{{Short description|Weekly newspaper}} {{cleanup rewrite|date=March 2019}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Pittsburgh City Paper | school = | logo = Pittsburgh_City_Paper_Logo.png | logo_size = | logo_alt = The Pittsburgh City Paper Logo | image = | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = | motto = | type = Alternative Weekly | format = Tabloid | owner = LocalMatters | founder = | publisher = | president = Donald Block | chief_editor = Ali Trachta | editor = | deputy_editor = | associate_editor = | managing_editor = | general_manager = | news_editor = Colin Williams | campus_editor = | campus_chief = | metro_editor = | metro_chief = | opinion_editor = | photo_editor = Mars Johnson | staff_writers = | launched = {{start date and age|1990}} | political_position = | language = English | ceased_publication = December 31, 2025 | relaunched = March 19, 2026 | headquarters = 4 Smithfield Street, Suite 1210<br/>Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222 | publishing_city = Pittsburgh | publishing_country = United States | circulation = | circulation_date = | circulation_ref = | readership = | sister_newspapers = | ISSN = 1066-0062 | eISSN = | oclc = 26849157 | RNI = | website = {{URL|pghcitypaper.com}} | free = Yes }} {{more citations needed|date=March 2019}}
The '''''Pittsburgh City Paper''''' is Pittsburgh's leading alternative weekly newspaper which focused on local news, opinion, and arts and entertainment. It bought out ''In Pittsburgh Weekly'' in 2001.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.altweeklies.com/aan/pittsburgh-city-paper-buys-in-pittsburgh-weekly/Article?oid=5799 |title=Pittsburgh City Paper Buys In Pittsburgh Weekly |author=AAN Staff |date=September 28, 2001 |website=Association of Alternative Newsmedia |access-date=December 23, 2020 }}</ref> As of April 2015, ''City Paper'' was the 14th largest (by circulation) alternative weekly in the United States.<ref name="prc">{{cite web |url=http://www.journalism.org/2015/04/29/state-of-the-news-media-2015/pj_2015-04-29_sotnm_alt-weeklies_01/ |title=Top 20 Alternative Weekly Newspapers |author=State of the News Media 2015 |date=April 23, 2015 |work=journalism.org |publisher=Pew Research Center |access-date=December 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219234154/http://www.journalism.org/2015/04/29/state-of-the-news-media-2015/pj_2015-04-29_sotnm_alt-weeklies_01/ |archive-date=December 19, 2017 |url-status= live}}</ref> Under Block Communications, it ceased publication on December 31, 2025.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Darnay |first=Mike |date=2026-01-01 |title=The Pittsburgh City Paper is ceasing operations after 34 years - CBS Pittsburgh |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/the-pittsburgh-city-paper-is-ceasing-operations-after-34-years/ |access-date=2026-01-03 |website=KDKA-TV |language=en-US}}</ref> However, under new ownership, the ''Paper'' resumed operations on March 19, 2026 with publishing dates to be announced soon.<ref name=relaunch>{{Cite web |last=Trachta |first=Ali |date=2026-03-19 |title=Pittsburgh, City Paper is BACK! |url=https://www.pghcitypaper.com/news-2/pittsburgh-city-paper-is-back/ |access-date=2026-03-19 |website=Pittsburgh City Paper |language=en-US}}</ref>
== 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aan.org/gyrobase/Aan/ViewCompany?oid=oid%3A104|title=Association of Alternative Newsweeklies - Pittsburgh City Paper|access-date=2009-09-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070811173824/http://aan.org/gyrobase/Aan/viewCompany?oid=oid%3A104|archive-date=2007-08-11|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=March 2019}}
The ''Pittsburgh City Paper'' is locally owned and has no business relationship with other ''City Paper''s 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''.<ref>{{Cite web| last = Reports| first = City Paper Staff| title = Eagle Media purchases Pittsburgh City Paper| work = Pittsburgh City Paper| access-date = 2016-08-16| url = http://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/eagle-media-purchases-pittsburgh-city-paper/Content?oid=1907053}}</ref>
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.<ref name="PGMetcalfe">{{Cite web |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2018/05/15/Pittsburgh-City-Paper-fires-editor-after-disagreement-on-coverage-of-legislator/stories/201805150088 |title=Pittsburgh City Paper fires editor after disagreement on coverage of state legislator |last=Lord |first=Rich |date=2018-05-15 |website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |language=en |access-date=2018-05-23}}</ref> 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''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.post-gazette.com/business/pittsburgh-company-news/2023/01/04/city-paper-block-communications/stories/202301040077 | title=Block Communications Inc. Subsidiary to buy Pittsburgh City Paper }}</ref> The company closed the paper at the end of 2025.<ref name=":0" /> The paper soon relaunched on March 19, 2026.<ref name=relaunch/>
== See also == {{Portal|Journalism}} *Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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==External links== * {{Official website|pghcitypaper.com}}
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Category:Alternative weekly newspapers published in the United States Category:Newspapers established in 1990 Category:1990 establishments in Pennsylvania