# Pittsburgh City Paper

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{{Short description|Weekly newspaper}}
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{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Pittsburgh City Paper
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| logo = Pittsburgh_City_Paper_Logo.png
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| logo_alt = The Pittsburgh City Paper Logo
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| type = [Alternative Weekly](/source/Alternative_newspaper)
| format = [Tabloid](/source/Tabloid_(newspaper_format))
| owner = LocalMatters
| founder = 
| publisher = 
| president = Donald Block
| chief_editor = Ali Trachta
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| news_editor = Colin Williams
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| opinion_editor = 
| photo_editor = Mars Johnson
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| 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](/source/Pittsburgh), [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania) 15222
| publishing_city = [Pittsburgh](/source/Pittsburgh)
| publishing_country = United States
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| ISSN = 1066-0062
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| oclc = 26849157
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| website = {{URL|pghcitypaper.com}}
| free = Yes
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The '''''Pittsburgh City Paper''''' is [Pittsburgh's](/source/Pittsburgh%2C_Pennsylvania) leading [alternative weekly](/source/alternative_weekly) [newspaper](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Washington_City_Paper)'' and ''[Philadelphia City Paper](/source/Philadelphia_City_Paper)''. In 2016, Steel City Media sold the ''City Paper'' to the owners of the ''[Butler Eagle](/source/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](/source/Butler_Eagle)'' publisher Butler Color Press after a disagreement over coverage of controversial Pennsylvania state representative [Daryl Metcalfe](/source/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](/source/Pittsburgh_Current)'', as a result.

In 2023, a subsidiary of Block Communications Inc., owner of the ''[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette](/source/Pittsburgh_Post-Gazette)'' and ''[Toledo Blade](/source/The_Blade_(Toledo%2C_Ohio))'', 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](/source/Pittsburgh_Post-Gazette)

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|pghcitypaper.com}}

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Category:Alternative weekly newspapers published in the United States
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