# Philadelphia City Paper

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{{Short description|Philadelphia weekly newspaper}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name               = ''Philadelphia City Paper''
| image              =
| caption            = The November 22, 2007 front page of the<br>''Philadelphia City Paper''
| type               = [Alternative weekly](/source/Alternative_newspaper)
| format             = [Tabloid](/source/Tabloid_(newspaper_format))
| founded            = {{start date and age|1981|11}}
| ceased_publication = {{end date and age|2015|10}}
| price              = 
| owners             = [Metro](/source/Philadelphia_Metro)
| publisher          = Jennifer Clark
| editor             = Lillian Swanson
| language           = 
| circulation        = 70,000
| headquarters       = 30 S. 15th St., 14th floor <br>[Philadelphia](/source/Philadelphia), [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania) 19102<br> U.S.
| ISSN               = 0733-6349
| website            = [http://www.citypaper.net/ citypaper.net] 
}}

'''''Philadelphia City Paper''''' was an [alternative weekly newspaper](/source/Alternative_newspaper) in [Philadelphia](/source/Philadelphia), [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania). The independently owned paper was free and published every Thursday in print and daily online at citypaper.net. Staff reporters focused on labor issues, [politics](/source/politics), [education](/source/education) and [poverty](/source/poverty). Critics reviewed the city's [arts](/source/arts), [entertainment](/source/entertainment), [literary](/source/literary) and [restaurant](/source/restaurant) scene. Listings of [concerts](/source/concerts), art exhibits, dance performances and other events were carried in the paper and in a comprehensive online events calendar.

The publication was established in November 1981 as a spinoff of the now-defunct WXPN Express newsletter. ''Philadelphia City Paper'' distributed 70,000 copies in more than 2,000 locations throughout Philadelphia, its suburbs and [South Jersey](/source/South_Jersey). Its more than 2,000 orange-colored boxes and wire racks were found in [Center City Philadelphia](/source/Center_City%2C_Philadelphia) in [cafes](/source/cafes), [small businesses](/source/small_businesses) and on many university campuses.

Each year, ''City Paper'' published a City Guide for college students and new residents.

Its monthly readership was 521,000, which was verified by [Scarborough Research](/source/Scarborough_Research).

Founder Bruce Schimmel<ref>{{cite web|url=http://schimmel.com/|title=Bruce Schimmel|access-date=1 March 2016|archive-date=4 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204010926/http://www.schimmel.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref> sold the paper to the Rock family (Milton L. Rock and his son Robert H. Rock) in 1996.<ref>{{cite web|last=Fagone |first=Jason |url=https://www.phillymag.com/articles/death-and-life-philadelphia-alt-weekly/ |title=The Death (and Life) of the Philadelphia Weekly and Philadelphia City Paper &#124; Philadelphia Magazine |website=Phillymag.com |date=2012-05-24 |access-date=2016-01-22}}</ref> In 2014, [Metro](/source/Philadelphia_Metro) acquired the ''City Paper'' from the Rock family.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mathis |first=Joel |url=https://www.phillymag.com/news/2014/08/13/metro-buys-city-paper-layoffs-ensue/ |title=Metro Buys City Paper; Layoffs Ensue &#124; News &#124; Philadelphia Magazine |website=Phillymag.com |date=2014-08-13 |access-date=2016-01-22}}</ref> In 2015, the ''City Paper'' was sold to Broad Street Media, owner of ''[Philadelphia Weekly](/source/Philadelphia_Weekly)''. The last edition was published on October 8, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bsmphilly.com/2015/sep/30/broad-street-media-acquires-rights-philadelphia-ci/|title=Broad Street Media acquires rights to Philadelphia City Paper|author=Northeast Times Staff|date=30 September 2015|access-date=29 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Brian Hickey |url=https://www.phillyvoice.com/rip-philadelphia-city-paper-1981-2015/ |title=The alt-weekly printed its final edition today. |website=PhillyVoice.com |date=2015-10-08 |access-date=2016-01-22}}</ref>

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==References==
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===Further reading===
*{{cite web
| last = Jason Fagone | title = The Death (and Life) of the ''Philadelphia Weekly'' and ''Philadelphia City'' Paper
| work = Philadelphia Magazine
| access-date = 2014-08-22
| url = https://www.phillymag.com/articles/death-and-life-philadelphia-alt-weekly/
}}

==External links==
{{Portal|Philadelphia|Pennsylvania|Journalism}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050204083756/http://www.citypaper.net/ The ''Philadelphia City'' paper]

{{Newspapers published in Pennsylvania}}

Category:Alternative weekly newspapers published in the United States
Category:Defunct newspapers of Philadelphia
Category:Newspapers established in 1981
Category:1981 establishments in Pennsylvania
Category:Defunct weekly newspapers

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