(Credit for Photo: Photo Courtesy of Mars Johnson / Pittsburgh City Paper)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) The Pittsburgh City Paper announced today that it is returning to publication. This newspaper has now been acquired by LocalMatters, which is a new nonprofit that says it is focused on helping local news organizations become self-sustaining. Its previous owner was Block Communications, Inc., who also owns the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The Pittsburgh Post Gazette will publish its final edition on May 3rd, 2026. A spokesperson for the Pittsburgh City Paper stated that online stories will be returning to publication as soon as possible next month and that officials are targeting a late April or early May return of the paper’s first print edition. The Pittsburgh City Paper stopped its operations in January of 2026.