Washington City Paper
Summary
The Washington City Paper is a U.S. alternative weekly newspaper serving the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.Founded in 1981, and published for its first year under the masthead 1981, taking the City Paper name in volume 2, by Russ Smith, it shared ownership with the Chicago Reader from 1982 until July 2007, when both papers were sold to the Tampa-based Creative Loafing chain. The former Chicago Reader Corp., now named Quarterfold, still owns the buildings that house the papers and minority stakes in other alternative newsweeklies.The City Paper is distributed on Thursdays; its average circulation in 2006 was 85,588. The paper's editorial mix is focused exclusively on local news and arts.Michael Schaffer was named editor in April, 2010, two months after Erik Wemple resigned to run the new local startup TBD.
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Circulation down, challenges up at alt-weeklies
The alt-weeklies chapter of Pew’s State of the News Media 2013 report provides daily newspaper publishers with one of their very few opportunities for schadenfreude: At these papers, which regularly take shots at their bigger rivals, … Read more.
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Washington Post appoints its first ‘reader representative’
Washington Post Doug Feaver “will serve as an advocate for readers, responding to their questions and concerns,” the Post announced today.
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Washington Times lays off staffers
The Washington Post | Washington City Paper | FishbowlDC About 20 Washington Times staffers were laid off by editor David Jackson and CEO Larry Beasley Friday, Erik Wemple reports. The cuts hit the photo department hard, he writes:.
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University of Texas journalism school bans newspaper boxes
The Daily Texan The Belo Center for New Media at the University of Texas at Austin opened Aug. 29. It’s a handsome building, and neither it nor its plaza will be sullied by newspaper boxes. Janice Daman,… Read more.
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Brauchli says Washington Post reporters will need editors’ approval to share drafts with sources
In an email, Post Executive Editor Marcus Brauchli says the paper’s policy toward sharing drafts with sources — which became an issue after the Texas Observer reported a Post reporter sent a story to the University of Texas —… Read more.
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Washington City Paper Sold to SouthComm Inc.
Washington City Paper is under new ownership, after Nashville-based SouthComm Inc. announced it was buying the alt-weekly and its sister publication, Creative Loafing Atlanta, from Atalaya Capital Management. City Paper went on the sale block in Ma. . .
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SouthComm buys Washington City Paper, Atlanta Creative Loafing
Washington City Paper | Creative Loafing Atlanta SouthComm, Inc. , has agreed to purchase Washington City Paper and Creative Loafing Atlanta. The deal was announced to staff in a meeting this afternoon.
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Washington City Paper Editor Mike Schaffer leaves for The New Republic
Washington City Paper’s editor, Mike Schaffer, and its real-estate columnist, Lydia DePillis, are headed to The New Republic. Managing Editor Mike Madden will be the alt-weekly’s new editor; Arts Editor Jonathan Fischer will move into Madden’s old role.
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It’s official: Chicago Reader sold to Sun-Times parent
We would like to inform you of the sale of the Chicago Reader to Wrapports, LLC owner of Sun-Times Media and publisher of the Chicago Sun-Times and more than.
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Sun-Times ownership of Chicago Reader would be unusual in alt-weekly world
Wrapports LLC, the Chicago Sun-Times’ parent company, may buy the Chicago Reader soon, Lynne Marek reported Wednesday in Crain’s Chicago Business. That would be a seismic change for a newspaper that’s always operated in opposition to the city’s big dailies,… Read more.
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