled financially. The paper was purchased by Associated Newspaper Group in 1979 and shut down three years later when AMG was unable to make it profitable. Many of the staff went on to have illustrious careers at other New York publications.
The paper was known for its coverage of the Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood, which at the time was just starting to become fashionable. Although the official editorial stance was anti-gentrification, there have been arguments made that its coverage of local culture and business actually contributed to the upward trend in property values. Coverage of emerging music acts in local venues was particularly strong, with the paper being particular well known for its early coverage of the Ramones.
As described by Allan Wolper, The Soho Weekly News was a journalistic outlier that attracted cutting edge writers, artists, directors, and critics who chronicled the hip, edgy, cultural landscape of the seventies. The late David Bowie, who spent much of his time in Soho and eventually moved there, said The Soho Weekly News had been “the encyclopedia of the seventies.”
Issues of the Soho Weekly News are hard to come by in any condition.
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