Several weekly and daily newspapers serve Columbus and Central Ohio. The major daily newspaper in Columbus isThe Columbus Dispatch; its erstwhile main competitor,The Columbus Citizen-Journal, ceased publication on December 31, 1985. There are also neighborhood/suburb specific papers, such as the Dispatch Printing Company'sThisWeek Community News, which serves 23 suburbs and Columbus, theColumbus Messenger, and the independently ownedShort North Gazette.The Lantern andUWeekly serve theOhio State University community. "Alternative" arts/culture/politics-oriented papers includeOutlook Media'sOutlook: Columbus (serving the city'sLGBT community), andaLIVE (formerly the independentColumbus Alive and now owned by theColumbus Dispatch). The newest addition to the Columbus media scene isLive Local! Columbus, a free, quarterly magazine that focuses on local arts, culture, and events.
TheColumbus Magazine,CityScene,(614) Magazine, andColumbus Monthly are the city's magazines. Online media publicationColumbus Underground also serves the Columbus region as an independently owned alternative voice. The Confluence Cast, a Columbus-centric podcast hosted by Tim Fulton, is presented by Columbus Underground and focuses on the civics, lifestyle, entertainment, and people of the city.
The city's business community is served byThe Daily Reporter, central Ohio's only printed daily business and legal newspaper;Columbus Business First, a daily online/weekly print business publication that is part of the Charlotte-basedAmerican City Business Journals, andColumbus CEO, a monthly business magazine.Gongwer News Service, a daily independent political newsletter, provides extensive Statehouse coverage.
Warner Cable introduced its two-way interactiveQUBE system in Columbus in December 1977, which consisted of specialty channels that would evolve into national networksNickelodeon,[2] MTV andThe Movie Channel. QUBE also displayed one of the earliest uses ofPay-per-view andvideo on demand.[3]
Columbus is home to the 36th largest radio market.[4] The following box contains all of the radio stations in the area, as well as their current format:
