Former editors Eve Picker Circulation 39,000 (2014) Founder Brian Boyle | Frequency Weekly (Wednesday) Publisher Issue Media Group LLC First issue March 2006 | |
Pop City is a weekly online magazine and website with content focusing on news and features about Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The content is framed around talent, innovation, diversity and environment.
History and profile
Pop City was launched in March 2006. It was spearheaded by Brian Boyle, a Detroit businessman who had experience in website development in other regions. The startup costs totaled $200,000. Those costs were defrayed by pledges from the Urban Redevelopment Authority, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, and the Allegheny Conference on Community Development.
The first publisher was Eve Picker. Initially, most of the content was produced by a team of 2 dozen stringers.
As of 2007, Pop City had 18,000 subscribers. In 2014, that had grown to 39,000 subscribers.