# The Other Paper

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For the Vermont newspaper, see [The Other Paper (Vermont)](/source/The_Other_Paper_(Vermont)).

***The Other Paper*** was an [alternative weekly](/source/Alternative_weekly) news publication that served the Greater [Columbus, Ohio](/source/Columbus,_Ohio) area from 1990 to 2013.

It was distributed on Thursdays and was known for local news and features such as [concert](/source/Concert) and [movie](/source/Film) reviews, classified ads, and personals, all with a distinctly irreverent, humorous style. It had the second-largest newspaper distribution in Columbus behind *[The Columbus Dispatch](/source/The_Columbus_Dispatch)*.

*The Other Paper,* which since 1990 had been published by Columbus-based CM Media, was bought by Dallas-based American Community Newspapers in 2007, along with its sister publications *[Columbus Monthly](/source/Columbus_Monthly)*, *[Columbus CEO](/source/Columbus_CEO)* and the 22 weekly newspapers printed by Suburban News Publications. American Community Newspapers sold its Columbus properties to Dispatch Printing Company in 2011.[1][2]

On January 7, 2013, the Dispatch Co. announced it would shut down *The Other Paper* at the end of the month,[3] citing duplication of *[Columbus Alive](/source/Columbus_Alive)*, the alternative weekly purchased by the Dispatch in 2006. The last edition of *The Other Paper* was published January 31, 2013.

## References

1. [American Community Newspapers sells Columbus Media Enterprises to The Dispatch Printing Company](http://www.dirksvanessen.com/press_releases/view/3/american-community-newspapers-/)

1. Eaton, Dan (September 28, 2011). ["Dispatch buys Columbus Monthly, Other Paper"](http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2011/09/27/dispatch-buys-columbus-monthly-other.html). *[Columbus Business First](/source/Columbus_Business_First)*. Retrieved May 20, 2015.

1. [Goodbye Columbus](http://www.theotherpaper.com/news/article_a70030de-5902-11e2-b9d4-001a4bcf887a.html)

## External links

- [*The Other Paper* website](https://web.archive.org/web/20050615234916/http://theotherpaper.com/)'

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