''Shout NY'' was a thought and culture magazine that covered New York arts, music, film and politics from 1991 through 2003. In its early days, it was fairly obscure and predominantly focused on

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nightlife. Re-launched in 2000, it developed a cult following as one of a few periodicals of record for the burgeoning scene on the lower east side of Manhattan and the western neighborhoods of Brooklyn, including Williamsburg and Greenpoint. It published work by rising stars

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, Emma Forrest,

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, and Reverend Jen, and was featured in the 2001 edition of the Best American Non-Required Reading series. Future Gawker editor Jesse Oxfeld was also an early contributor. ''Shout NY'' was the first magazine to feature the band

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on the cover and was an early promoter of New York staples like the

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and The Rapture. The publisher was D & G Publishing Corp. The magazine hosted frequent popular parties in Manhattan and Brooklyn, before it closed its doors in early 2003.

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