The ''Cleveland Scene'' is an

alternative weekly An alternative newspaper is a type of newspaper that eschews comprehensive coverage of general news in favor of stylized reporting, opinionated reviews and columns, investigations into edgy topics and magazine-style feature stories highlighting ...

newspaper based in

Cleveland Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–U.S. maritime border and approximately west of the Ohio-Pennsylvania st ...

Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...

. The newspaper includes highlights of Cleveland-area arts, music, dining, and films, as well as

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. The first edition of the newspaper was published in the 1970s. ''Cleveland Scene'' provides a yearly "Best Of" list for the Cleveland and outlying areas that includes Best Restaurants, Best Clubs, Best Theater, etc. ''Cleveland Scene'' employs regular columnists as well as freelance journalists. In 2002, New Times Media, which published ''The Scene'', agreed to shut down its Los Angeles alternative paper in exchange for an $8 million payment, while

Village Voice Media Village Voice Media or VVM is a newspaper company. It began in 1970 as a weekly alternative newspaper in Phoenix, Arizona. The company, founded by Michael Lacey (editor) and Jim Larkin (publisher), was then known as New Times Inc. (NTI) and the ...

agreed to shut down its competing ''

Cleveland Free Times The ''Cleveland Free Times'' was an alternative weekly newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. Its first issue was published on September 30, 1992. The ''Free Times'' and '' Cleveland Scene'', a competing weekly paper, were purchased by Times-Shamrock ...

'' for a smaller payment, triggering a federal

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investigation by the

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''Cleveland Scene'' was founded in 1970. In 1998, the ''Scene'' was acquired by

New Times Media Village Voice Media or VVM is a newspaper company. It began in 1970 as a weekly alternative newspaper in Phoenix, Arizona. The company, founded by Michael Lacey (editor) and Jim Larkin (publisher), was then known as New Times Inc. (NTI) and the ...

. In 2005, New Times acquired

, and changed its name to

. The ''Free Times'' and ''Cleveland Scene'' were purchased by

Times-Shamrock Communications Times-Shamrock Communications is an American media company based in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The company, owned by the Lynett and Haggerty families of Scranton, lists among its assets nine radio stations. Assets Radio stations * WZBA, Baltimore ...

, located in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in 2008. Times-Shamrock is a media company that publishes daily and weekly newspapers throughout Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, Florida, Michigan, and Texas. They also own radio stations in Baltimore. In December 2013, Times-Shamrock sold ''Scene'' to the Cleveland-based

Euclid Media Group Euclid Media Group (EMG) was a media company in the United States, operating 2013-2023. It was headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio and owned the ''Orlando Weekly'', '' Cincinnati CityBeat, Cleveland Scene'', ''Creative Loafing'' (Tampa), '' Detroit Met ...

, along with the ''

Detroit Metro Times The ''Detroit Metro Times'' is a progressive alternative weekly newspaper located in Detroit, Michigan. It is the largest circulating weekly newspaper in the metro Detroit area. The ''Metro Times'' was an official sponsor of the now-defunct Det ...

'', ''

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'' and the ''

San Antonio Current The ''San Antonio Current'' is a free weekly alternative newspaper in San Antonio, Texas. The ''Current'' focuses on investigative journalism, political analysis, and critical coverage of local music and culture. It also contains extensive and up ...

''. The company dissolved in August 2023 and four of the newspapers, including ''Scene,'' was sold to Chava Communications, an entity created by Michael Wagner and his wife, Cassandra Yardeni Wagner. In January 2024, the newspaper was sold to

Cleveland Magazine ''Cleveland Magazine'' is a monthly magazine focused on Northeastern Ohio, USA. It was founded in 1972. The inaugural April 1972 issue featured a young Dennis Kucinich, a frequent profile subject of the magazine. Published monthly by the Great L ...

parent company Great Lakes Publishing.

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