The Village Voice has named a new music editor, three days after it emerged that the weekly's editor was departing and its music editor had been fired.
According to a post on The Voice's music blog on Monday afternoon, its new music editor is Brian McManus, a former editor at Philadelphia Weekly who has also written for Houston Press, The Chicago Reader, SF Weekly and other publications, and recently reviewed a Madonna concert in Philadelphia for Rolling Stone. He is also the author of a book, “Philadelphia's Best Dive Bars.â€
Last week, The Voice's editor, Tony Ortega, announced via a blog post that he was leaving to write a book on Scientology. Maura Johnston, the music editor for the last year and a half, posted to Twitter on Friday that she had been fired.
The weekly has not named a replacement for Mr. Ortega, who said he would be leaving after this week.
The Voice's music editor position has been one of the most prominent jobs in American journalism; past editors include Robert Christgau, Joe Levy, Ann Powers and Chuck Eddy.
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