s3mh Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 Word is that McElvy Partners sold to a group that owns Village Voice and LA Weekly. I miss the old Leader before McElvy bought it. They used to get out into parts of the Heights and GOOF that got little attention. McElvy almost ruined the Leader when he tried to turn it into a neighborhood version of FoxNews, railing against the historic districts and printing some utter nonsense on the subject (law professor claimed that HDs were unconstitutional despite US Supreme Court holding that historic preservation passes constitutional muster). Clearly at some point, McElvy figured out that no one wanted a caustic right leaning neighborhood news paper and toned it down (McElvy then stepped down as publisher). Since then, the Leader has done a decent job of being a community news paper more like the Leader of old. I am concerned that the new owners may see the all the money coming into the neighborhood as an indication that the Leader needs to be more like something someone would read in Bushwick or Park Slope instead of focusing on community affairs, like schools, City of Houston issues, etc. But we shall see. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 Guess that explains Adam Zuvanich's recent departure as editor. I thought the Village Voice and LA Weekly had different owners now? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJxvi Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 Learn something new every day. Who knew that The Leader was apparently radicalizing any bugs that got trapped in my recycle bin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3mh Posted July 6, 2022 Author Share Posted July 6, 2022 17 hours ago, JJxvi said: Learn something new every day. Who knew that The Leader was apparently radicalizing any bugs that got trapped in my recycle bin? Careful. If your TAMU buddies find out that you recycle, they will call you a cuck and won't share their pepe memes with you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 hey even us two percenters recognize that recycling is mostly a scam now that China isn't paying for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3mh Posted July 6, 2022 Author Share Posted July 6, 2022 Announcement from the Leader. Brian Calle and Street Media are the buyer. https://www.theleadernews.com/community/leader-under-new-ownership/article_8f05b756-fcae-11ec-b969-3392d6059d65.html 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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