Pop City

Pop City was a weekly online magazine whose content focused on news and features about Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[2] The content focused on talent, innovation, diversity, and environment.[3] The magazine was published between 2006 and 2015.

Pop City
Former editorsEve Picker [1]
FrequencyWeekly (Wednesday)
Circulation39,000 (2014)[2]
PublisherIssue Media Group LLC[3]
FounderBrian Boyle[3]
First issueMarch 2006[3]
Final issueAugust 2015[4]
Websitepopcitymedia.com

History

Pop City was launched in March 2006 on a budget of $200,000.[3] The costs were defrayed by pledges from the Urban Redevelopment Authority, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, and the Allegheny Conference on Community Development.[1]

The publication held 39,000 subscribers and a team of two dozen stringers.[5] Though Eve Picker was the first publisher,[1] Tracy Certo ran the publication for eight years. She would later found the spiritual successor NEXTPittsburgh.[6][7]

References
  1. Corilyn Shropshire (March 4, 2006). "Bits&Bytes: Sewickley venture capitalist preparing another fund". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015.
  2. "About Pop City". Pop City. Archived from the original on February 9, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2014.
  3. Ron Daparma (Sep 23, 2007). "Pop City". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
  4. Justine Coyne (August 5, 2014). "Exclusive: Pop City to go on hiatus". Lebo Magazine.(subscription required)
  5. Maria Sciullo (December 13, 2007). "Web site aims to advance region by highlighting neighborhoods". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014.
  6. Susan Fleming Morgans (March 4, 2006). "Bits&Bytes: Sewickley venture capitalist preparing another fund". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015.
  7. Susan Fleming Morgans (June 24, 2014). "What's Next?". Lebo Magazine.(subscription required)
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