''Pop City'' was a weekly

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whose content focused on news and features about

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. 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

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, The

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, 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.

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