Pop City
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| Former editors | Eve Picker [1] |
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| Frequency | Weekly (Wednesday) |
| Circulation | 39,000 (2014)[2] |
| Publisher | Issue Media Group LLC[3] |
| Founder | Brian Boyle[3] |
| First issue | March 2006[3] |
| Website |
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Pop City is a weekly online magazine and website with content focusing on news and features about Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[2] The content is framed around talent, innovation, diversity and environment.[3]
History and profile
Pop City was launched in March 2006.[3] It was spearheaded by Brian Boyle, a Detroit businessman who had experience in website development in other regions.[3] The startup costs totaled $200,000.[3] Those costs were defrayed by pledges from the Urban Redevelopment Authority, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, and the Allegheny Conference on Community Development.[1]
The first publisher was Eve Picker.[1] Initially, most of the content was produced by a team of 2 dozen stringers.[4]
As of 2007, Pop City had 18,000 subscribers.[4] In 2014, that had grown to 39,000 subscribers.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 Shropshire, Corilyn (March 4, 2006). "Bits&Bytes: Sewickley venture capitalist preparing another fund". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
- 1 2 3 "About Pop City". Pop City.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Daparma, Ron (Sep 23, 2007). "Pop City". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
- 1 2 Sciullo, Maria (December 13, 2007). "Web site aims to advance region by highlighting neighborhoods". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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