Description: Isthmus is an independent 501c3 nonprofit news source in Madison Wisconsin In print monthly online all the time Smart original timely content covering news politics arts music food sports and more all integral to life in the capital region We emphasize storytelling journalistic excellence and high quality design along with a sharply honed instinct for local happenings and the best events calendar in town Always free Isthmus Publishing Company was founded on April 9 1976 by Vincent P OHern and Fred Milverstedt On July 10 2014 Craig Bartlett Jeff Haupt and Mark Tauscher partners in Madisonbased Red Card Media purchased the publishing company During the COVID19 pandemic Isthmus paused publishing and converted to a 501c3 nonprofit with help from Bartlett and Haupt donating the companys intellectual property Operating now as Isthmus Community Media Inc the paper returned to print as a monthly in August 2021 under the leadership of editor and president Judith Davidoff associate editor Linda Falkenstein senior staff writer Dylan Brogan calendar editor Bob Koch and publisher Jason Joyce Isthmus distributes 35000 highquality copies throughout the greater Madison area and is a member of the Institute for Nonprofit News and Association of Alternative Newsmedia