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| Type | Alternative Weekly |
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| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner | Block Communications |
| President | Donald Block |
| Editor-in-chief | Ali Trachta |
| News editor | Colin Williams |
| Photo editor | Mars Johnson |
| Launched | 1990; 35 years ago (1990) |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 4 Smithfield Street, Suite 1210 Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania 15222 |
| City | Pittsburgh |
| Country | United States |
| ISSN | 1066-0062 |
| OCLC number | 26849157 |
| Website | pghcitypaper |
| Free online archives | Yes |
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ThePittsburgh City Paper isPittsburgh's leadingalternative weeklynewspaper which focuses on local news, opinion, and arts and entertainment. It bought outIn Pittsburgh Weekly in 2001.[1] As of April 2015,City Paper is the 14th largest (by circulation) alternative weekly in the United States.[2]
ThePittsburgh City Paper is a free publication and is distributed in most neighborhoods throughout the Greater Pittsburgh area every Wednesday, with about 70,000 copies printed weekly.[3][better source needed]
TheCity Paper was originally based inDuquesne, Pennsylvania. Like most alternative weeklies, the publication tended toward aleft-wing viewpoint.Pittsburgh City Paper's slogan is "All Paper, No Plastic."
ThePittsburgh City Paper is locally owned and has no business relationship with otherCity Papers found in other cities such as theWashington City Paper andPhiladelphia City Paper. In 2016, Steel City Media sold theCity Paper to the owners of theButler Eagle.[4]
On May 15, 2018,City Paper terminated editor Charlie Deitch following pressure fromCity Paper andButler Eagle publisherButler Color Press after a disagreement over coverage of controversial Pennsylvania state representativeDaryl Metcalfe.[5] Deitch would go on to found the direct competitor,Pittsburgh Current, as a result.
In 2023, a subsidiary of Block Communications Inc.—owners of thePittsburgh Post-Gazette,Toledo Blade, and other local news organizations—boughtPittsburgh City Paper.[6] The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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