Pittsburgh City Paper

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Pittsburgh City Paper
Type Alternative Weekly
Format Tabloid
Owner Block Communications
PresidentDonald Block
Editor-in-chiefAli Trachta
News editorColin Williams
Photo editorMars Johnson
Launched1990;36 years ago (1990)
Ceased publicationDecember 31, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters4 Smithfield Street, Suite 1210
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
City Pittsburgh
CountryUnited States
ISSN 1066-0062
OCLC number 26849157
Website pghcitypaper.com
Free online archivesYes

The Pittsburgh City Paper was Pittsburgh's leading alternative weekly newspaper which focused on local news, opinion, and arts and entertainment. It bought out In Pittsburgh Weekly in 2001. [1] As of April 2015, City Paper was the 14th largest (by circulation) alternative weekly in the United States. [2] It ceased publication on December 31, 2025. [3]

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History

The Pittsburgh 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. [4] [ better source needed ]

The City Paper was originally based in Duquesne, Pennsylvania. Like most alternative weeklies, the publication tended toward a left-wing viewpoint. Pittsburgh City Paper's slogan is "All Paper, No Plastic."

The Pittsburgh City Paper was locally owned and has no business relationship with other City Papers found in other cities such as the Washington City Paper and Philadelphia City Paper . In 2016, Steel City Media sold the City Paper to the owners of the Butler Eagle . [5]

On May 15, 2018, City Paper terminated editor Charlie Deitch following pressure from City Paper and Butler Eagle publisher Butler Color Press after a disagreement over coverage of controversial Pennsylvania state representative Daryl Metcalfe. [6] Deitch would go on to found the direct competitor, Pittsburgh Current , as a result.

In 2023, a subsidiary of Block Communications Inc., owner of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Toledo Blade , bought the Pittsburgh City Paper. [7] The company closed the paper at the end of 2025. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ AAN Staff (September 28, 2001). "Pittsburgh City Paper Buys In Pittsburgh Weekly". Association of Alternative Newsmedia . Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  2. ↑ State of the News Media 2015 (April 23, 2015). "Top 20 Alternative Weekly Newspapers". journalism.org. Pew Research Center. Archived from the original on December 19, 2017. Retrieved December 5, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. 1 2 Darnay, Mike (January 1, 2026). "The Pittsburgh City Paper is ceasing operations after 34 years - CBS Pittsburgh". KDKA-TV. Retrieved January 3, 2026.
  4. ↑ "Association of Alternative Newsweeklies - Pittsburgh City Paper". Archived from the original on August 11, 2007. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
  5. ↑ Reports, City Paper Staff. "Eagle Media purchases Pittsburgh City Paper". Pittsburgh City Paper. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  6. ↑ Lord, Rich (May 15, 2018). "Pittsburgh City Paper fires editor after disagreement on coverage of state legislator". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Block Communications Inc. Subsidiary to buy Pittsburgh City Paper".
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