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Russ Smith (born 1955 in Huntington, New York) is a newspaper publisher and columnist best known for founding the ''Baltimore City Paper'', ''Washington City Paper'' and ''New York Press''. After selling the Baltimore and Washington ''City Paper''s for $4 million, Smith founded ''New York Press'' in 1989. Like his previous papers, the press was an alternative weekly. It became a caustic rival with the well-established ''Village Voice''. In 2002 Avalon Equity Partners, publisher of a chain of gay alternative weeklies including the ''New York Blade'' and the ''Washington Blade'', purchased the paper from Smith, although they continued to publish his 10,000+ word weekly column, MUGGER. From 2003 to 2006, Smith wrote a column called "Right Field" for the Baltimore City Paper. A conservative Republican〔(The Uninvited )〕 (although not socially; for example, he is an advocate of the legalization of prostitution, gambling, same-sex marriage, and currently illegal drugs () Smith is a contributor to the ''Wall Street Journals editorial page, a position that he has held since 1999; he also writes for the paper's "Taste" section. Other publications Smith has written for include Baltimore's ''Press Box'', ''The New York Sun'', and ''Jewish World Review''. In March 2008, Smith founded the website ''(Splice Today )''. The site focuses on writing and multimedia, ranging in topic from music, film, politics, literature, sports, and food. Smith writes articles for the site regularly. These pieces are usually politics-centric or personal essays. ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Russ Smith (publisher)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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