Pittsburgh Business Times

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Pittsburgh Business Times
Type Weekly newspaper
Owner(s) American City Business Journals
PublisherEvan Rosenberg
Editor-in-chiefJennifer Beahm
Managing editorMike Larson
Photo editorJoe Wojcik
FoundedAugust 31, 1981;42 years ago (1981-08-31)
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters45 S. 23rd Street
Suite 200
Pittsburgh, PA 15203
City Pittsburgh
Circulation 12,195(as of 2022) [1]
Sister newspapersBusiness Journals
Website bizjournals.com/pittsburgh

The Pittsburgh Business Times is a diversified business media company serving Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It publishes daily stories on its website and social networks, and a weekly edition available in print and online. It is published by the American City Business Journals.

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History

Published since August 31, 1981, [2] the newspaper was founded by the Business Journal Publications Company which merged the paper with the rival Pittsburgh Business Journal, owned by Scripps-Howard, on March 21, 1985. They combined operations by April 1 of that year. In 1986, Business Journal Publications was acquired by American City Business Journals. [3] The paper was sold in 1988. [4] American City Business Journals reacquired the Business Times in 1996 with purchase of CityMedia Inc. [5]

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