The ''Pittsburgh City Paper'' is Pittsburgh's leading

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which focuses on local news, opinion, and arts and entertainment. It bought out ''In Pittsburgh Weekly'' in 2001. As of April 2015, ''City Paper'' is the 14th largest (by circulation) alternative weekly in the United States.

History

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. The ''City Paper'' was originally based in

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. Like most alternative weeklies, the publication tended toward a

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viewpoint. ''Pittsburgh City Paper''s slogan is "All Paper, No Plastic." The ''Pittsburgh City Paper'' is locally owned and has no business relationship with other ''City Paper''s found in other cities such as the ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 2016, Steel City Media sold the ''City Paper'' to the owners of the ''

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''. On May 15, 2018, ''City Paper'' terminated editor Charlie Deitch following pressure from ''City Paper'' and ''

'' publisher

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after a disagreement over coverage of controversial Pennsylvania state representative

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. Deitch would go on to found the direct competitor,

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, as a result.

Awards and recognition

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 Summit in Pittsburgh."The Press Club of Western PA Announces 2010 Golden Quill Winners"

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. Retrieved December 18, 2010. 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 o
detention and eventual deportation
of a local community leader.

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* {{Newspapers published in Pennsylvania Alternative weekly newspapers published in the United States Newspapers published in Pittsburgh

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