Cincinnati CityBeat
{{Short description|Alternative weekly newspaper in Cincinnati, Ohio}}
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| name = Cincinnati CityBeat
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| type = Alternative weekly
| format = Tabloid
| foundation = 1994
| ceased publication =
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| owners = Big Lou Holdings LLC
| publisher = Tony Frank
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| circulation = 30,000
| circulation_date = June 2014
| headquarters = 811 Race St., 4th Floor
Cincinnati, OH 45202
United States
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| website = {{URL|http://citybeat.com}}
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Cincinnati CityBeat is an independent local arts and issues publication covering the Cincinnati, Ohio area.
History
CityBeat was founded in November 1994. It was backed by local entrepreneur Thomas Schiff and co-founded by John Fox, who left his editor position at Everybody's News (at that point Cincinnati's only print source for independent news) to start the paper. CityBeat has won numerous national, statewide and local journalism and design awards, most recently being named Best Weekly Paper in the state of Ohio in 2005 by the Society of Professional Journalists.
In 2012, CityBeat was acquired by SouthComm Communications.{{Cite web |url=http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/blog-3074-citybeat_acquired_by.html |title=CityBeat Acquired by SouthComm |access-date=2012-07-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120713062217/http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/blog-3074-citybeat_acquired_by.html |archive-date=2012-07-13 |url-status=dead }} In 2018, it was sold to Euclid Media Group.{{Cite web |last=Magaw |first=Timothy |date=January 17, 2018 |title=Euclid Media Group acquires Cincinnati alt-weekly |url=https://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20180117/news/148856/euclid-media-group-acquires-cincinnati-alt-weekly |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117224558/https://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20180117/news/148856/euclid-media-group-acquires-cincinnati-alt-weekly |archive-date=January 17, 2018 |access-date=January 5, 2024 |website=Crain's Cleveland Business}} The company dissolved in August 2023 the newspaper was sold to Chris Keating, operating under the name Big Lou Holdings LLC.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=August 10, 2023 |title=The RFT Has a New Owner, and He's Based in St. Louis |url=https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news/the-rft-has-a-new-owner-and-hes-based-in-st-louis-40637841 |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=Riverfront Times |language=en}}
Affiliations
CityBeat is a member of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies.
Notable people
References
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https://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20180117/news/148856/euclid-media-group-acquires-cincinnati-alt-weekly
External links
- [http://www.citybeat.com CityBeat]
- [http://www.best-of-cincinnati.com ''CityBeat{{'}}s Best of Cincinnati]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070707094810/http://www.ryangreis.com/ Ryan Greis, one of CityBeat{{'}}s award-winning Illustrators]
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Category:Newspapers published in Cincinnati
Category:Alternative weekly newspapers published in the United States
Category:Newspapers established in 1994
Category:1994 establishments in Ohio
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