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| type = [[Alternative newspaper|Alternative Weekly]]<br />
| format = [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|Tabloid]]<br />
| owner = [[Block Communications]]<br />
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| president = Donald Block<br />
| chiefeditor = Ali Trachta<br />
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| newseditor = Jamie Wiggan<br />
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| launched = {{start date and age|1990}}<br />
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| language = English<br />
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| headquarters = 4 Smithfield Street, Suite 1210<br/>[[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]] 15222<br />
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The '''''Pittsburgh City Paper''''' is [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh's]] leading [[alternative weekly]] [[newspaper]] which focuses 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'' is 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><br />
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== History ==<br />
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}}<br />
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The ''City Paper'' was originally based in [[Duquesne, Pennsylvania]]. Like most alternative weeklies, the publication tended toward a [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]] viewpoint. ''Pittsburgh City Paper''{{'}}s slogan is "All Paper, No Plastic."<br />
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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> <br />
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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.<br />
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In 2023, a subsidiary of Block Communications Inc.—owners of the ''[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]'', ''[[The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)|Toledo Blade]]'', and other local news organizations—bought ''Pittsburgh City Paper''.<ref>https://www.post-gazette.com/business/pittsburgh-company-news/2023/01/04/city-paper-block-communications/stories/202301040077</ref> The terms of the deal were not disclosed.<br />
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== Awards and recognition ==<br />
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In 2010, the ''CP'' news staff won 10 awards out of 11 nominations from the Press Club in western Pennsylvania. Individual winners included Charlie Deitch for Business Writing, Chris Young in Health and Medical reporting, Chris Potter for Columns and Bill O'Driscoll for Best Feature and Science and Technology writing. The news staff also won an award for its coverage of the [[2009 G-20 Pittsburgh summit|2009 G-20 Summit]] in Pittsburgh.<ref>[http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-press-club-of-western-pa-announces-2010-golden-quill-winners-92724539.html "The Press Club of Western PA Announces 2010 Golden Quill Winners"], [[PR Newswire]]. Retrieved December 18, 2010.</ref><br />
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Since 2010, City Paper staff writers have won more than two-dozen awards for journalism. Editor Charlie Deitch has won 16 Golden Quill Awards from the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania, including two [[Ray Sprigle]] Memorial Awards for best-in-show. Between 2015-2017, News Editor Rebecca Addison has won three consecutive Sprigle Awards. Staff Writer Ryan Deto was the co-winner of the 2016 Sprigle award and in 2017 he was recognized for excellence in race reporting by the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies for his coverage of [https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/import-export-martin-esquivel-hernandez-travelled-more-than-5000-miles-to-be-with-his-family-but-five-years-later-he-faces-deportation/Content?oid=1954930 detention and eventual deportation] of a local community leader.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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*[[Butler Eagle|Eagle Media Corp.]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Official website|pghcitypaper.com}}<br />
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