After going out of business at the beginning of the year, the Pittsburgh City Paper is returning under new ownership.
The City Paper will return thanks to a Pittsburgh nonprofit, LocalMatters.
The city Paper will continue its signature coverage of Pittsburgh issues and will continue to be led by Ali Trachta, who has been the paper’s editor-in-chief and executive editor over the past three years.
City Paper will operate as a for-profit publication.
The relaunch of the City Paper will also bring back the print edition, beginning with issues once a month.
City Paper closed suddenly at the end of 2025 and was previously owned by Block Communications, the owners of Post-Gazette, which the will shut down in early May.
City Paper originally began printing in 1991.