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| Former editors | Eve Picker [1] |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Weekly (Wednesday) |
| Circulation | 39,000 (2014) [2] |
| Publisher | Issue Media Group LLC [3] |
| Founder | Brian Boyle [3] |
| First issue | March 2006 [3] |
| Final issue | August 2015 [4] |
| Website | popcitymedia |
Pop City was a weekly online magazine whose content focused on news and features about Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [2] [ self-published source? ] The content focused on talent, innovation, diversity, and environment. [3] The magazine was published between 2006 and 2015.
Pop City was launched in March 2006 on a budget of $200,000. [3] The costs were defrayed by pledges from the Urban Redevelopment Authority, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, and the Allegheny Conference on Community Development. [1]
The publication held 39,000 subscribers and a team of two dozen stringers. [5] Though Eve Picker was the first publisher, [1] Tracy Certo ran the publication for eight years. She would later found the spiritual successor NEXTPittsburgh. [6] [7]
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