Pop City

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

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

History

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

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 "About Pop City". Pop City. Archived from the original on February 9, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Ron Daparma (September 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)