| Type | Alternative weekly |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Big Lou Holdings LLC |
| Publisher | Tony Frank |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Headquarters | 811 Race St., 4th Floor Cincinnati,OH 45202 United States |
| Circulation | 30,000 (as of June 2014)[1] |
| Website | citybeat |
Cincinnati CityBeat is an independent local arts and issues publication covering theCincinnati, Ohio area.
CityBeat was founded in November 1994. It was backed by local entrepreneur Thomas Schiff and co-founded by John Fox, who left his editor position atEverybody's News (at that point Cincinnati's only print source for independent news) to start the paper.CityBeat has won numerous national, statewide and local journalism and design awards, most recently being named Best Weekly Paper in the state ofOhio in 2005 by theSociety of Professional Journalists.
In 2012,CityBeat was acquired bySouthComm Communications.[2] In 2018, it was sold toEuclid Media Group.[3] The company dissolved in August 2023 the newspaper was sold to Chris Keating, operating under the name Big Lou Holdings LLC.[4]
CityBeat is a member of theAssociation of Alternative Newsweeklies.
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