Obituary of Michael Goldstein, publicist who started SoHo Weekly News

The SoHo Weekly News ceased publishing in 1982, just nine years after it was founded (The Voice ended its print publication last summer but continues to operate online)

Michael Goldstein, a music publicist who made a fortune turning vinyl records into gold before starting The SoHo Weekly News, a spirited newspaper that over a nine-year run was bent on silencing its rival The Village Voice, died on May 19 at his home in Manhattan. He was 79.

His daughter Jocelyn Goldstein said the cause was pancreatic cancer.

Born outside Cleveland, Mr. Goldstein studied opera at Boston University before moving to New York in 1959 and landing a series of public relations jobs, none bigger than one in which he was tasked to get news media coverage of the