In follow-up to my blog post about protesting the City Paper’s ‘Best of Pittsburgh’ awards, I heard an interesting snippet: recently dismissed editor Charlie Deitch is in talks with local folks (investors) to launch a new alt-weekly in Pittsburgh.
I spoke with Charlie about this rumor and he responded
I am working closely with Rick Schweikert. And we are very seriously considering launching a 100% independent alt-weekly. We have been talking to a very diverse group of individuals about becoming involved in this. This will be a media company representative of the community that it covers.
Charlie will be on the John McIntyre show tonight on KDKA AM between 8 and 10 PM to discuss this and other current topics.
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Could a second alt-weekly thrive in Pittsburgh?
I’ll explore that in more detail in a follow up blog post.